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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Aug 30, 2007 14:09:19 GMT -5
This is generally the time of the year when those like me, the music nerds, find it necessary to start having grandiose, long winded conversations about what the best albums of the year have been, and picking our initial candidate for "Album of the Year." I noticed that even NPR (American public radio station) has held a radio program doing exactly this same thing, we record geeks seem to all be on the same schedule.
My Album of the Year (So Far)
The Good, The Bad, and the Queen - self titled
In my opinion the most effective protest record of the current generation. It works so well because it focuses on the day to day human repercussions of the war. The way that the current state of affairs is destroying the spirit of people (specifically concerning 21st century London).
My other top discs:
LCD soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
ADP makes the list as well. A major step up from The Beekeeper, I still wish that Tori would bring in an assistant producer to help out. No dig on her skills as a producer, but most artists have a really hard time making objective decisions about their own work.
What do you all think is tops so far?
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Post by pandora on Aug 30, 2007 14:57:04 GMT -5
I answer this AFTER PJ Harvey's "White Chalk" is released late next month  But for now....I'm completely enamored with Feist's "The Reminder". It's definitely in my top 5 of the year so far. |
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Aug 30, 2007 15:28:37 GMT -5
But for now....I'm completely enamored with Feist's "The Reminder". It's definitely in my top 5 of the year so far. Oh yeah, it was tough for me to leave that off the list. Amazing record. How I love the Women of Broken Social Scene. Sexiest voice in music today, period! Did you see her on Letterman this week? She had a huge chorus of indie notables like AC Newman from the New Pornographers, the Mates of State, and a bunch of the BSS crowd. They did 1234. It was an awesome performance. |
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Post by Alamo on Aug 30, 2007 16:12:24 GMT -5
So far?
Joanna Newsom. She is amazing. I am not sure tho. Maybe her album was released in December 06 ;-D
And yeah, let's wait for PJ.
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Post by pandora on Aug 30, 2007 16:28:33 GMT -5
Did you see her on Letterman this week? She had a huge chorus of indie notables like AC Newman from the New Pornographers, the Mates of State, and a bunch of the BSS crowd. They did 1234. It was an awesome performance. Yes, I did! It looked like so much fun. I loved that they were all wearing white  . Awesome performance indeed. I  that song. |
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Aug 30, 2007 16:42:11 GMT -5
So far? Joanna Newsom. She is amazing. I am not sure tho. Maybe her album was released in December 06 ;-D And yeah, let's wait for PJ. Yup, that one was late '06. I can still remember the controversy when all the best of lists started rolling in. For most people Ys was either the best or worst album of the year. I honestly had no opinion. I really tried to get into Milk Eyed Mender and couldn't connect with it, so I decided to pass on her second work since I heard it was even more difficult. I know very little about what Polly Jean has been up to after Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. I really dug that disc though, why I didn't stick with her is completely unclear to me. I try to follow too many artists really. I loose track of people, thats what happens when you buy like 40-50 new albums every year  . |
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Post by Pele on Aug 30, 2007 23:49:07 GMT -5
American Doll Posse, of course.
Also, Kate Nash - Made of Bricks.
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Post by razfnug7 on Aug 31, 2007 7:26:36 GMT -5
ADP of course...but I'm also loving Bjork's album, Marry Me by St.Vincent I'm obsessed with right now & yeah Feist's album are probably my top ones for the year so far. I'll add more if I can think of any but they're the ones that sprung out at me immediately  |
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Aug 31, 2007 9:30:09 GMT -5
Marry Me by St.Vincent I'm obsessed with right now This one snuck by me when it came out. I downloaded it from emusic a couple days ago. Very interesting sound, and I'm really starting to dig it. It's a strangely subtle record. |
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 1, 2007 2:23:08 GMT -5
Hmm... after 2000 I just became disappointed with current music... so anything I find that is good after then is a pure fluke. I'd have to say- Silverchair - Young Modern, because it's great to see Daniel Johns making music that he enjoys again... while some tracks on the album are pretty shite, others just catch the light and become glorious. Various - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, while some songs again are shite, it has pure gold like Sufjan Stevens messing up 'Free man in Paris,' Elvis Costello and Annie Lennox rocking out, a perfect cover of 'Help Me' by kd lang, the beauty of Bjork, and Prince *swoon* doing a "clean" Jehovah's Witness' cover of 'Case of You'. Shine - Joni Mitchell... even though it hasn't been released yet, anything that makes Joni Mitchell create music again deserves a gold sticker!  ADP - made me believe that Tori Amos can still make good music. No, not good music. Great music. I also agree that Tori should find a new producer... not talking the Rick Rubin, or Trent Reznor *hahahahaaha* but someone with the distance and intelligence to work and create with Tori... maybe no one exists. Others: Patti Smith's 'Twelve' Elliott Smith 'New Moon' PJ Harvey's "White Chalk" Reason for Editing: Hey, I know you, my daddy took your beer. |
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Post by kurt on Sept 1, 2007 3:28:30 GMT -5
ADP-Tori Amos
I am so lame! lol
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Post by Franklin on Sept 3, 2007 9:55:38 GMT -5
I only have 2 cd's from this year: ADP and In Sorte Diaboli from Dimmu Borgir.
So it is between those two. Because of the length ADP has its weeknesses.
Later this week the new Epica album The Divine Conspiracy is released (have it on mp3).
It's a monster album, but the length of 75 minutes makes it hard to have full attention to it.
In September also the new album 13th Star from the man himself, Fish, will be out and it seems to be one of his best albums so far.... but haven't heard anything from it yet.
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Post by Saar°berry on Sept 3, 2007 10:33:21 GMT -5
Tori Amos - ADP
Damien Rice - 9
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Post by ploopy on Sept 3, 2007 12:35:53 GMT -5
In no particular order:
Yeah Yeah Yeah - Is Is
Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods
Tegan & Sara - The Con
Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime
Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Feist - the Reminder
Dolores O'Riordan - Are you Listening?
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Tori - ADP
Björk - Volta
Mika - Life In Cartoon Moation
Sia - Lady Croissant
Silverchair - Young Modern
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
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Post by razfnug7 on Sept 3, 2007 15:38:50 GMT -5
Omg, how did I forget Rufus' album Release the Stars?! Fabulous album |
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