while i spent a few uneventful days mulling over last year's list and was all but certainly smoking crack when i put together 2005's (really? plans?!), i've genuinely been looking forward to compiling a singles list for this year since the beginning of fall; the past year has been rife with wonderful music, and being a more vigilant listener than ever has made it all the better.
were i to be completely straightforward with this list, a majority of the contents would probably come from a mere handful of albums; but thankfully, by deciding to arrange this list with 25 unique artists ("no repeats"), i don't have to resort to that (cough, 2005). on the other hand, i've spent the last two weeks in a holed up in my place, listening to a favorable chunk of the best 2007 had to offer nonstop (thanks largely to the strike) and compulsively rearranging a single playlist. regrettably, i've had to choose favorites out of some of the most surreal 2, 3, 4, 5-song samples (and entire albums), leaving dozens of beautiful, epic, and indelible songs unmentioned. long story short, this little project kicked my ass:
my 30 (formerly 25) favorite tracks from 2007 (followed by album):
30. the shins - turn on me ('wincing the night away')
29. bon iver - for emma ('for emma, forever ago')
28. eddie vedder - society ('into the wild' ost)
27. band of horses - lamb on the lam (in the city); ('cease to begin')
26. the mary onettes - explosions ('s/t')
25. earlimart - bloody nose ('mentor tormentor')
24. okay - natural ('huggable dust')
23. blonde redhead - 23 ('23')
22. kevin devine - the longer i lay here ('tour' ep)
21. kanye west - flashing lights ('graduation')
20. rihanna - umbrella ('good girl gone bad')
19. voxtrot - brother in conflict ('s/t')
18. stars - bitches in tokyo ('in our bedroom after the war')
17. feist - 1234 ('the reminder')
16. les savy fav - comes & goes ('let's stay friends')
15. maritime - guns of navarone - ('heresy and the hotel choir')
14. jens lekman - friday night at the drive-in bingo ('night falls over kortedala')
13. m.i.a. - paper planes ('kala')
12. los campesinos! - you! me! dancing! ('sticking fingers into sockets' ep)
11. bright eyes - no one would riot for less - ('cassadaga')
10. the good life - rest your head - ('help wanted nights')
9. ryan adams - two ('easy tiger')
8. spoon - you got yr. cherry bomb - ('ga ga ga ga ga')
7. andrew bird - plasticities ('armchair apocrypha')
6. peter bjorn and john - paris 2004 ('writer's block')
5. two gallants - despite what you've been told ('s/t')
4. the arcade fire - keep the car running ('neon bible')
3. lcd soundsystem - all my friends ('sound of silver')
2. the national - apartment story ('boxer')
1. okkervil river - unless it's kicks ('the stage names')
were i to be completely straightforward with this list, a majority of the contents would probably come from a mere handful of albums; but thankfully, by deciding to arrange this list with 25 unique artists ("no repeats"), i don't have to resort to that (cough, 2005). on the other hand, i've spent the last two weeks in a holed up in my place, listening to a favorable chunk of the best 2007 had to offer nonstop (thanks largely to the strike) and compulsively rearranging a single playlist. regrettably, i've had to choose favorites out of some of the most surreal 2, 3, 4, 5-song samples (and entire albums), leaving dozens of beautiful, epic, and indelible songs unmentioned. long story short, this little project kicked my ass:
my 30 (formerly 25) favorite tracks from 2007 (followed by album):
30. the shins - turn on me ('wincing the night away')
29. bon iver - for emma ('for emma, forever ago')
28. eddie vedder - society ('into the wild' ost)
27. band of horses - lamb on the lam (in the city); ('cease to begin')
26. the mary onettes - explosions ('s/t')
25. earlimart - bloody nose ('mentor tormentor')
24. okay - natural ('huggable dust')
23. blonde redhead - 23 ('23')
22. kevin devine - the longer i lay here ('tour' ep)
21. kanye west - flashing lights ('graduation')
20. rihanna - umbrella ('good girl gone bad')
19. voxtrot - brother in conflict ('s/t')
18. stars - bitches in tokyo ('in our bedroom after the war')
17. feist - 1234 ('the reminder')
16. les savy fav - comes & goes ('let's stay friends')
15. maritime - guns of navarone - ('heresy and the hotel choir')
14. jens lekman - friday night at the drive-in bingo ('night falls over kortedala')
13. m.i.a. - paper planes ('kala')
12. los campesinos! - you! me! dancing! ('sticking fingers into sockets' ep)
11. bright eyes - no one would riot for less - ('cassadaga')
10. the good life - rest your head - ('help wanted nights')
9. ryan adams - two ('easy tiger')
8. spoon - you got yr. cherry bomb - ('ga ga ga ga ga')
7. andrew bird - plasticities ('armchair apocrypha')
6. peter bjorn and john - paris 2004 ('writer's block')
5. two gallants - despite what you've been told ('s/t')
4. the arcade fire - keep the car running ('neon bible')
3. lcd soundsystem - all my friends ('sound of silver')
2. the national - apartment story ('boxer')
1. okkervil river - unless it's kicks ('the stage names')
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this entry's had entirely too many edits; i'm saving albums for later.
2 comments:
Awesome list...except I must disagree with you on The Shins (Wincing was SO bad!) and that Ryan Adams duet with (ugh) Sheryl Crow. But overall, good stuff. Can't wait to see your album list!
i know...i suppose i just didn't have the heart to completely leave them out. album's awful, but at least there are a couple decent singles on there. at least it's no. 30.
and as for sheryl crow, i had no clue whatsoever. love the song though, and god knows you would've lit into me if my no. 31 (mark ronson's 'stop me') or 32 (something from the honorary title) had made an appearance.
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