Signs of Life 2007 : Music : Staff Picks

[TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2007] [STAFF PICKS] [WRITER PICKS]

EDITORIAL

Josh Jackson, Editor-in-Chief
1. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
2. The National - Boxer
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Loney, Dear - Loney Noir
5. Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
6. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
7. Brandi Carlile - The Story
8. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
9. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
10. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Living With the Living

Jason Killingsworth, Deputy Editor
1. The National — Boxer
2. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
3. The White Stripes — Icky Thump
4. Blonde Redhead — 23
5. Feist — The Reminder
6. Ólöf Arnalds — Við og Við
7. Radiohead — In Rainbows
8. Over the Rhine — The Trumpet Child
9. Derek Webb — The Ringing Bell
10. Modest Mouse — We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Nick Marino, Managing Editor
1. M.I.A. — Kala
2. Amy Winehouse — Back To Black
3. Kanye West – Graduation
4. The Arcade Fire —Neon Bible
5. Linda Thompson — Versatile Heart
6. Miranda Lambert — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7. Jens Lekman — Night Falls Over Kortedala
8. PJ Harvey — White Chalk
9. LCD Soundsystem — Sound Of Silver
10. Anat Cohen — Noir

Steve LaBate, Associate Editor
1. White Stripes - Icky Thump
2. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
3. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
4. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
5. Eleni Mandell - The Miracle of Five
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
8. Common - Finding Forever
9. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
10. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

Kate Kiefer, Associate Editor
1. Band Of Horses - Cease to Begin
2. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3. Josh Ritter – Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
4. The Perishers – Victorious
5. The Swell Season - The Swell Season
6. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
8. Patty Griffin – Children Running Through
9. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
10. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala

Austin L. Ray, Web Editor
1. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
3. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
4. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
5. Black Lips - Good Bad No Evil
6. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
7. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
8. Liars - Liars
9. Caribou - Andorra
10. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

Jay Sweet, Editor At Large
1. Loney, Dear - Loney Noir
2. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
3. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
4. Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
5. Willy Mason - If The Ocean Gets Rough
6. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
7. American Babies - American Babies
8. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
9. Lavender Diamond - Imagine Our Love
10. The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Rachael Maddux, Editorial Assistant
1. Feist – The Reminder
2. Avett Brothers – Emotionalism
3. St. Vincent – Marry Me
4. The Everybodyfields - Nothing Is Okay
5. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
6. The National - Boxer
7. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests...
8. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
9. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
10. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

BUSINESS

Tim Porter, President and Publisher
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
3. The National - The Boxer
4. Iron & Wine - Shepherd's Dog
5. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
6. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
8. Feist - The Reminder
9. Blonde Readhead - 23
10. Bruce Springsteen - Magic

Caren Kelleher, Director of Marketing and Events
1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
3. Loney Dear - Loney Noir
4. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
6. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
7. Blonde Redhead - 23
8. Feist - The Reminder
9. Swell Season - Once Soundtrack
10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Nate Douglas, Music Sales Director
1. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
5. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
8. Josh Ritter - Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
9. The National - Boxer
10. Feist - The Reminder

Bill Elek, Sales Guy
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
3. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. The National - Boxer
6. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
7. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
8. Black Francis - Bluefinger
9. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
10. Swell Season - Once Soundtrack

Mark DiCristina, Production Coordinator
1. Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
2. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
3. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
4. Battles - Mirrored
5. The National - Boxer
6. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
7. BSS Presents Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
10. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Jared Wells, Multimedia Producer
1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
3. Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
4. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
5. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
6. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
7. Battles - Mirrored
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. Feist - The Reminder
10. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Palmer Houchins, New Media Marketing
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. The National - Boxer
3. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
4. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
10. Okkervil River - Stage Names