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Andrew J McKiernan ([personal profile] andrewmck) wrote2007-11-27 09:51 pm
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Favourite Albums I've Bought This Year

Not as strict, nor as meticulously worked out, as [livejournal.com profile] markdeniz's upcoming list, here is my list of:

Favourite Albums I've Bought This Year

1. Something for Kate - Desert Lights (They just get better and better with every album. Paul Dempsey's lyrics are masterful.)

2. Editors - An End Has a Start (I loved their first album, but this one is just superb)

3. Bats for Lashes - Fur and Gold (released 2006, but only lately heard of them - thanks Mark!)

4. The National - Boxer (I thought 'Alligator' was a better album at first, but repeated listens proved otherwise)

5. C.W.Stoneking - King Hokum (also released 2006, but I only found out about it this year and I couldn't pass it up. Definitely a favourite of mine now, but it probably won't be to the taste of others - Hokum Blues, bawdy vaudeville lyrics, all orignal but it sounds 80yrs old. I love it!)

6. Radiohead - In Rainbows (I was happy to pay for this one! A return to the majesty of OK Computer and Amnesiac)

7. Okkervil River - The Stage Names (downloaded from e-music on a whim when I had some credits left over. I'm so glad I did!)

8. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times (these boys are maturing fast! a bit of a shock on first listen at the changes they've made and the departure from the swaggering swamp-rock of their first two albums, but this one really grew on me. Now my favourite KoL album)

9. Interpol - Our Love to Admire (I've never been too sure about Interpol. Do I like them because they're Interpol, or because they sound like Joy Division and the Psychedelic Furs mixed up in some strange teenage reversion? I was very disappointed by this album at first. In fact, I think I hated it. I suprised myself a few weeks later when I realised I had been listening to it more than any other album! It is the same old Interpol, and yet, there is something different. A depth of layering that wasn't there before. Anyway, I like it now.)

10. Powderfinger - Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (a great powderfinger album, but strangely diluted in its power by the previous release of lead singer fanning's solo album which covered some of the same sounds and themes)

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[identity profile] eneit.livejournal.com 2007-11-27 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
re no: 6, I knew there was an album I wanted to get Chris for Christmas! Thanks for reminding me *g*

[identity profile] markdeniz.livejournal.com 2007-11-27 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh a couple new to me there, must add them to the 'to-listen-to' list!

Glad you like Bats for Lashes, it's been going up steadily on my chart too!

*grins*
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