Miscellaneous
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Albums of the Year
published: 23 /
11 /
2007
Our writers and photographers provide their favourite albums, and also favourite gig, of 2007
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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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