Thursday, 3 January 2008

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks 2007

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The best tracks of last year as voted for in Pitchfork and as so very kindly compiled by Stereogum !! Check out: http://stereogum.com/

A great mix tape indeed. There will of course be a few deletions such as cnuts like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, R. Kelly etc and that annoying dumb brella-ella- ella bollox!

Here’s a more detailed discussion of the individual tracks here: pitchforkmediastaff-list-top-100-tracks-of-2007

Top of the heap in their view, not mine however, was LCD Soundsystem’s "All My Friends" and this is their blurb thereon;

Fidgety piano chords played with clunky imprecision, a ticking rhythm section, and an opening line worthy of a great novel-- so begins our favorite song of 2007. Like most of LCD Soundsystem's future Best of candidates, "All My Friends" starts out handling like a rickety shopping cart and ends up blazing like a house on fire.

What's special about this one is the story that plays out in between; where James Murphy used to take perverse pleasure in making up his lyrics on the spot, this is proof that he's too sharp a writer to leave his words to chance. "All My Friends" is about a lot of things-- guilt, drugs, the weight of expectation-- but mostly, it's about aging, about how the template for growing older is melting away, and about what decisions we make for ourselves in light of such lowered expectations.

This is a song about building a compass, and for Murphy, that journey not only starts with his friends: it ends there, too.


Here’s the video for the song about a song about building a compass (whatever the fuck that means!)


Tracklisting

100 Ost & Kjex - "Milano Mugolian (A Thrilling Mungophony in Two Parts)"
99 Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - "Backed Out on the…"
98 Old Time Relijun - "Indestructible Life!"
97 Sir Richard Bishop - "Ecstasies in the Open Air"
96 Times New Viking - "Teenage Lust!"
95 Groove Armada [ft. Mutya Buena] - "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"
94 MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
93 Antibalas - "Beaten Metal"
92 Air - "Mer du Japon (Kris Menace Remix)"
91 Menomena - "The Pelican"
90 Miranda Lambert - "Gunpowder & Lead"
89 Air France - "Beach Party"
88 The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour"
87 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Me and My Imagination"
86 Rekid - "Next Stop Chicago"
85 BARR - "The Song Is the Single"
84 50 Cent - "I Get Money"
83 Sonic Youth - "I'm Not There"
82 Tinariwen - "Matadjem Yinmixan"
81 Modest Mouse - "Dashboard"
80 Grizzly Bear - "Little Brother (Electric)"
79 Magik Markers - "Taste"
78 Amy Winehouse - "Tears Dry on Their Own"
77 The National - "Mistaken for Strangers"
76 Klaxons - "Golden Skans"
75 Escort - "All Through the Night"
74 Black Lips - "Katrina"
73 The Twilight Sad - "Cold Days From the Birdhouse"
72 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "La Costa Brava"
71 The Shins - "Turn on Me"
70 Cassie - "Is It You?"
69 Roísín Murphy - "Overpowered"
68 Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"
67 Devin the Dude [ft. Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg] - "What a Job"
66 King Khan & the Shrines - "Welfare Bread"
65 DJ Khaled [ft. T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne] - "We Takin' Over"
64 No Age - "Neck Escaper"
63 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "I'm Not Gonna Cry"
62 Cool Kids - "I Rock"
61 !!! - "Heart of Hearts"
60 The White Stripes - "Rag and Bone"
59 Lil Wayne - "Upgrade U"
58 Shellac - "The End of Radio"
57 Electrelane - "To the East"
56 Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass"
55 Studio - "No Comply"
54 Joanna Newsom - "Colleen"
53 Bat for Lashes - "What's a Girl to Do?"
52 The Clientele - "Bookshop Casanova"
51 Kanye West [ft. T-Pain] - "Good Life"

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50 Dude 'N Nem - "Watch My Feet"
49 Yeasayer - "2080"
48 Liars -"Plaster Casts of Everything"
47 T2 -"Heartbroken"
46 Deerhunter- "Wash Off"
45 The Honeydrips - "Fall From a Height"
44 Pantha du Prince - "Saturn Strobe"
43 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
42 Spoon - "Black Like Me"
41 Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
40 Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
39 Sally Shapiro - "He Keeps Me Alive"
38 Matthew Dear- "Deserter"
37 Blonde Redhead -"23"
36 Okkervil River - "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"
35 Dirty Projectors - "Rise Above"
34 The Tough Alliance - "Silly Crimes"
33 Dinosaur Jr. - "Almost Ready"
32 R. Kelly [ft. T.I. and T-Pain] - "I'm a Flirt (remix)"
31 Cortney Tidwell - "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan's Objects in Space Remix)"
30 Dan Deacon - "Wham City"
29 Arcade Fire - "Keep the Car Running"
28 Dizzee Rascal - "Pussy'ole (Old Skool)"
27 Lil Mama - "Lip Gloss"
26 Jay-Z - "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)"
25 Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
24 Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life"
23 Simian Mobile Disco - "I Believe"
22 Animal Collective - "Peacebone"
21 M.I.A. - "Boyz"

20 Radiohead - "All I Need"
19 The Field - "A Paw in My Face"
18 Chromatics - "In the City"
17 Burial - "Archangel"
16 Feist - "1 2 3 4"
15 Jens Lekman - "A Postcard to Nina"
14 Caribou - "Melody Day"
13 Of Montreal - "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal"
12 Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"
11 Grinderman - "No Pussy Blues"
10 Jay-Z [ft. Beanie Sigel] - "Ignorant Shit"
09 Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
08 Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
07 LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great"
06 UGK [ft. Outkast] - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
05 Rihanna [ft. Jay-Z] - "Umbrella"
04 M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy] - "Paper Planes (Remix)"
03 Panda Bear - "Bros"
02 Battles - "Atlas"
01 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"

Posted by stupid and contagious at Thursday, January 03, 2008
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1 comments:

Wendy77 said...

Swell post! Thankssss

10 January 2008 11:43

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