Favourite Top 5 Albums of 2007 ?

Just curious to know what everyone's enjoyed this year...whilst waiting for the Sirens' second call. (don't hold yer breath)

For me, it was :-

1. LCD Soundsystem "Sound of Silver" (arrived like a belated sublime sequel to Power, Corruption & Lies)
2. Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" (very close 2nd, a grower)
3. Kings of Leon "Because of the Times" (better haircuts)
4. Grinderman "Grinderman" (return of 'noisy' Nick)
5. Interpol "Our Love To Admire" (singer reminds me of someone?)

Just realised, nothing British. I think I've been North Americanized.

Sorry, just realised should this go in another forum ? Only tenuously link/off-topic.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver UNKLE - War Stories

In no order:

Editors - An End Has a Start Siouxsie - Mantaray Down - Over The Under Megadeth - United Abombinations Ministry - The Last Sucker

Also...

Amy MacDonald - This is the Life KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers Hard Fi - Once Upon a Time in the West

Well, since everyone else is answering in the New Order part of the forum!

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain
3. Long Range - Madness And Me
4. System 7 - Phoenix
5. The Orb - The Dream

Plus

6. The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
7. Underworld - Orblivion With Bells
8. Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye

Dont honestly think i've bought 5 albums this year

I'll get back to you.

1. arcade fire - neon bible
2. the birthday massacre - walking with strangers
3. xiu xiu - the air force
4. ulrich schnauss - goodbye

but better than all of those was stumbling upon the first two slowdive albums and eps.

The Chromatics' album: IV/Night Drive

My top 10: I really enjoyed 2007 talking about music...

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Editors - An End Has A Start
4. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
5. The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
6. Unkle - War Stories 7 Interpol - Our Love To Admire
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
8. Blonde Redhead - 23
9. VHS Or Beta - Bring on the Comets

1. Section 25 - Part-Primitiv2. Big Arm - Radiator3. Happy Mondays - Uncle Dysfunktional

Year of ex-Factory

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible David Potts - Coming Up For Air LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver Interpol - Our Love To Admire Editors - An End Has A Start

The National- Boxer LCD Soundsystem - Sound of silver The Mary Onettes - The Mary Onettes Bruce Springsteen - Magic Arcade Fire - The neon bible

I noticed none of you mentioned The National's mighty "Boxer". Please, please listen to it!

JV wrote: The Chromatics' album: IV/Night Drive

heck yeah. i second. of course, you might want to check out glass candy's "b/e/a/t/b/o/x" as well. same producer. and search out chromatics' "in shining violence."

So many good records this year I need 11

1. Panda Bear - person pitch
2. Radiohead - In rainbows
3. Electronic warfare 2 - Underground resistance
4. Collided Energy - Surburban Knight
5. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
6. Mum - Go Go smear the poision Ivy
7. Burial - Untrue
8. Spiritualized - Blue on Blue
9. Tuss (Aphex Twin)- Rushup Edge 10.Dopplereffekt - calabi Yau Space
10. Back numbers - Dean & Britta

Can't wait for next year new spiritualized album, Jesus and mary chain new album and box set, Chris Clark album and maybe a new order of the new order album minus peter hook

The Shadow wrote: 9. Tuss (Aphex Twin)- Rushup Edge

Not necessarily... :p

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

1. arcade fire - neon bible
2. the birthday massacre - walking with strangers
3. xiu xiu - the air force
4. ulrich schnauss - goodbye

but better than all of those was stumbling upon the first two slowdive albums and eps.

Popey - one day I'll tell you the story of how I "stumbled across" Rachel Goswell at a Slowdive gig in Stoke circa 1991....

Oh yes.

1.NEON BIBLE / ARCADE FIRE 2.OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE / INTERPOL 3.THE MARY ONETTES / THE MARY ONETTES

NO MORE....

nine inch nails - year zero nine inch nails - Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d dinosaur jr - beyond bloc party - a weekend in the city eddie vedder - into the wild satellite party - ultra payloaded queens of the stone age - era vulgaris foo fighters - echoes, silence, patience, grace smashing pumpkins - zeitgeist

The Shadow wrote: 2. Radiohead - In rainbows

great album but it will be release on january 1, so it must be included in the 2008 list

[orange]State of Love and Trust [/orange] wrote: nine inch nails - year zero nine inch nails - Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d dinosaur jr - beyond bloc party - a weekend in the city eddie vedder - into the wild satellite party - ultra payloaded queens of the stone age - era vulgaris foo fighters - echoes, silence, patience, grace smashing pumpkins - zeitgeist

Excelent NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, dinosaur jr and satellite party albums, but i was disappointed with the bloc party one

Andrès wrote:

The Shadow wrote: 2. Radiohead - In rainbows

great album but it will be release on january 1, so it must be included in the 2008 list

has it not been released by the band already?

and it is actually released in the shops on New Years Eve.

Andrès wrote:

The Shadow wrote: 2. Radiohead - In rainbows

great album but it will be release on january 1, so it must be included in the 2008 list

ummm...maybe you didn't get the memo.

In no particular order:

Editors-An End Has A Start Kaiser Chiefs-Yours Truly, Angry Mob The Horrors-Strange House 1990s-Cookies Bloc Party/A Weekend in the City

Uncle Liam wrote:

Andrès wrote:

The Shadow wrote: 2. Radiohead - In rainbows

great album but it will be release on january 1, so it must be included in the 2008 list

has it not been released by the band already?

and it is actually released in the shops on New Years Eve.

Yup, released physically on New Years Eve, and on MP3 format earlier on this year (i.e. 2007)! :)

1. Throbbing Gristle - Part Two
2. NIN - Year Zero
3. Editors - An End Has a Start
4. Macy Gray - Big
5. Psychic TV - Hell is Invisible, Heaven is Her/e Honorable mention: M.I.A. - Kala

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. MIA - Kala
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

...that's really about it as far as entire albums for me this year. #1 is the doozie. AF rocks live.

...although I did rediscover Movement. Only 26 years late!

In no particular order:

Radiohead - In Rainbows The Clientele - God Save The Clientele The Steinbecks - Far From The Madding Crowd The Orchids - Good To Be A Stranger New Model Army - High

Snorri xxx