I didn't listen to a whole lot of new music last year -- it was mostly spent watching movies (hint) and digging into some older stuff that I felt I had looked over. I made sure to pay attention to the stuff that I had initially been looking forward too (Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Kanye West), but the stuff I was listening to most was from the 60s and 70s. Then one day, I took a chance on a little record that seemed to be getting a lot of buzz called Songs III: Bird on the Water, and really fucking loved it. Definitely wasn't the best album released that year, but it was certainly the one I enjoyed the most -- even more than Graduation. Marissa Nadler is a solid singer/songwriter with a really interesting voice, and the overall experience of the album is altogether enthralling. Pick it up if you haven't given it a listen. Although you should have.
So that's it -- those are the albums. Here's a recap for you:
1987: Paid in Full -- Erik B. and Rakim
1988: Daydream Nation -- Sonic Youth
1989: Paul's Boutique -- Beastie Boys
1990: Repeater + 3 Songs -- Fugazi
1991: The Low End Theory -- A Tribe Called Quest
1992: The Chronic -- Dr. Dre
1993: Archers of Loaf -- Icky Mettle
1994: Cheshire Cat -- blink-182
1995: The Bends -- Radiohead
1996: Entroducing... -- DJ Shadow
1997: Either/Or -- Elliott Smith
1998: In The Aeroplane Over the Sea -- Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: Things Fall Apart -- The Roots
2000: The Moon and Antarctica -- Modest Mouse
2001: The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -- Wilco
2003: untitled -- blink-182
2004: The College Dropout -- Kanye West
2005: Illinois -- Sufjan Stevens
2006: The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me -- Brand New
2007: Songs III: Bird on the Water -- Marissa Nadler
Fine, just fine.
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