Top 50 Songs of 2007

First of all, and 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.

1) St. Vincent - Marry Me (4:41)


2) The Low Anthem - The Ballad of the Broken Bones (3:56)


3) Band of Horses - Detlef Schrempf (4:29)


4) Architecture in Helsinki - Lazy (2:55)


5) The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running (3:29)


6) The National - Fake Empire (3:25)


7) Dolorean - Heather Remind Me How This Ends (2:44)


8) Feist - 1-2-3-4 (3:03)


9) Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me (Acoustic Version) (3:12)


10) Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whoever (3:02)


11) Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining (3:36)


12) Beirut - A Sunday Smile (3:35)


13) Athlete - Flying Over Bus Stops (4:28)


14) Basia Bulat - Before I Knew (2:50)


15) The Rosebuds - I Better Run (3:49)


16) The Avett Brothers - Die Die Die (2:50)


17) Shout Out Louds - Normandie (3:23)


18) Sambassadeur - Between the Lines (2:44)


19) Rocky Votolato - Postcard from Kentucky (2:56)


20) Corb Lund - Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier (5:12)


21) Chris Garneau - We Don't Try (3:37)


22) Against Me - Thrash Unreal (4:17)


23) Brooke Waggoner - Hush If You Must (4:17)


24) Club 8 - Jesus Walk With Me (3:09)


25) Sea Wolf - The Cold, the Dark, and the Silence (4:25)


26) Great Lake Swimmers - When It Flows (3:34)


27) Illinois - Alone Again (3:11)


28) Magnet - Gospel Song (3:32)


29) Math & Physics Club - Nothing Really Happened (3:24)


30) Seabear - Libraries (3:18)


31) matt pond PA - Taught to Look Away (2:49)


32) Oh No! Oh My! - The Party Punch (3:59)


33) Loch Lomond - All Your Friends Are Smiling (3:47)


34) Marisa Nadler - Diamond Heart (3:47)


35) Ferraby Lionheart - Small Planet (3:14)


36) Andrew Bird - Heretics (3:33)


37) Honeycut - Shadows (3:38)


38) David Gray - One With The Birds (5:21)


39) Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent (2:57)


40) Vandaveer - However Many Takes It Takes (2:31)


41) The Rumble Strips - Girls and Boys in Love (2:33)


42) The Cribs - Men's Needs (CSS Remix) (4:13)


43) Okkervil River - Plus Ones (3:43)


44) Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy (4:43)


45) Dappled Cities - Fire Fire Fire (3:48)


46) Interpol - Rest My Chemistry (5:00)


47) The Frames - True (5:14)


48) Spoon - The Ghost of You Lingers (3:34)


49) Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks (4:39)


50) Eluvium - Radio Ballet (3:12)