Lo and behold, October has come. The year is coming to a close soon, and it’s time to start asking ourselves, “What albums did we like this year?”

 

Since Ondes Martenot’s album countdown last year was so great, I thought it would be nice to have another one for this year. I’m working out the details and will post them in this space when decisions are made, but for now assume I’ll use his model:

 

List 5 to 25 original albums, released in 2007. Rank determines the points an album gets.

 

Deadline: December 15 10:00pm EST (3am GMT)

 

Suggestions and questions are welcome. We can use this thread for list sketches and discussion, and like before, I’ll post links to people’s lists-in-progress here.

 

To see last year’s thread go here.

To see last year's countdown go here.

For ideas, check out the mid year thread here.

For a list of albums released this year try here and here

 

Please Doublecheck the Honour Roll of Ineligible Albums to make sure that all your albums will count

 

 

Lists:

 

amsterdam528

anna111

anniep_93

ariadnasquire

autumnjoy

BostonSportsTD

Briggins

burningmonk

Danilo

David S

detheo

doritji

El Mariachi Loco

Erin

huntjd

indanomati

Ireentje

JM-SP2

jspodx

julissofine

Larry

léoðwyrhta

Loretín

lunar1126

Maldini

markos

Martin the Warrior

matoran

putainfromage

pyost

Rad-Cold

reym12

riceoroni87

Romy_arg

sadace21

Silverspira

StephenG

tams

Texasluvsjonny

The Noteburg

thinker

tilkingdomcome

TracieMorgan

twistedlogic149

yellowish

 

Is a favorite album being ignored? Write a blurb about it!

 

Blurbs so far:

Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere

Expatriate - In The Midst Of This

The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime

Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

I'll tell you what the best album of 2007 is on October 10th. :D

I'll tell you what the best album of 2007 is on October 10th. :D

 

:laugh3: I think that's going to go without saying... (7 days... squee!)

 

I still want to know the rest of the list. ;)

Request: Nik posted a spreadsheet of all last year's votes: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1939649&postcount=164

The link is expired now. Does anyone have a copy of it?

I'm going to do 2 lists, just to confuse you, the first list is my proper albums of the year, but since I like lesser known acts, the votes would be wasted, so the 2nd list is my "big albums of the year", so my points won't get wasted.

 

List 1 - My proper list of the albums of the year (Don't count)

Top 18 of the year:

 

1 - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Pure Brilliance)

2 - Polytechnic - Down 'Til Dawn

3 - Stephen Fretwell - Man on the Roof

4 - The Hoosiers - Trick to Life (Best Pop album this year)

5 - The Redwalls - The Redwalls

6 - Gruff Rhys - Candylion (It came out in 2007, I think, might have been a late 06 album)

7 - Yeti - Yume

8 - Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance

9 - Radiohead - In Rainbows

10 - Willy Mason - If The Ocean Gets Rough

11 - Travis - Boy with no Name

12 - Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge

13 - Thirteen Senses - Contact

14 -The Little Flames - The Day is not Today (Honest, it did get released)

15 - Field Music - Tones of Town

16 - Turin Brakes - Dark on Fire

17 - Air Traffic - Fractured Life

18 - Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson

19 - Nick Drake - Family Tree (It had original material on it which never got released before :P)

20 - Elliot Smith - New Moon

21 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Just for the first 4 tracks)

22 - Interpol - Whatever it was called

23 - Editors - An End Has a Start

 

Honourable Mentions (Live albums, re-releases, best-ofs)

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (Deluxe Edition)

Ocean Colour Scene - The BBC Sessions

VA - The Saturday Sessions - Live on The Dermot O'Leary Show

The Beautiful South - BBC Sessions

Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Deluxe Edition)

The Police - The Police (Greatest Hits)

VA - Radio 1 Established 1967

Capitan Melao - Lagrima - Quite simply, if I had listened to it a few days earlier it would be on top of my list, it's amazing

 

List 2 - The Big albums of the year (count these votes for the main picture)

1 - LCD Soundsystem

2 - Radiohead

3 - Travis

4 - Arcade Fire

5 - Interpol

6 - Editors

My money is on the top 2 containing:

1 - Radiohead - In Rainbows

2 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

I'll tell you what the best album of 2007 is on October 10th. :D

 

 

word. :wacko:

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows

2. Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

3. Travis - The Boy With No Name

4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

5. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere

 

6. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

7. Athlete - Beyond the Neigbourhood

8. Arctic Monkeys -Favourite Worst Nightmare

9. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

10. Interpol - Our Love To Admire

 

11. The Most Serene Republic - Population

12. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

13. Kevin Drew - Spirit If...

14. The Contact - Canvas Tears

15. Feist - The Reminder

 

16. Stars - IN Our Bedroom After the War

17. The Thrills - Teenager

18. Editors - An End Has A Start

19. The Good The Bad And The Queen

20. AIR - Pocket Symphony

 

21. Joel Plaskett - Ashtray Rock

22. Foo Fighters - Echos....

23. Of Montreal - Hissing....

24. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

25. Kaiser Cheifs - Yours Truly Angry Mob

My money is on the top 2 containing:

1 - Radiohead - In Rainbows

2 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Yeah, I think it would be hard to beat Radiohead on this countdown. Unless Coldplay's new album comes out this year also which is nearly impossible I guess. :thinking:

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

2. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

3. Radiohead - In Rainbows

4. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone

5. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

6. Okkervil River - The Stage Names

7. Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara

8. Eluvium - Copia

9. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust

10. Bright Sad - Cassadaga

11. Interpol - Our Love To Admire

12. Editors - An End Has A Start

13. Air - Pocket Symphony

14. Stafrænn Hákon - Gummi

 

And oh thanks Erin for starting this countdown. Appreciate it. :)

Thanks for the lists guys. :D I'm adding them to the top as soon as I work out how to make the links work.

 

It looks like it may be quite easy for some people to top 25 albums... should I raise the upper limit? I could probably get 30 easy...

^If you have the time and feel like it. I don't really see there being a huge difference between somebody's 25th album and 30th album.

Here's my top 24, I'm leaving a space for 'In Rainbows' :D I'll probably change the order of it later too.

 

Travis - The Boy With No Name

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Shotters Nation - Babyshambles

Architecture In Helsinki - Places Like This

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Patience, Silence and Grace

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Scissors For Lefty - Underhanded Romance

Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks

Yeti - Yume

Elliott Smith - New Moon

Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone

The Shins - Wincing the night away

The Most Serene Republic - Population

Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer

The Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Towns

Feist - The Reminder

Josh Pyke - Memories and Dust

Editors - An End Has A Start

The Thrills - Teenager

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

:D Good one,I'll post mine here soon!

So far I haven't heard up to 25 albums of 2007. Can I still make the list? :nice:

Excellent idea Erin :thumbsup:

 

I'll go away and compile my list and then come back again :)

So, here is my top 10 from best albums this year..And i am sure about my number 1 :P..de rest im not sure about.

 

1.Radiohead - In Rainbows

 

 

2. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

4. Thirteen Senses - Contact

5. Foo Fighters - Echos, Silence, Patience & Grace

6. The White Stripes - Icky Thump

7. Editors - An End Has A Start

8. Travis - The Boy With No Name

9. Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

10. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

So far I haven't heard up to 25 albums of 2007. Can I still make the list? :nice:

 

 

List 5 to 25 original albums, released in 2007. Rank determines the points an album gets.

 

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So yes you can still make a list.:kiss:

how can people be sure that an album will be the best of the year if is not even relesed?

 

btw.. I'll try to make my list later!

01. Travis - The Boy With No Name

02. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

03. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

04. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone

05. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob

06. Shotters Nation - Babyshambles

07 Maximo Park- Our Earthly Pleasures

08.The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Cause we heard some live songs before..and the songs on the album will be better..The live songs were already brilliant

And whats to say in the time between the live songs and the band recording them the songs haven't been changed around?

Excellent idea Erin

I'll go away and compile my list and then come back again

Thanks for the vote of confidence- and for sticking this on the front page. :D

So far I haven't heard up to 25 albums of 2007. Can I still make the list?

Of course you can! As long as there were 5 albums you at least somewhat liked, you can make a list of those. ;)

how can people be sure that an album will be the best of the year if is not even relesed?

btw.. I'll try to make my list later!

The really interesting thing there is that even if somehow the finished product through some unknown tragedy manages to suck, it seems to have already become the most important album of the last several years. Will that affect ratings? Should it affect ratings? I don’t see how it wouldn’t. But any album that can have a happy pop song on it written in 5/4 gets my vote.

 

Either way, you have until the yet to be announced (December-ish) deadline to finish the lists- they can be rearranged any time.

 

 

(updated lists)

My final list: (with a bit of strategic tweaking...)

 

01. Maps - We Can Create

02. Radiohead - In Rainbows

03. Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky

04. Feist - The Reminder

05. Travis - The Boy With No Name

06. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future

07. Blonde Redhead - 23

08. LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver

09. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

10. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

11. Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

12. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace

13. Editors - An End Has a Start

14. Jenn Grant - Orchestra for the Moon

15. KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic

16. Interpol - Our Love to Admire

17. Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War

18. Justice - †

19. The White Stripes - Icky Thump

20. The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night

21. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

22. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City

23. Athlete - Beyond The Neighbourhood

24. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

25. The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon

 

Special Mention for a 2006 album recently discovered: Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger.

This is kinda hard. I'll have to think about it and make a list later on :wink: