2007 Music

Top 10 (This one goes to 11) — My top album for 2007

My top 11 albums for the year. This list will change from time to time as I discover and love new albums. These are the albums that I listen to again and again.

1. Lucinda Williams: West
2. The Bird & The Bee
3. Gretchen Peters: Burnt Toast and Offerings
4. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
5. Brandi Carlile: The Story
6. The New Pornographers: Challengers
7. Iron And Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
8. Fountains of Wayne: Traffic And Weather
9. Caribou: Andorra
10. Umphrey’s McGee: The Bottom Half
11. Cowboy Junkies: At The End of Paths Taken

Other Albums

Other Albums I’ve listened to this year.

January

• America: Here & Now
• The Bird And The Bee
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder
• Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
• The Early Years
• The Good, The Bad & The Queen
• James Yorkston: The Year Of The Leopard
• John Mellencamp: Freedom’s Road
• John Waite: Downtown – Journey Of A Heart
• Norah Jones: Not Too Late
• Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
• Paolo Nutini: These Streets
• Peter Rowan And Tony Rice: Quartet
• The Shins: Wincing The Night Away
• The Six Parts Seven: Casually Smashed to Pieces
• Sloan: Never Hear The End Of It
• The Smithereens: Meet The Smithereens
• Tom Brosseau: Grand Forks

February

• The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder
• Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked Ladies Are Men
• The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard lakes Are The Dark Horse
• Bloc Party: A Weekend In The City
• Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees [Remaster]
• Charlie Louvin
• Dean & Britta: Back Numbers
• ELO: Balance of Power [Remaster]
• ELO: Out Of The Blue [Remaster]
• Explosions In The Sky: All Of ASudden I Miss Everyone
• Fall Out Boy: Infinity On High
• The Frames: The Cost
• The High Llamas: Can Cladders
• K-OS: Atlantis- Hymns for Disco
• Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir
• Lucinda Williams: West
• M Ward: To Go Home EP
• Money Mark: Brand New By Tomorrow
• Nibs Van Deer Spuy: Beautiful Feet
• Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
• Peter Bjorn And John: Writer’s Block
• Po’ Girl: Home To You
• Rickie Lee Jones: Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
• Sarah Shannon: City Morning Song
• String: Songs From The Laybyrinth

March

• Air: Pocket Symphony
• Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
• Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion

April

• Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Thing
• Brandi Carlile: The Story
• Cowboy Junkies: The End Of Paths Taken
• Fountains Of Wayne: Traffic And Weather
• Melee: Devils & Angels
• Umphrey’s McGee: The Bottom Half

May

• Great Lake Swimmers: Ongiara

June

• John Doe: A Year in the Wilderness
• Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full
• Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad
• Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 1 [Remaster]
• Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 3 [Remaster]
• The White Stripes: Icky Thump

July

• Colbie Caillat: Coco
• Great Lakes Myth Society: Compass Rose Bouquet
• Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
• St. Vincent: Marry Me
• Ten Story Relapse: Antidisestablishmentarianism

August

• Caribou: Andorra
• Gretchen Peters: Burnt Toast and Offerings
• Jim White & Nina Nastasia: You Follow Me
• Minus The Bear: Planet of Ice
• The New Pornographers: Challengers
• Okkervil River: The Stage Names
• Rilo Kiley: Under The Blacklight

September

• Asobi Seksu: Stay Awake [Single]
• The Bird And The Bee: Please Clap Your Hands
• The Cave Singers: Invitation Songs
• Emma Pollock: Watch The Fireworks
• Iron And Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
• Joe Henry: Civilians
• Songs Of Green Pheasant: Gyllyng Street
• Stars: In Our Bedroom After The War
• Thurston Moore: Trees Outside The Academy
• Via Audio: Say Something Say Something Say Something

October

• Annie Lennox: Annie Lennox
• Band of Horses: Cease to Begin
• Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
• Cannonball Jane: Knees Up!
• Celebration: The Modern Tribe
• Cass McCombs: Dropping The Writ
• Deon Blyan: Lessons (And Other Things Learned)
• The Fiery Furnaces: Widow City
• Jens Lekman: Your Arms Around Me
• Mariee Sioux: Faces In The Rocks
• Moby Grape: Moby Grape [Bonus Tracks]
• Scout Niblett: This Fool Can Die Now
• Vanessa Carlton: Heroes & Thieves
• Will Hoge: Draw the Curtains
• White Shoes & the Couples Company