Top 70 Music Albums of 2007
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2007 – LOST HIGHWAY
Produced By MARC FORD
1. Southside Of Heaven
2. The Other Side
3. Bread And Water
4. Don’t Wait For Me
5. Boracho Station
6. Sunshine
7. Ghost Of Travelin’ Jones
8. Hard Times
9. Dollar A Day
10. Take It Easy Mama
11. Long Way From Georgia
12. Ever Wonder Why
13. Sunrise
14. For What It’s Worth
Ryan Bingham may be a young man, but his voice and his songwriting suggest that he’s been down some of the same roads as Tom Waits. After having made a name for himself in Texas for years with his band The Dead Horses, Bingham was signed to Lost Highway records, who surprisingly paired him up with producer Marc Ford, best known as the one time lead guitarist for The Black Crowes. His first major label album, Mescalito, shows Bingham as an already seasoned veteran, and it’s a winner. Although his vocal style may be limiting at times, Bingham makes the most of what he has, and conveys all of the emotion necessary for great Americana / alt-country storytelling. But what Bingham has the most of are songs. Mescalito is filled to the brim with fine tales, given extra drama by Bingham’s own voice and some fine playing, led by none other than Ford himself, who adds a lot to the album.
The opener, “Southside Of Heaven”, is a rolling country slice of perfection about life on the road, and still stands as one of Bingham’s finest moments. Other highlights include “Don’t Wait For Me”, “Bread And Water” (Ford plays a scorching slide riff on this one), and the rollicking “Ghost Of Travelin’ Jones”, but nearly every track is a refreshing slice of Americana. Bingham sometimes brings to mind Steve Earle or Bruce Springsteen, or a combination of both, which is no small feat. Mescalito has moments of country beauty (“the outro of “Southside Of Heaven” is all mandolins and banjo and back porch joy), moments where it rocks just enough (“The Other Side”), and even a bit of mariachi (“Boracho Station”) In all, Mescalito is the perfect place to start a country journey that avoids the pop disasters of current Nashville music. And it’s the perfect place to start a journey through the discography of Bingham, one of the brightest lights in country today. [First added to this chart: 03/29/2017]
Produced By MARC FORD
1. Southside Of Heaven
2. The Other Side
3. Bread And Water
4. Don’t Wait For Me
5. Boracho Station
6. Sunshine
7. Ghost Of Travelin’ Jones
8. Hard Times
9. Dollar A Day
10. Take It Easy Mama
11. Long Way From Georgia
12. Ever Wonder Why
13. Sunrise
14. For What It’s Worth
Ryan Bingham may be a young man, but his voice and his songwriting suggest that he’s been down some of the same roads as Tom Waits. After having made a name for himself in Texas for years with his band The Dead Horses, Bingham was signed to Lost Highway records, who surprisingly paired him up with producer Marc Ford, best known as the one time lead guitarist for The Black Crowes. His first major label album, Mescalito, shows Bingham as an already seasoned veteran, and it’s a winner. Although his vocal style may be limiting at times, Bingham makes the most of what he has, and conveys all of the emotion necessary for great Americana / alt-country storytelling. But what Bingham has the most of are songs. Mescalito is filled to the brim with fine tales, given extra drama by Bingham’s own voice and some fine playing, led by none other than Ford himself, who adds a lot to the album.
The opener, “Southside Of Heaven”, is a rolling country slice of perfection about life on the road, and still stands as one of Bingham’s finest moments. Other highlights include “Don’t Wait For Me”, “Bread And Water” (Ford plays a scorching slide riff on this one), and the rollicking “Ghost Of Travelin’ Jones”, but nearly every track is a refreshing slice of Americana. Bingham sometimes brings to mind Steve Earle or Bruce Springsteen, or a combination of both, which is no small feat. Mescalito has moments of country beauty (“the outro of “Southside Of Heaven” is all mandolins and banjo and back porch joy), moments where it rocks just enough (“The Other Side”), and even a bit of mariachi (“Boracho Station”) In all, Mescalito is the perfect place to start a country journey that avoids the pop disasters of current Nashville music. And it’s the perfect place to start a journey through the discography of Bingham, one of the brightest lights in country today. [First added to this chart: 03/29/2017]
2007-NEW WEST
Produced By JASON ISBELL & PATTERSON HOOD
1. Brand New Kind Of Actress
2. Down In A Hole
3. Try
4. Chicago Promenade
5. Dress Blues
6. Grown
7. Hurricanes And Hand Grenades
8. In A Razor Town
9. Shotgun Wedding
10. The Magician
11. The Devil Is My Running Mate
Jason Isbell joined the Drive By Truckers in 2001, and played on 3 of their albums before leaving for a solo career in 2007. His presence with the Truckers gave them a formidable 3 guitar, 3 writer lineup. He is an excellent songwriter...you only need to hear the excellent "Danko/Manuel" to know that.
Sirens Of The Ditch is his solo debut. His songs, as always, are great. The performance sounds tentative at times, and the album is less rocking than his work with DBT. "Brand New Kind Of Actress" (which is supposedly about the death of Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector's mansion), "Dress Blues" and "Hurricanes And Hand Grenades" are highlights. Not a bad album, but his next effort was much stronger. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced By JASON ISBELL & PATTERSON HOOD
1. Brand New Kind Of Actress
2. Down In A Hole
3. Try
4. Chicago Promenade
5. Dress Blues
6. Grown
7. Hurricanes And Hand Grenades
8. In A Razor Town
9. Shotgun Wedding
10. The Magician
11. The Devil Is My Running Mate
Jason Isbell joined the Drive By Truckers in 2001, and played on 3 of their albums before leaving for a solo career in 2007. His presence with the Truckers gave them a formidable 3 guitar, 3 writer lineup. He is an excellent songwriter...you only need to hear the excellent "Danko/Manuel" to know that.
Sirens Of The Ditch is his solo debut. His songs, as always, are great. The performance sounds tentative at times, and the album is less rocking than his work with DBT. "Brand New Kind Of Actress" (which is supposedly about the death of Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector's mansion), "Dress Blues" and "Hurricanes And Hand Grenades" are highlights. Not a bad album, but his next effort was much stronger. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
2007- REPRISE
Produced By DAVID BRIGGS & NEIL YOUNG
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child
For the most part, I'm not a big fan of "lost" tracks. But it's different when an artist like Neil Young makes live recordings from his private archives public. Live At Massey Hall was recorded during Young's Journey Through The Past Solo Tour in 1971 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album features only Young on guitar and piano, and is an amazingly well played set. Young has said that this should have been the record that came out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, but he opted for a studio release.
Many of the songs here had yet to see record yet (all of the Harvest tracks, plus some others that surfaced on later albums). "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" is heard on record for the first time here, and "Dance Dance Dance" turned out to be an early version of "Love Is A Rose". In all, Massey Hall is a great record, well with the 34 year wait.
This is the second in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Thanks for sharing, Neil! [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced By DAVID BRIGGS & NEIL YOUNG
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child
For the most part, I'm not a big fan of "lost" tracks. But it's different when an artist like Neil Young makes live recordings from his private archives public. Live At Massey Hall was recorded during Young's Journey Through The Past Solo Tour in 1971 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album features only Young on guitar and piano, and is an amazingly well played set. Young has said that this should have been the record that came out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, but he opted for a studio release.
Many of the songs here had yet to see record yet (all of the Harvest tracks, plus some others that surfaced on later albums). "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" is heard on record for the first time here, and "Dance Dance Dance" turned out to be an early version of "Love Is A Rose". In all, Massey Hall is a great record, well with the 34 year wait.
This is the second in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Thanks for sharing, Neil! [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 05/12/2012]
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2007
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2007-J
Produced By ADAM KASPER & EDDIE VEDDER
1. Setting Forth
2. No Ceiling
3. Far Behind
4. Rise
5. Long Nights
6. Tuolumne
7. Hard Sun
8. Society
9. The Wolf
10. End Of The Road
11. Guaranteed
Into The Wild is a film by Sean Penn. He handpicked Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam to do the music for the movie, even though Vedder had never recorded very much outside of his band. Turns out that not only did he have a wealth of material, he was also quite capable of playing all of it. Bass, drums, guitars…all of it. Penn would feed Vedder scenes, then Vedder would write and record the song pretty much on the spot. He has since likened the experience to working in a factory: he just cranked out song after song on demand until the project was done. All of the songs were written by Vedder except for two: “Hard Sun” was a top 10 hit for Indio in 1989 (it was also the single from this album), and “Society” by Jerry Hannan. Hannan’s guitar on the track is the only instrument on the album not played by Vedder.
The biggest issue here is brevity. Of the eleven tracks, seven don’t reach 3 minutes in length. The result is that a lot of ideas never reach a fruitful conclusion, and the songs sound incomplete. The best songs are the longer ones, showing that when Vedder expands the thought, he gets a much better result. The high points are the two covers listed above, but also “Guaranteed”, “End Of The Road”, and the best of the short tracks, “Rise”. As a soundtrack, Into The Wild works well, complimenting Penn’s vision nicely. As an album, it has a great sound but also has its flaws. It’s interesting, and it’s a good way to hear for the first time what Vedder can do on his own. [First added to this chart: 11/28/2012]
Produced By ADAM KASPER & EDDIE VEDDER
1. Setting Forth
2. No Ceiling
3. Far Behind
4. Rise
5. Long Nights
6. Tuolumne
7. Hard Sun
8. Society
9. The Wolf
10. End Of The Road
11. Guaranteed
Into The Wild is a film by Sean Penn. He handpicked Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam to do the music for the movie, even though Vedder had never recorded very much outside of his band. Turns out that not only did he have a wealth of material, he was also quite capable of playing all of it. Bass, drums, guitars…all of it. Penn would feed Vedder scenes, then Vedder would write and record the song pretty much on the spot. He has since likened the experience to working in a factory: he just cranked out song after song on demand until the project was done. All of the songs were written by Vedder except for two: “Hard Sun” was a top 10 hit for Indio in 1989 (it was also the single from this album), and “Society” by Jerry Hannan. Hannan’s guitar on the track is the only instrument on the album not played by Vedder.
The biggest issue here is brevity. Of the eleven tracks, seven don’t reach 3 minutes in length. The result is that a lot of ideas never reach a fruitful conclusion, and the songs sound incomplete. The best songs are the longer ones, showing that when Vedder expands the thought, he gets a much better result. The high points are the two covers listed above, but also “Guaranteed”, “End Of The Road”, and the best of the short tracks, “Rise”. As a soundtrack, Into The Wild works well, complimenting Penn’s vision nicely. As an album, it has a great sound but also has its flaws. It’s interesting, and it’s a good way to hear for the first time what Vedder can do on his own. [First added to this chart: 11/28/2012]
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2007
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No production credit. "The Picture" shows that Jay Farrar can be upbeat if he wants to be. The Search has Farrar re-inventing his band once again, with really exceptional results. The simplicity of "Slow Hearse", the classic Son Volt theme of the excellent "Methamphetamine", fine front to back songwriting, the perfection of the band as a whole. Son Volt's albums are all pretty much great, but this one came out at a time that made it particularly special to me. This one by a nose over them all except for Trace.
[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced by James Mercer and Joe Chiccarelli. Another fine album by The Shins. Wincing The Night Away is the bands third album, coming after Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow to form an impressive trilogy of albums that doesn't happen very often. The excellence of The Shins is apparent all the way through this album,which is just consistently good. Every song is a highlight, and the album as a whole is thoroughly satisfying. The Shins, for this reason, is one of my all time favorite bands.
[First added to this chart: 05/10/2012]
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2007
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[First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
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2007
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1,028
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[First added to this chart: 08/11/2019]
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2007
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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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2007
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Top 70 Music Albums of 2007 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 2 | 3% | |
| Spoon | 1 | 1% | |
| Liz Kinnon | 1 | 1% | |
| Eddie Vedder | 1 | 1% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 1% | |
| Kaiser Chiefs | 1 | 1% | |
| Gretchen Wilson | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 70 Music Albums of 2007 chart changes
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| Up 1 from 6th to 5thInto The Wild (Music For The Motion Picture) by Eddie Vedder |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 5th to 6thThe Search by Son Volt |
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