Decision pending: Lupe Fiasco - The Cool **Haven't listened to the whole album yet Common - Finding Forever Kanye West - Graduation Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long T.I. - TI vs TIP Talib Kweli - Eardrum Musiq - Luvanmusiq Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory Trae - Life Goes On
I need a bit of a re-do. I want to replace The Field - From Here We Go Sublime with A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers
Rush - Snakes and Arrows I think it was the only album that was released in 2007 that I purchased in 2007.
I bought maybe 10 albums since 2000. None since 2005. Maybe 2 of those I bought in the same year it came out. I agree, if someone's putting 10 albums into a ranking, it means they've gotten MORE than 10 that they're choosing from. OP didnt say top 10 albums you personally own, though...
I own all the albums I listed. I buy/obtain upwards of 50-75 albums a year. I have an external hard drive filled with nearly 100GB of music. Music is my fav. pastime, and thus I spend alot of time with it. I don't really watch much tv or play videogames, thus I have free time to listen to music. I'm also allowed to listen to music in my office at work. I attend around 40 concerts in a year as well, not including the music festivals like ACL or SXSW. There is so much good new music being released every year. You just have to search a little, and it is worth the end result.
Generally, festivals aren't the best places to see live acts. Neither do artists really shine either at a big festival stage. Festivals are generally just more economical and efficient. But smaller venues for acts like Bloc Party is great stuff. Kele, the lead singer always interacts with the crowd. The last Bloc Party concert I went to he actually jumped off the stage and performed a part of the song on the bar. Another reason why a large festival isn't that great is I would imagine the majority of people watching aren't diehard fans of the band. There is a certain level of give and take between the artist and the diehard fan at a smaller venue. Their is more energy and excitement at smaller places.
i bought at least 20 albums this year and i also subscribe to rhapsody, so when new stuff comes out even if i didnt buy the cd i can listen to it there. i actually had to make some tough choices to come up w/ my top 10! i also go to alot of shows - saw over 100 bands this year.
Couldn't think of 10 - but I really liked these 2007 albums: Ghostland Observatory - Live at Austin City Limits: Music Festival 2007 Pink Martini - Hey Eugene! Kanye West - Graduation Travis - The Boy with No Name Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
Thats cool. Thats the good part of music, it operates in the background and you can do other things while its going. You don't have to interact with it, just listen and enjoy. I'm FOR this thread, not against it
choices like this is what makes this thread relevant: "80. How the West was Juan by Super Barrio Mothers" just for that I'll put them at #4 on my list
I agree about the whole festival thing, some bands are made for it, and some aren't. Bloc Party was one of the bands I was really looking forward to seeing this year at ACL, and they were terrible. At least I got to see half of Andrew Bird's set, which was absolutely amazing.
Holy Smokes...this list is like the band line up at a Taos Coop halloween bash. Who can resist the sweet sould sounds of.... The Fallopian Tubas? Cream and the Jeans? Marget Cho Disaster Cam? and of course The Dicksnippets. I've never heard of any of the bands....except I think the bassist for Ballsweater cleans my pool every third thursday. Great find. Cream and the Jeans has now made my top 5 band name list with REO Speedealer and Goblincock.
This year is definitely great for me music wise because I discovered Within Temptation. And although 'The heart of everything' isn't as good as their previous album it's still number one by a whole lot. They are a dutch band and I would guess very few people in the USA have heard about them. Or Europe for that matter - they are seriously flying under the radar. Number two would be Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory. It's good, haven't listened to it too much but I like it. I don't remember anything from the beginning of the year so I'm probably forgetting something. Anyway, for the most disappointing one I would nominate Linkin Park - Minutes to midnight. I mean seriously - one solid song and a bunch of f***ing balads. I know bands change their styles and evolve but LP was the last band that needed to change their music. Everything following Hybrid Theory (which is the best album ever, imo) has been not as good as the previous release but still excellent. And now this huge fall.
