I liked music in 2007.

Every year, a few friends and I share lists of our favorite albums. I inevitably end up posting my list on whatever blog I'm writing in at the time. Here you go. I may add more explanation later, but maybe not, so don't get too excited.

My top 13:
1. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. St. Vincent - Marry Me
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Feist - The Reminder
6. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
7. Björk - Volta
8. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
9. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
10. Justice - †
11. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
12. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
13. Grizzly Bear - Friend EP


Others that I enjoyed: Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch, Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water, Carol Bui - Everyone Wore White, HEALTH - HEALTH, White Williams - Smoke, José González - In Our Nature, Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets, The New Pornographers - Challengers

I haven't really listened to Radiohead, Menomena, The National, or Animal Collective enough, but I like all of them based on early impressions, and they would probably find their way up into the main list later (though at the expense of what, I don't know. I would probably have to make it a top 17 at some point).

I was really disappointed by Tori Amos' American Doll Posse, going so far as to delete it off of my iTunes. I was also caught off guard by Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight, which I liked, but for reasons very different from the ones I have for loving their past releases. It was a great pop record, but the lyrics lacked the depth and nuance of Jenny Lewis' other work.