before I get to the #1 album here are the other 39:
40. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
39. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
38. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
37. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
36. Freeway - Free At Last
35. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
34. Talib Kweli - Eardrum
33. 1990s - Cookies
32. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
31. Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale
30. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
29. Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
28. M.I.A. - Kala
27. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
26. Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gospels
25. Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
24. Little Brother - Getback
23. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
22. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
21. Menomena - Friend And Foe
20. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
19. Justice - †
18. Common - Finding Forever
17. Marrdest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
16. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
15. Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life
14. Feist - The Reminder
13. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
11. UGK - Underground Kingz
10. The Hives - The Black And White Album
09. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
08. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic
07. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
06. Against Me! - New Wave
05. Kanye West - Graduation
04. Jay-Z - American Gangster
03. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
02. Radiohead - In Rainbows
01.LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
December 4th, 2006
I was browsing Oink (RIP) at the time, and noticed that the new album from LCD Soundsystem had leaked quite early. I liked a few of the songs from his first self-titled album so I gave it a listen. The first song "Get Innocuous!" came on, and I was captivated by it. It drew me in right away. Next song, "Time To Get Away" was just as great as the first, and for 7 more songs I was just completely into it. The album finally came out in stores on March 20th, 2007, and I bought it. it's been in constant rotation, and it was even better to hear these songs in full CD quality.
James Murphy has topped himself from the original album. Everything about Sound Of Silver is amazing, and takes some missed concepts from the self-titled album and perfects them. Yeah, "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" and "Tribulations" are good songs, but they don't have anything on the 9 songs from Sound Of Silver. Sound Of Silver is James Murphy's attempt to conquer the world, and he succeeds. 9 Songs. 56 Minutes. All of it is perfect.
I have loved a lot of albums this year. 39 are my ultimate favorites of the year, but none of them could top the album I heard at the end of 2006. I hope James Murphy can eventually top himself once again, because if he does we could be looking at another #1 album of the year.
Best Songs:
01.All My Friends
02.Someone Great
3.North American Scum
so, there we go. all done this Top 40 Albums thing.
thanks to everyone who has commented throughout these 13 pages. I read, and appreciated them all. I'm not going to commit to doing another one of these at the end of 2008, but I might. if i'm still around here you can definitely expect another 40 albums and other stuff that I loved in the year 2008. hope to maybe see you then!
