which "the best of 2007" is the best one??

Blackpitts

hey guys,
a lot of magazines/websites are out there with the list of best rock/alternative/indie album of 2007...I checked Q, NME, metacritic, BBC music etc...

which top list is the best in your opinion?

Xavi6

Blackpitts wrote: »

hey guys,
a lot of magazines/websites are out there with the list of best rock/alternative/indie album of 2007...I checked Q, NME, metacritic, BBC music etc...

which top list is the best in your opinion?

My own. It's all that really matters tbh.

smackbunnybaby

In the past you couldnt go wrong with "Uncut" magazines albums of the year. recently im not so sure.
id say "plan b" and "Word" might have ok recommendations. there is nothing Q, bbc, nme will tell you that you havent heard already.
to broaden your horizons, why not try "The Wire" for something little more off the wall.

Creamy Goodness

Rocksound's one is good, except biffy clyro is number 1.

Aereogramme at #2 should of been number 1

monkey9

Well, NME has Klaxon's album as best of 2007 so that's all you need to know about their poll. I reckon Uncut still do good ones.

Mushy

Cremo wrote: »

Rocksound's one is good, except biffy clyro is number 1.

Aereogramme at #2 should of been number 1

Biffys album should definately be up there(says he who's listening to it now:D)

And I dont care what anyone says, but Era Vulgaris should be higher up lists(or at least easily making lists).

Blisterman

Looking at uncut magazine, I've noticed they included The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America.
That came out in 2006.

monkey9

Blisterman wrote: »

Looking at uncut magazine, I've noticed they included The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America.
That came out in 2006.

No it didn't. It came out this year. It might have come out in America in 2006 maybe, but definately this year over here

radiospan

We need a Top 10 "Top 10's of 2007" of 2007...

Zapp Brannigan

plazzTT wrote: »

We need a Top 10 "Top 10's of 2007" of 2007...

I'll get my crayons...

nlgbbbblth

Blackpitts wrote: »

hey guys,
a lot of magazines/websites are out there with the list of best rock/alternative/indie album of 2007...I checked Q, NME, metacritic, BBC music etc...

which top list is the best in your opinion?

mine.

Year 22 - 2007

01 Von Südenfed - 'The Rhinohead' (Domino)
02 Burial - 'Raver' (Hyperdub)
03 Burial - 'Archangel' (Hyperdub)
04 iLiKETRAiNS - 'Spencer Perceval' (Beggars Banquet)
05 M.I.A. - 'Paper Planes' (XL)
06 Burial - 'Ghost Hardware' (Hyperdub)
07 Skream - 'Chest Boxing' (Tempa)
08 Radiohead - 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' (No Label Download)
09 LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great' (DFA)
10 Large Mound - 'Rock Is For Sanity' (Scientific Laboratories)
11 Undertones - 'Everything You Say Is Right' (Cooking Vinyl)
12 Von Südenfed - 'Slow Down Ronnie' (Domino)
13 Battles - 'Atlas' (Warp)
14 LCD Soundsystem - 'All My Friends' (DFA)
15 Burial - 'Homeless' (Hyperdub)
16 The Fall - 'Fall Sound' (Slogan)
17 Radiohead - 'All I Need' (No Label Download)
18 iLiKETRAiNS - 'The Deception' (Beggars Banquet)
19 The Tuss - 'Synthacon 9' (Rephlex)
20 Richard Hawley - 'Our Darkness' (Mute)
21 !!! - 'Bend Over Beethoven' (Warp)
22 PJ Harvey - 'The Mountain' (Island)
23 Ace Of Clubs - 'Rubber Chunks' (Firstcask)
24 M.I.A. - 'XR2' (XL)
25 Dinosaur Jr. - 'Almost Ready' (Fat Possum)
26 Gescom - 'A1' (Skam)
27 Herv - 'Skeletal' (Organised Ideas/Acroplane)
28 Bearsuit - 'More Soul Than Wigan Casino' (Fantastic Plastic)
29 Wire - 'No Warning Given' (Pink Flag)
30 The Fall - 'Reformation!' (Slogan)
31 Mumblin' Deaf Ro - 'Ox In An Open Door' (Villain)
32 Large Mound - 'Great!' (Scientific Laboratories)
33 Low - 'Violent Past' (Sub Pop)
34 Burial - 'Endorphin' (Hyperdub)
35 Super Furry Animals - 'Run-Away' (Rough Trade)
36 Robert Pollard - 'Miles Under The Skin' (Merge)
37 Skream - 'Pass The Red Stripe' (Soul Jazz)
38 Distance - 'Traffic' (Planet Mu)
39 Pinch feat. Yolanda - 'Way Out' (Techtonic)
40 Arcade Fire - 'Intervention' (Rough Trade)
41 Dizzee Rascal - 'Sirens' (XL)
42 M.I.A. - 'Jimmy' (XL)
43 Wiley - 'Bow E3' (Big Dada)
44 Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke - 'The White Flash' (BPitch Control)
45 Decoration - 'Only A Plague Can Stop Us Now' (13 B Sides)
46 Boxcutter - 'Bloscid' (Planet Mu)
47 MRK1 - 'The Underworld' (Planet Mu)
48 Happy Mondays - 'Jellybean' (Sequel)
49 Rustie - 'Jagz The Smack' (White Label)
50 Matty G - '50,000 Watts' (Argon)

ShoulderChip

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

mine.

Year 22 - 2007

01 Von Südenfed - 'The Rhinohead' (Domino)
02 Burial - 'Raver' (Hyperdub)
03 Burial - 'Archangel' (Hyperdub)
04 iLiKETRAiNS - 'Spencer Perceval' (Beggars Banquet)
05 M.I.A. - 'Paper Planes' (XL)
06 Burial - 'Ghost Hardware' (Hyperdub)
07 Skream - 'Chest Boxing' (Tempa)
08 Radiohead - 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' (No Label Download)
09 LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great' (DFA)
10 Large Mound - 'Rock Is For Sanity' (Scientific Laboratories)
11 Undertones - 'Everything You Say Is Right' (Cooking Vinyl)
12 Von Südenfed - 'Slow Down Ronnie' (Domino)
13 Battles - 'Atlas' (Warp)
14 LCD Soundsystem - 'All My Friends' (DFA)
15 Burial - 'Homeless' (Hyperdub)
16 The Fall - 'Fall Sound' (Slogan)
17 Radiohead - 'All I Need' (No Label Download)
18 iLiKETRAiNS - 'The Deception' (Beggars Banquet)
19 The Tuss - 'Synthacon 9' (Rephlex)
20 Richard Hawley - 'Our Darkness' (Mute)
21 !!! - 'Bend Over Beethoven' (Warp)
22 PJ Harvey - 'The Mountain' (Island)
23 Ace Of Clubs - 'Rubber Chunks' (Firstcask)
24 M.I.A. - 'XR2' (XL)
25 Dinosaur Jr. - 'Almost Ready' (Fat Possum)
26 Gescom - 'A1' (Skam)
27 Herv - 'Skeletal' (Organised Ideas/Acroplane)
28 Bearsuit - 'More Soul Than Wigan Casino' (Fantastic Plastic)
29 Wire - 'No Warning Given' (Pink Flag)
30 The Fall - 'Reformation!' (Slogan)
31 Mumblin' Deaf Ro - 'Ox In An Open Door' (Villain)
32 Large Mound - 'Great!' (Scientific Laboratories)
33 Low - 'Violent Past' (Sub Pop)
34 Burial - 'Endorphin' (Hyperdub)
35 Super Furry Animals - 'Run-Away' (Rough Trade)
36 Robert Pollard - 'Miles Under The Skin' (Merge)
37 Skream - 'Pass The Red Stripe' (Soul Jazz)
38 Distance - 'Traffic' (Planet Mu)
39 Pinch feat. Yolanda - 'Way Out' (Techtonic)
40 Arcade Fire - 'Intervention' (Rough Trade)
41 Dizzee Rascal - 'Sirens' (XL)
42 M.I.A. - 'Jimmy' (XL)
43 Wiley - 'Bow E3' (Big Dada)
44 Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke - 'The White Flash' (BPitch Control)
45 Decoration - 'Only A Plague Can Stop Us Now' (13 B Sides)
46 Boxcutter - 'Bloscid' (Planet Mu)
47 MRK1 - 'The Underworld' (Planet Mu)
48 Happy Mondays - 'Jellybean' (Sequel)
49 Rustie - 'Jagz The Smack' (White Label)
50 Matty G - '50,000 Watts' (Argon)

Is that joke?
what are those albums?
I like sufjan stevens and sigur ros, what is wrong with you.

John

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Is that joke?
what are those albums?
I like sufjan stevens and sigur ros, what is wrong with you.

They're his top 50 songs. There's nothing wrong with him just because he likes bands you don't know.

smackbunnybaby

John wrote: »

They're his top 50 songs. There's nothing wrong with him just because he likes bands you don't know.

i could be wrong but i think ShoulderChip was confused by what he/she thought were album names!
he/she didnt realise they were song titles. i could be wrong thou......

ShoulderChip

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

i could be wrong but i think ShoulderChip was confused by what he/she thought were album names!
he/she didnt realise they were song titles. i could be wrong thou......

Yeah thats what it was was wondering how radiohead had so much albums etc.
thanks

nlgbbbblth

Like John said, top 50 songs of the year.
Been doing it since 1986 - hence the 'year 22' heading.
Use your fingers if you think it's 21 not 22.

indiewindy

Great to see iliketrains and aereogramme (R.i.P) getting mentioned. Top cds for me this year were
PJ Harvey White chalk
Aereogramme- My heart has a wish that you would not go
Gravenhust - the western lands
iliketrains- elegies to lessons learnt
twilight sad- 14 autumns and 15 winters
the national -boxer
les savy fav - lets stay friends
liars - liars
okkervil river - the stage names
the shins wincing the night away

and my turkey of the year is arcadefire, what a dreadful follow up to a classic, 3 good songs and the rest were duds.

KrazeeEyezKilla

The Klaxons are OK but it's clear NME made up there minds a year ago and expected the Klaxons to be much bigger commercially.

And yes Era Vulgaris was much better than a lot of critics seemd to think.

thepoopatorium

Here's my list. Fun fun fun...

SligoBrewer

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote: »

The Klaxons are OK but it's clear NME made up there minds a year ago and expected the Klaxons to be much bigger commercially.

Brilliant album, brillant band, brilliant live.

Neon Bible wasn't as good as I was hoping, either was In Rainbows.

Q's list seems to be the best I think

youcancallmeal

Metacritic has a good round up here but its only top 10 lists

Dragan

Xavi6 wrote: »

My own. It's all that really matters tbh.

Exactly. Music is far too individual for me to car about anything other than whether i like a song or not.

sandman263

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/ containes the top lists from most of the major publications. I don't subscribe to the theory of one being the best - you'll see an overlap of about 40%-70% across most lists, and a lot of these are the current flavours of the month, easily broken down into the following categories for 2007:

• This is unlistenable so it must be good
• This is psychedelic, so it must be good
• This is happy pop sung by 20 people playing a saw, so it must be good

I'd say dip, pick, choose, and make your own list. That's the best one.