Saturday, December 08, 2007

My Favorite Albums of 2007







The National Lights
The Dead Will Walk, Dear (Bloodshake Records)





Okkervil River - The Stage Names

Okkervill River
The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)







King Khan & His Shrines - What Is?!

King Khan & The Shrines
What Is?! (Hazelwood)






Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds

Sir Richard Bishop
While My Guitar Violently Bleeds (Locust Music)







The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

The Twilight Sad
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (FatCat Records)







The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

The Besnard Lakes
Are the Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar)







Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)







Peel - Peel

Peel
Peel (Peek-a-boo)







Battles - Mirrored

Battles
Mirrored (Warp)







The Deep Dark Woods - Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

The Deep Dark Woods
Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Black Hen)







Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian

Frog Eyes
Tears of the Valedictorian (Absolutely Kosher)






Other releases that I enjoyed listening to this year:

Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
Black Diamond Heavies - Every Damn Time
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
The National - Boxer
David Kilgour - The Far Now
Arbouretum - Rites of Uncovering
Thrushes - Sun Come Undone
Cue - Wedding Song
My Teenage Stride - Ears Like Golden Bats
Wooden Stars - People Are Different
Howe Gelb - Upside Down Home 2007: Return to San Pedro
Emma Pollock - Watch the Fireworks
Atlantic Drone - Atlantic Drone
Deer Tick - War Elephant
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments
Caribou - Andorra
Kristin Hersh - Learn to Sing Like a Star
The Ponys - Turn the Lights Out
Black Lips - Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo
My Little Airport - We Can't Stop Smoking in the Vicious and Blue Summer
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
Red Crayola with Art & Language - Sighs Trapped By Liars
Greyhound Soul - Tonight and Every Night

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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cuddlefish said...

Sure, why not.
Cheers!