Best albums of 2007

Author: Dennison Uy

10 Jan

2007 was a great year for the music industry, with good releases left and right, a resurgence of supposedly retired musicians, and awesome albums from the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Kid Rock, and Avril Lavigne. Anyway, without further ado, here is my own personal list of top albums released in 2007:

I was originally planning to do a writeup of each album, but music, like art, is very personal and the best ones definitely need no explaining.

While I realize that most of the albums listed are rock albums, it should be noted that there were many great releases in all genres by artists like Tori Amos, Rihanna, Norah Jones, KMFDM, Paul Van Dyk, Chemical Brothers, Atreyu, Cartel, T-Pain, 50 Cent, Motion City Soundtrack, Foo Fighters, Rascal Flatts, Marily Manson, Mandy Moore, The Eagles, Serj Tankian, Amy Winehouse, just to name a few. I restricted my list to albums which I felt were very well made.

Check out my Last.FM profile to see what I’m currently playing.

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7 Responses for "Best albums of 2007"

Chalky January 17th, 2008 at 1:46 am 1
Hey Den,

Nice site

I need to hear that Ben Harper album-love some of his stuff.
You should check out the Radiohead’s web broadcast tonight, info here:
http://terriblelovesongs.blogspot.com/2008/01/radiohead-playing-at-rough-trade.html
I can’t make it but love the fact Rough Trade have opened a record store when all the others are slowly closing here.

Chalky

http://www.terriblelovesongs.blogspot.com

Chalky’s last blog post..Manu Chao - Bongo Bong
Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer January 15th, 2008 at 9:53 am 2
Sure, basta ba lilibre mo ako di ba ;D
an2net January 14th, 2008 at 2:49 pm 3
They’ll be holding a concert here. Might get a ticket.

Why not Fly to SG.
Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer January 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am 4
@i i eee It was a pun against music elitists e.g. people with stereotypes against certain kinds music. I guess you didn’t get it so … uhm … I’m sorry?

In Rainbows, I am glad to see that you are also very well informed about their music. Thom Yorke must be proud! However, the “greatest album of all time” bit was just a Radiohead fanboy exaggeration. I happen to think that all Radiohead albums are the greatest album of all time, and that a Mac > Windows PC (even though I do not own a Mac nor do I plan to). I guess you didn’t get it (again) so … uhm … I’m sorry?

@2net Yeah! I <3 Maroon 5!
an2net January 11th, 2008 at 11:05 pm 5
Hm Hm.

Good to know I’m somehow updated with my songs.

MAROON 5 ROCKS!
i i eee January 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm 6
Thanks for sharing your image with me.

Why do you think they shouldn’t be on the same list? Or at least find it unbelievable? They’re just completely different things, but well done in their own right.

I’m surprised that you think In Rainbows is quite possibly one of the best albums of all time…I think I felt since they were basically songs that they had already been playing live, it seemed more like b-sides compilation. Although it still is a wonderful album, I still think Kid A is better. But that’s just me, of course!

i i eee’s last blog post..“It’s amazing the shrinkage that occurs with bacon. You start with a pound, you end up with a bookmark.”
Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer January 11th, 2008 at 2:12 am 7
I can’t believe I just put Radiohead in the same list as Kanye West.