Let me start by saying this:
There were plenty of mindblowing Indie darling albums that are at least 87 million times better than all the albums I list below. Problem is, I didn’t listen to those albums, I listened to these albums. Best of lists are no good for trying to impress people, be honest about what you listened to.
There were plenty of hit songs that were played on the radio constantly and in all kinds of commercials, my list might have 3.
There were plenty of books written by one author, actually read all the way through by the reader, and making NY Times lists. I didn’t partake in much of that foolish snobbery, I do things a little different.
There were plenty of great films that I saw this year, and most of them came out in 2006. Oops. Time for speculation.
There were plenty of television shows I loved this year. Most of them have been canceled.
Here are my addictions of 2007. Some I am speculating I will be, eventually, addicted, or I am addicted to the idea of liking it, or I like something about someone involved, or I almost knocked the author down a few weeks ago. I have really high standards for these sort of things.
Albums (Completely Consumed Me In A Wall Of Sound):
2. Kanye West - Graduation
3. Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre
4. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
5. Maritime - Heresay And The Hotel Choir
6. The Starting Line - Direction
7. Cassino - Sounds Of Salvation
8. Lovedrug - Everything Starts Where It Ends
9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Rocky Votolato - The Bragg & Cuss
Songs (That Required Way To Much Use Of Repeat), Amongst Spectacular Albums:
2. Silverchair - Straight Lines
3. Jamie T - Sheila
4. William Tell - Fairfax
5. Marie Digby - Umbrella (Note: This is not amongst a “Spectacular Album”, but I listened to it roughly 2.3 million times, so there)
6. Band Of Horses - Is There A Ghost
7. Cartel - Lose It
8. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
9. Feist - 1 2 3 4
10. Modest Mouse - Fire It Up
Best Album Artwork/Packaging (I’m A Sucker For A Complete Package):
2. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Deluxe Edition)
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. The Graduate - Ahnedonia
5. Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim (EP) & Heima (DVD)
6. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
7. Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice
8. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
9. Matt Pond PA - Last Light
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist (Deluxe Edition)
Books (You Can Buy All These Here):
2. McSweeney’s 24 - Various
3. One Hundred And Forty Five Stories In A Small Box - Various
4. What Is The What - David Eggers (Only On This List Because It’s Eggers)
5. McSweeney’s 25 - Various
Films (Not, Movies):
2. 300
3. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
6. Superbad
7. 3:10 to Yuma
8. I Am Legend
9. Juno
10. The Darjeeling Limited
Television (Trendy People Say It Rots Your Brain, They Also Heard That Hanging Out All Day On The Internet):
2. Heroes
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Veronica Mars (RIP)
5. Traveler (RIP)
6. Scrubs
7. Jericho
8. 6ยบ (RIP)
9. Entourage
10. Psych
Video Games (Warning: I Am NOT One Of Those Elitist Gamers Who Play Obscure Games And Everything That Comes Out, Sorry My List Is Wrong And Missing All The Good Games):
1 (T). Halo 3
3. Rock Band
4. Guitar Hero 3
5. Guitar Hero 2
Technology Devices (That Made My Life Better):
2. Roomba 570
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rob p. added these clever words on Jan 08 08 at 9:29 amthe artwork in those albums are all awesome, and i particularly liked the artwork from the matt pond PA album…i thought the use of dark and light was great…the packaging as a whole was well done and im glad more and more people are breaking away from that age old plastic jewel case…
your games list is absolutely on the money…assasin’s creed and halo 3…amazing
rob p. added these clever words on Jan 08 08 at 11:43 ambtw…the music on that album is well worth the listen…and would be on my top 10 for the year…
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