Final 2007 Album Update

November 28, 2007

I want to thank everyone who suggested albums for me to listen to over the last month or so. That is, everyone but Shane. Shane recommend The Fiery Furnaces, and when I didn’t include the in the last list, mentioned them again. Well the first 3 songs on that album proved that it was not going to make the top 10 list. In fact, it let me know that it would make the bottom 1 list. I would rather jam cotton swabs in my ears than listen to headphones playing that music. I would prefer to listen to Kenny G playing with Bill Shatner doing spoken word over it than listen to that album. It is awful.

So on that note, you have my first comment about the 39 albums (38 and 3 tracks actually) I listened to. Here is the final list of albums, the last 3 added in bold. After narrowing it down, there was a wonderful cutoff right at 15 albums actually, so I am planning on counting down the top 15 starting December 3rd and doing an album each workday until the 21st where I give my top album. Thanks for everyone’s help so far and I am anxious to get feedback on the albums as they come out.

Final List

• All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone – Explosions in the Sky
• Andorra – Caribou
• Autumn of the Seraphs – Pinback
• Beyond the Neighbourhood – Athlete
• **The Black and White Album – The Hives**
• Boxer – The National
• Cease to Begin – Band of Horses
• Chase This Light – Jimmy Eat World
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters
• Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys
• The Flying Club Cup – Beirut
• Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon
• The Good, The Bad and The Queen – The Good, The Bad and The Queen
• Graduation – Kanye West
• Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? – Of Montreal
• Icky Thump – The White Stripes
• In Rainbows – Radiohead
• Let’s Stay Friends – Les Savy Fav
• Minutes to Midnight – Linken Park
• Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
• A Night at the Ritz – Office
• Our Love to Admire – Interpol
• Places Like This – Architecture in Helsinki
• Planet of Ice – Minus the Bear
• Random Spirit Lover – Sunset Rubdown
• Reunion Tour – The Weakerthans
• **Shock Value – Timbaland **
• Sky Blue Sky – Wilco
• Some Loud Thunder – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
• The Stage Names – Okkervil River
• The Sun and the Moon – The Bravery
• We Are the Pipettes – The Pipettes
• A Weekend in the City – Bloc Party
• **Widow City – The Fiery Furnaces**
• Wincing the Night Away – The Shins
• Writer’s Block – Peter Bjorn and John
• Year Zero – Nine Inch Nails
• Zeitgeist – The Smashing Pumpkins

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