A Top 10 for 2007...

A Top 10 for 2007, you really want it… just like for 2006? Ok, what I think is that 2007 was far from being a great vintage for music, maybe one of the worst since… ever. I always tried to be positive here on Leaky Sparrow but come on 40 years ago you had to choose 10 records among 60 masterpieces, now, you have to buy 60 records or more to find 10 who are at least acceptable. Sure, I didn’t listen to everything – who could? – but it doesn’t seem that I missed something, I don’t think so, unless you tell me. Ok, here are the records that I enjoyed the most.

Next year will be a better one, of course, and I’m looking forward to hearing the new Portishead.

1 - PJ Harvey – White Chalk (Island)
Web: pjharvey.net
Video: PJ Harvey - The Piano
Read: PJ Harvey - The White Album

2 – Low – Drums And Guns (Sub Pop)
Web: chairkickers.com
Music: Low - Breaker .mp3
Read: Low Waves

3 – Tegan And Sara – The Con (Sire)
Web: teganandsara.com
Video: Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head
Music: Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head .mp3
Read: Tegan And Sara - Live In Cologne

4 – Kevin Ayers – The Unfairground (Tuition)
Web: kevin-ayers.com
Music: Kevin Ayers - Friends & Strangers (excerpt) .mp3
Read: Kevin And Robert - The Soft Brothers

5 – Yoko Ono – Yes, I’m A Witch (Astral Weeks)
Web: a-i-u.net/witch.html
Music: Yoko Ono with Cat Power - Revelations .asx
Read: The Witch And Cat

6 – Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter (Constellation)
Web: vicchesnutt.com
Music: Vic Chesnutt - You Are Never Alone .mp3 via Indie For Bunnies
Read: Vic Chesnutt - Keeping It On The Road

7 – Blonde Redhead – 23 (4AD)
Web: blonde-redhead.com/index2.html
Music: Blonde Redhead - 23 .mp3
Read: Blonde Redhead - 23: The Key Number

8 – Trentemoller – The Trentemoller Chronicles (Audiomatique)
Web: audiomatique.com/index2.html
Music: Trentemoller - The Forest .mp3
Read: Trentemoller - The Archives

9 – Terry Lee Hale – Shotgun Pillowcase (Borderdreams)
Web: terryleehale.com
Music: Terry Lee Hale - Hearts .mp3
Read: Terry Lee Hale - Shotgun Pillowcase

10a – Suzanne Vega – Beauty & Crime (EMI)
Web: suzannevega.com
Music: Suzanne Vega - Frank & Ava .asx

10b – iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt (Beggars Banquet)
Web: iliketrains.co.uk
Music: iLiKETRAiNS - Terra Nova .mp3
Read: iliketrains - Hystory Repeating