First of all, I can't stress this enough - the order is entirely random - I couldn't hope to ever select a single song that defines an entire year. These are fifty songs that consistently made it into my playlist, songs I have trouble forgetting (even if I want to). These songs are taken from anywhere - full-length albums, EPs, singles, etc. and cross nearly all genres. The one rule is that only one track per artist/band was allowed.
I thought 2007 was a banner year for new music, so many great albums were released from the likes of The National, Jens Lekman, Dolorean, Josh Ritter, Architecture in Helsinki etc. But this year was more of a singles year. I found only a scant handful of records worthy of a complete buy. The majority of the year was spent purchasing a track here and another there.
You may find that many of the "it" artists who are tearing up the charts across the blogosphere such as The Dodos, Girl Talk, Foals, Wolf Parade, No Age, and TV on the Radio aren't featured on this list. That's because, be honest with yourself, they're bloody awful. When there are melodies they lack any sort of coherent structure and when these acts rock it's simply bone-jarring noise. I realize this is their aim, but this sort of music only makes me cringe and laugh....like listening to a Patton Oswalt record.
Also, a couple of these were released in 2007, but made it on the list because I only just discovered them this year. Other songs, like Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", aren't on the list because I heard them last year (even though Bon Iver had a higher profile re-release this year).
1) MGMT - Kids (5:03)
2) Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (4:52)
3) Joan as Policewoman - To Be Loved (3:03)
4) Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses (9:43)
5) Neon Neon (ft. Cate Lebon) - I Lust You (3:00)
6) Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance (Chromeo Remix) (4:03)
7) Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating (3:30)
8) Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree (3:13)
9) Frightened Rabbit - Backwards Walk (3:31)
10) Vetiver - The Swimming Song (2:40)
11) Passion Pit - Cuddle Fuddle (4:32)
12) Samamidon - Wedding Dress (4:34)
13) The Boy Bathing - The Questions Simple (4:10)
14) The Little Hands of Asphalt - Blue & Green (3:04)
15) The Middle East - Blood (5:27)
16) The Low Anthem - Ohio (3:19)
17) Chairlift - Bruises (4:01)
18) Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele - Pierce Avenue (3:05)
19) Taj Mahal - Never Let You Go (4:45)
20) The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis (3:32)
21) The Acorn - Crooked Legs (5:08)
22) The Bird & The Bee - Birthday (3:29)
23) Shearwater - Rooks (3:21)
24) Micah P. Hinson - Sunrise Over the Olympus Moons (4:21)
25) The Decemberists - Valerie Plame (4:58)
26) Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today (3:21)
27) Bowery Boy Blue - Great Dead Town (3:40)
28) Russian Red - Cigarettes (2:01)
29) Brooke Waggoner - Live for the Sounds (2:35)
30) Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes (3:41)
31) Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why (3:21)
32) Olivia Broadfield - Fool Today (2:44)
33) Ladyhawke - Magic (3:27)
34) Sam Sparro - Too Many Questions (3:56)
35) Kleerup (ft. Marit Bergman) - 3AM (3:57)
36) Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife (3:05)
37) Headlights - Cherry Tulips (3:28)
38) Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer (3:28)
39) Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy (3:33)
40) Langhorne Slim - Restless (2:17)
41) Laura Marling - Ghosts (3:01)
42) Deerhoof - Agoraphobia (3:22)
43) Mother Mother - Hayloft (3:03)
44) Centromatic - I, the Kite (3:04)
45) Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone (2:48)
46) Band of Horses - The Ends Not Near (The New Year Cover) (3:34)
47) The Lodger - The Good Old Days (3:23)
48) Young Coyotes - Momentary Drowning (2:36)
49) The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (5:04)
50) Kitty Hawk - Bear in the Morning (2:05)
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