random, heh?
Spring Awakening - Song of purple summer (if i was pushed), but i really love the whole soundtrack. notable because i hated the show.
oh hell -- i'm still an album girl - i could pick out tracks, but i'm just going to chuck down these tasty morsels and hope no one's looking ;)
Feist - the reminder
Teddy Thompson - up front and down low
james morrison - undiscovered
robert plant and alison kraus - raising sand
mark ronson - version
amy winehouse - back to black
Annie lennox - songs of mass destruction
eddie vedder - into the wild
Ray lamontagne - trouble
sara bareilles - little voice
white stripes - icky thump
Sia - some people have real problems -- I know this is this year, but it's one of the perks of entering late!!!
1/9/08
DANNY KEENAN - Sydney, Australia
Whilst my iPod is permanently on shuffle, I couldn’t let go of this last opportunity to nominate full albums. RIP. In no particular order……
THE FRATELLIS – Costello Music
THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
THE BEASTS OF BOURBON – Little Animals
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic
SKYBOMBERS – Sirens EP
KINGS OF LEON – Because of the Times
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – Baby 81
OLD MAN RIVER – Good Morning
POWDERFINGER – Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Sound Of Silver
Honourable mentions to
Operator Please
Tegan & Sara
Regina Spektor
Hilltop Hoods
The Panics
THE FRATELLIS – Costello Music
THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
THE BEASTS OF BOURBON – Little Animals
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic
SKYBOMBERS – Sirens EP
KINGS OF LEON – Because of the Times
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – Baby 81
OLD MAN RIVER – Good Morning
POWDERFINGER – Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Sound Of Silver
Honourable mentions to
Operator Please
Tegan & Sara
Regina Spektor
Hilltop Hoods
The Panics
1/5/08
DAVID BARNES - Brooklyn, NY, USA
Bad Blood in the City -James Blood Ulmer
Back in Black - Amy Winehouse
Chasing Mississippi - Dave Barnes (absolutely no relation. but what a great name!)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights (this is the band playing behind Miss Winehouse also)
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (2006 album with lingering power to please)
James Brown - The Payback and Hell (from '73 & '74 Soul Brother #1 at his funkiest)
Don Byron - Do The Boomerang (the music of Junior Walker)
Back in Black - Amy Winehouse
Chasing Mississippi - Dave Barnes (absolutely no relation. but what a great name!)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights (this is the band playing behind Miss Winehouse also)
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (2006 album with lingering power to please)
James Brown - The Payback and Hell (from '73 & '74 Soul Brother #1 at his funkiest)
Don Byron - Do The Boomerang (the music of Junior Walker)
1/3/08
RICK AUSTIN - Los Angeles, USA
Here is my top ten of 2007
1. BAND OF HORSES-CEASE TO BEGIN
2. AMY WINEHOUSE-BACK TO BLACK
3. ARCADE FIRE-NEON BIBLE
4. ASOBI SEKSU-CITRUS
5. RADIOHEAD-IN RAINBOWS
6. ARCTIC MONKEYS-FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE
7. BLONDE REDHEAD-23
8. THE BIRD AND THE BEE-THE BIRD AND THE BEE
9. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN
10. DEAN AND BRITTA-BACK NUMBERS
And I am not wasting one of my top ten picks on this one cuz its a given and probably on more lists than any other album this year......
THE SHINS-WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY
1. BAND OF HORSES-CEASE TO BEGIN
2. AMY WINEHOUSE-BACK TO BLACK
3. ARCADE FIRE-NEON BIBLE
4. ASOBI SEKSU-CITRUS
5. RADIOHEAD-IN RAINBOWS
6. ARCTIC MONKEYS-FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE
7. BLONDE REDHEAD-23
8. THE BIRD AND THE BEE-THE BIRD AND THE BEE
9. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN
10. DEAN AND BRITTA-BACK NUMBERS
And I am not wasting one of my top ten picks on this one cuz its a given and probably on more lists than any other album this year......
THE SHINS-WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY
CHARLIE SINGER - Barcelona, Spain
(alphabetical)
Bat For Lashes - "Fur & Gold" (for the chilled out drone set)
Devandra Bernhart (multicultural folk (?!) original)
Bird & Bee - The Bird And The Bee (second year in a row with a "Bee" band)
Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur (real musicians playing interesting music - what a concept!)
Crowded House - Time On Earth (because neil finn is this best effing songwriter in the world... still!)
Feist - Let It Die (cause i drink the kings of convenience KoolAid... i've never seen the apple ad fyi)
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (because i love all things scandi-argentinean)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (for it all... but especially "North American Scum" which is [enter superlative here])
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part (anyone who does a tropicalia cover of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" needs to be acknowledged)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (for the music not the delivery stunt)
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City (because he has the best harp player in the world in his band - my buddy David Barnes)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (i wanted to hate it, but i don't)
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2 / Live At Massey Hall 1971 (almost 40 years of great music)
Guilty Pleasure:
Alicia Keys - "No One"
Bat For Lashes - "Fur & Gold" (for the chilled out drone set)
Devandra Bernhart (multicultural folk (?!) original)
Bird & Bee - The Bird And The Bee (second year in a row with a "Bee" band)
Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur (real musicians playing interesting music - what a concept!)
Crowded House - Time On Earth (because neil finn is this best effing songwriter in the world... still!)
Feist - Let It Die (cause i drink the kings of convenience KoolAid... i've never seen the apple ad fyi)
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (because i love all things scandi-argentinean)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (for it all... but especially "North American Scum" which is [enter superlative here])
Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part (anyone who does a tropicalia cover of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" needs to be acknowledged)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (for the music not the delivery stunt)
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City (because he has the best harp player in the world in his band - my buddy David Barnes)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (i wanted to hate it, but i don't)
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2 / Live At Massey Hall 1971 (almost 40 years of great music)
Guilty Pleasure:
Alicia Keys - "No One"
1/1/08
STUART MOWAT - New York, USA (orig from Glasgow, Scotland)
I still listen to whole CD’s, though I admit to running them at random on my CD player! So here are my top 10, in sequence:
1. Decemberists Crane Wife
2. Good the Bad and the Queen
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones
4. Louis XIV Best Little Secrets Are Kept
5. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
6. Blaqk Audio Cexcells
7. Fall Out Boy Infinity on High
8. My Chemical Romance Black Parade
9. Spektor, Regina Begin to Hope
10. Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
And as an honorable mention, try Camera Obscura, from my home country (Makers of Franz Ferdinand and the Fratellis). Their new album “Let's Get Out of this Country” sounds like a cross between the Cowboy Junkies and Altered Images. Give it a try.
1. Decemberists Crane Wife
2. Good the Bad and the Queen
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones
4. Louis XIV Best Little Secrets Are Kept
5. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
6. Blaqk Audio Cexcells
7. Fall Out Boy Infinity on High
8. My Chemical Romance Black Parade
9. Spektor, Regina Begin to Hope
10. Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
And as an honorable mention, try Camera Obscura, from my home country (Makers of Franz Ferdinand and the Fratellis). Their new album “Let's Get Out of this Country” sounds like a cross between the Cowboy Junkies and Altered Images. Give it a try.
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