Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Best Songs of 2007, Half Year Review: 11-20

I thought it would be fun to rank my 20 favorite songs of the year, so far. Here are the rules:

  • Songs have to be from an album, EP, or single already released in 2007. That means no songs I started getting into this year that came out last year and no songs I'm currently into that haven't been released yet.
  • International releases that aren't out in the US yet are ok.
  • Only one song per artist.
Here are songs 11-20. To listen to them while reading, right click (later Macs) and go to "Open Link in New Window."


20

Apostle Of Hustle - The Naked and Alone

Way into the layered vocals.






19

The Bees - Listening Man

Retro. Soul.






18

Handsome Furs - What We Had

Another successful project from the Wolf Parade camp.






17

Loney, Dear - I Am John

How often are backing vocals the highlight (2:10 in) of a song?






16

The Besnard Lakes - Disaster

Delicate and drifting.






15

Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy of the Lost

This is how good a chorus can be.






14

Dr. Dog - Heart It Races

An Architecture In Helsinki cover that's better than the original.






13

Slaraffenland - Watch Out

Any more lyrics would be "super-floss."






12

Feist - 1234

Instant happy.






11

The Veils - Jesus For The Jugular

The song is even more badass than it's name.




1 comments:

AJ said...

Yo! How am I supposed to get anything done at work! This is better than escaping a rio favela sans Stu-Duhs!