Best Albums of 2007

[Sick N Twisted]

12 Stones - "Anthem For The Underdog"

Alter Bridge - "Blackbird"

Aly & AJ - "Insomniatic"

Blaze Ya Dead Homie - "Clockwork Grey"

Boondox - "PunkinHed" (it's an EP but oh well)

Chamillionaire - "Ultimate Victory"

Demon Hunter - "Storm The Gates Of Hell"

Evans Blue - "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends"

The Exies - "A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth"

Good Charlotte - "Good Morning Revival" (yeah I know nearly everyone hates them)

(həd) p.e. - "Insomnia"

InMe - "Daydream Anonymous"

Insane Clown Posse - "The Tempest"

Jagged Edge - "Baby Makin' Project"

Manic Drive - "Reset & Rewind"

Mario - "Go"

Paramore - "Riot!"

Psychopathic Rydas - "Duk Da Fuk Down"

Raine Maida - "The Hunter's Lullaby"

Seether - "Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces"

Thousand Foot Krutch - "The Flame In All Of Us"

Timbaland - "Shock Value"

Twiztid - "Independent's Day"

The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up"

I liked too many this year

Edited December 14, 2007 by Sick N Twisted

[Baddar]

12 Stones - "Anthem For The Underdog"

Alter Bridge - "Blackbird"

Aly & AJ - "Insomniatic"

Blaze Ya Dead Homie - "Clockwork Grey"

Boondox - "PunkinHed" (it's an EP but oh well)

Chamillionaire - "Ultimate Victory"

Demon Hunter - "Storm The Gates Of Hell"

Evans Blue - "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends"

The Exies - "A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth"

Good Charlotte - "Good Morning Revival" (yeah I know nearly everyone hates them)

(həd) p.e. - "Insomnia"

InMe - "Daydream Anonymous"

Insane Clown Posse - "The Tempest"

Jagged Edge - "Baby Makin' Project"

Manic Drive - "Reset & Rewind"

Mario - "Go"

Paramore - "Riot!"

Psychopathic Rydas - "Duk Da Fuk Down"

Raine Maida - "The Hunter's Lullaby"

Seether - "Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces"

Thousand Foot Krutch - "The Flame In All Of Us"

Timbaland - "Shock Value"

Twiztid - "Independent's Day"

The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up"

I liked too many this year

That has to be ALL the albums you've listened to this year surely?

But, I'll let you off considering you included Blackbird

[Sick N Twisted]

nah it ain't all, I missed off a few

[IAceI]

That's barely any albums at all for this year.

[New Damage]

12 Stones - "Anthem For The Underdog"

Alter Bridge - "Blackbird"

Aly & AJ - "Insomniatic"

Blaze Ya Dead Homie - "Clockwork Grey"

Boondox - "PunkinHed" (it's an EP but oh well)

Chamillionaire - "Ultimate Victory"

Demon Hunter - "Storm The Gates Of Hell"

Evans Blue - "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends"

The Exies - "A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth"

Good Charlotte - "Good Morning Revival" (yeah I know nearly everyone hates them)

(həd) p.e. - "Insomnia"

InMe - "Daydream Anonymous"

Insane Clown Posse - "The Tempest"

Jagged Edge - "Baby Makin' Project"

Manic Drive - "Reset & Rewind"

Mario - "Go"

Paramore - "Riot!"

Psychopathic Rydas - "Duk Da Fuk Down"

Raine Maida - "The Hunter's Lullaby"

Seether - "Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces"

Thousand Foot Krutch - "The Flame In All Of Us"

Timbaland - "Shock Value"

Twiztid - "Independent's Day"

The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up"

I liked too many this year

That has to be ALL the albums you've listened to this year surely?

But, I'll let you off considering you included Blackbird

And 'A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth'.

I haven't got that many albums that have been released this year/tail end of 2006 to be honest. The only definate ones being 'A Modern Way...' by The Exies, Puddle Of Mudd's 'Famous', 'Blackbird' and maybe Black Stone Cherry's album (whenever that came out).

As for of all the albums I got this year, a lot of them a few years old, some more than a decade, theres a lot of contenders like Soundgarden's 'Superunknown', POM's first two, the first two from The Exies, Shinedown's, Trapt's, Temple Of The Dog etc.

Including those 'oldies' that I got this year, the award goes to Shinedown's 'Us And Them'.

Without... mmm, Puddle Of Mudd's 'Famous' edges it.

[Turbo Yannis]

Stone me, I totally forgot about two more

The Cribs - "Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever"

I thought this lot were a pile of shit the first time I heard them, but good Jesus, this album is fucking amazing from start to finish. Ryan Jarman's voice might not be to everyone's liking, but musically they are amazing.

Every Time I Die - "The Big Dirty"

So good, I even made a topic about. Just some good old balls to the wall rock music.

While I'm here, what's the general opinion of The Cribs? I love them but I know plenty of people that don't

Edited December 15, 2007 by Turbonegro

[YI]

They're great, and the lead singer is fucking hilarious...although he does seem the kind who HATES it when the jokes on him...so he's a bit of a prick.

[TheRyno]

I'm not going to bother numbering them in order as it'll be way too hard. But here goes, in no particular order:

Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

HIM - Venus Doom

Dir en grey - The Marrow of a Bone

Between The Buried And Me - Colors

Darkest Hour - Deliver Us

Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb

Horse The Band - A Natural Death

Himsa - Summon In Thunder

Dethklok - The Dethalbum

Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

Honorable Mentions:

Psyopus - Our Puzzling Encounters Considered

3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades

The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal

[Cactus Drags]

Did Band of Horses' Cease To Begin come out this year? If so, that deserves a mention.

[Clawson]

Did Band of Horses' Cease To Begin come out this year? If so, that deserves a mention.

[tristy]

01. Nine Inch Nails - "Year Zero"

02. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Zeitgeist"

03. Gorilla Zoe - "Welcome To The Zoo"

04. Saul Williams - "The Inevitable Rise & Liberation Of Niggy Tardust"

05. Band Of Horses - "Cease To Begin"

06. Radiohead - "In Rainbows"

07. Down - "III: Over The Under"

08. Remain Silent - "Ether / Asphalt"

09. Thrice - "The Alchemy Index, Vol. I & II"

10. Otep - "The Ascension"

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Paramore - "RIOT!"

Blaqk Audio - "Cexcells"

Pharoahe Monch - "Desire"

Machiavellian - "The Impossibility Of Death In The Minds Of The Living EP"

Between The Buried & Me - "Colours"

Coheed & Cambria - "No World For Tomorrow"

Necro - "Death Rap"

Omar a. Rodriguez-Lopez - "Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo"

Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass"

[Liam]

Bloodsimple..........that is very possibly the worst band name I have EVER heard.

And Liam. Jesu. 2 albums (Although ones previously recorded stuff, but never released), 2 EP's and a split (With Eluvium, which is great).

Yeah, I've checked out most of the Jesu stuff, and typically, its awesome. I just seem to spread myself a little thin over the stuff I have at times.

Though I'll also include Mayhem's latest album (can't remember the name), some really good black metal.

[TheTruth]

Boo for no Maroon 5 love.

[Cactus Drags]

Thrice's latest was good, but I'm not sure it really stood out as a candidate for best of the year. Maybe I've just not listened to it enough, but I can't recall any particular highlights or anything.

[lari]

I think so far my top ten would look something like this:

1. Chris Caffery - Pins and Needles

2. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free pt.2

3. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

4. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

5. Helloween - Gambling with the Devil

6. HIM - Venus Doom

7. Type O Negative - Dead Again

8. Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

9. Axxis - Doom of Destiny

10. Kotipelto - Serenity

[Farmer Reil]

Lari, you dissapoint me Of all the people on the forum, I thought at least you would mention Symphony X - Paradise Lost. It's CLEARLY the album of the year It's just a brilliantly perfect album. I know RKO agrees with me ¬_¬

Also, Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto

Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup

Battlelore - Evernight

Freedom Call - Dimensions

Still haven't heard Nightwish's new album yet, must get around to that. Hopefully it's better than Once.

[TheRyno]

From what I heard of the new Nightwish, I wasn't impressed. I really wish they would've picked someone on par with Turja instead of picking some popster that makes them sound like Evanescence v2.0 (sorry tiarnantman).

[Rage]

The Maccabees - Colour it In

My favourite album of the year, and one of the best debut albums of the 21st century in my view! Can't stop listening to it, not a bad song on it.

Honourable mentions to Shotter's Nation and Cross by Justice.

I'm a huge Bloc Party fan but was very disappointed by A Weekend in the City - poor.

[IAceI]

A Weekend in the City is a fantastic album. Most people I know have a problem with it not being the Bloc Party that they thought it was from like Silent Alarm the more pop/rock/indie stylings and more quiet and mellow.

Still a fantastic album.

[METALMAN]

The Good

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

Coheed and Cambria - No World For Tomorrow

The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

The Bad

Editors - An End Has A Start

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace

Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time In The West

Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

Edited December 16, 2007 by metalman