Speaking of Post-Rock I think my top placing of said genre will go to iLIKETRAINS.

01. Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
02. Burial - Untrue
03. Om - Pilgrimage
04. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Fire Escape
05. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
06. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
07. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
08. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
09. MRK1 - Copyright Laws
10. White Rainbow - Prism of Eternal Now
11. Boxcutter - Glyphic
12. Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exlusive Olympic Heights
13. Distance - My Demons
14. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
15. Sunn 0))) - Oracle

burial and wittr were my top two last year as well, they are inseparable in my mind. i do not know why.

this year i've listened to the audio cassettes of the chronicles of narnia more than anything else.

good year.

Was about to post this, it shouldn't really be on the album list. Unfortunate, because Mono are very good. I personally think they're better EITS, not Red Sparrowes though.


Also, someone had Gallows as their #1. Sorry to break it to you but it was originally released in 2006.

Yeah, but it did get a massive re-promotion and repackaging this year.

Helmet's Lucky 52 of 2007

1. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
2. Battles - Mirrored
3. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
4. Supersilent - 8
5. Neurosis - Given to the Rising
6. Yellow Swans - At All Ends
7. Burial - Untrue
8. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker
9. Burial Chamber Trio - s/t
10. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
11, Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
12. The Tuss - Rushup Edge
13. MIA - Kala
14. Jesu - Conqueror
15. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
16. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
17. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
18. Studio - Yearbook 1
19. Sightings - Through the Panama
20. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
21. Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower
22. Throbbing Gristle - Part Two: The Endless Not
23. Om - Pilgrimage
24. Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season
25. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
26. Lichens - Omns
27. Warhammer 48k - An Ethereal Oracle
28. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36
29. Pansonic - Katodivaihe
30. Apparat - Walls
31. Liars - s/t
32. Pantha du Prince - This Bliss
33. !!! - Myth Takes
34. Eluvium - Copia
35. Ben Frost - Theory of Machines
36. Drudkh - Estrangement
37. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
38. The Orb - the Dream
39. Baroness - The Red Album
40. Black Dice - Load Blown
41. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
42. Wold - Screech Owl
43. Boxcutter - Glyphic
44. Earth - Hibernaculum
45. Nadja - Touched
46. Disrupt - Foundation Bit
47. Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules
48. Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpumpe
49. Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love of Shared Disasters
50. Justice - Cross
51. Mouthus - Saw a Halo
52. Pole - Steingarten

Good list Helmet.



True, but the original was definitely last year.

Ach..it matters little. He'll be the only one voting I assume.

1. sunset rubdown - random spirit lover
2. electrelane - no shouts no calls
3. jens lekman - night falls over kortedela
4. lcd soundsystem - sound of silver
5. new pornographers - challengers
6. vampire weekend - blue cd-r
7. freeway - free at last
8. arcade fire - neon bible
9. panda bear - person pitch
10. dinosaur jr. - beyond
11. kanye west - graduation
12. bon iver - for emma, forever ago
13. celebration - the modern tribe
14. shout out louds - our ill wills
15. spoon - ga ga ga ga ga
16. okkervil river - the stage names
17. studio - yearbook 1
18. apples in stereo - new magnetic wonder
19. pharoahe monch - desire
20. muscles - guns, babes, lemonade
21. radiohead - in rainbows
22. jason isbell - sirens of the ditch
23. twilight sad - fourteen autumns and fifteen winters
24. rilo kiley - under the blacklight
25. swizz beats - one man band man
26. bonde do role - with lasers
27. handsome furs - plague park
28. deerhunter - cryptograms
29. blitzen trapper - wild mountain nation
30. yeasayer - all hour cymbals

i honestly haven't spent enough time with those more intriguing, less immediate records (burial, wolves in the throne room, stars of the lid) and i still had enough records leftover to make it to forty or fifty. hopefully they'll settle in sometime later. i'll cap it off here, for simplicity's sake.

Love the variety on all of these lists...

it's gonna be one hell of a year.

It's definitely got a Floyd Wish You Were Here/The Wall vibe.

Have people (who dig punchy hardcore/punk circa early 80s) not heard Gallows' "Orchestra of Wolves" or have they heard it and not liked it or are they considered another generic Warped Tour band? I think it's the best album of the year by about a mile. Super-catchy songs, great production, and guitars and rhythm section that goes POW, and everyone I've played it for a couple times has loved it. And the band absolutely slays live. I realize they got a serious NME blowjob this year, but that doesn't take away from the record. This sounds to me like the perfect cross between Minor Threat and Jesus Lizard.

2006.

Gallows are ok. I find the album very samey, even though there some excellent moments on it. Lets see what they can do on their next release.

I'd love to see what they're like live though. From everything I've heard they're very in your face.

For me (i.e. someone from the UK), its 2006 release.

Although....

Wasn't their album just released over in the US? I guess it could be a 2007 release, couldn't it? Are you from the US Huckle?

Oh jesus, I didn't even think of that, quite right on the '06 original. It was released in the US in '07, but even then, I ordered the UK import so I could get the double disc set. Oh well, I'm standing by it because I listened to that disc a hundred times this year. And James, I am in the US.

Fair enough on the critique, I can see it sounding a little same-samey. To me, though, every song has a mammoth hook, a great guitar riff, aggressive gang-shout background vocals, and there's usually some weird art-fuck part in the middle or end that makes me feel a little high-brow. 'Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake' is my song of the year and is the epitome of why I love these guys.

Live, they just crush. The only issue is that the singer spent half of the set singing from the crowd floor, which divided the crowd's attention. A band like Gallows should be a gang, all together on stage, slaying. I've seen singers (Riverboat Gamblers, the Horrors, Gallows) who think they're "mixing with the punters" by coming into the crowd, but it's just distracting and divisive.

But when you think of the crowd who attends the Warped Tour, you can understand why Frank feels the need to get amongst them. The majority of them are fucking sheep.

One of the primary reasons why I'm voting for it.

Oh really, we're allowed to vote for it?

Cool. It's on my list.

I feel like everyone who gizzed over M. Ward last year should check out Josh Ritter

I would've voted for it, but the eligibility question was too annoying. If the album proper is as good, it'll definitely have an excellent shot of placing next year.

Interesting.

It may aswell be an album though, there's sufficient songs for it to be so.

I'm holding two spaces for Ghostface and the Wu Tang, which will shift some things come December, barring any complete disasters from the Wu.


100 XXX
99 XXX
98 Kevin Drew Spirit If…
97 Field Music Tones of Town
96 Taken By Trees Open Field
95 Rogue Wave Asleep At Heaven's Gate
94 Liars Liars
93 Handsome Furs Plague Park
92 Dan Deacon Spiderman of the Rings
91 TTC 3615TTC
90 The Coral Roots & Echoes
89 Shape of Broad Minds Craft of the Lost Art
88 Maximo Park Our Earthly Pleasures
87 Bloc Party A Weekend in the City
86 Kassin +2 Futurismo
85 Romanes Romanes
84 Plastiscines LP1
83 Jason Holstrom Thieves of Kailua
82 Minus The Bear Planet of Ice
81 The Thrills Teenager
80 The Cribs Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
79 Editors An End Has A Start
78 Justice t
77 Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala
76 Teki Latex Party Au Plasir
75 Black Lips Good, Bad, Not Evil
74 The Chemical Brothers We Are The Night
73 Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
72 The Mary Timony Band The Shapes We Make
71 Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob
70 Ferraby Lionheart Catch the Brass Ring
69 Arctic Monkeys Favorite Worst Nightmare
68 Bumps Bumps
67 Dungen Tio Bitar
66 Peel Peel
65 Manic Street Preachers Send Away The Tigers
64 Euros Childs Miracle Inn
63 Art Brut It's a Bit Complicated
62 1990s Cookies
61 The Fiery Furnaces Widow City
60 Feist The Reminder
59 Babyshambles Shotter's Nation
58 Fountains of Wayne Traffic & Weather
57 Pinback Autumn of the Seraphs
56 Ted Leo Living with the Living
55 New Pornographers Challengers
54 Studio West Coast
53 The Bees Octopus
52 MIA Kala
51 Maritime Heresy & The Hotel Choir
50 Kanye West Graduation
49 Common Finding Forever
48 Brother Reade Rap Music
47 Panda Bear Person Pitch
46 Arp In Light
45 Boredoms Super Roots 9
44 Shout Out Louds Our Ill Wills
43 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
42 The Aliens Astronomy For Dogs
41 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder
40 Consequence Don't Quit Your Day Job!
39 The Beastie Boys The Mix Up
38 Blonde Redhead 23
37 The Clorox Girls J'aime Les Filles
36 Low Drums & Guns
35 Turzi A
34 The Ruby Suns The Ruby Suns
33 The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust
32 Gruff Rhys Candylion
31 Interpol Our Love To Admire
30 Caribou Andorra
29 Travis Morrison All Y'All
28 Wilco Sky Blue Sky
27 The White Stripes Icky Thump
26 A Place To Bury Strangers A Place to Bury Strangers
25 Holy Fuck LP
24 Akron/Family Love Is Simple
23 Battles Mirrored
22 Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
21 The Rakes Ten New Messages
20 Klaxons Myths of the Near Future
19 The Go! Team Proof Of Youth
18 Calvin Harris I Created Disco
17 Underworld Oblivion With Bells
16 The Sea & Cake Everybody
15 Menomena Friend and Foe
14 The Cool Kids Totally Flossed Out
13 Deerhunter Cryptograms
12 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
11 Air Pocket Symphony
10 Vampire Weekend Blue CD-R
9 The Shins Wincing the Night Away
8 Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum
7 Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6 Electrelane No Shouts, No Calls
5 Bjork Volta
4 Super Furry Animals Hey Venus
3 The Good, The Bad, and the Queen The Good, The Bad, and the Queen
2 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity
1 Radiohead In Rainbows

hmm... i dig Josh a good deal and all, but they're not even close for me
but then again i adore Matt's voice and find his sound to be pretty timeless, whereas i find Josh's voice just good but not thing really memorable.

not saying your statement is offbase or anything mind you...

Isn't the maximum 50?

edit:

Definitely one of the more predictable lists we have seen so far.





You couldn't finish the list on 98?

Maybe.

I approve of Minus the Bear though.

i sure hope my list is "predictable", that just means you guys know my taste well

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2007, The year I fell in love with new music again. Here it is:



1. Josh Ritter – Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
2. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
3. Kanye West – Graduation
4. Field Music – Tones of Town
5. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6. The Sea & Cake – Everybody
7. susanna – sonata mix dwarf cosmos
8. Pharoahe Monch – Desire
9. Besnard Lakes – Are the Dark Horse
10. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand



11. The Clientele – God Save The Clientele
12. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
13. The Zincs – Black Pompadour
14. Bat For Lashes – Fur and Gold
15. Radiohead – In Rainbows
16. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
17. Stars – In Our Bedroom, After the War
18. Wintersleep – Welcome to the Night Sky
19. St. Vincent – Marry Me
20. Jay Z – American Gangster



21. Private – My Secret Lover
22. Freeway – Free At Last
23. Mark Olson – The Salvation Blues
24. Son Volt – The Search
25. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
26. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
27. Great Lakes Myth Society – Compass Rose Bouquet
28. Meg Baird – Dear Companion
29. The National – Boxer
30. White Stripes – Icky Thump



31. Feist – The Reminder
32. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
33. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
34. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
35. Burial – Untrue
36. Six Organs of Admittance – Shelter From the Ash
37. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II
38. Richard Swift – Dressed Up For the Letdown
39. David Vandervelde – The Moonstation House Band
40. Josh Rouse – Country House, City Mouse



41. Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation
42. Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
43. Marissa Nadler – Songs III: Bird on the Water
44. Lavender Diamond – Imagine Our Love
45. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
46. Fiery Furnaces – Widow City
47. Art Brut – It’s a Bit Complicated
48. New Pornographers – Challengers
49. Glenn Mercer – Wheels In Motion
50. Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals

Good list as ever, Brent. Don't think Calvin Harris and Rakes are going to make my list though!

Hell of a list. Varied and colorful.

i'm all for listening to tons of variety and genres, but it seems to me Montana that you equate varied = somehow better taste?

i listen to a shit load of genres and styles, but i tend to have my favorites, and sure they tend to be more singer/songwriter and indie rock-centric mixed with a few rap/hip hop albums, with virtually no world music, true country, top 40, etc. i'm quite fine with that honestly.

i could easily just list Manu Chao, Daby Toure, Zap Mama, Ibrahim Ferrer, etc. to make me seem all wordly (which i've heard 3 of those peoples records from this year), but if they're not my favorites, they're just not my favorites.

I think by "varied and colorful," he meant "voted for Mark Olson."

1. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Voice Of The Seven Woods - Voice Of The Seven Woods
4. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
5. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
6. Peter And The Wolf - The Ivori Palms
7. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
8. Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips
9. The Angels Of Light - We Are Him
10. World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
11. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
12. Peter And The Wolf - Fireflies
13. Fursaxa - Alone In The Dark Wood
14. Menomena - Friend And Foe
15. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Tour LP
16. Jesu - Conquerer
17. Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail: For 400 Electric Guitars
18. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideas
19. Eluvium - Copia
20. Amon Tobin - Foley Room
21. Blues Control - Blues Control
22. Jana Hunter - There's No Home
23. Hadaka No Rallizes - Yodo-Go-A-Go-Go
24. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
25. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
26. Weedeater - God Luck And Good Speed
27. Dan Deacon - Spiderman Of The Rings
28. Boredoms - Super Roots Vol. 9
29. John Zorn - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
30. Shit And Shine - Cunts With Roses

well then i better make sure Salvation Blues is in my top 50 (off the top of my head it definitely is )

I didn't realize this thread was a queefing contest. I thought it was about posting lists.

I'm sure he would love the varied albums in my lists of years past.

Solace, To the extent that my list had the variety that Montana was complementing it was pretty much along the same lines as you. So I'm not sure what you're criticizing him for?

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed that I didn't hear more world music this year. Not because I want to seem "worldly" but because I've enjoyed stuff by Orchestre Baobob and Tinariwen before and I'm willing to bet that they would have placed if I'd found the time for them this year. It just ended up that in 2007 for the first time in years (for me at least), there was a shit-ton of music coming out of the indie-sphere that I was connecting with.

Amen...after Sierra Leone topped my list last year, I'm yearning for more World music...just don't know where to turn for a reliable resource. I bought a handful of discs in the genre this year, but was not all that impressed with any of them.

it wasn't in relation to your list at all (i briefly skimmed your list honestly , it was a more generalized question i suppose

Hopefully ahead of Easy Tiger, or I disown you.

I fully endorse this first time post. And, if by chance your name of "new grass" is in reference to the Talk Talk song of the same name, then I double endorse this post.

if you liked tinariwen, check out Tartit - Abacock

1st post? Um no.

New rule: 1st post lists don't count.

might not be what you're looking for, but the Daby Toure album is pretty sweet:

http://www.amazon.com/Stereo-Spirit-Daby-Toure/dp/B000NA2U0U

It is in reference to Talk Talk, I have an unhealthy obsession with Mark Hollis

Wow, that dude works fast. Joined yesterday, posted list today.

In reality, it's the same thing.

And who are you?

Thanks for the tip, I will.

well get ready to disown me then...

Easy Tiger isn't going to be super high, but i know it'll probably be ahead of Mark's album.

not even comparing the songwriting, Mark's voice for me is hit or miss (even on this album), whereas i love Ryan's voice most of the time (as "insincere" as may be, doesn't matter)

what? I was referred to here by a friend, who reads this forum all the time.