Here's my list. Numbers are subject to change.

Best 2007 Albums

1. The Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills

Who doesn't love Swedish pop and the Cure?

2. Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

I was obsessed for a month straight

3. Los Campesinos! - Sticking Your Fingers into Sockets EP

I totally want to be a member of their band

4. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

At first, I disregarded this album but now I think it rocks

5. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge awesome night-time music

6. Boxer - The National

Great arts and craft music

7. Tocotronic - Kapitulation

German always sounds romantic!

8. Good, the Bad and the Queen - S/T

9. MIKA - Life in Cartoon Motion

This album makes me think of Erin and Jesse being dorks. Please see Kurtis' comments too

10. Interpol - Our Love to Admire

11. The Long Blonds - The Long Blonds

These bitches can sing!

Best Non 2007 Albums

1. Richard Hawley- Coles Corner

2. New Order - Substance

Revisted album that I played and played?

3. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Show Your Bones

4. Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours to Keep

5. Mogwai - Mr. Beast

I wrote many quality papers to this album

6. Malajube - Trompe-L'oeil

awesome for dinner parties!

7. The Hold Steady - Girls and Boys

8. Ditty Bops - S/T

9. Rainer Maria-Catastrophe Keeps Us Together

Not the greatest album but it was nice to hear some new stuff.

Favorite Singles

1. Everyday - Voxtrot

I played this tune 102 times. what?

2. Brooklyns on Fire - Nicole Atkins & the Sea

Beautiful voice and really catchy

3. Umbrella - Rihanna

Not a guilty pleasure

4. Nosebleed - Maximo Park

I love his accent especially when he says 'summer' and 'love life.' The lyrics rock and check out how he belts out 'evening' at the end

5. Never Ending Math Equation - Sun Kil Moon

I listened to this song so much in NY

6. The International Tweexcore Underground - Los Campesinos!

Fun!

7. Angels Hung Around - Rilo Kiley

'feared the best and loved the worst'

8. Birds of Paradise - the Appleseed Cast

sounds like space travel to me

9. Black Magic - Jarvis Cocker

Awesome song and sounds like a missing track from Pulp's album 'This is Hardcore'

10. This Charming Man - Stars

11. Life of Leisure - Rainer Maria

One of the stronger songs on the album and really fun to sing to in traffic.

Extra

Best concert - Rilo Kiley

Most disappointing concert - Voxtrot , they didn't play "Everyday"?

Song that I lost my virginity to - Roll to Me by Del Amitri

Laziest band - Doody Knife

Musician I wish I had seen live this year - MIKA and Morrissey

Band I love because everyone else hates - Blink 182

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