Favorite albums/songs of 2007

[Jadin32]

Well here we are half way thru 2007 and so far there have been some pretty amazing albums/songs!

Here are my "tops" so far.........
1. Carnavas-Silversun Pickups (I realize this came out in '06 but I picked it up in early Jan.)
They remind me of Smashing Pumpkins back when they were actually good!
My fav songs on the cd are "Lazy Eye" "Common Reactor" "Future Foe Scenarios" "Rusted wheel" "Melatonon" to name a few...the WHOLE cd is great though!!!!

2. Minutes To Midnight- Linkin Park (wasn't a fan of this band until' I heard "What I've Done"..the snippet of the Halloween theme drew me in!)
Favs besides "What.." "Bleed It Out" "Shadow Of The Day" & "Hands Held High"

3. Because Of The Times-Kings Of Leon (HUGE fan of KOL!
Caleb Followill has such an unusual voice but he can wail!
I heard "Molly's Chambers" back in '03 and have been a big fan ever since!)
FAVS "On Call" "Ragoo" "Fans" "Black Thumbnail"

4. Icky Thump"-White Stripes (Yes..they redeemed themselves from the mess of their last album!)
Upon hearing "Fell In love With a Boy" back in 2002
I immediately bought all their previous cds and turned my friends on to this talented twosome)
FAVS 'Icky Thump" "You Don't Know What Love Is' "Rag And Bone" "I'm Slowly Turning Into You" & "

5. Neon Bible-Arcade Fire (when I first heard "Keep The Car Running" it reminded me of "John Cafferty's hit from '84 "On The Darkside" but I immediately loved it anyway...the whole album is cohesive and brilliant!
FAVS "Neon Bible" Black Mirror" "Antichrist Television Blues" "My Windowsill"

Some songs that I really like but haven't bought the whole cd are

"Young Folks" -Peter, Bjorn & John
"You Hang Me Up To Dry" -Cold War Kids
"Big Girls Don't Cry" -Fergie
"Ruby" -Kaiser Chiefs
"Time Won't Let Me Go'"- The Bravery

 

[renegade_killerbee]

These are my Top 40 Favorite Songs Of 2007 (So Far!):

40. Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
39. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
38. You'll Always Be My Baby - Sara Evans
37. Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
36. I Need You - Tim McGraw With Faith Hill
35. Stealing Kisses - Faith Hill
34. Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
33. I Don't Want To - Ashley Monroe With Ronnie Dunn
32. Love Today - Mika
31. The Long Way Around - Dixie Chicks
30. From Yesterday - 30 Seconds To Mars
29. Thinkin' About You - Norah Jones
28. A Feelin' Like That - Gary Allan
27. You Give Me Something - James Morrison
26. New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
25. Too Little, Too Late - JoJo
24. Tell Me 'Bout It - Joss Stone
23. Look After You - The Fray
22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Miranda Lambert
21. Think I'm In Love - Beck
20. Nothing Left To Lose - Mat Kearney
19. The Story - Brandi Carlile
18. Hey You - Madonna
17. Red High Heels - Kellie Pickler
16. Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
15. When Your Heart Stops Beating - (+44)
14. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
13. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
12. Anyway - Martina McBride
11. Stolen - Dashboard Confessiona
10. I Wonder - Kellie Pickler
9. Boston - Augustana
8. Stupid Boy - Keith Urban
7. Settlin' - Sugarland
6. Come To Bed - Gretchen Wilson
5. Grace Kelly - Mika
4. Want To - Sugarland
3. Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye
2. Jump - Madonna
1. Read My Mind - The Killers

And I'm pretty much sure these are the CDs (that have been released over the past year), that I have enjoyed the most this year:

10. FEIST - The Reminder
9. PAOLO NUTINI - These Streets
8. GRETCHEN WILSON - One Of The Boys
7. MARTINA McBRIDE - Waking Up Laughing
6. BRANDI CARLILE - The Story
5. JAMES MORRISON - Undiscovered
4. NELLY FURTADO - Loose
3. DIXIE CHICKS - Taking The Long Way
2. THE KILLERS - Sam's Town
1. SUGARLAND - Enjoy The Ride

Honorable Mentions: Alan Jackson, "Like Red On A Rose," Diana Krall, "From This Moment On," KT Tunstall, "Eye To The Telescope," Mary Chapin Carpenter, "The Calling," and Keith Urban, "Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing."

~ Kevin In Tulsa

www.myspace.com/iluvdaytimedramas


*** KEVIN IN TULSA ***

 

[breatheH20]

I agree with Jadin23, Silversun Pickups are very good. They sound a lot like The Smashing Pumpkins back in their day.

"Carnavas" is probably my favorite record of the year.

 

[Jadin32]

kevin in tulsa....YEA "Rehab" is a great song and I forgot to addd it to my list!

The Killer's "Sam's Town" was my favorite album of last year....bought it in October but 'Read my Mind" is an amazing tune!!!!!!!!

 

[evilest]

May get dates wrong but don't shoot me.

Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (indie rocking)
Timbaland - Shock Value (dead aim collaborations)
Marilyn Manson - Eat Me Drink Me (his worst but still great)
Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio (Nutters)
Placebo - Meds (awesome return to form)

 

[tribemaster07]

Favorite songs of 2007 (so far):

Alexz Johnson - I Don't Know If I Should Stay/Love To Burn
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, Its An Armsrace
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again/One Minute
The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
Hilary Duff - With Love
Linkin Park - What I've Done
Good Charlotte - The River
Cory Lee - I Will Be The Flame/Snake Charmer
Hannah Montana - Nobody's Perfect
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Catch You
Young Love - Find A New Way
Shakira - Pure Intuition
Garbage - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song
Ashley Tisdale - Be Good To Me
Raven Symone - Got It Girl
Ciara - Like A Boy
Beyonce featuring Shakira - Beautiful Liar
Beyonce featuring Jay-Z - Upgrade U
Pussycat Dolls- I Don't Need A Man
Daddy Yankee featuring Fergie- Impacto (Remix)

 

[luminum]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Beyonce - B'Day

Those were my favorite albums of the year

 

[BBCseven]

Well with Spoon's new album now out and about, I'd have to stick that in so...

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Horrendous title, but its just an absolutely amazing album. Here's some good linkage with two legal tracks to boot (Both Sides of the Mouth) Silversun Pickups definitely deserved a spot in last year's Top lists, had the limelight taken by TV on the Radio (but needless to say it was a great album). Um lesse other picks for this year...

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
definitely, Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

I'm sure there's more, but I honestly can't remember when things are released. Writer's Block btw, is a slightly better than average album (I wouldn't spend $15 on it). Other good songs on that album are Let's Call It Off, Amsterdam and Paris 2004. That was released last year too though, no?

If you don't want to be disappointed, the Kaiser Chiefs album follows up to your expectations from Ruby. Your Truly, Angry Mob was appropriately titled seeing as the entire album has a very letters from an angry mob feel to it. Heat Dies Down and Angry Mob are two other very good songs on that disc. While I'm on it, there's a very Kaiser Chiefs band from Spain called Second. If anyone's heard of them, I'd be very interested in *ahem* borrowing an mp3 or two from you...

 

[BBCseven]

Oh yes - hate to double post, but Architecture in Helsinki drops their album in August, and I'm very much looking forward to that...

 

[renegade_killerbee]

Hey Jadin32, actually Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" would have placed higher than No. 39 on my list if I hadn't gotten so sick of it so fast.

You'll notice her "You Know I'm No Good" places much higher, at No. 14. That song is far superior although it didn't even make the Billboard Top 50.

What ruined it for me, though, was the overkill of Winehouse this summer: the cover of Rolling Stone, singing "Rehab" on any awards show that would allow her on; and every single person on MySpace using that song as their profile song.

Hopefully the rest of the releases from the album won't meet with so much overkill.

~ Kevin In Tulsa

 

[Jadin32]

Well with Spoon's new album now out and about, I'd have to stick that in so...

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Horrendous title, but its just an absolutely amazing album. Here's some good linkage with two legal tracks to boot (Both Sides of the Mouth) Silversun Pickups definitely deserved a spot in last year's Top lists, had the limelight taken by TV on the Radio (but needless to say it was a great album). Um lesse other picks for this year...

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
definitely, Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

I'm sure there's more, but I honestly can't remember when things are released. Writer's Block btw, is a slightly better than average album (I wouldn't spend $15 on it). Other good songs on that album are Let's Call It Off, Amsterdam and Paris 2004. That was released last year too though, no?

If you don't want to be disappointed, the Kaiser Chiefs album follows up to your expectations from Ruby. Your Truly, Angry Mob was appropriately titled seeing as the entire album has a very letters from an angry mob feel to it. Heat Dies Down and Angry Mob are two other very good songs on that disc. While I'm on it, there's a very Kaiser Chiefs band from Spain called Second. If anyone's heard of them, I'd be very interested in *ahem* borrowing an mp3 or two from you...

THANKS!
I might have to check it out being as "Ruby" is an excellant tune!

 

[Jadin32]

Hey Jadin32, actually Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" would have placed higher than No. 39 on my list if I hadn't gotten so sick of it so fast.

You'll notice her "You Know I'm No Good" places much higher, at No. 14. That song is far superior although it didn't even make the Billboard Top 50.

What ruined it for me, though, was the overkill of Winehouse this summer: the cover of Rolling Stone, singing "Rehab" on any awards show that would allow her on; and every single person on MySpace using that song as their profile song.

Hopefully the rest of the releases from the album won't meet with so much overkill.

~ Kevin In Tulsa

Haven't heard anything else by Winehouse and actually have only heard 'Rehab" like 5 times. I'll have to give her a listen.

I notice you enjoy singer/songwriters.
If you haven't already you should definetely check out Patty Griffin.
Her first two cd's "Living With Ghosts" & "Flaming Red"are her best ( IMO.)

I've read that Kelly Clarkson is a big fan!

 

[gaz1978]

Albums of 2007 so far...
1) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
2) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
4) Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
5) Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter

 

[AndrewV]

1.- Volta - Bjork
2.- Icky Thump - White Stripes
3.- American Doll Posse - Tori Amos
4.- Release the stars - Rufus Wainwright
5.- Best of - Garbage
6.- El Mundo se equivoca - La Quinta Estacion
7.- Are you listening? - Dolores O'riordan
8.- The Reminder - Feist
9.- Sky Blue sky - Wilco
10.- Year Zero - Nine Inch Nails
.
.
. Special Mention Zeitgeist - Smashing Pumpkins

 

[andrews_20]

ALBUMS!!
1-fantasia fantasia
2-ciara the evolution
3-rihanna good girl gone bad
4-amerie because i love it
5-kelly clarkson my december
6-gwen stefani sweet escape
7-kelly rowland ms. kelly
8-avril lavigne best damn thing
9-paris bennett princess p
10-beyonce b day!!!! i know its last year but i still jam it!!!
11-katherine mcphee self titled

SONGS!!!
1-when i see u fantasia
2-get me bodied beyonce
3-upgrade u beyonce
4-umbrella rihanna
5-take control amerie
6-like this kelly rowland
7-tambourine eve
8-when your gone avril lavigne
9-never again kelly rowland
10-clothes off nina sky
11-easy paula deanda
12-love story katherine mcphee

i will add more later!!!! lol!!!!

 

[Raybee]

1. Our Love To Admire - Interpol(I love each track on it!)
2. Friend Opportunity- Deerhoof
3. Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
4. Begin To Hope - Regina Spektor
5. Desert Lights - Something For Kate


Hiya Jadin

 

[Jadin32]

1. Our Love To Admire - Interpol(I love each track on it!)
2. Friend Opportunity- Deerhoof
3. Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
4. Begin To Hope - Regina Spektor
5. Desert Lights - Something For Kate


Hiya Jadin

HI RAYBEE!
The Shins is right there below the radar...not quite top 5 but top 10 anyway!
It has a 70's feel to the music (IMO).
Is the song "Australia" played a lot there?
Ex. commercials or travel ads.

 

[Raybee]

HI RAYBEE!
The Shins is right there below the radar...not quite top 5 but top 10 anyway!
It has a 70's feel to the music (IMO).
Is the song "Australia" played a lot there?
Ex. commercials or travel ads.

No, the song "Australia" hasn't ben used commrcially. Other than the title, the song actually has nothing to do with Australia. I believe they may have written the song here, but thematically it's nothing to do with OZ (as far as I can tell). I'll be seeing them here next month - really looking forward to it.

I noticed you had Neon Bible in your picks. I bought it, gave it many listens, and I like it, but not as much as "Funeral", and not as much as all the major reviewers liked it. What am I not seeing?

 

[northstarboi]

I'm really bad at picking orders for my favourite albums, but i'd say...

The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani (Orange County Girl)
With Lasers - Bonde do Role (Quero te Amar)
Cansei de ser Sexy - CSS (Lets Make Love)
Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons (Golden Skans)
Loose - Nelly Furtado (Say it Right)
Sam's Town - The Killers (Bling)
We Are Pilots - Shiny Toy Guns (Le Disko)
The Best Damn Thing - Avril Lavigne (I Can Do Better)
B-Day - Beyonce (Upgrade U)
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire (Black Mirror)

And probably a whole lot more I can't remember right now. I think it's been a pretty good year for music overall

 

[bostonboy20]

here are my fav albums so far...in no particular order:

Colbie Caillat - CoCo
The Used - Lies for the Liars
A Fine Frenzy - One Cell in The Sea
Sarah Bareilles - Little Voice
Rooney - Calling The World
The Starting Line - Direction
The Academy Is... - Santi
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Anberlin - Cities
Au Revoir Simone - The Bird of Music
Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Cary Brothers - Who you Are
The Click Five - Modern Minds and Past Times
The Fratellis - Costello Music
The Higher - On Fire
Kelly Clarkson - My December

that's all i feel like listing now..haha