Album of the year (as chosen by Mopolauta)

Post by **SveinR** » 13 Dec 2007, 00:18

The idea of this thread is to make Mopolauta's very own list of the best music albums released this year. Ideally, I would like everyone who participate to name their top 10 albums, in this fashion:

1) 12 points: Artist - Album
2) 10 points: Artist - Album
3) 8 points: Artist - Album
4) 7 points: Artist - Album
.
.
10) 1 point: Artist - Album

However, I realize that Mopolauta is not a music forum, and so I can't expect everyone to be so into music that they even have heard 10 albums from this year. So I'll allow you to name only one album if you like, but in that case, it won't get 12 points: If you name 9 albums, the one you place first will get 10 points, if you name 8 albums, the one you place first will get 8 points, if you name 7 albums, the one you place first will get 7 points, and so on. So the point scheme of 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-10-12 is followed throughout.

What types of albums are allowed? In general, compilation albums will not be allowed, but if they consist mostly of unreleased material they're eligible. Obviously, 20th anniversary rereleases and the like will not be allowed. But other than these, you can pick whatever you want, be it studio albums, live records, or EPs. Just make sure that it was actually released in 2007.

Deadline of submitting your list: January 2nd, 23:59 EET

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 13 Dec 2007, 01:01

Exciting!

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 13 Dec 2007, 13:26

i dont think ive heard one album from this year
noone will get any point then:/

DaFred · Post by **DaFred** » 13 Dec 2007, 16:12

I dont like any music which was released this year

niN · Post by **niN** » 13 Dec 2007, 16:59

I've only bought one cd this year. The Meanest Of Times by Dropkick Murphys, and it's good enough to be the best I bought in ages

.

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 13 Dec 2007, 17:29

well, i've bought lots of CDs but, most of them aren't from 2007

i'll try to check which are from 2007 and then make list

MagnusB · Post by **MagnusB** » 13 Dec 2007, 17:37

Prepare yourself for the most generic, indiefaggy top 10 list you will ever see:

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Battles - Mirrored
4. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
5. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
6. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
8. Dungen - Tio Bitar
9. Low - Drums and Guns
10. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 13 Dec 2007, 17:50

1. The Shins - Wincing the night away
2. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
3. Interpol - Our love to admire
4. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
5. Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
6. Klaxons - Myths of the near future
7. Operation M.D. - We have an emergency
8. Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious

holy dope, i don't have much CDs from 07...

John · Post by **John** » 13 Dec 2007, 18:07

havent bought any for the last 5 years :x
will be interesting to see what album is voted highest here tho, might dload that and listen

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 13 Dec 2007, 18:46

1. Dethklok - Dethalbum
2. Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
3. Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - HÃ¤vitetty
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here
5. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
6. Marduk - Rom 5:12
7. W.A.S.P. - Dominator
8. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
9. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
10. Novembers Doom - The Novella Reservoir

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 13 Dec 2007, 20:08

is there any list with all album releases from 2007? because i have downloaded many albums but dunno which ones are from 2007...

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 13 Dec 2007, 20:31

Lukazz wrote:is there any list with all album releases from 2007? because i have downloaded many albums but dunno which ones are from 2007...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_mu ... s_released

best i could find
...and seeing this list, i've added a few more to mine

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 13 Dec 2007, 21:11

1.) Anajo - Hallo, wer kennt hier eigentlich wen?
2.) Beatsteaks - Limbo Messiah
3.) Social Distortion - Greatest Hits

Palme · Post by **Palme** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:22

1.)Die Ã„rzte - Jazz Ist Anders
2.) The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
3.) Beatsteaks - Limbo Messiah
4.) Korn - (has no name)
5.) marylin manson Eat Me, Drink Me
6.) Linkin park - Minutes to Midnight
6.) fall out boy Infinity on High
7.) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
8.) The Killers - Sawdust
9) Mando Diao - Never seen the Light of Day
10) the white stipes - Icky Thump

hopefully all in 07

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:23

lol palme.

Palme · Post by **Palme** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:27

What

EDIT: oki thought it s best 12 of your choise, dunno why ;P
I ll edit, billy talent II is from 06

Grace · Post by **Grace** » 15 Dec 2007, 00:28

1) Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
2) Fallout Boy - Infinity on High
3) Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
4) The Fray - How to save a life
5) Maroon 5 - (Can't remember right now but it's great album)

Does Justin Timberlakes Future Sex/Love sounds count?

it was released late 2006 but hits came off it all through 2007 (still coming aswell)

Post by **SveinR** » 15 Dec 2007, 01:01

SmaXa wrote:Does Justin Timberlakes Future Sex/Love sounds count?

it was released late 2006 but hits came off it all through 2007 (still coming aswell)

Of course not. It was released in September 2006.

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 15 Dec 2007, 09:35

fall out boy - infinity on high sucked! the first album was wayyy better!

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 15 Dec 2007, 12:08

1) Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

omg. i love hybrid theory. still among my favourite albums. but then came meteora. a so-so album, kinda boring, some good songs. and then. minutes to midnight. I dled teh cause i was quite sceptic at first. (The other 2 ez buy at once..) I listened it through - and I hated it. Sooo boring, sooo lame, theyre like trying to make ballads out of every song. I just can't stand hearing one single song anymore, cause they're such disappointments.

Still, hybrid theory is very good, if you havn't heard, you should seriously concider buying/dling it.

OnT:

Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell

I have no idea how many good ones have been released 2007, so will try to check ones that might have been released this year. Hopefully I'll find more.

J-sim · Post by **J-sim** » 16 Dec 2007, 16:38

i'm gonna take up the challenge magnus! (i could have added some more obscure stuff i geuss, but it's actually fun to just make a best of indie list)
what a boring year it has been though, or maybe i haven't been paying attention..

1. panda bear - person pitch
2. okkervil river - the stage names
3. marissa nadler - songs III: bird on the water
4. the shins - wincing the night away
5. akron/family - meek warrior
6. jens lekman - night falls over kortedala
7. the clientele - god save the clientele
8. the new pornographers - challengers
9. band of horses - cease to begin
10. modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank

that radiohead album, i can't really judge yet...

MagnusB · Post by **MagnusB** » 16 Dec 2007, 18:27

Yeah, I haven't really listened to much stuff from this year. I guess I'll check out some of the inevitable "Top Super 364772 Albums Best of 2007 Records Buy Them Now!" lists and get some of the albums that keep showing up near the top. I find it's easier to enjoy music when it isn't brand new anyway. I like waiting a few months after it's released, minimum.

danitah · Post by **danitah** » 18 Dec 2007, 14:57

1) Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
edit:

(fairly random albums i thought was okiz to give more points to alcest)
2) Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
3) John Fogerty - Revival
4) Bruce Springsteen - Magic
5) Buckethead - Pepper's Ghost
6) BjÃ¶rk - Volta
7) Katie Melua - Pictures

(supporting kopapop because who doesn't like Kopaka?)
8 ) Britney Spears - Blackout
9) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10) Hilary Duff - Dignity

Zerox · Post by **Zerox** » 18 Dec 2007, 15:21

1. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
2. HÃ¤ive - Mieli Maassa
3. Lifelover - Erotik
4. Forteresse - Traditionalisme
5. Amesoeurs & Valfunde - Split
6. Drudkh - Estrangement
7. Peste Noire - Mors Orbis Terrarum
8. Wyrd - Wyrd / HÃ¤ive / KehrÃ¤
9. Wyrd - Kammen
10. Peste Noire - Lorraine Rehearsal
11. Peste Noire - Folkfuck Folie
12. Peste Noire - Horna / Peste Noire

probably forgot a lot

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 18 Dec 2007, 16:05

10 albums

Post by **SveinR** » 27 Dec 2007, 22:32

Up. 6 days left to deadline.

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 28 Dec 2007, 15:25

1. Hilary Duff - Dignity
2. Mandy Moore - Wild Hope
3. Andrea Corr - Ten Feet High
4. Britney Spears - Blackout
5. Avril Lavigne - the best damn thing
6. Kelly Clarkson - My December
7. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
8. Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
9. Natasha Bedingfield - N.B.
10. Alphabeat - Alphabeat

fuck it was hard to decide which were best of top five, a lot of great albums this year.

Uncle Milty · Post by **Uncle Milty** » 28 Dec 2007, 19:36

The_BoneLESS wrote: 7. Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious

8-ball wrote: Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - HÃ¤vitetty

got only those - and both are max

eventhough they totally unfit to each other in genre ;/

Post by **SveinR** » 31 Dec 2007, 23:04

2 days left to deadline!

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 1 Jan 2008, 07:52

I guess this would make more sense if at least 100 people voted...

Post by **SveinR** » 1 Jan 2008, 12:43

8-ball wrote:I guess this would make more sense if at least 100 people voted...

Yeh ;S

But, as said, lauta is not a music forum so dunno what to expect.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 1 Jan 2008, 13:20

1. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
2. The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
3. Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
4. KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
5. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Buckethead - Pepper's Ghost
8. Hellyeah - Hellyeah
9. Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
10. Ministry - The Last Sucker

ThanaTos · Post by **ThanaTos** » 2 Jan 2008, 05:35

Havn't written on lauta for ages, but I just had to share my thoughts on this one. Too bad so few have shared their list.

1. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
2. Justice - Cross
3. Burial - Untrue
4. The Good, the Bad and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen
5. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
6. Feist - The Reminder
7. Elliott Smith - New Moon
8. Ben Harper - Lifeline
9. KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
10. Air - Pocket Symphony

Honorable mention:

- Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
- Bruce Springsteen - Magic
- The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
- Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
- Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
- The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- Bruce Springsteen - Magic
- Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
- Grinderman - Grinderman

Post by **SveinR** » 2 Jan 2008, 05:47

Uncle Milty wrote:
The_BoneLESS wrote: 7. Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious

8-ball wrote: Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - HÃ¤vitetty
got only those - and both are max

eventhough they totally unfit to each other in genre ;/

Is this a vote?

Post by **SveinR** » 2 Jan 2008, 14:03

9 hours left to deadline!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 2 Jan 2008, 15:18

Too bad I haven't checked out that Neil Young album, it seems pretty good?

Xhomaz · Post by **Xhomaz** » 2 Jan 2008, 15:34

1. August Burns Red - Messengers
2. Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain
3. The Devil Wears Prada - Plagues
4. Catherine - The Naturals
5. Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Worse Than A Fairy Tale
6. Comeback Kid - Broadcasting
7. Oh Sleeper - When I Am God
8. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
9. Parkway Drive - Horizons
10. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High*

*I am not ashamed to have this album on my list. It's damn catchy, and restored my faith in this band after the horrible last album "From Under The Cork Tree".

KD · Post by KD » 2 Jan 2008, 21:37

1. Ismerős Arcok - Ã‰berÃ¡lom
2. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
3. The National - Boxer
4. !!! - Myth Takes
5. Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
6. New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
7. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
8. Eisley - Combinations
9. Blonde Redhead - 23
10. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

Almost made it:
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Social Distortion - Greatest Hits (no songs from Sex, Love & RnR, so not picked after all

)
Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
Kate Nash - Foundations

Post by **SveinR** » 2 Jan 2008, 22:16

Finally my list is ready:

1. Sage Francis - Human The Death Dance
2. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
3. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
5. Against Me! - New Wave
6. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
7. BjÃ¶rk - Volta
8. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
9. Thrice - The Alchemy Index, Volumes I+II: Fire & Water
10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names

Close ones:
Puscifer - V Is For Vagina (was extremely close, and my number 10 could easily have gone to that one)
Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers
The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide

Post by **SveinR** » 2 Jan 2008, 23:17

The deadline has passed, but I'll accept any lists that are submitted up to the point where i make the final list.

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 2 Jan 2008, 23:51

holy dope SveinR, i really did not expect you to be the kind of guy to like Sage Francis!
and i'd totally forgot about this CD, which is by the way, quite good in its own way. More poetry than rap but, very good!
I'll update my list now if not too late!

Post by **SveinR** » 2 Jan 2008, 23:56

The_BoneLESS wrote:holy dope SveinR, i really did not expect you to be the kind of guy to like Sage Francis!
and i'd totally forgot about this CD, which is by the way, quite good in its own way. More poetry than rap but, very good!
I'll update my list now if not too late!

Heah, have listened to him for nearly 4 years

He had a concert here in September btw, was absolutely amazing!

Zweq · Post by **Zweq** » 3 Jan 2008, 00:49

and can you put the genres as well because cant really listen to anything else except metal?

anpdad · Post by **anpdad** » 3 Jan 2008, 17:15

and can you put the genres as well because cant really listen to anything else except metal?

That depends on what actually you consider a "metal". Cannibal Corpse and Dream Theater are both metal bands, but there is a huge difference between them.

Have got only few albums last year, bad luck :/ Prolly would buy some later. At least Buckethead's latest release looks interesting enough.
My litel list:
1. Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
2. Behemoth - The Apostasy
3. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
4. Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant (though listened like 2 songs from this one)
5. Graveworm - Collateral Effect

Post by **SveinR** » 4 Jan 2008, 01:23

RESULTS

18 users voted for 115 different albums

1. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde 30p
2. The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out 20p
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows 17p
4. Sage Francis - Human The Death Dance 16p
5. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 16p
6. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 15p
7. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell 14p
8. Hilary Duff - Dignity 13p
8. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II 13p
10. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 13p

(In the event of a draw in total number of points, the one with most 12-points, then 10-points, etc, is ranked higher.)

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 4 Jan 2008, 02:53

damn, i don't know any of the 2 first bands...
gonna check that out now!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 4 Jan 2008, 14:47

I doubt if alcest is for you, kooks might be though. They have weird guitars. And ofcourse the vocalist with the mofo accent.

Hah, I whane go to the seaside.. what's that about?

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 4 Jan 2008, 22:56

tijsjoris wrote:I doubt if alcest is for you, kooks might be though. They have weird guitars. And ofcourse the vocalist with the mofo accent.

Hah, I whane go to the seaside.. what's that about?

you kinda know me good tijs!

i like the kooks, quite happy sound. Reminds me a bit of the Strokes.

and for Alcest, not music i'd listen on daily basis but, it's quite good in it's genre! (and yeah, it's in french.."!)

J-sim · Post by **J-sim** » 5 Jan 2008, 15:38

damn my list sucks. wooden shjips, brutal knights, studio and yeasayer should've been on it, oh snap!
edith: oh and angels of light too

edittttt II. the tough alliance and honeydrips also did it for me. sweden, man! i love you sweden!

KD · Post by KD » 5 Jan 2008, 19:01

Yea, Angels of Light's new album is goad.
Btw what about Vampire Weekend? Their EP is awesome.