My only excuse is that I don’t do this for a living. A Best of 2007 list released in mid-April of 2008 is the definition of procrastination, but I have a great excuse for my procrastination as most do. It’s been a busy year with my real job, and that’s the damned truth. Not only busy, but insanely busy and abroad –spending more time away from home than at home for the first couple months of the year . (I highly recommend Sydney.)
I think I can finally say what my favorite albums of 2007 are, and it’s not that I was really that indecisive; it’s that I just really hadn’t had enough free time to hear all the albums I knew I needed to hear before forming such a list. There are a few albums in my top 10 that I had not heard as of December 31, 2007.
But alas, I can finally say that these are my favorite albums of 2007:
1) The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
2) Radiohead - In Rainbows
3) Iron and Wine - The Shepherd’s Dog
4) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
That’s the cream of the crop in my opinion. They are all interchangeable. Then there’s another level of albums from 15-20 that are also interchangeable…
5) The Felice Brothers - Tonight at the Arizona
6) Nathan Moore - In His Own Words
6) Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
7) Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough
8) Backyard Tire Fire - Vagabonds And Hooligans
9) Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
10) Julie Lee - Take Me Out To Hear The Band
11) Feist - The Reminder
12) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
13) Amy LaVere - Anchors & Anvils
14) Fionn Regan - The End of History
15) Lucinda Williams - West
16) Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
17) Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
18) Sharon Jones and the Dapkings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
19) Hoots & Hellmouth - selftitled
20) Sonvolt - The Search
Those of you that requested the Best of 2007 CD and have not received it yet, it’s on the way. Expect it next week, because I plan to finish all shipping this weekend.
Filed under: Album Reviews, Entertainment, Music
