Top 5 Albums of 2007: In Retrospect

One year later, and I feel a little differently.

5.
MGMT, Oracular Spectacular. Yeah sure, so this band got so big so quickly that my dad started listening to them, that doesn't make the album any worse, my summer 08 album, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Top Tracks: Kids, Electric Feel, The Youth

4.
Band of Horses, Cease to Begin. Unfairly labeled as a mediocre followup to their 2006 release, Everything all the Time. This album may not peak the way Everything All the Time did with The Funeral, but it is far more consistent. Additionally, it has a track named Detlef Schrempf. Any true NBA Hangtime fans know what I'm talking about.
Top Tracks: Detlef Schrempf, Detlef Schrempf, Detlef Schrempf

3.
Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Definitely the most disappointing concerts of my life, doesn't change a very very good release by Spoon. Maybe not as consistent as you would like (The Ghost of You Lingers is a terrible, terrible track), but unlike Cease to Begin, it hits some awesome high points.
Top Tracks: Don't Make me a Target, You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb, The Underdog

2.
Wilco, Sky Blue Sky. Yeah Wilco, you did it again, congratulations, you're awesome.
Top Tracks: Sky Blue Sky, Hate it Here, Impossible Germany

1.
Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago. Justin Vernon managed to do something with this album that nobody else has ever managed to do, help keep my sanity. Written and recorded almost exclusively in a wilderness log cabin, the album is one giant lullaby. If you are ever on the verge of a breakdown (do you hear me Peisin?) put this album on.
Top Tracks: For Emma, Flume, Blindsided

Dear Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Radiohead
Fuck you
Love, Zach