2007年 Dec 17日 Monday, 6:33

2007

As 2007 is drawing to an end the “best of 2007-lists” are starting overflowing last.fm. This year, I have chosen to join the hype. However, instead of naming the year’s best albums I have made a list of the best songs.

2007 has been a year of amazing discoveries for me. In 2006 I discovered a crazy little thing called post-rock and this year I have further refined and extended my taste within this amazing genre. It has been a great post-rock year with a lot of good releases by both the bigger names and the more underground bands.

This year I have also discovered the sludge genre. While 2007 has been my year of probing the post-rock spectrum, 2008 will probably see a lot of new sludge albums into my music collection. And although my favourite sludge bands Isis, Cult of Luna and Mouth of the Architect didn’t release anything this year, this was compensated by a lot of other, smaller bands. The new Minsk release alone made 2007 a great year for sludge, everything else has been a nice extra.

And as always, I have sticked to the progressive rock/metal genre. It’s still my favourite music and this year has seen a lot of great releases thereof. New albums by Porcupine Tree, Neal Morse and Symphony X were truly masterpieces.

So now I will present you my list. It will probably still be under construction for the following days. Any comments (or recommendations) are welcome!

The 50 best songs of 2007

1. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
2. Minsk - Ceremony ek stasis
3. pg.lost - Yes I Am
4. Jesu - Weightless and Horizontal
5. Neal Morse - The Door
6. Logh - Saturday Nightmares
7. Symphony X - Paradise Lost
8. Eluvium - Prelude For Time Feelers
9. Threshold - Slipstream
10. Within Temptation - All I Need

11. Porcupine Tree - Normal
12. Immánu El - Under Your Wings I'll Hide
13. Eluvium - Radio Ballet
14. Blackfield - Christenings
15. Omega Massif - Unter Null
16. Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day
17. Tunturia - Cast Shadows on Clouds
18. Oceansize - The Frame
19. Jesu - Old Year
20. The American Dollar - Signaling Through The Flames

21. Eluvium - Reciting The Airships
22. 65daysofstatic - The Conspiracy of Seeds
23. Caspian - Moksha
24. Radiohead - Nude
25. The Fray - How to save a life
26. Anekdoten - A Sky About To Rain
27. World's End Girlfriend - 100 Years of Choke
28. Air - Once Upon A Time
29. God Is An Astronaut - Tempus Horizon
30. Dream Theater - The Ministry of Lost Souls

31. Knight Area - Exit L.U.M.C.
32. Marillion - Somewhere Else
33. Sieges Even - Eyes Wide Open
34. Sonata Arctica - Paid in Full
35. Sigur Rós - I gaer
36. Marillion - Thank You, Whoever You Are
37. The Pirate Ship Quintet - Pirate Ship
38. Air - Photograph
39. Boris With Merzbow - Feedbacker
40. *Shels - The Conference of the Birds

41. Sunn O))) - Belürol Pusztít
42. Beware of Safety - To The Roof! Let's Jump and Fall
43. Pelican - City of Echoes
44. Devin Townsend - Solar Winds
45. Maserati - Show me the Season
46. Joy Wants Eternity - You Are The Vertical, You Are The Horizon
47. French Teen Idol - Rebirth
48. Latitudes - A Falling Mute
49. Blackwaves - 0114 AA
50. Do Make Say Think - The Universe!