Signs of Life 2007 : Music : Writer Picks

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

Stephen M. Deusner
1. The National - Boxer
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
3. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
5. Bodies of Water - Eyes Will Blink and Ears Will Pop
6. Battles - Mirrored
7. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. M.I.A. - Kala
10. Jens Lekman - Night Falls over Kortedala

Brent Dey
1. The Swell Season - Once Soundtrack
2. Blonde Redhead - 23
3. Yoko Ono - Yes, I am a Witch
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
5. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
6. Warm in the Wake - Gold Dust Trail
7. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
8. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
9. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
10. Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust

Steve Dollar
1. Various artists - The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru
2. Tyshawn Sorey - That/Not
3. Tinariwen - Iman Aman: Water Is Life
4. Miles Davis - The Complete On the Corner Sessions
5. Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone - On and 6. Off
6. Erik Friedlander - Block Ice and Propane
7. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
8. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
9. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
10. Battles - Mirrored

Corey duBrowa
1. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
2. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Feist – The Reminder
4. M.I.A. -- Kala
5. Kanye West -- Graduation
6. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Keep Reachin’ Up
7. Battles -- Mirrored
8. Elliott Smith – New Moon
9. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
10. Lifesavas – Gutterfly

Matt Fink
1. Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
2. Menomena – Friend or Foe
3. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
4. M.I.A -- Kala
5. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
6. Sunset Rubdown – Random Spirit Lover
7. Battles – Mirrored
8. Robert Wyatt – Comicopera
9. Caribou – Andorra
10. Okkervil River – Stage Names

Geoffrey Himes
1. Carla Bley - The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
2. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
3. Terence Blanchard - A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
4. Sam Baker - Pretty World
5. Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford - Spark!
6. Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
7. Jim Mize - Release It to the Sky
8. King Wilkie - Low Country Suite
9. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes - Done Got Tired of Tryin’
10. Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight and Dark

Brian Howe
1. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
3. Eluvium - Copia
4. Devin the Dude - Waitin' to Inhale
5. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Radicalfashion - Odori
8. Burial - Untrue
9. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
10. Grizzly Bear - Friend EP

Mark Kemp
1. Café Tacuba - Sino
2. M.I.A - Kala
3. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
4. Refree - Els Invertebrats
5. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd’s Dog
7. Calle 13 - Residente O Visitante
8. Idan Raichel - The Idan Raichel Project
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows
10. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime

Tom Lanham
1. Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
2. Editors - An End Has A Start
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
5. Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block
6. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
7. Siouxsie Sioux - Mantaray
8. Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck
9. Travis - The Boy With No Name
10. Justin Currie - What Is Love For

Rob O'Connor
1. Ron Sexsmith – Time Being
2. Roddy Woomble – My Secret is My Silence
3. Akron/Family – Love is Simple
4. Willy Mason – If the Ocean Gets Rough
5. Fionn Regan – The End of History
6. Magnolia Electric Co. – Sojourner
7. John Frusciante – Ataxia II: AW II
8. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
9. Jose Gonzales – In Our Nature
10. Black Lips – Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo

Bud Scoppa
1. Kings of Leon – Because Of The Times
2. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
3. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
4. Radiohead – In Rainbows
5. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
6. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
7. Crowded House – Time On Earth
8. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
9. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
10. Fountains of Wayne – Traffic And Weather

Tim Sheridan
1. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2. The National - Boxer
3. Joe Henry - Civilians
4. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
5. The Frames - The Cost
6. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
7. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
8. Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, City House
9. Low - Drums & Guns
10. Bruce Springsteen - Magic

Andy Whitman
1. Ezra Furman and the Harpoons - Banging Down the Doors
2. Southeast Engine - A Wheel Within a Wheel
3. Devon Sproule - Keep Your Silver Shined
4. Joe Henry - Civilians
5. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
6. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
7. Peter Case - Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. Anders Osborne - Coming Down
10. Future Clouds and Radar - Future Clouds and Radar