The Top 161 Albums of 2007

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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    any list that fails to have the Ryan Adams record and the Wilco record in the top 25 is totally full of BS.

    or they just dont have the same taste as you, those arent exactly artists that can appeal to everybody
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    Summerfest 2006

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    or they just dont have the same taste as you, those arent exactly artists that can appeal to everybody
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  • JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,077
    audiodave wrote:
    Well whatever works for you. :)

    Not the way I do it. A lot of my favourite albums are ones I wasn't initially impressed with.

    i guess i wasn't as clear as i thought i was. just because i'll listen to an album all the way through doesn't mean i was impressed with it or that it won me over, just that i felt that there was 'something' there that warranted a second listen - if that makes sense.

    plenty of times i've listened to an album a 2nd, 3rd or 4th time and then just realized it was crap.

    in the end i like what i like and don't like what i don't like. i'm not going to listen to something over and over and over to TRY to like something just because someone else says it is good or cool or whatever.
  • Nice list - you have every single one of my top albums of the year on there. I only have about 80 on my good list and I've probably listened to 100 albums total.

    I kick the crap ones to the curb and then rank the ones that I liked. Usually I cut the list into pieces to designate that my top 20 or so were a cut above the rest.

    But to the person that said "why do we feel the need to post lists at the end of the year?"

    I REALLY appreciate lists, because I love music and it gives me the opportunity to discover things that I wouldn't have found before - or give 2nd chances to things that I may have dismissed too early.

    So, thanks for the 161 albums!
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
  • I find 'In Rainbows' to be a passionate, soulful, beautiful album, and to be the best one of 2007. I'd have to say the opposite about The National. Kind of a snoozer which blends all together.
    2003 Mansfield III 
    2004 Boston I 
    2006 Boston I 
    2008 Bonnaroo, Hartford, Mansfield I 
    2010 Hartford 
    2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
    2016 Bonnaroo, Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2018 Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
    2022 Camden
    2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    161 albums and no Bat For Lashes???

    hmmmmmm

    give that a listen its awesome shtuff
  • What a crappy list so many shit bands on there. Btw Arcade Fire is one of the most over hyped bands ever. I mean do people, not pay attention to songwriting and singers with passion anymore? So many bands on that list that are pure garbage.

    My list

    -Velvet Revolver-Libertad
    -Eddie Vedder-Into the wild
    -Chris Cornell-Carry on
    -Matthew Good-Hospital Music
    -Sebastian Bach-Angel down
    -David Usher-Strange birds
    -Foo Fighters-Echos
    -Bruce Springsteen-Magic
    -Robert Plant and Alison Kraus
  • JordyWordy wrote:
    161 albums and no Bat For Lashes???

    hmmmmmm

    give that a listen its awesome shtuff

    I have it, very good record, but I left that and a few others off because technically they came out in 2006 outside the US, and rather than deal with the internal dilemma of figuring out how to deal with them, I just left them off.
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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    "internal dilemma"

    oh yeh didnt think about the diff release dates thing

    i think this phrase dismisses any worries i had about your efforts! :D
    thorough work sir! i didnt even know there were 161 albums released in the year!
  • In what universe does Holly Golightly beat Band of Horses???
    the Minions
  • In what universe does Holly Golightly beat Band of Horses???

    Mine, apparently. Did you listen to the Holly Golightly record?
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • Matt Lukin wrote:
    Mine, apparently. Did you listen to the Holly Golightly record?

    yeah... I know.... it's just a matter of taste

    It was a painful listen. It was worse than the Ween country album and at least the Ween country album made me chuckle.

    It's just bad...and I'm thinkin BOH should be a lot higher.

    Overall it's a good list....it's your list though...

    I can kinda dig some similarities out of this ranking with my opinions,

    glad to see Okkervil River up there.
    the Minions
  • yeah... I know.... it's just a matter of taste

    It was a painful listen. It was worse than the Ween country album and at least the Ween country album made me chuckle.

    It's just bad...and I'm thinkin BOH should be a lot higher.

    Overall it's a good list....it's your list though...

    I can kinda dig some similarities out of this ranking with my opinions,

    glad to see Okkervil River up there.

    I just kind of thought "Cease to Begin" was too much like "Everything All The Time", Part 2. Certainly not bad, though.

    I liked the Holly Golightly record for some reason, probably because of "Crow Long".

    And yeah, that Okkervil River record is amazing.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
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  • BinGnarlyBinGnarly Posts: 508
    the 161 list is great. I agree with most of it.
    Shows:
    San Diego 2003
    Grand Rapids 2004
    Grand Rapids 2006
    Detroit 2006
    Columbus 2010

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