Top 25 Albums of 2007 : Year of the Indie
Well it is that time again , my yearly post or my top albums of the year. Apparently i listened to more indie music this year than ever before...but first the ones that were good but not quite good enough:
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist, Powderfinger - Dream Days at The Hotel Existence, The Shins - Wincing The Night Away, Travis - The Boy, The Kooks - Inside/Out, Matt Nathanson- Some Mad Hope
now...The Top 25:
25. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
24. Silverchair - Young Modern
23. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
22. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
21. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
20. Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
19. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Living With The Living
18. Battles - Mirrored
17. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
16. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
15. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
14. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
13. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
12. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
11. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Fiction Plane - Left Side of The Brain
9. Athlete - Beyond The Neighborhood
8. Menomena - Friend and Foe
7. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
6. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
4. The Editors - An End Has A Start
3. Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist, Powderfinger - Dream Days at The Hotel Existence, The Shins - Wincing The Night Away, Travis - The Boy, The Kooks - Inside/Out, Matt Nathanson- Some Mad Hope
now...The Top 25:
25. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
24. Silverchair - Young Modern
23. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
22. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
21. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
20. Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
19. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Living With The Living
18. Battles - Mirrored
17. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
16. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
15. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
14. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
13. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
12. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
11. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Fiction Plane - Left Side of The Brain
9. Athlete - Beyond The Neighborhood
8. Menomena - Friend and Foe
7. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
6. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
4. The Editors - An End Has A Start
3. Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
Comments
Most of the others look good and some I don't know but will check out...
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The National - Boxer
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
The Broken West - I Can't Go In I'll Go On
Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank