Top 10 (This one goes to 11) — My top album for 2007
My top 11 albums for the year. This list will change from time to time as I discover and love new albums. These are the albums that I listen to again and again.
- Lucinda Williams: West
- The Bird & The Bee
- Gretchen Peters: Burnt Toast and Offerings
- The White Stripes: Icky Thump
- Brandi Carlile: The Story
- The New Pornographers: Challengers
- Iron And Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
- Fountains of Wayne: Traffic And Weather
- Caribou: Andorra
- Umphrey’s McGee: The Bottom Half
- Cowboy Junkies: At The End of Paths Taken
Other Albums
Other Albums I’ve listened to this year.
January
- America: Here & Now
- The Bird And The Bee
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder
- Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
- The Early Years
- The Good, The Bad & The Queen
- James Yorkston: The Year Of The Leopard
- John Mellencamp: Freedom’s Road
- John Waite: Downtown – Journey Of A Heart
- Norah Jones: Not Too Late
- Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
- Paolo Nutini: These Streets
- Peter Rowan And Tony Rice: Quartet
- The Shins: Wincing The Night Away
- The Six Parts Seven: Casually Smashed to Pieces
- Sloan: Never Hear The End Of It
- The Smithereens: Meet The Smithereens
- Tom Brosseau: Grand Forks
February
- The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder
- Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked Ladies Are Men
- The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard lakes Are The Dark Horse
- Bloc Party: A Weekend In The City
- Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees [Remaster]
- Charlie Louvin
- Dean & Britta: Back Numbers
- ELO: Balance of Power [Remaster]
- ELO: Out Of The Blue [Remaster]
- Explosions In The Sky: All Of ASudden I Miss Everyone
- Fall Out Boy: Infinity On High
- The Frames: The Cost
- The High Llamas: Can Cladders
- K-OS: Atlantis- Hymns for Disco
- Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir
- Lucinda Williams: West
- M Ward: To Go Home EP
- Money Mark: Brand New By Tomorrow
- Nibs Van Deer Spuy: Beautiful Feet
- Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
- Peter Bjorn And John: Writer’s Block
- Po’ Girl: Home To You
- Rickie Lee Jones: Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
- Sarah Shannon: City Morning Song
- String: Songs From The Laybyrinth
March
- Air: Pocket Symphony
- Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
- Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion
April
- Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Thing
- Brandi Carlile: The Story
- Cowboy Junkies: The End Of Paths Taken
- Fountains Of Wayne: Traffic And Weather
- Melee: Devils & Angels
- Umphrey’s McGee: The Bottom Half
May
- Great Lake Swimmers: Ongiara
June
- John Doe: A Year in the Wilderness
- Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full
- Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad
- Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 1 [Remaster]
- Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 3 [Remaster]
- The White Stripes: Icky Thump
July
- Colbie Caillat: Coco
- Great Lakes Myth Society: Compass Rose Bouquet
- Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- St. Vincent: Marry Me
- Ten Story Relapse: Antidisestablishmentarianism
August
- Caribou: Andorra
- Gretchen Peters: Burnt Toast and Offerings
- Jim White & Nina Nastasia: You Follow Me
- Minus The Bear: Planet of Ice
- The New Pornographers: Challengers
- Okkervil River: The Stage Names
- Rilo Kiley: Under The Blacklight
September
- Asobi Seksu: Stay Awake [Single]
- The Bird And The Bee: Please Clap Your Hands
- The Cave Singers: Invitation Songs
- Emma Pollock: Watch The Fireworks
- Iron And Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
- Joe Henry: Civilians
- Songs Of Green Pheasant: Gyllyng Street
- Stars: In Our Bedroom After The War
- Thurston Moore: Trees Outside The Academy
- Via Audio: Say Something Say Something Say Something
October
- Annie Lennox: Annie Lennox
- Band of Horses: Cease to Begin
- Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
- Cannonball Jane: Knees Up!
- Celebration: The Modern Tribe
- Cass McCombs: Dropping The Writ
- Deon Blyan: Lessons (And Other Things Learned)
- The Fiery Furnaces: Widow City
- Jens Lekman: Your Arms Around Me
- Mariee Sioux: Faces In The Rocks
- Moby Grape: Moby Grape [Bonus Tracks]
- Scout Niblett: This Fool Can Die Now
- Vanessa Carlton: Heroes & Thieves
- Will Hoge: Draw the Curtains
- White Shoes & the Couples Company