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Easy Street Records Best of 2007
Submitted by Jflores on January 4, 2008.I have been enjoying everyone's list posted here, and so I thought I would share ours! The employee picks here were voted on by all employees and then tabulated, this is how they shook down:
1.) Radiohead - In Rainbows
2.) MIA - Kala
3.) Justice - Cross
4.) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
5.) Boris W/ Michio Kurihara
6.) Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild Soundtrack
7.) Bruce Springsteen - Magic
8.) Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
9.) LCD Soundsystem - Sound OF Silvber
10.) Nicol Willis - Keep Reachin Up
11.) Common - Finding Forever
12.) Bud Tutmarc - Rainbow Over Paradise
13.) Jesse Sykes - Like Love Lust and the Open Halls of The Soul
14.) Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
15.) Arthur & Yu - In Camera
16.) Peter, Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
17.) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
18.) Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
19.) High On Fire - Death is This Communion
20.) Underworld - Oblivion With Bells
21.) Robert Plant/Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
22.) Wooden Wand - James and The Quiet
23.) U.N.K.L.E. - War Stories
24.) Devandra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
25.) Detroit Cobras - Tied & True
Top 20 Sellers:
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Live @ KEXP V3
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
Feist - The Reminder
Blue Scholars - Bayani
Iron & Wine - Shepards Dog
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead...
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Pearl Jam - Live @ Easy Street
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
MIA - Kala
Rodrigo Y Gabriella - S/T
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Peter, Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
Pink Martini - Hey Euguene!
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild Soundtrack
Lucinda Williams - West
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Erik Gonzalez said on January 5, 2008:
I'm surprised to see Underworld and UNKLE. I was fans of both groups previous albums, but didn't hear much positive about their latest outings.
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June B. said on January 5, 2008:
I've heard a couple tracks off of In Rainbows. Cool songs, one was overhead in a bar -nice and hushed experimental. T
The other song was heard in full on a good car stereo - kind of lik Pearl Jam in a way, but less mountian wild man and more English school boy.
I still think one of my top 3 faves by them is "Creep"
The Pearl Jam reference is weird because the "Live @ Easy Street" was the only out of your lists that I bought. I think John Doe is on it, one of my heroes!
Robert Plant/Allison Krauss sounds like it might be good.
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randy said on January 5, 2008:
In Rainbows didn't really grab me either. I gave it a couple of listens but haven't really gone back to it much. Call it 'ethereal' or whatever, a lot of the tracks are just too slow for my taste.
Nice to see Carnavas on the best sellers list for 2007. Pretty good for an album released in mid-2006.
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imaginary ash said on January 5, 2008:
Oh yeah, Randy, I had the same thought re: Carnavas! When are Silversun Pickups gonna give us more? I'm hungry and it's been a loooooong time.
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gary from easy street said on January 6, 2008:
this list doesnt cover everyones favorites. its based on a vote and point system.
my faves were:
intelligence "deuteronomy"
jens lekman "night falls..."
various artists "hyphy hits"
no fi soul rebellion " terrible muscles"
coconut coolouts " party time machine"
and a couple from the list above.
there are sooooo many cds that were voted for but didnt make the list.
thanks!!!!!!
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Imaginary Shrie said on January 5, 2008:
I know Radiohead is, well RADIOHEAD, but the best of the year? I don't know about that...