The Best Of 2007: Friends Picks

 

Here are some of our friends’ favorite albums from 2007.

Alfie Palao - Late Night Wallflower co-founder
Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL)
Battles – Mirrored (Warp)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81 (RCA/Island)
Explosions In The Sky – All The Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence)
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (DFA)
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
Pissed Jeans – Hope For Men (Sub Pop)
Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (Interscope)
Soulsavers – It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land (Columbia)
Antelope – Reflector (Dischord)

Lauren Denitzio – The Measure [SA]
The Ergs – Upstairs/Downstairs (Dirtnap)
The New Dress – Where Our Failures Are (Red Leader)
The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour (Anti/Epitaph)
American Steel – Destroy Their Future (Fat Wreck)
Tegan and Sara – The Con (Sire)

Keep reading after the jump for more picks.

Ronen Kauffman – Issue Oriented, The Podcast / Author “New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye”
Capital - Homefront (Revelation)
The Gaslight Anthem – Sink or Swim
Thursday – Kill the House Lights DVD (Victory)
The Degenerics - Generic Record Collection (Soul Rebel)
American Steel – Destroy Their Future (Fat Wreck)

Matt Ferro - Bright Light Fever
Against Me! – New Wave (Sire)
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (Merge)
Bridges – The Underscore (Springman)
Gosling – Here Is (V2)

Paul Delaney – Ram & Ox / Kill Your Idols / None More Black
1. Furze – Utd (Candlelight)
2. Watain – Sworn To The Dark (Season of Mist)
3. Darkthrone – F.O.A.D (Peaceville UK)
4. Marduk – Rom 5:12 (Regain Records)
5. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light (Tiny Evil/Interscope)
6. Madball – Infiltrate The System (Ferret)
7. Sigur Ros – Hvarf/Heim (XL)
8. Against Me! - New Wave (Sire)
9. Mayhem – Ordo Ad Chao (Season of Mist)
10. Deathspell Omega – Fas (Southern Lord)

Christer Davidsson – MUTINYZINE.COM
The Gaslight Anthem – Sink Or Swim (XOXO Records)
Steve Earle – Washington Square Serenade (New West Records)
Static Radio NJ – One For The Good Guys (Chunksaah/ Black Numbers)
American Steel – Destroy Their Future (Fat Wreck Chords)
New Mexican Disaster Squad – Peace With Nothing (Kiss Of Death/Rat Patrol)
Off With Their Heads/ The Measure (SA) – Split (Chunksaah)
The Draft – “We’ll Never Know” 7-inch (No Idea)
Frontkick – The Cause of the Rebel (People Like You)
Young Livers – New Drop Era (No Idea/ Kiss of Death)
Cloak/Dagger – We Are (Jade Tree/ Reflections)

Graham Rothenberg – The King Left
1. Band Of Horses – Cease To Begin (Sub Pop)
2. The National – Boxer (Beggars Banquet)
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL)
4. Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times (Hand Me Down)
5. Battles – Mirrored (Warp)
6. The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Need’s, Whatever (Wichita)
7. Tegan And Sara – The Con (Sire)
8. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
9. LCD Soundsystem -Sound Of Silver (DFA
10. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)

Wanna voice your top records? Do so! Leave a comment and list some of your favorites.