i listened to a lot of records this year, probably too many for my own damn good. i tend to obsess over records over extended periods of time. this personality defect doesn’t really lend itself well to giving other, obsessive worthy records the ability to firmly plant themselves into my brain. so, here are my 13 favorite, see most obsessed over, records of 2007.
13. phosphorescent.pride
a picture of our torn up praise
12. bon iver.for emma forever ago
11. chris whitley and jeff lang.dislocation blues
10. bruce.magic
9. zookeeper.becoming all things
8. aesop rock.none shall pass
7. richmond fontaine.thirteen cities
the disappearance of ray norton
moving back home #2 (live)
6. of montreal.hissing fauna, are you the destroyer
hemidalsgate like a promethean curse (live)
cato as a pun (live)
5. jason isbell.sirens of the ditch
in a razor town (live)
4. iron and wine.the sheperds dog
3. band of horses.cease to begin
islands on the coast (live)
2. glossary.the better angels of our nature
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1. the everybodyfields.nothing is okay
