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Trying to remember what came out this year, the only ones on my mind are MeShell, Jill Scott & Common. I'm enjoying MeShell the most, Jill second...

windmill - "puddle city racing lights"

IstenSzek said:

That's a great cover, will check it out on that alone...
For me it was Arcade Fire, Neon Bible.
It's just on the verge of seeming hysterical and overdramatic, but it manages to walk the line perfectly, actually making me care about Winn Butler's bad dreams of the future. Of course it helps that the little details of the music are gorgeous, the mariachi band, the way melodies pop up as hints early in songs and then go full blown at the end. It pretty much just takes over my logical brain and connects on some weird, primal level.


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Meshell - The World (creator) Has Made Me The Man (album) Of My Dreams.


but...
NIN - Year Zero. Still listening, still sounds great.
Radiohead - In Rainbows. Each listen reaps new rewards. Coming soon, Part 2.
Prince - Planet Earth. Before all the s@*# went down, was on regular rotation.
Seal - System. Even if it's my least fav, it's still Seal.
Chaka Kahn - Funk This. I don't really put it on that much, but when I do...
Ben Harper - Lifelines. Needed! Oh so needed.

Redman-Red Gone Wild.

This was the one cd that I could play this year front to back. Very funky.

Gilla House!!!

my 2 faves released this year

ryan adams - easy tiger


miles davis - monterey jazz festival 1963
sheer brilliance!

Its a "tie" between:



Teddy Thompson - Upfront and down low

&



Endrick Brothers - Attraction versus Love

Saadiq produced this shit out of this album... too bad folks were too caught up into tabloid-ish nonsense and ignored the content.


because it was released in the U.S. in 07, I count is as an 07 release. Damn near perfect album... once again too many folks caught up into Amy's personal shit to appreciate this LP.


The Radiohead cover is amazing...


Killer album...


It's Dilla... of course I love it


Thrilled to get the outtakes from Hey Now Hey (Other Side of the Sky) & Let Me In Your Life

The close but no cigar awards go to:


The What the Fuck Were You Thinking This Year award goes to:

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I'm loving this...





Anthony Hamilton's "Are You With Me" is so soulful and I can't seem to get enough of the last cut, "Frank Lucas"

Love the entire album.

bsk3601 said:

Really, why? I like everything I've heard off it so far?
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MendesCity said:

Thats a groovy cover

Meshell Ndegeocello - The World has Made me the Man of My Dreams.
Blindsided. I had no idea she would/could be able to put something like that out there. Biggest surprise of the year.

NIN - Year Zero

Second biggest surprise of the year. Trent hasn't pulled it together this well since the Downward Spiral. It didn't seem forced and there are equal parts gorgeous moments (In this Twilight) and ass-kicking ear benders (God Given- the last 30 seconds of which makes me giggle like a school girl). I was ready to give up on him after With Teet.. Thanks for proving me wrong Mr. Reznor.

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Not what I was expecting/hoping for, but everything I didn't know I needed.

My top contenders are: Fiest, MIA, Bjork, Amy Winehouse, but thats just off the top of my head I'll have to come back to this...

I like them black grrrls
I like them white grrrls
I like them Asian grrrls :drop:
I like them mixed race :snatch:

::: PCKTRCMS:K > BEST OF '07



Calvin Harris / I Created Disco (2007)

[ This album. was. MY. LIFE. in 2007 . ]

I can hear my lone voice shouting "HA!" in minute 1:25 (or -3:49) of this youtube clip!

Calvin Harris / Live @ The Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side : Sept. 12, 2007

KICKED. MY. ASS. All year.

first Ryan Adams album I ever bought, was a very pleasant surprise...definitly a fan after this one



Brad is yet to release an album that's anything less than absolutely amazing...this one doesn't do that either, cause it's even better than all that came before. In this age of in your face commercialism, brad is always a safe bet for quality and craftsmanship



as far as music is concerned, dwight's the real deal !!! enough said!



Had a revival of interest in the fab 4 this year, this fitted right in! great album



discovered this guy recently...very beatiful voice and definitly a great singer!
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either -

korn - untitled

justin timberlake- future sex love sounds

nine inch nails - year zero

theAudience said:

I agree. I remember we traded responses on this in one of the "What Are You Listening To Now?" threads over the summer. It is a really good album. The arrangements on "South Bixel" and "Polaris" are fantastic. Those two along with the opener "Remember When" really impressed me.

I was going to say mika, but you beat me to it. That and B'Day deluxe edition, and duran duran's new ones are good. Timbaland, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and Robin Thicke have some nice singles on their albums, but I don't like them as whole albums.

DON'T

MAKE

ME

CHOOSE





But if you made me I'd have to go with White Chalk

The one-two punch of wonderfully brassy vocals and excellent retro-arrangements knocked me out.

In Rainbows--Radiohead

Every song kicks ass. I actually paid money for it, and it was worth every penny. It's as haunting and powerful as ever. It might be their best work since OK Computer.

American Doll Posse--Tori Amos

She is back in top form with this album. It's raw, feisty, gorgeous, and lovely all at once. I saw her play here in Nashville a couple of weeks ago, and I am still in awe of her talent.

Not Too Late--Norah Jones

I think this may be my favorite album of hers. It seems much more personal and intimate than her others. She does this without taking away from the subtlety and understated style that has defined her. The song "Sinkin' Soon" is a fun and rather dark departure. She seems to really be evolving in her own quiet way.

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Top 10 favorite cds from 2007:

1. Rush: Snakes & Arrows
2. Porcupine Tree: Fear Of A Blank Planet
3. Radiohead: In Rainbows
4. NIN: Year Zero
5. The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist
6. The Pineapple Thief: What We Have Sown
7. Spock's Beard: Spock's Beard
8. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
9. Prince: Planet Earth
10.Three: The End Is Begun

So, the people who've chosen Planet Earth as a contender...



Really?