Good Year to all,
This is the first time in a few years that I've gotten my list out before the new year (and before the end of the new year as has been habit recently). Anyhow here it is - with the qualifier that these albums are not judged on artistic or technical merit - but simply my personal likability of the music that I heard this year. Often times I gravitate toward the jangly indie rock that gets me bopping since I find I can listen to that over and over, singing along, without getting sick of it. Anyhow to add to the stack of blogger's stacks of personal faves -- here you have it!
1 born ruffians - Red, Yellow and Blue
2 hey rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
3 the dodos - Visiter
4 tokyo police club - Elephant Shell
5 wolf parade - On Mount Zoomer
6 bon iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
7 vampire weekend - Vampire Weekend
8 girl talk - Feed the Animals
9 tv on the radio - Dear Science
10 los campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster
postscript: Having graduated last year I use music less as a procrastination tool - and spend less time in front of a computer - therefore my new music intake has decreased in the sense of listening to full albums. However the magic of streaming radio - especially Radio3 - has introduced me to many, many new artists, all of which happen to be Canadian. This has undoubtedly affected the list.
ps II: The ordering is as of today - though today's was completely revamped since the beta version I drafted up a few weeks back, so it is more of a suggestion of how much play each album got this year into my ears.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
2008 Top Ten Albums
Monday, December 01, 2008
Forgot Again - Top Albums 2007
This is a couple years running now.. early December rolls around and the blogosphere lights up with top whatever lists of albums for the year. I read some and it gets me thinking about my own and then I look back to the previous year and realize that i forgot to post it. So perpetually a year in arrears here is my 2007 list. I'll have you know I attempted to start my 2008 list over the weekend and came up with a quick 8 that will be on there, and some more thought may have to be given to who will round out the list and what order they will fall in.
Without further ado, 2007:
1 Joel Plaskett - Ashtray Rock
2 Feist - The Reminder
3 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
5 Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
6 Immaculate Machine - Fables
7 Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
8 Mother Mother - Touch Up
9 Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
10 Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Honestly, that's a pretty solid list. Usually a year later I come back and cringe a little but this year isn't too bad. Perhaps immaculate machine doesn't deserve number 6 honours (honourable mention would be more appropriate) and though I loved LCD I didn't find myself listening to it much in oh-eight (however I was on an electro kick in 2007 which explains it). Miracle Fortress was a late addition, sneaking in at 10 but fully warrants it.
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