Seeing as it's the beginning of June 2008, I figure now would be the perfect time to release a "Best of 2007" list. I just realized I never put mine on last.fm, which seems like the first place I should have thought to post it. Here you will find 100 albums, EPs, and splits of exceptional quality meticulously ordered by the very precise criteria of how much I enjoyed listening to them. I've included genres to give you an idea as to what type of music each band makes if you haven't heard of them before, and it's obviously not comprehensive or even entirely accurate. In addition, I've indicated what I consider to be a song of special note on each album, which means it's either the best track on there, one of the best ones, or just very interesting and warrants special attention.
But why would you care about this considering how late in the year this is and how many top whatever lists are out there? What you should get out of this are the two mixes I made, entitled "Best of 2007 (A Taste)" and "Best of 2007 Disc 2 (One More Bite)." If you don't have the patience to look through all 100 entries, just download the mixes and give them a listen. Do that too even if you do read through the entire thing.
So here it is, from greatest to great, the top 100 releases of 2007:
#) Album by Artist (genre / maybe another genre)
Check out: This Song
1)
Get Warmer by
Bomb the Music Industry! (punk / ska)
Check out: Never Trust a Man Without a Horribly Embarrassing Secret
2)
All Things Move Towards Their End by
Off With Their Heads (punk)
Check out: Janie
3)
We Are by
Cloak/Dagger (hardcore punk)
Check out: Walk the Block
4)
This Sinking Ship by
Smoke or Fire (grit / punk)
Check out: Irish Handcuffs
5)
Populuxxe by
Cutting Pink with Knives (cybergrind / pop)
Check out: St. Lazare
6)
Destroy Their Future by
American Steel (punk)
Check out: Hurtlin’
7)
Another Way Home by
Remove the Veil (gritcore)
Check out: Watauga
8)
Sink or Swim by
The Gaslight Anthem (grit / punk)
Check out: Drive
9)
All In by
Nothington (grit / punk)
Check out: This Means War
10)
6 Songs by
aussitôt mort (screamo)
Check out: Percuté
11)
Chinese Telephones by
Chinese Telephones (punk / punk rock)
Check out: Back To You Again
12)
Carolina Funk by Various Artists (funk / soul)
Check out: The Road
13)
Manual by
witches with dicks (skate punk / grit)
Check out: Yes Mark It Is Tenative
14)
The Great Awake by
The Flatliners (ska punk / hardcore)
Check out: Mother Teresa Chokeslams the World
15)
People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World by
Andrew Jackson Jihad (folk punk)
Check out: Bad Bad Things
16)
Cease Upon the Capitol by
Cease Upon the Capitol (screamo)
Check out: untitled (track 10)
17)
So Long, The Lighthouse by
The Riot Before (folk punk / grit)
Check out: Threat Level Midnight
18)
Jokes by
The Kidcrash (screamo)
Check out: Life Was Real. Vital. Important/Bum Guts
19)
The Fear, the Fear, the Fear by
Defiance, Ohio (folk punk)
Check out: Eureka!
20)
The Destruction of Small Ideas by
65daysofstatic (post-rock)
Check out: The Conspiracy of Seeds
21)
Mapmaker by
Parts & Labor (noise rock)
Check out: Fractured Skies
22)
Lifetime by
Lifetime (melodic hardcore / punk)
Check out: Yeems Song for Nothing
23)
Doors Open EP by
Funeral Diner (screamo)
Check out: Head of Vecha
24)
Capital Cities by
Daniel Striped Tiger (punk / screamo)
Check out: People You Don’t Know
25)
II by
Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster (gritcore)
Check out: Wylie
26)
Weighing Souls with Sand by
The Angelic Process (drone)
Check out: Burning in the Undertow of God
27)
Dream Warriors by
Brenna Sahatjian (folk)
Check out: All Along
28)
Fight With Tools by
Flobots (hip hop)
Check out: Handlebars
29)
No Salvation by
Coliseum (hardcore punk)
Check out: Funeral Line
30)
Risk Revival by
Hot Cross (post-hardcore)
Check out: Scrape Wisdom
31)
To the Confusion of Our Enemies by
The Riverboat Gamblers (punk rock)
Check out: Year Of The Rooster
32)
Reunion Tour by
The Weakerthans (folk rock)
Check out: Bigfoot
33)
The Hands Up EP by
Red Collar (punk)
Check out: Hands Up
34)
Make Sound by
The Copyrights (pop punk)
Check out: Kids of the Black Hole
35)
Attempted Suicide by
Career Suicide (hardcore punk)
Check out: The Last Say
36)
Until the World is Happy; Wake Up You Sleepyhead Sun by
Small Leaks Sink Ships (math rock)
Check out: Boom, Tip, Crash
37)
Souvenirs d’un autre Morte by
Alcest (shoegaze)
Check out: Sur l'autre Rive je T'attendrai
38)
Upstairs/Downstairs by
The Ergs! (punk / pop punk)
Check out: See Him Again
39)
Touch and Go by
The Peacocks (punk rock)
Check out: Tape Girls
40)
EP of Bees EP by
We Versus The Shark (math rock / punk)
Check out: Lament of Sue Richards
41)
Emotionalism by
The Avett Brothers (folk / bluegrass)
Check out: The Weight of Lies
42)
The 911852618 EP by
Hazerai (punk / math)
Check out: Racing Berbers
43) Project Mercury Split by
Rosetta (sludge) and
Balboa (screamo / sludge)
Check out: Clavius
44)
Orchestra Of Wolves by
Gallows (gritcore)
Check out: Abandon Ship
45)
The Flying Club Cup by
Beirut (folk)
Check out: Cliquot
46)
Littered With Arrows by
Destroyer Destroyer (grindcore)
Check out: Schools Named
47)
Feast Or Famine by
Chuck Ragan (folk punk / grit)
Check out: Don’t Cry
48)
The Art Of Partying by
Municipal Waste (hardcore / thrash)
Check out: Lunch Hall Food Brawl
49)
Destination Time: Tomorrow by
Graf Orlock (grindcore)
Check out: The Dream Left Behind
50)
How Far Our Bodies Go by
Fake Problems (folk punk)
Check out: Born & Raised
51) Split by
Ampere (screamo) and
Daitro (screamo)
Check out: La Substance Et La Matiere
52)
Living With the Living by
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists (pop punk)
Check out: A Bottle of Buckie
53)
Strawberry Jam by
Animal Collective (naturalismo)
Check out: For Reverend Green
54)
The Future Kings of Nowhere by
The Future Kings of Nowhere (folk punk)
Check out: 10 Simple Murders
55)
Death of a Gentleman by
Lex Vegas (gritcore)
Check out: Valley Campaign
56)
Mirrored by
Battles (math rock)
Check out: Atlas
57)
Harmonic Tremors by
Zozobra (sludge)
Check out: The Vast Expanse
58)
Colors by
Between the Buried and Me (metal / hardcore)
Check out: Informal Gluttony
59)
Way Out of Control by
For Science (punk/ pop punk)
Check out: Just Pray
60)
Bambi’s Dilemma by
Melt-Banana (noise rock)
Check out: The Call of the Vague
61)
Fiends by
Chasing Victory (hardcore / pop)
Check out: Queens
62)
Impending Doom is No Excuse! by
the matt kurz one (rock / punk)
Check out: CPR
63)
EP by
Sharks and Sailors (grit)
Check out: Skin Like Iron
64)
Beyond by
Dinosaur Jr. (rock / noise)
Check out: This Is All I Came To Do
65)
Tears of the Valedictorian by
Frog Eyes (naturalismo)
Check out: Reform the Countryside
66)
Peace With Nothing EP by
New Mexican Disaster Squad (punk / melodic hardcore)
Check out: Abandoned
67)
The Horror Of Life by
J Church (punk rock)
Check out: New Ho Chi Minh City
68)
Feast Of Shame by
Brutal Knights (punk rock / hardcore)
Check out: Extreme Lifestyles 07
69)
Quantum Fucking (A Fictitious Real Life Account Of Young Love In The Streets) by
Fatal Flying Guilloteens (noise rock)
Check out: Hello Boss!!!
70)
gasoline by
Baby Guts (punk)
Check out: Sea Salt & Wax
71)
Underhanded Romance by
Scissors For Lefty (pop rock)
Check out: Lay Down Your Weapons
72)
New Sense by
Grace Basement (pop rock)
Check out: She’s A Dream
73)
Minus The Herd by
Ion Dissonance (mathcore)
Check out: Of Me… Nobody is Safe
74)
A Place To Bury Strangers by
A Place to Bury Strangers (shoegaze)
Check out: My Weakness
75)
These Ones Are Bitter by
Ben Weasel & His Iron String Quartet (pop punk)
Check out: Sour All Over
76)
The Ritual Fires of Abandonment by
Minsk (sludge)
Check out: Circle of Ashes
77)
Sitting Army by
Cobra Skulls (punk rock / punk)
Check out: Cobra Skulls Lockdown
78)
Let’s Stay Friends by
Les Savy Fav (rock / punk)
Check out: Raging in the Plague Age
79)
Addicted To Bad Ideas by
The World/Inferno Friendship Society (gypsy punk)
Check out: M Is for Morphine
80)
Wanna Do the Wild Plastic Brane Love Thing? by The
Stabilisers (punk rock / pop punk)
81)
Where Oh Where Oh Where by
Thunder in the Valley (cabaret folk / gypsy punk)
Check out: Central Intelligence
82)
evolved into obliteration by
Insect Warfare (grindcore)
Check out: Human Trafficking
83)
The Big Dirty by
Every Time I Die (gritcore)
Check out: We’rewolf
84)
Four One Five Two by
Sundowner (folk punk)
Check out: One Hundred Resolutions
85)
All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone by
Explosions in the Sky (post-rock)
Check out: Catastrophe and the Cure
86)
Broadcasting by
Comeback Kid (hardcore punk)
Check out: Broadcasting
87)
Phantom Limb by
Pig Destroyer (grindcore)
Check out: Heathen Temple
88)
Broadway Calls by
Broadway Calls (pop punk)
Check out: Classless Reunion
89)
You, You’re A History In Rust by
Do Make Say Think (post-rock)
Check Out: The Universe!
90)
Give Me a Wall by
¡Forward, Russia! (pop punk)
Check out: Seven
91)
Silent Treatment by
The Bled (hardcore punk / gritcore)
Check out: Beheaded My Way
92)
The Else by
They Might Be Giants (pop rock)
Check out: The Shadow Government
93)
Somewhere In The Between by
Streetlight Manifesto (ska / ska punk)
Check out: What a Wicked Gang Are We
94)
The Stage Names by
Okkervil River (folk)
Check out: Plus Ones
95)
Drugs To The Dear Youth by
Tera Melos (math rock)
Check out: 40 Rods to the Hog’s Head
96)
Listen.React by
Anchors For Arms (melodic hardcore / punk)
Check out: 50 Is Conservative, 60 Is Provocative
97)
Turf Wars by
Daggermouth (melodic hardcore / pop punk)
Check out: Hawt Lixx
98)
Inventions For The New Season by
Maserati (post-rock)
Check out: Show Me the Season
99)
This Won’t Hurt by
The Methadones (pop punk)
Check out: Turning Up The Noise
100)
J’aime Les Filles by
Clorox Girls (punk rock)
Check out: Eva Braun
And here is the first mix:
Best of 2007 (A Taste)
#) Song - Artist
1) Racing Berbers - Hazerai
2) Something New - Nothington
3) Now We're Really on Our Own - The Matt Kurz One
4) Plenty Strong and Plenty Wrong - Maylene & The Sons of Disaster
5) Sea Salt & Wax - Baby Guts
6) Aussitot Dort, Aussitot Mort - Aussitot Mort
7) Big Mouth - Off With Their Heads
8) We Came to Dance - The Gaslight Anthem
9) The Lament Of Sue Richards - We Versus The Shark
10) Melatonin - Smoke or Fire
11) New Crimes - Parts & Labor
12) Eureka! - Defiance, Ohio
13) For Broken Ears - Chuck Ragan
14) The Weight of Lies - The Avett Brothers
15) Never Trust a Man Without a Horribly Embarrassing Secret - Bomb the Music Industry!
16) 10 Simple Murders - The Future Kings of Nowhere
17) Trouble In River City - The Ergs!
18) Sackcloth In Ashes - Small Leaks Sink Ships
19) Tell Me Tell Me - Chinese Telephones
20) Hal Johnson Smokes Cigarettes - The Flatliners
21) Head of Vecha - Funeral Diner
22) La Substance Et La Matiere - Daitro
23) All Our Oldest Spirits and Ghosts - Cutting Pink With Knives
24) Hasta Los Cobra Skulls Siempre! - Cobra Skulls
25) Handlebars - Flobots
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Best of 2007 Disc 2 (One More Bite)
#) Song - Artist
1) Interpretation-Soul Power No 1 - Soul Impossibles
2) Runaways - Cloak/Dagger
3) Next to Argyle - Scissors For Lefty
4) Hello, Boss!!! - Fatal Flying Guilloteens
5) Die Painfully - Witches With Dicks
6) All Along - Brenna Sahatjian
7) Watauga - Remove The Veil
8) Plus Ones - Okkervil River
9) Parrots Just Don't Understand - The Kidcrash
10) Janus - Chasing Victory
11) Abandon Ship - Gallows
12) Abandoned - New Mexican Disaster Squad
13) "I Think I'm Going To Love The Future" - Graf Orlock
14) Music is Music as Devices are Kisses is Everything - 65daysofstatic
15) Hands Up - Red Collar
16) Heck Yeah Summer! - Fake Problems
17) Seven - ¡Forward Russia!
18) Valley Campaign - Lex Vegas
19) The Gamblers Try Their Hand at International Diplomacy - The Riverboat Gamblers
20) Come Now Virginia - Thunder in the Valley
21) untitled (track 10) - Cease Upon The Capitol
22) The Uttica Stare - The Riot Before
23) Hurtlin' - American Steel
http://www.[spam] that's it. I understand you disagree with some of the choices, that's ok. Hopefully you get a little something out of it.