Miscellaneous - Albums of the Year

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published: 23 / 11 / 2007

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Our writers and photographers provide their favourite albums, and also favourite gig, of 2007

Katie Anderson 1. Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves 2. Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies 3. Clutch - From Beale St. to Oblivion 4. He Is Legend - Suck Out The Poison 5. Smashing Pumpkins - Zeigeist 6. Bled - Silent Treatment 7. Maximo Park-Our Earthly Pleasures Favourite Gig - Gallows, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, 19th June Malcolm Carter 1. Perry Keyes - Last Ghost Train Home 2. Redlands Palomino Company - Take Me Home 3. Lucy Kaplansky - Over the Hills 4. Willy Mason - If The Ocean Gets Tough 5. Grant Forster and Robert McLennan - Intermission 6. Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight and Dark 7. Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter -Like, Love, Lust 8. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2 9. Various - Stax 50th Anniversary Collection 10. Dr. Robert and P.P. Arnold - Five in the Afternoon Andrew Carver 1. RTX – Western Exterminator 2. Jason Isbell – Sirens of the Ditch 3. Shearwater – Palo Santo 4. Sapat – Mortise and Tenon 5. Boris with Merzbow – Rock Dream 6. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 7. Wolves in the Throne Room – Diadem of 12 Stars 8. Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO – Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars 9. Monarch – Dead Men Tell No Tales 10.Marissa Nadler – Song III: Bird on the Water John Clarkson 1. Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities 2. Steven Lindsay - Kite 3. Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters 4. Asobi Seksu - Citrus 5. Walkabouts - Prague 6. Barn Burning - Werner Ghost truck 7. iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies to Lessons Learnt 8. Woodentops - BBC Sessions 9. Sigmatropic - Dark Outside 10.Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Favourite Gig - Lou Reed, Hammersmith Apollo, London, July Daniel Cressey El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead Justice – Cross Young Republic - 12 Tales from Winter City Cold War Kids – Robbers and Cowards Grinderman – Grinderman Jamie T – Panic Prevention Korby Lenker – King of Hearts Favourite Gig - Black Diamond Heavies and Scott H. Biram, Spitz, London, April Russell Ferguson 1. Recoil - Subhuman 2. Atari Teenage Riot - 1992-2000 3. Client - Heartland 4. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future Tommy Gunnarsson 1. Decemberists - The Crane Wife (was released in Europe in January) 2. Slagsmålsklubben - Boss For Leader 3. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala 4. Cats On Fire - The Province Complains 5. Elenette - Akademiska Spel / Dygd Favourite Gig - Darren Hanlon and Pikelet, Majas Vid Havet, Varberg, Sweden, July Alex Halls 1. Heideroosjes - Chapter Eight, The Golden State 2. Only Crime - Virulence 3. Mustard Plug - In Black and White 4. Capdown - Wind Up Toys 5. Authority Zero - 12:34. Benjamin Howarth 1. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - The Swell Season 2. Weakerthans - Reunion Tour 6. 3. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City 4. Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers 5. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank 6. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 7. Feist - A Reminder 8. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 9. Idlewild - Make Another World 10. Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities Favourite Gig-Frames, Scala, London, February Adrian Huggins 1. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle 2. Bjork - Volta 3. Husky Rescue - Ghost is Not Real 4. Shitdisco - Kingdom of Fear 5. Shins - Wincing the Night Away 6. Thrice - Alchemy Index Vol I and II Favourite Gig-Alexisonfire, Town Hall,Middlesborough, November Chris Jones 1. Boxcutter - Glyphic 2. Seabear - The Ghost That Carried Us Away 3. David Kilgour - The Far Now 4. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 5. Go Find - Stars on the Wall 6. Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye 7. Burial - Untrue 8. Amandine - Solace in Sore Hands 9. Sea - The Boats are in the Bay 10. Mum - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy Geraint Jones (in no particular order) 1. Perry Keyes - The Last Ghost Train Home 2. Len Price 3 - Rentacrowd 3. Jesse Malin - Glitter In The Gutter 4. Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America 5. Brooke Waggoner - Fresh Pair Of Eyes 6. Dancing Did - And Did Those Feet Jonjo McNeill 1. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City 2. Manchester Orchestra – I’m Like A Virgin Losing A Child 3. Ian Brown - The World Is Yours 4. Daft Punk – Alive 2007 5. Dashboard Confessional – The Shade Of Poison Trees 6. Shitdisco – Kingdom Of Fear 7. Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops 8. Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future 9. Radiohead – In Rainbows 10.Editors – An End Has A Start Favourite Gig - Muse, Wembley Stadium, London, June Sarah Mwangi Favourite Gig-Ryan Adams, KOKO, London, July Paul Raven (In no particular order) 1. Young Gods - Super Ready/Fragmente 2. Oceansize – Frames 3. Future Of The Left – Curses 4. Jetplane Landing – Backlash Cop 5. Kinski – Down Below It's Chaos Favourite Gig-Oceansize, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, October Jamie Rowland (In no particular order) 1. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam 2. Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back 3. Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This 4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 5. Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold Favourite Gig - Dour Festival, Belgium, Augsut Mark Rowland 1. Radiohead - In Rainbows 2. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank 3. Bearsuit - Oh:Io 4. Justice - Cross 5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 6. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy 7. MIA - Kala 8. Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs 9. Go Team - Proof of Youth 10.Good the Bad and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen Favourite Gig - Joe Gideon and the Shark, Pennyblackmusic Bands Night, Spitz, March Maarten Schiethart 1. Burial - Untrue 2. Bearsuit - OH:IO 3. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer 5. To Rococo Rot - abc123 5. Nancy Elizabeth - Battle And Victory 6. Mass Shivers - Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy 7. DJ Scotch Egg - Scotchausen 8. Untitled Musical Project - Untitled Musical Project 9. Las Malas Amistades -Patio Bonito 10. Polysics - Karate House Dominic Simpson (In no particular order) 1. Liars - Liars 2. Grinderman - Grinderman 3. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 4. Panda Bear - Person Pitch 5. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust 6. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Fire Escape 7. MV & EE with the Bummer Road - Green Blues 8. Ghost - Stormy Nights 9. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam Anthony Strutt 1. Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust 2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 3. Doors - Live in Boston, 1970 4. Trembling Blue Stars - The Last Holy Winter 5. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 2 6. Interpol - Our Love to Admire 7. Editors - An End Has a Start 8. REM - Live 9. Green on Red - BBC Sessions 10.Neil Young -Live at Massey Hall 1971 Helen Tipping (In no particular order) 1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 2. New Model Army - High 3. iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies to Lessons Learnt 4. Oysterband - Meet You There 5. Thomas Truax - Why Do Dogs Howl at the Moon ? Denzil Watson 1. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 4. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta 5. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 6. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers 7. Grinderman - Grinderman 8. Tiny Dancers-Free School Milk 9. Little Man Tate - About What You Know 10. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge Favourite Gig - Little Man Tate, Plug, Sheffield, 9th March Matt Williams 1. Lady and the Lost Boys – Lady and the Lost Boys 2. Radiohead – In Rainbows 3. Reuben – In Nothing We Trust 4. Joey Nightmare – Polytechnic 5. Pearl Jam – Live At The Gorge Favourite Gig - Arthur and Lady and the Lost Boys, West End Centre, Aldershot, September

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