50? Really? You had to go all they way to 50?

*checks list*

Nope. Didn't but a single one of them.

All is well with the world.

Which year?

/Not clicking on link, lest it's one of those "one item per page" abominations. Will come back to see if anyone posts the whole list.

I saw a few on there I recognized, two I had bought, but he lost me at #50. Gah!

Too bad the only album I bought this year wasn't on there. It was really good.

/They had Brittney Spears at number 50!

1 The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
2 Panic Prevention - Jamie T
3 Because of the Times - Kings of Leon
4 Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
5 Maths and English - Dizzee Rascal
6 Aman Iman - Tinariwen
7 In Rainbows - Radiohead
8 Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
9 Untrue - Burial
10 Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
11 La Radiolina - Manu Chao
12 Icky Thump - The White Stripes
13 Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons
14 * - Justice
15 Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
16 Universal Syncopations II - Miroslav Vitous
17 The Bairns - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
18 Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika
19 Comicopera - Robert Wyatt
20 Kala - M.I.A.
21 Release the Stars - Rufus Wainwright
22 Navega - Mayra Andrade
23 Good Bad Not Evil - Black Lips
24 Tangled Up - Girls Aloud
25 Mirrored - Battles
26 White Chalk - PJ Harvey
27 My Name is Buddy - Ry Cooder
28 Watina - Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
29 Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young
30 Person Pitch - Panda Bear
31 Magic - Bruce Springsteen
32 Finding Forever - Common
33 Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain - Devendra Banhart
34 Segu Blue - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
35 Graduation - Kanye West
36 Volta - Bjork
37 Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford - Basquiat Strings
38 Grinderman - Grinderman
39 Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy
40 Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney
41 The Evolution of Robin Thicke - Robin Thicke
42 Overpowered - Roisin Murphy
43 Time on Earth - Crowded House
44 Orchestra of Wolves - Gallows
45 Lady's Bridge - Richard Hawley
46 Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
47 Take It With Me - Ilmiliekki Quartet
48 Shotter's Nation - Babyshambles
49 Set the Mood - David Jordan
50 Blackout - Britney Spears

What's an album?

I got the White Stripes one. The others? Not so much.

Sad to see he ranked Britney Spears lastest excretion higher than Beirut's Flying Club Cup.

IronTom: I got the White Stripes one. The others? Not so much.

Yeah, that's one of the ones I got. Loved the lyrics on the title song and the gritty riffs made it a must have for me.

Also downloaded Radiohead, but I was much less impressed than this guy. Still tossed a couple of bucks their way just to show that I liked the way the distributed the album.

But that overproduced crap they have listed at 50? Please.

I got the Arcade Fire one, that's it.

Never mind #50, what about #24?

You know you are getting old when you have only heard of eleven of these artists, and one of them was Britney Spears.

/Officially a geezer.

IronTom: I got the White Stripes one. The others? Not so much.

Yeah, I got the White Stripes one. Also the Plant and Krauss. I would highly recommend both. I'm always interested in Neil Young, too, but I haven't heard this new one.

Britney Spears made the top 50, but Modest Mouse didn't. That's a fail.

/I do enjoy the Grinderman album, but I don't expect to see it on many lists.

Who the fark were most of those people?

Oh and FAIL for no "Snakes and Arrows."

Well, I only have the Fallout Boy one. I like how the author gets lazier with the reviews. For number one its like a page long, then by #49 its "good."

They lost all credibility putting Fall Out Boy on the list. Quick scan also reveals no NIN - Year Zero, so that list is massive fail.

Not a bad list, to be honest. If you come in here and say the list sucks because you've not heard of 40 of the bands, then you're not really qualified to comment on said list, are you?

My top five would probably be Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, The Good the Bad and the Queen, Ryan Adams and a local band called Battle Circus.

The White Stripes album had shiat production mastering and, and the Battles and MIA albums are way overrated.

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos


Pelican - City of Echoes


Between the Buried and Me - Colors


Darkest Hour - Deliver Us

Unright: Britney Spears made the top 50, but Modest Mouse didn't. That's a fail.

/I do enjoy the Grinderman album, but I don't expect to see it on many lists.

Listening to the Grinderman album right now, just finished with We were dead...

I've barely gotten any new music in a few years, so I got 8 albums in the last two weeks... Only other one I have on the list is Radiohead. Can't think of much else to put on the list from this year though, not that I've really been paying attention.

That list is completely invalidated by the lack of Spoon.

/I would also include aesop rock in there, but I know not everyone else liked that one as much as I did

I'm shocked that I own four of those albums. Here are my laughable picks for the best albums of 2007:

Who the fark are these artists? I've heard of about 5 of them, does that make me less cool or more cool because my favorite bands don't make some crappy list that no one cares about.

I bought The White Stripes and Bruce Springsteen albums. Both are very good.

In related news, there wasn't a single jazz, country, swing, symphonic, metal, ska, folk, dance, funk, prog, or goth album released this year that was worth listening to.

Let alone anything good that wasn't in English.

I'm going to fire up Rhapsody and listen to those albums DontSpitOnMyMind and quizkid827 suggested. At least the ones with album art I like.

I'd also add that if you haven't heard of at least 10 of these artists, you're probably not entitled to an opinion on modern music. If you've heard of more than 35, you're probably not showering as often as you should be.

/Neil Young, Robert Plant, PJ Harvey, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Alison Krauss, Bjork, Kanye West, The White Stripes, and Britney Spears are all household names.

I knew once I got to #7 that I need not read on. There are only 6 albums of 2007 worth investigating, apparently.

bealzabozo: Who the fark are these artists? I've heard of about 5 of them, does that make me less cool or more cool because my favorite bands don't make some crappy list that no one cares about.

Awww. Those stupid idiots won't let you in their crappy club for jerks.

danduran: Not a bad list, to be honest. If you come in here and say the list sucks because you've not heard of 40 of the bands, then you're not really qualified to comment on said list, are you?

I can never figure out why people feel the need to brag about that. Proclaiming your ignorance isn't usually something people volunteer to do, especially on FARK, but when it comes to music there's always a handful of cretins coming into a thread saying how such and such must suck because they've never heard of it, or accusing the people who have of being pretentious hipsters, never mind we're not exactly talking about obscure acts here. If I, increasingly un-hip at 35, can own a 5th of that list, there's really no excuse for anyone not to be familiar with half of it or more. Whether you like it at that point or not is your business, but at least you'll be qualified to speak on it.

I don't know what they're talking about. Stuck Between Stations is the first song on The Hold Steady's album from last year, Boys and Girls in America.

swahnhennessy: danduran: Not a bad list, to be honest. If you come in here and say the list sucks because you've not heard of 40 of the bands, then you're not really qualified to comment on said list, are you?

I can never figure out why people feel the need to brag about that. Proclaiming your ignorance isn't usually something people volunteer to do, especially on FARK, but when it comes to music there's always a handful of cretins coming into a thread saying how such and such must suck because they've never heard of it, or accusing the people who have of being pretentious hipsters, never mind we're not exactly talking about obscure acts here. If I, increasingly un-hip at 35, can own a 5th of that list, there's really no excuse for anyone not to be familiar with half of it or more. Whether you like it at that point or not is your business, but at least you'll be qualified to speak on it.

If it's not Rush or Dream Theatre, though, there's a good chance no one here's heard it.

What the hell is this?

No Evile, Sanctity, or Dream Theater.

Drowned in Sound have just published their Top 50, in general I really like their choice's.

I've taken the liberty of bolding the albums in the list which I've been listening to most......

1: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2: Battles - Mirrored
3: Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4: M.I.A. - Kala
5: Jamie T - Panic Prevention
6: Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
7: Liars - Liars
8: No Age - Weirdo Rippers
9: Radiohead - In Rainbows
10: HEALTH - Health
11: Deerhunter - Cryptograms
12: The National - Boxer
13: Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
14: Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
15: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
16: The Maccabees - Colour It In
17: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
18: Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
19: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
20: The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
21: Grinderman - Grinderman
22: Blonde Redhead - 23
23: PJ Harvey - White Chalk
24: Efterklang - Parades
25: Justice - Cross
26: Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
27: Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
28: Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
29: Field Music - Tones Of Town
30: Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
31: The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
32: !!! - Myth Takes
33: Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
34: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
35: Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
36: Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
37: Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
38: Future of the Left - Curses
39: dälek - Abandoned Language
40: The Sea & Cake - Everybody
41: Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts - Blue Birds Blood
42: Eugene McGuinness - The Early Learnings Of...
43: Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
44: Prefuse 73 - Preparations
45: Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
46: of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
47: Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
48: The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
49: Jen Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
50: Feist - The Reminder

bromidestain: I don't know what they're talking about. Stuck Between Stations is the first song on The Hold Steady's album from last year, Boys and Girls in America.

It just came out in the UK this year (March, I think).

Also, the 7" "single" version of Stuck Between Stations was basically an EP. I'm sure they meant Boys and Girls, and shame on their editor for not catching that, but it isn't the biggest mistake in the world.

oldebayer: You know you are getting old when you have only heard of eleven of these artists, and one of them was Britney Spears.

/Officially a geezer.

I'm quite young, and I've only heard of 15 of them.

Don't honestly care how much of the list I know or don't know, but to leave off Modest Mouse or Fiest for Britney is just wrong.

Speaking of geezers, when did Crowded House put out a new album? Guess I need to check that one out.

Who the fark are Arctic Monkeys?

archeochick: Who the fark are Arctic Monkeys?

I see what you did there.

I'm sure these two slipped under everyone's radar, but they're the best I've heard this year.

I find it funny that in a matter of 10 posts fark comes up with a couple of much better bands than that list. I won't put up a list since I feel that albums need a year or two to fully sink in, but I will add Symphony X - Paradise Lost anyway.

How the hell does Because of the Times get #3? Farking awful album, terribly disappointing. I know the English have a hard-on for Kings Of Leon for whatever reasons, but it sucked, OK?

galleech: I find it funny that in a matter of 10 posts fark comes up with a couple of much better bands than that list bunch of prog-rock that is made for a totally different reason, has almost completely non-overlapping audience, and just basically exists in a different world than that list.

Let me throw in another vote for:

Where do you guys get all the big pics of the covers?

no apparat or cinematic orchestra bleh. I do like battles new album, saw them live back in 04 with tvotr and pinback and I have to say that drummer impressed me more than any of them. Hell, even though its not the best release of thiers i'd take type o's latest over #50. Bleurgh!

I have the Radiohead, Neil Young, Springsteen, White Stripes, Robert Plant, and Ry Cooder ones. I've never even heard of 80% of that list. I'm officially old, my tastes are irrelevant, and I don't give a damn.

In Rainbows was the only one I'd really rank as one of the best of the year. Kid A and Amnesiac, as good as they are, sound like Radiohead farking around in the studio by comparison. In Rainbows seems to take the experimentation and put it into proper song form.


I'd also add:

- NIN: Year Zero
- Boris: Rainbow
- David Torn: Prezens
- Low: Drums and Guns


those are all I can think up off-hand, but there's a whole slew of other releases that I liked. 2007 actually had lots of good stuff.