The Best Albums of 2007 (Mega List)
Below are my most listened albums of 2007 (in no particular order). The only requirement for these selections were that they must be solid albums as a whole (no skipping tracks here!). These albums are must-haves for anyone serious about music. I’ll be announcing my top 10 before the end of the year is out so stay tuned.
* under the radar - a true gem
- Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- The Bees - Octopus
- Interpol - Our Love To Admire
- Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
- The Thrills - Teenager
- Tegan & Sara - The Con
- Taken By Trees - Open Field
- Stereophonics - Pull The Pin
- Sigur Ros - Hvarf-Heim
- The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
- Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven’s Gate
- The Rakes - Ten New Messages
- Radiohead - In Rainbows
- Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
- New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
- Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
- Kanye West - Graduation
- Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
- The Good, The Bad, & The Queen (Self Titled)
- Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
- Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
- Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
- Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
- Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
- The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
- The Go! Team - Proof Of Youth
Albums from 2006 that had heavy rotation in 2007
- Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out Of This Country
- The Rifles - No Love Lost
- Koop - Koop Island
- We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor
Want to see my listening habits? Check out my Last.fm profile.
Of course if you want to give a quick listen to any band mentioned above I recommend Hype Machine.
Did I forget anything? Feel free to comment to add anything I may have missed! (Although I may disagree.)
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I’ve definitely taken a liking to a lot of the music you listen to on this list. Great stuff Kyle! You should think of linking off to iTunes as an affiliate.
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Yea I was thinking about that. I was wondering how easy that’d be to do. It was late and I just thought f*ck it, let’s get the list up!
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Great list! I see some of my recommendations in there, it makes me proud
My brother has been up my ass telling me to get the new spoon and new rogue wave album, both of which I am grabbing later this week.
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Yea Koop and Camera Obscura are great finds. I wish you still had that “thoughtlets” section of your site so I could spy on anything you’ve found recently.
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I bought that Rogue Wave album probably 2 months ago and love it. Can listen to that all day long and just zone out with my development stuff.
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
In Rainbows was a bit disappointingly, frankly. You really can’t go wrong with EITS
left this nugget of wisdom December 20th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Tegan and Sara’s new album was amazing, wasn’t it? So happy to see it on your list!
left this nugget of wisdom January 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pm