I’m a fan of the Sound Opinions podcast, thanks to a recommendation from Ben. They do a year end Mix CD, which I think is cool so I decided to do the same with my friend Pat and we shared our lists and made CDs for each other. Since we aren’t music critics and don’t listen to music nearly as much as Jim and Greg on the podcast, we decided to make a best of 2007 CD for music we discovered or rediscovered in 2007. I made mine by looking at all the music with “Date Added” in 2007 in iTunes.
2007: Music is My Boyfriend
1. The Beach Boys “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” Pet Sounds
2. Cold War Kids “We Used to Vacation” Robbers & Cowards
3. Peter Bjorn and John “Young Folks” Writer’s Block
4. Spoon “The Underdog” Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
5. Wilco “I’m the Man Who Loves You” Kicking Television – Live in Chicago
6. The New Pornographers “Myriad Harbour” Challengers
7. The 1900s “Acutiplantar Dude” Cold & Kind
8. Tunng “Bullets” Good Arrows
9. Kanye West “Champion” Graduation
10. The Bar-Kays “Soul Finger” Soul Finger
11. Spoon “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12. Yo La Tengo “Mr. Tough” I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
13. Nouvelle Vague “I Melt With You” Nouvelle Vague
14. My Morning Jacket “Wordless Chorus” Z
15. Cold War Kids “Hair Down” Robbers & Cowards
16. The Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 1” Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
17. The Format “Tune Out” Interventions and Lullabies
18. Wilco “A Shot in The Arm” Summer Teeth
19. CSS “Music is My Hot, Hot Sex” Cansei de Ser Sexy
20. Pearl Jam “State of Love and Trust” Live at Lollapalooza 2007