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| Top 10 Albums of 2007
Such a hard list to make damn, so many pivotal albums for me. | | 10 |  | Motion City Soundtrack
Even If It Kills Me
As autumn turns its back on me again, I climb the walls for oxygen. | | 9 |  | Fightstar
One Day Son This Will All Be Yours
Would you stand over these shadows and embrace our history? | | 8 |  | Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
With all your lies, you're still very lovable. | | 7 |  | Circa Survive
On Letting Go
We laugh in the face of love, cause nobody's really there, nobody's real. | | 6 |  | Anberlin
Cities
Depression is the unholy ghost, in the coastal towns of ahead.
Though I know a thousand names, I see my only friend. | | 5 |  | Thrice
The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II
I'm starting to believe the ocean's much like you, cause it gives and it takes away. | | 4 |  | Dance Gavin Dance
Downtown Battle Mountain
Oh, lay down girl and take my world. I know why I can't see your face. | | 3 |  | Weatherbox
American Art
Oh, to understand, you must spend time alone.
To comprehend, you must spend time alone.
To be together, we must spend time alone. | | 2 |  | Dear and the Headlights
Small Steps Heavy Hooves
Oh no! I had a thought and a feeling! I watched 'em fasten the noose.
I wonder what to do, I wonder what to do. | | 1 |  | As Cities Burn
Come Now Sleep
Hearts aren't really our guides. We are truly alone. Cause God ain't up in the sky, holding together our bones.
Remember we used to speak? Now I'm starting to think, your voice was really my own, bouncing off the ceiling back to me. | |
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04.27.15 | props for 2. great list. only thing i haven't heard anything from is 10 | NakedSnake
04.27.15 | No In Rainbows = No List | altertide0
04.27.15 | In Rainbows's average. Also I haven't heard much from 2007 so maybe these albums are much better but you could check out Fear of a Blank Planet and Year Zero. | Artuma
04.27.15 | in rainbows is average and foabp is worth checking out?
wut | altertide0
04.27.15 | Well yes. In Rainbows is done very well but it so derivative, I mean it would be a good album if it wasn't for the fact that it's 7th Radiohead CD. Well done poppy songs but mostly lacking substance (only "Weird Fishes" makes a good impression). Fear of a Blank Planet on the other hand, while far from perfect, with its moody electronics and countless guitar sounds successfully captures the mood of an entire, rotten generation. "My Ashes" is yet another Wilson ballad, but "Sleep Together" is a fresh mix of progressive metal, orchestral and dense, dark electronics a la NIN, "Sentimental" picks up where Reznor's "Right Where It Belongs" left off and "Anesthetize" sumps it all up in its almost post-rockish sondscapes. | Artuma
04.27.15 | "I mean it would be an good album if it wasn't for the fact that it's 7th Radiohead CD. Well done poppy songs but mostly lacking substance"
disagreed hard. to me in rainbows sounds extremely fresh and instantly engaging. every song (well, except for house of cards) hits hard
"Fear of a Blank Planet on the other hand, while far from perfect, with its moody electronics and countless guitar sounds successfully captures the mood of an entire, rotten generation"
well not at all. it's steven wilson (age 40 back then) trying to write what a 12-yr-old might feel and that's a complete trainwreck of an idea. musically it does have some sweet moments, especially on anesthetize and sentimental but i can't help but cringe when it comes to the lyrics | ButteryBiscuitBass
04.27.15 | 'but i can't help but cringe when it comes to the lyrics'
That's me with every Wilson penned song. Bloke is an awful lyricist. | Artuma
04.27.15 | yeah he has never been a good lyricist but on foabp he found a completely new low | altertide0
04.27.15 | How come it's a trainwreck of an idea? His age would be a problem if he tried to pretend that it's *his* feelings etc., like Manson or Reznor on some of their late albums, which is sometimes so grotesque. But Wilson clearly distances himself from the lyrics, so I can't see what's wrong.
I'm not a fan of Wilson's simplistic lyrics but Fear of a Blank Planet is one album where they fit well, especially combined with the nu-metal-touched music. | ButteryBiscuitBass
04.27.15 | 'In school I don't concentrate
And sex is kinda fun
But just another one
Of all the empty ways
Of using up a day' | altertide0
04.27.15 | Surely better than his Stupid Dream years, where he wrote similarly and ACTUALLY MEANT IT | Artuma
04.27.15 | "But Wilson clearly distances himself from the lyrics, so I can't see what's wrong."
sure but still the lyrical content is absolutely horrendous. his idea of a teenager's mind is shallow as fuck | altertide0
04.27.15 | Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
I'm tired and I'm so alone
Don't fight me
I know you'll never care
Can I call you on the telephone, now and then? | altertide0
04.27.15 | Well there's this thing called hyperbole | BeeRyan
04.27.15 | I do like In Rainbows, though it's not my favorite. Would this have been top 15, it would have made an appearance.
Also, I love NIN, but Year Zero never really sat well with me. I need to go through it again, but I know it wasn't near this list. | Artuma
04.27.15 | @altertide hyperbole or not, the lyrics really disturb my listening experience | altertide0
04.27.15 | @Artuma Well, whatever. As I've said I'm not a fan of Wilson's lyrical style (though I like the surreal TSMS) so yeah, not a big deal.
@BeeRyan Year Zero certainly has its problems (the biggest being its repetitiveness (or length, depends on how you look at it)), but it's brilliant in places, so it's great you've tried ;) | BeeRyan
04.27.15 | definitely got some problems. all my NIN fan friends say it's their second favorite aside from the fragile though, so i really do need to go deeper. | TheCollectiveFacade
04.27.15 | i came in here for #1 nj | TalonsOfFire
04.27.15 | Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, Swallow The Sun - Hope, Dark Fortess - Eidolon, Arcade Fire - Neon Bible, Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet, Radiohead - In Rainbows, Novembre - The Blue, Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement, Gazpacho - Night, Ulver - Shadows of the Sun, Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters, Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice, The National - Boxer, Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia | Snake.
04.28.15 | no boxer or even in rainbows fuck
8 is 1 tho | BeeRyan
04.28.15 | i don't listen to old man musc | L4titudes
04.28.15 | please keep it to 20 lists a day | altertide0
04.28.15 | @TalonsOfFire Yeah, how dared he not include those 15 albums in this top 10! |
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