Top 5 Albums

The thing about my top 5 movies list-

I chose the films that stuck with me the longest, that made me feel good, or sad, or just made me feel something. I didn’t want to copy over a critic’s top 5 choices word for word –like some others out there- I wanted to list the one’s that felt right to me. So what if there’s no There Will Be Blood, or Eastern Promises, and yeah, maybe a lot of people loved Juno – I loved it- but I thought Lars and the Real Girl was fantastic. Fuck you if you don’t agree.

Which brings me to my top 5 Albums of 2007…


5. “Neon Bible” by Arcade Fire – I know, I know, I feel like such a tool for like Arcade Fire. But, fuck, I love this album from beginning to end. I still hate their first album.

Best tracks: Intervention, Black Mirror, My Body is a Cage.


4. “A Weekend in the City” by Bloc Party – This was my “go to” album for a while. I was able to write an entire kid’s movie just listening to it. No idea why.

Best tracks: Hunting for Witches, Uniform, I Still Remember.


3. “Leaves in the River” by Sea Wolf –This is an album that never came out of my CD player, or if I made a mixed CD there’d be a couple of their tracks in there.

Best Tracks: Leaves in the River, You’re a Wolf, Song for the Dead, Black Leaf Falls


2. “Welcome to the Night Sky” by Wintersleep – What can I say about this album? It’s phenomenal. I don’t even know how to describe it. Check it out for yourself.

Best Tracks: Drunk on Aluminum, Dead Letter, Laser Beams, Miasmal Smoke & the Yellow Bellied Freaks


1.“Historical Conquests of” Josh Ritter – Listen to the full thing. You’ll either love or enjoy every song. Even if you think you don’t like a song, all of the sudden it grows on you, and it becomes your favourite.

Best Tracks: Right Moves, Temptation of Adam, Open Doors, Rumors, Empty Hearts



Honourable Mentions
- “Under the Black Light” by Rilo Kiley
Best Tracks: Breakin’ up, 15, Silver Lining

- “Stage Names” by Okkervil River
Best Tracks: Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe, Plus Ones, A Girl in Port

- “Magic Position” by Patrick Wolf
Best Tracks: Blue bells, Augustine

- “Boxer” by The National
Best Tracks: Squalor Victoria, Mistaken For Strangers


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