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| From | Swim Taxi <thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Tops of 2007 |
| Date | Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:04:34 -0800 |
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The BCS Sucks! How could New Pornographers have jumped to #1 while sitting idle? How could Grand Champeen move from #7 to #2 after defeating Spoon, leapfrogging Nick Lowe who defeated the previous #1 Okkervil River?
I'm going to make my Top 20 from a playoff system next year.
Damianthegeniusiwas@hotmail.com
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1 New Pornographers - Challengers 4.542The album I went back to the most all year. Standouts:Myriad Harbour, My Rights Versus Yours, MyriadHarbour, Go Places, Entering White Cecilia2 Grand Champeen - Dial T for This 4.500My favorite Austin band. They have been known to coverthe entire "Cheap Trick at Budokan" album. Think of areally tight Replacements or Soul Asylum before theygot lame.3 Weakerthans - Reunion Tour 4.364Not as good as "Reconstruction Site," especiallyconsidering the wait - But apparently ranks highsong-for-song.4 Nick Lowe - At My Age 4.295I listened to this as much as the New Pornographers.Another great album from the Jebus of cool.5 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 4.292This one reminds me of a grown-up version of theirfirst one. Lots of nice acoustic guitar songs withincredible blast of Nels Cline's guitar - "ImpossibleGermany" could be a lost Televison song.6 Okkervil River - The Stage Names 4.278This one benefited from my rating scale, but thatdoesn't discount this solid 9-song effort. Some greatlyrics and a cool Beach Boys tribute (coda).7 Against Me! - New Wave 4.250They lost the slightly country-punk thing that I heardon earlier releases and went the over-producedpunk-anthem route. They'll never be as cool as Rancid.8 Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated 4.136I'm sure I'll grow tried of this, but I haven't yet. Ilove the sentiment of "Blame It On The Trains"9 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 4.125I guess I'm a sucker for that accent...Art Brut,Arctic Monkeys, Baby Shamble, Fratellis...10 Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It 4.000Their SXSW show was too short, had technicaldifficulties, and was packed with people who weren'tnecessarily there to see them - But it was the bestshow of the year.11 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 4.000Even with that terrible 2nd song that I skip over &just plain deleted from my iPod (I'm an album guy & itwas difficult for me to do this), this album rankshigh.12 Ben Lee - Sings Against Me! New Wave 4.000Interesting take on my #7 album that unfortunatelyreveals how clunky some of the lyrics are. 13 Future Clouds And Radar - Future Clouds And Radar3.981Penalized in my rating system for having too muchfiller, but really would've benefited from being pareddown to a single album.14 White Stripes - Icky Thump 3.962Probably won't win any new fans, but a return tobasics after the disappointing "Get Behind Me Satan"15 Limbeck - Limbeck 3.955Not only are these guys really good at writing breezyacoustic-based pop songs, they pack a punch withoutdisturbing the mood. Their live shows make me wonderwhat it was like to see Tom Petty in his bar banddays. Plus, They are the nicest band I have ever met -Not one bad apple in the bunch. 16 Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers 3.955On the best songs, I can imagine Robin Zander issinging.17 Knit Delicate - Pressed 3.955A couple of ex-Blow Pops back up an old friend on his"solo" debut with expected chime-y results - Check emout on MySpace or CD Baby.18 Li'l Cap'n Travis - Twilight on Sometimes Island3.950This one suffered from my rating system and should bemuch higher. Another one of my favorite Austin bands.Check out "Sugar Buzz" (featured in Friday NightLights) to hear what Pop-Drawl sounds like.19 The Queers - Munki Brain 3.917Unapologetic Ramones-inspired pop - To be fair, theybring a bit of their own influences to the table. TheShirelles to the Ramones Ronettes.20 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation 3.893The accent still shines through the junkie-haze.Unfortunately, this is probably a case of someone whowould suck if he cleaned up.21 Fratellis - Costello Music 3.88522 Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder 3.85423 Band of Horses - Cease to Begin 3.83324 You Am I - Convicts 3.69225 Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime 3.63626 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger 3.53827 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 3.409 Albums I should've listened to, rated & ranked insteadof trying to "get" Arcade Fire: Aqualung [2007] Memory Man Bill Callahan [2007] Woke On A Whaleheart Bruce Springsteen [2007] MagicCrowded House [2007] Time On Earth David Vandervelde [2007] The Moonstation House Band Dinosaur Jr [2007] Beyond Dr Dog [2007] We All Belong Earlimart [2007] Mentor Tormentor Enemy [2007] We'll Live And Die In These Towns Feist [2007] The Reminder Field Music [2007] Tones Of Town Good, The Bad And The Queen [2007] The Good, The BadAnd The Queen Ian Hunter [2007] Shrunken Heads Interpol [2007] Our Love To AdmireJosh Rouse [2007] Country Mouse, City House Julie Doiron [2007] Woke Myself Up Kelly Clarkson [2007] My December LCD Soundsystem [2007] Sound Of Silver Lucinda Williams [2007] West Lyle Lovett [2007] It's Not Big It's Large Mavis Staples [2007] We'll Never Turn Back Modest Mouse [2007] We Were Dead Before The Ship EvenSank National [2007] Boxer Panda Bear [2007] Person Pitch Pipettes - [2007] We Are The PipettesPolyphonic Spree [2007] The Fragile Army Proclaimers [2007] Life With You Radiohead [2007] In Rainbows Ray Davies [2007] Working Man's Cafe Redwalls [2007] The Redwalls Robert Plant & Alison Krauss [2007] Raising Sand Steve Earle [2007] Washington Square Serenade Testa Rosa [2007] Testa Rosa Thrills [2007] Teenager View [2007] Hats Off to the Buskers White Rabbits [2007] Fort Nightly Albums that I listened to earlier in the year thatwouldn't have ranked much better than Arcade Fire: - Fountains Of Wayne [2007] Traffic And Weather Is anyone else sick of their tongue-in-cheekiness?Plus the product-placement in songs is getting old.- Jesse Malin [2007] Glitter in the Gutter Still can't get over his voice, but I have a feelingthat it'll unlock to me someday & I'll reallyappreciate this stuff.- Paul McCartney [2007] Memory Almost Full Really? I mean it's not terrible, but it's not reallygood either...or even relevant.- Rilo Kiley [2007] Under the Blacklight I guess they are saving all of their good stuff fortheir solo projects (The Elected & Jenny Lewis). Filethis under "What were they thinking"- Shins [2007] Wincing The Night Away Maybe I just loved "Chutes Too Narrow" too much. Thiswas just disappointing, but may be the kind of album Icome back to in 2 years with no expectations and love.- Voxtrot [2007] Voxtrot I want to see these Austin boys do well. After astring good to great EP's & Singles, they can'tmaintain my interest for a full album. The album isjust sort of flat. I really want to see these Austinboys do well, so I hope they figure it out...or betteryet, go back to the EP's - Apparently the kids don'tcare about albums anymore anyway. Dan FrankE
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