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2007 My Top Albums By Clark Benson [84 more lists]
2007 Y/E list - NOTE this reflects my feelings at the end of 07; since then as albums breathe and I discover things I may have missed, opinions change and at some point i will regenerate a revised 2007 list.
Not a great year for albums, but there's always good music. Radiohead almost wins with what I would probably say is their 4th best release, which says a lot about the overall quality of music this year. Lotsa good stuff, but nothing really that will be in my heavy rotation for 18 months like an "American Idiot", "Boys and Girls In America" "or "A Ghost Is Born"
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Bruce Springsteen2007Rock musicAlbum“ anthems, followed by anthems. bring it on. „ - 2
Radiohead2007Alternative rock, Electronic music, Art rockAlbum“ I'm digging this more and more (Radiohead is a band I like to listen to on a good soundsystem, so the MP3 release left me a little, um, flat, maybe the CD will boost them to the top), but I still gotta give the nod to the Boss. And what's up with the lame artwork? „ - 3
Nine Inch Nails2007Alternative rock, Noise music, Electronica, Industrial rock, Electronic rock, Industrial metal, Industrial music, Glitch, Concept album MoreAlbum“ usually when rock stars go sober, their music does the same, but Reznor's post-sobriety records (2005-present) are an exception - every bit as good as his early career peaks „ - 4
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss2007Folk rock, Americana, Country, Country rockAlbum“ quite a shocker, as I've only liked a few Allison Krause tracks over the years. Most consistent thing Plant has done since Zep broke up; T-Bone going from strength to strength as a producer „ - 5
Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, Tony Allen2007Alternative rock“ a consistently solid, unique, thick record I come back to time and time again „ -
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Iron & Wine2007Alternative rock, Folk musicAlbum“ I would recommend this artist to just about anyone „ - 7 Kings of LeonAlternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Indie rock, Garage rock, Southern rock MoreAlbum“ I actually prefer their prior release to this, but this is a fine progression „
- 8 UNKLEElectronic musicAlbum“ best electronica record of recent memory. Tho it's by no means pure electronica. „
- 9 Amy Winehouse2006Rock music, Blues, Jazz, Rhythm and blues, Ska, Soul music, Pop music, Alternative rock, Doo-wop, Neo soul MoreAlbum
- 10 High on FireHeavy metalAlbum
- 11 Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl2007Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-grungeAlbum
- 12 DownDoom metal, Heavy metal, Sludge metal, Southern rock, Stoner rockAlbum
- 13 Steve Earle2007Alternative countryAlbum
- 14 Neil Young2007Rock music, Hard rock, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Roots rock, Country rock, Garage rock, Heartland rock MoreAlbum
- 15 Jesu2007Rock music, Ambient music, Doom metal, Post-metal, Shoegazing, Experimental music MoreAlbum“ I never really "got" Broaderick until this… brilliant sublime heaviness „
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- 16 Cold War Kids2006Indie rock
- 17 Band of Horses2007Indie rockAlbum
- 18 Ben Harper2007Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues MoreAlbum“ somewhat inconsistent but "In The Colors" and one or two others are brilliant „
- 19 Serj Tankian2007Alternative metal, Alternative rock, Art rock, Experimental rockAlbum“ got some bad reviews so I didn't rush to buy it, but it's at least as good as the last two System records. Which I like. „
- 20 Jason Isbell2007Rock music, Alternative countryAlbum
- 21 Wilco2007Rock music, Alternative rock, Folk rockAlbum“ respect what they are doing here, but I much prefer the weirder, heavier Wilco „
- 22 Modest Mouse2007Alternative rock, Indie rockAlbum
- 23 Interpol2007Indie rock, Post-punk revivalAlbum
- 24 UnderworldElectronic music, Progressive electronic musicAlbum“ inconsistent, but the good stuff is classic Underworld „
- 25 The Smashing Pumpkins2007Alternative rockAlbum
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2007 My Top Albums at 8/15/2009 4:40 PM
Explosions In The Sky
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild S/T
Wolves In The Throne Room "Two Hunters"
Big Business "Here Come The Waterworks"
Norah Jones "Not Too Late"
Battles "Mirrored"
Thurston Moore "Trees Outside The Academy"
Uncle Earl "Waterloo, Tennessee"
The Stooges "The Weirdness"
Son Volt "The Search"
Sharon Jones/Dap Kings "100 Days, 100 Nights"
The Bad Plus - "Prog"
The Orb "Orbsessions v. 2" and japan-only-so-far "The Dream" - both of these better than anything he's done in 10 yrs
Babyshambles "Shotter's Nation"
Beiruit
Faves of mine whose releases all have their moments but in the end left me a bit disappointed
Queens of the Stone Age "Era Vulgaris"
Tori Amos "American Doll Posse"
Ween "La Cucharacha"
White Stripes "Icky Thump"
Chemical Brothers "We Are The Night"
Robert Wyatt "Comicopera"
Worst record of the year, hands down - The Eagles "Long Road To WalMart"