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Six months into 2007 (almost...) and there’s already a not-so-proverbial shit-tonne of albums in contention for the coveted Album of the Year ‘gong’ at DiS – again, the winner will be selected by you, the readers, from a shortlist compiled by us. Yup.
Seems like as good a time as any, then, to weed out any that might’ve been acclaimed at the time but, in hindsight, maybe ain’t so stunning as we initially thought. And we need you guys to help us out. Listed below are a number of records that received hearty slaps on the back from the DiS critics, but are they still worth a damn? Are Field Music’s Tones Of Town and Jamie T’s Panic Prevention really ten-outta-ten albums? Shouldn’t Deerhunter’s Cryptograms have received a maximum score? (Few records have been on rotation as often, at my place at least). Was Bloc Party’s A Weekend In The City any good in the first place, really?
Here’s a selection of what we’ve enjoyed – a lot – since December turned into January and a whole new year. Do please tell us about your favourite albums of the year so far – after all, ultimately it’s you that decides our album of the year come the end of 2007…
Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts
Blue Birds Blood
Catbird Recordings, released January - review
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
Sub Pop/Trangressive, released January - review
Clipse
Hell Hath No Fury
Zomba, released January - review
Wires On Fire
Wires On Fire
Buddyhead, released January - review
Jamie T
Panic Prevention
Virgin, released January - review
Deerhunter
Cryptograms
Kranky, released January - review
of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
Polyvinyl, released January - review
Field Music
Tones Of Town
Memphis Industries, released January - review
Klaxons
Myths Of The Near Future
Polydor, released January - review
Aereogramme
My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go
Chemikal Underground, released January - review
Bloc Party
A Weekend In The City
Wichita, released February - review
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Notenuf, released February - review
Do Make Say Think
You, You’re A History In Rust
Constellation, released February - review
Eluvium
Copia
Temporary Residence, released February - review
The Besnard Lakes
…Are The Dark Horse
Jagjaguwar, released February - review
Herman Dune
Giant
Source, released February - review
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
Sonovox, released March - review
LCD Soundsystem
Sound Of Silver
DFA, released March - review
Panda Bear
Person Pitch
Paw Tracks, released March - review
Machine Head
The Blackening
Roadrunner, released March - review
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
Fargo, released March - review
Grinderman
Grinderman
Mute, released March - review
Deerhoof
Friend Opportunity
ATP, released March - review
El-P
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Definitive Jux, released March - review
Cornelius
Sensuous
Korova, released March - review
Low
Drums And Guns
Sub Pop, released April - review
CocoRosie
The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
Touch And Go, released April - review
Blonde Redhead
23
4AD, released April - review
Electrelane
No Shouts, No Calls
Too Pure, released April - review
Feist
The Reminder
Polydor, released April - review
Björk
Volta
One Little Indian, released May - review
Napoleon IIIrd
In Debt To
Brainlove, released May - review
Shady Bard
From The Ground Up
Static Caravan, released May - review
The Cribs
Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
Wichita, released May - review
The National
Boxer
Beggars Banquet, released May - review
Battles
Mirrored
Warp, released May - review
Simian Mobile Disco
Attack Decay Sustain Release
Wichita, released June - review
I reckon you can add the new albums from Justice, Queens Of The Stone Age and The Icarus Line to that list – all release their respective LPs next week. Then, later this month, there are new records from Souvaris, No Age, Annuals and, of course, The White Stripes. We’ve been playing Icky Thump this morning. It’s a bit icky, alright.
DiScuss: What are your favourite albums of the year so far?
