My Favorite 25 Tracks of 2007

You can download some of the individual linked tracks, or nap them all together here: tracks 20-17, tracks 18-11, tracks 10-1. feedback is much appreciated. enjoy and thanks for reading!

artist - track title - album

25. plastic little feat. amanda blank, spank rock and ghostface killah - crambodia (pink skull remix) - driz-bodia
24. grails - dead vine blues - burning off impurities
23. les savy fav - patty lee - let's stay friends
22. pig destroyer - girl in the slayer jacket - phantom limb

i wasn't too into a lot of the metal albums this year, but pig destroyer really stepped away from the pack (and their previous albums) with the addition of a forth "noise" member and a start to finish excellent album phantom limb

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21. best friends forever - handpocket - romance conflict adventure
20. the animal collective - derek - strawberry jam
19. bat for lashes - i'm on fire (bruce springsteen cover) - fur and gold
18. wolves in the throne room - i will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots - two hunters
17. simian mobile disco - hustler - attack decay sustain release video:



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16. yeasayer - wait for the summer - all hour cymbals
15. notorious b.i.g. - party and bullshit (ratatat remix) - ratatat mixtape vol. 2
14. pissed jeans - caught licking leather - hope for men

people finally "get" pissed jeans this year (myself included) and the group is signed to sup-pop records. the joy division style drums that start of this track are killer.

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13. why? - the hollows - the hollows ep
12. woods - night creature - at rear house
11. r. kelly feat. usher - same girl - double up video:



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10. beirut - elephant gun - lon gisland
9. ugk feat. outkast - international players anthem (i choose you) - ungerground kingz video:


r.i.p. pimp c, pour one out for by far the best video of the year

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8. a-trak - wamperctcle - dirty south dance
7. spank rock and benny blanco feat. amanda blank - loose - bangers and cash video:


while i love this track to death, i do think spank and benny need to chill on the whole "shock value" thing, this video beats the dead horse pretty hard.

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6. panda bear - comfy in nautica - person pitch
5. kid sister - pro nails - pro nails single
4. eddie ray - glad i found you - eccentric soul: the prix label

this track is actually from 1970, but it was almost completely unheard of and basically unreleased at the time. it's been compiled now on the FANTASTIC numero group soul comp eccentric soul: the prix label HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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3. the cool kids - 88 - unreleased
2. the black lips - veni vidi vici - good bad not evil
1. white denim - don't look that way at it - unreleased

by far my favorite track of the year. do yourself a serious favor and listen to this song. everything about it is pitch perfect.