My Favorite Albums of 2007
New Year’s Resolutions for 2008: release my “Best of” lists in the beginning of January, not at the end of January.
I’m sad to say that I listen to the same genre of music I did ten years ago. The list is all electronic music (house/electro) and if that isn’t your bag then you should skip it. All links go to last.fm previews of the music unless otherwise noted.
How to Make Your Own List in iTunes
Your very own “Best of 2007” list is only a smart playlist away.
- File >> New Smart Playlist (or Ctrl-Alt-N)
- Set a range of dates from Jan 1 to Dec 31
I tried to include videos for each of the artists, so this post is video heavy.
Click on the More link to go to the music + videos.
Favourite New Albums
Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Delay Sustain Release
LCD Soundsystem – Sounds Like Silver (remixes)
Favorite New Albums from Old Favs
Tim Deluxe – Ego Death
(not a real video)
The Chemical Brothers – We Are the Night
Fatboy Slim – The Greatest Hits Remixed
Favorite Last.FM Discoveries
These are new artists I wouldn’t have found out about if it wasn’t for Last.fm.
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zYBGYJGO1wo]
(not a real video)
Best “Rediscovered” Artist
Zero 7 – listened to them years ago, but forgot about them until I heard them on a Six Feet Under soundtrack
Best Homicidal Robot Song
Andrew Thompson – We’re in Business
Best “I Can’t Believe I’m Listening to This” Song
Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance
Mix Tape of the Year
CPI – Rock Out With Your Cock Out (direct download link from Theta States.com)
Best Compilations
Best Album with the Worst Name
The World’s Greatest Electro House CD
(not a real video)
Most “Sounds Like Delerium”
Most Disappointing Full Album
Worst Bonus Disc
If you have similar tastes in music, then drop a comment on this post with some suggestions. I didn’t listen to that many new albums this year and I’m looking to listen to more in 2008.
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// Internet Duct Tape 
Seeing the phrase “Attack Delay Sustain Release” (ADSR) brought memories flooding back of my old Casio synthesiser that used the ADSR approach to creating envelopes for sound production. Fantastic stuff. It was a tiny portable device that featured on several kitsch pop songs in the early 1980s and saw a resurgence of interest by retro-kitsch bands like Athlete.
db
Can I just nominate anything by Jonathan Coulton? I’d go with Bacteria, Code Monkey and RE: Your Brains. Though they’re not necessarily in the same music genre.
@ Mike:
I should listen to more of his stuff. I’ve only heard if via Youtube videos and his soundtrack for the game Portal.
@ Mike:
This is smart: last.fm and Hot Chip have a promo together where you can listen to their new album that comes out next week for free.
http://www.last.fm/group/Hot+Chip/
Good job with the targeted advertising, last.fm :)
@david:
There was a band called ADSR back in the mid-nineties as well.
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