Joseph J. Volk ([info]couldnotthink) wrote,
  • Music: okkervil river
best albums of 2007

1. random spirit lover by sunset rubdown
2. boxer by the national
3. the stage names by okkervil river
4. the reminder by feist
5. neon bible by the arcade fire
6. in rainbows by radiohead
7. T by justice (i can't type that thingy)
8. pride by phosphorescent
9. armchair apocrypha by andrew bird
10. this bliss by pantha du prince
11. challengers by the new pornographers
12. ear drum by talib kweli
13. sound of silver by lcd soundsystem
14. spirit if... by kevin drew
15. from here we go to sublime by the field

honorable mentions:
the historical conquests of josh ritter by josh ritter
person pitch by panda bear
icky thump by the white stripes
8 diagrams by the wu tang clan
you follow me by nina nastsasia and jim white


top songs of 2007
1. "the temptation of adam" by josh ritter
2. "all my friends" by lcd soundsystem
3. "i am john" by loney, dear
4. "unless it's kicks" by okkervil river
5. "cataracts" by andrew bird
6. "down in the valley" by the broken west
7. "i feel it all" by feist
8. "mistaken for strangers" by the national
9. "(antichrist television blues)" by the arcade fire
10. "your rocky spine" by great lake swimmers
11. "comfy in nautica" by panda bear
12. "take me to the riot" by stars
13. "bad girl" by devendra banhart
14. "i'm a flirt (remix)(ft. t-pain and t.i.)" by r. kelly
15. "sing! captain" by handsome furs
16. "like it ar not" by architecture in helsinki
17. "rag & bone" by the white stripes
18. "you know what it is (ft. wyclef jean)" by t.i.
19. "waters of nazareth" by justice
20. "paper planes" by m.i.a.
21. "the underdog" by spoon
22. "walden 2" by pantha du prince
23. "crambodia (ft. ghostface killah)" by plastic little
24. "backed out on the..." by kevin drew
25. "wolves (ft. george clinton)" by the wu tang clan



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[info]hype_city

December 19 2007, 00:37:02 UTC 4 years ago

I was surprised to see the new Talib Kweli (in a good way). Do you like his old stuff?

[info]couldnotthink

December 22 2007, 01:06:26 UTC 4 years ago

yeah, he'd always had songs i liked, but i had always thought he was like, not quite as good as mos def/pharaoahe monch/common/etc. but mannnn he stepped it up a notch on this album. defintely one of my new favorite rappers

[info]_secret_squares

December 19 2007, 01:08:30 UTC 4 years ago

good list man. i wanna hear that josh ritter cd.

[info]couldnotthink

December 22 2007, 01:07:17 UTC 4 years ago

i didn't like it as much as the one he put out last year, but it has some really good songs. do you like yeasayer or doveman? those are both super good 07 albums that might've made my list if i'd have started listening to them earlier...

[info]lisence_reg21

December 19 2007, 02:08:54 UTC 4 years ago

i thought neon bible came out in 06? but maybe i'm whacky in head.

secondly good to see some dance rock and hip hop on that list i never think of stuff like that :/

[info]couldnotthink

December 22 2007, 01:08:08 UTC 4 years ago

it came out in 07, it just leaked early, like shins and of montreal and other things...
yeah, i really started liking dance/house/techno, etc. a lot more this year, i ahdn't really given it a fair shake before. Justice, the field, and pantha du prince all blew my mind.

Anonymous

December 19 2007, 21:49:43 UTC 4 years ago

yay for the boxer, but i gotta put in rainbows above feist on my list

[info]thief_of_dale

December 19 2007, 21:50:32 UTC 4 years ago

oops that was me that said that

[info]couldnotthink

December 22 2007, 01:09:17 UTC 4 years ago

it could've gone either way. i've relistened and re-relistened to all of my top albums the last couple weeks and i'm sort of uncertain about the reminder-neon bible-in rainbows order, they are all goooooooooood but all also have their weaknesses. I think in the end i just listened to feist a lot more and i felt like she wasn't necessarily getting props from a lot of other year end lists so that bumped her up.

[info]rachaelnelson

December 20 2007, 18:18:02 UTC 4 years ago

that looks absolutely terrific to me! but what is still more impressive is that you could recite the lists to me by memory. almost.

[info]couldnotthink

December 22 2007, 01:09:40 UTC 4 years ago

i slipped up a bit. u should get music from me this break. i enjoyed our r kelley quoting convo today.
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