I thought nine of the albums on the NME list were quite good or better, which is about the same as the past five years
― DJ Mencap, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i like that rock a rolla list. first one on this thread to actually represent what i heard and found most interesting this year.
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
That NME list is hilariously awful
And awfully hilarious. How could anyone pick 50 records from 2007 without mentioning the mighty Hissing Fauna? It's starting to look like there's a conspiracy against that record.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
man, the new Onion list is totally edgy!
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
waaaittt let me guess - top 10 include LCD, MIA, Spoon, Battles, Radiohead, etc etc etc etc
― Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Rock a Rolla did a decent job.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much, yeah (except Spoon at #11 and no Battles). SO EDGY!
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― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
How could anyone pick 50 records from 2007 without mentioning the mighty Hissing Fauna?
I totally agree with you. I was listening to some of the tracks from that record last night after not listening to any Of Montreal for awhile and, man, they still blew me away.
― three handclaps, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Especially the last track, "We Were Born . . ."
― three handclaps, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
no love for Deerhoof?
― poortheatre, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
That came out in January, everyone forgot about it by now. :-p
― three handclaps, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
FACT magazine's 20 best albums. At last someone other than ILM mentions Studio. And there's some dance music!
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/66222
― Jamie T Smith, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
The Chloe and Pantha Prince albums both sound great TBF
― DJ Mencap, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Have there ever been fewer debut albums represented in the critics lists than in 2007? Looks like the record biz is going for the safe nowadays.....
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
w00t @ Jess voting for Charlotte Hatherley
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2007 09:11 (sixteen years ago) link
And the tracks
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/66290
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
A pretty big chunk of the NME list is debut albums, Geir
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link
18 of them in fact. 19 if you count 'Mirrored' as being Battles' debut album
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I suspect Geir may deem the work of Battles as amelodic and rhythm dominate.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
This kills me every year. I make a point of 'remembering' albums that came out between Jan. and Apr...and then those end up dominating my year-end lists.
― fukasaku tollbooth, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:21 (sixteen years ago) link
weirdness of the vibe list has a lot to do with fennessey's mp3-addled m.o i'm supposing, that glazed-over indifference where any song could be anywhere in the chart
not that i can really talk
― r|t|c, Thursday, 13 December 2007 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, i mean..."Feel Like Dyin'"?
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 December 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
but yeah besides that and 'make me better' (just...wtffff, awful song) it is not all that crazy a list really. maybe they shouldve dispensed with the numbering.
also, i was expecting that fabo song where he sings about spaceships. if fabo's album comes out it will be the worst critical rigmarole in years.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 13 December 2007 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
since the clipse, anyway
― r|t|c, Thursday, 13 December 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Other Music's top 25 (I'm pretty sure these are staff favorites, not top sellers):
1 TINARIWEN Aman Iman 2 PANDA BEAR Person Pitch 3 BURIAL Untrue 4 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strawberry Jam 5 PANTHA DU PRINCE This Bliss 6 NO AGE Weirdo Rippers 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments 8 M.I.A. Kala 9 JAY REATARD Blood Visions 10 MAGIK MARKERS Boss 11 KING KHAN & THE SHRINES What Is?! 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS After Dark 13 THE CAVE SINGERS Invitation Songs 14 ROBERT WYATT Comicopera 15 ERIC COPELAND Hermaphrodite 16 SPOON Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 17 BAND OF HORSES Cease to Begin 18 BLACK LIPS Good Bad Not Evil 19 VAMPIRE WEEKEND EP 20 EFDEMIN Efdemin 21 STUDIO West Coast 22 THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime 23 CHROMATICS Night Drive 24 ST. VINCENT Marry Me 25 OH NO Dr. No's Oxperiment
― Mark Clemente, Thursday, 13 December 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
top reissues can also be seen on that link
i like the OM list.
― poortheatre, Thursday, 13 December 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF! WHY DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE BAND OF HORSES??
― stephen, Thursday, 13 December 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Every time someone listens to Band of Horses, god kills a kitten.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Thursday, 13 December 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Or even a small horse.
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 13 December 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Or both.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 December 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
stephen I kiss you
― Matos W.K., Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
They're sort of a watered-down Built to Spill, so maybe residual love for that band has something to do with it.
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
The indie rock's been worshipping one watered-down Built To Spill or another (Modest Mouse, Death Cab, etc.) more than BTS themselves for damn near a decade now.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
haha "the indie rock" was a funny way to phrase that, sorry, subtract "the" or add a "world/community" at the end.
teh indie rockz
― Mordechai Shinefield, Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
who is this band the Indie Rocks and where can I buy their music
― latebloomer, Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Why hasn't Ricardo Villalobos been mentioned in any of those lists? Is it because it was not an 'album' or that no one listened to it or (scary?!) that no one liked it?
― Popture, Thursday, 13 December 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Was there a new Ricardo Villalobos this year that got a lot of hype? (Last year he was on a bunch of lists...)
― Mordechai Shinefield, Thursday, 13 December 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Fabric36, I guess?
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 December 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
that or fizheuer
― max, Thursday, 13 December 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
fabric 36 never quite lived up to its pre-release hype. i liked it - but didn't love it like some of his other work.
― sam500, Friday, 14 December 2007 00:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Some debut's on NME sure, but NME doesn't count as NME only likes debut albums. It is a well-known fact that NME hates anyone who has released more than 1 album and 2 singles.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 14 December 2007 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Panda Bear is the worst music I've ever heard.
― The Reverend, Friday, 14 December 2007 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Reverend is a god among men.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Friday, 14 December 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
why is glasvegas mentioned on this thread? people are weird
amused to see my #1 of the year isn't on any list at all.. still got it
― electricsound, Friday, 14 December 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't really like person pitch all that much but rev hating an indie album being backed up by the dude who likes mickey avalon and skye sweetnam is shocker non-shocker of the month for sure.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 December 2007 00:51 (sixteen years ago) link
it doesn't really seem like hateable music to me. it's just... there. resenting its critical love, maybe. but idk. it's kind of like wallpaper or something.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 December 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
No it is not wallpaper. It is earsplitting. (And actually I don't hate indie, just the way it gets privileged so much.)
― The Reverend, Friday, 14 December 2007 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(Well, that's to say I don't hate indie on principle. I certainly hate that particular example thereof.)
― The Reverend, Friday, 14 December 2007 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link