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December 18, 2007
OTHER TOP 10-ALANIA
So Pitchfork's list is out: It includes only four albums I even mentioned (Spoon, Of Montreal, Arcade Fire, Radiohead), and about 35 albums I haven't even heard of - a proto-typically esoteric mix of hip-hop/club music/bands from Eastern Europe. Woo-hoo. Hope that was fun for them. Now they can go back to crapping on everything. Their love for the Of Montreal album, in particular, is curious. Their love for Lil' Wayne and Kanye West, weird and cloying.
Any love for The National? I've never really listened to them.
Here's is a mix of the best songs of the year (ranked). I didn't really put a whole lot of time into this, so it's about as authoritative as an eighth grader who claims that math sucks.
1. Some Loud Thunder (CYHSY)
2. Impossible Germany (Wilco)
3. The Underdog (Spoon)
4. My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire)
5. Hunting for Witches (Bloc Party)
6. Satan Said Dance (CYHSY)
7. Don’t Make Me A Target (Spoon)
8. All The Things That Go To Heaven To Make Earth (New Pornographers)
9. Myriad Harbor (New Pornographers)
10. Leave me (like you found me) (Wilco)
11. Emily Jean Stock (CYHSY)
12. Yankee Go Home (CYHSY)
13. Pragmatic Woman (Harlan T. Bobo)
14. The Chinatown Bus (Bishop Allen)
15. I’ll Work For Your Love (Bruce Springsteen)
16. Doin’ the Math (Loudon Wainwright)
17. I Should Have Known Better (Yo La Tengo)
18. Corazon (Bishop Allen)
And here are the seven best albums I bought in ot-8 that didn't come out in ot-8.
1. Bishop Allen, CHARM SCHOOL
2. Peter Bjorn and John, WRITERS BLOCK
3. Raconteurs, BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS
4. Randy Newman, LITTLE CRIMINALS
5. Sly and the Family Stone, LIFE
6. Jay Farrar, SEBASTOPOL
7. MC Solaar, MACH 6
Just for giggles, here's my top 25 most played - all my previous Top 25 M.P. statistics were changed this Summer when I got a new computer and thus a new Itunes library. (Disclaimer, most of the top 15 are on my jogging mix)
1. Holland 1945 (NMHotel) *
2. Some Loud Thunder
3. I Love The Unknown (Clem Snide)
4. The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two and Three (NMH)
5. Communist Daughter (NMH)
6. The Way We Get By (Spoon)
7. This Time Tomorrow (The Kinks)
8. Dream On (Aerosmith)
9. Things Are What You Make Of Them (Bishop Allen)
10. Birdhouse in your Soul (They Might Be Giants)
11. left your Door unlocked (Harlan T. Bobo)
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)
13. Instant Karma (John Lennon)
14. Demon Valley (Bobby Bare Jr.)
15. Miracle Drug (A.C. Newman)**
16. I Better Be Quiet Now (Elliott Smith)
17. Listen To The Music (Doobie Brothers)
18. Drink To Me Babe, Then (A.C. Newman)
19. only love (Harlan T. Bobo)
20. On The Table (A.C. Newman)
21. Don't Make A Target (Spoon)
22. Better Than Most (A.C. Newman)
23. Neighborhood #1, Tunnels (Arcade Fire)***
24. Novocaine for the Soul (The Eels)
25. Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Random Rules - Ipod Shuffle: I pushed shuffle and listed the songs that showed up (I got lucky; it didn't pick up my Vanilla Ice tracks):
Elevator Music - Beck - The Information
O Girlfriend - Weezer - The Green Album
When Your Lover Has Gone - Frank Sinatra - The Rat Pack: Live And Swinging
Shakespeare's Sister - The Smiths - Singles
Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan - Wonder Boys Soundtrack
My Wife - The Who - Who's Next
Outro With Blues - Neko Case - Blacklisted
Make It Alright - Jay Farrar - Sebastapol
God's Own Singer - The Flying Burrito Brothers - Best of
Once In David's Royal City - Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
By the way, did I mention I got a new Ipod? I ran a 5k on Saturday and due to my own stupidity, I stored it in the pocket of my soaking wet Rain hoodie. Ipods do not like to go swimming. I was a motivated buyer, so I got a sliver 80 gig. Pretty rockin' awesome.
* For obvious reasons
** A.C. Newman is the first name on my Ipod, so sometimes it accidentally plays the first album on the Pod. Still, I do listen to this album a lot)
*** Down 22 slots from its unprecedented two year stay at number one - basically ever since I owned an Ipod.
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I have a couple National albums. I picked them up after I saw them opening for Arcade Fire a few months ago (the same Arcade Fire show where I wound up on stage playing keyboards for the finale of Wake Up). They were really something live - powerful and mesmerizing - but it hasn't really translated to the albums for me. My buddy Chris, who was at that show with me (he wound up on the tamborine), also got the albums and he absolutely loves them, though.
Posted by: Sean at December 19, 2007 02:04 PM