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BAMA HIPSTERS LIST TOP 10 (or so) ALBUMS of 2007 - pt. 5

part 5... the last segment. it is becoming apparent that there is a standard "best of" in bham this year... ACTUALLY, ITS ALMOST SILLY. but great lists nonetheless...


MCSHAN WALKER'S TOP 10-

I drove 50,000 miles this year. Here's how.

Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Attack with Love. See you at the Ryman.

Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
See them live.

Icky Thump – The White Stripes
Chuck Norris, Tim Tebow, Jack White (not in that order). Meg’s second best performance this year.

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Steering wheel drumming by :05, track one

A.A. Bondy – American Hearts
Black Rain, Black Rain – yep.

Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Thank you for the album and The National.

Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Dirty. Watch your back, she's out on bail.

Eddie Vedder – Into the Open (Soundtrack)
33 minutes. Simple. Goodness. Better than anything PJ studio in a long, long time.

Ryan Adams – Easy on all the records Tiger
Despite Halloweenhead and himself.

The National – Boxer
This summer I heard Fake Empire playing in a hardware store in Hazard, KY = 1986.



ALAN ROGERS' TOP 10-
drummer, based in birmingham

Here she blows. A top ten list - not to be confused with a top ten ranking...

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Ryan Adams - Follow The Lights
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Feist - The Reminder
Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?



JESSE PAYNE'S TOP 10-
jesse payne is a singer-songwriter from birmingham

My TOP TEN albums of 2007

1. Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
2. The Reminder - Feist
3. Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
4. In Rainbows - Radiohead
5. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
6. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
7. Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
8. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
9. The New Pornographers - Challengers
10. Boxer - The National

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