Articles about CoS 2007 Top Albums
By Alex Young on December 10th, 2007
#21 – Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? In may aspects, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is the most unique and confusing album of 2007. After dealing with some rather turbulent time, Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes made this album his emotional self-narrative. The first half of the album is full [...]
By Alex Young on December 10th, 2007
#22 – Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Sure, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the fifth studio album of Modest Mouse, is more mainstream appealing than all of their past works. There’s less quirkiness, less inaudible screaming from frontman Issac Brock. But that doesn’t mean the album [...]
By Alex Young on December 9th, 2007
#23 – Apostle of Hustle – National Anthem of Nowhere Apostle of Hustle is another one of those band’s who released a debut album that many expected would be hard to top. While this may be true, National Anthem of Nowhere is pretty solid in it’s own right. The diverse instrumentations and sounds always seem [...]
By Alex Young on December 9th, 2007
#24 – The Fratellis – Costello Music With Costello Music, the Fratellis made a simple, but unbelievably catchy album. Exhibiting an energetic, pop-punk sound and equally fun lyrics, the album is what you would expect if the Arctic Monkeys or The Hives took music steroids. And this is what puts The Fratellis in a class [...]
By Alex Young on December 9th, 2007
#25 – Manu Chao – La Radiolina Manu Chao is perhaps one of the world’s most talented and popular musician. But, few in the United States know much about the French-born, Spanish singing Chao. La Radiolina is the latest effort by Chao and his backing band. Like most of Chao’s previous the album incorporates a [...]
By Alex Young on December 8th, 2007
#26 – Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga truly exhibits almost every characteristic that defines Spoon as a band. The quirky, but melodic guitar rhythms mixed with repetitive, catchy baselines and poppy piano parts that makes up a large put of their sound is clearly present. The unbelievable song-writing [...]
By Alex Young on December 8th, 2007
#27 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81 Many people considered Baby 81 an average album at best. But in all honesty, 2005′s Howl was a hard album to follow up and I think Black Rebel Motorcycle Club made a pretty good effort with this album. Sure, they’re aren’t as many standout songs and [...]
By Alex Young on December 7th, 2007
#28 – Iron & Wine – The Shepard’s Dog Iron & Wine’s The Shepard’s Dog exhibited a more experimental nature for Sam Beam. Sure, the album features Beam’s unbelievable song-writing abilities that we’ve become accustomed to over the years, but the sound is more unconventional, perhaps taking a page from Tom Waits. I’ve said in [...]
By Alex Young on December 7th, 2007
#29 – Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times Since they first hit the Boston music scene in 1996, the Dropkick Murphys have been constantly evolving their sound. They have essentially transformed from a small street punk band to a world acclaimed, full fledge rock ‘n roll group. Sure 2007′s The Meanest of Times still [...]
By Alex Young on December 6th, 2007
#34 – Justice – † It may sound a little corny, but Justice’s † was this year’s ultimate party album. DJs Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay made a splash in 2007 by creating an album that mixes electronic, Daft Punk-esque house music with funky techno beats. The result was an energetic a powerful, upbeat [...]
