Friday, December 28, 2007

Top 10 Albums of 2007

1. Radiohead: In Rainbows
2. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
3. Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris
4. Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World for Tomorrow
5. The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist
6. Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
7. Kings of Leon: Because of the Times
8. Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightening
9. Serj Tankian: Elect the Dead
10. Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

In conjunction with a number of other musically related blogs, here is my list of the Top 10 Albums of 2007. I believe that 2007 was an average year, there was some great material released from bands which you would expect such from, howeverI felt there was an absence of solid material coming from new bands. There were no debut albums which really caught my attention. One of the strongest debuts came from the veteran Serj Tankian. Every album on the list however, is a solid release and there were a few that I would highly recommend which didn’t quite cut the top ten. For instance Porcupine Tree’s “Fear of a Blank Planet” and Rush’s “Snakes and Arrows”.

I suppose this list is already displaying one of the winners for my awards of 07’ but there are still many other categories aside from Album of the Year. Check in Sunday for the full list of winners. Also below are a list of the many other blogs across the web which have all joined together in compiling the top albums of the year. There’s something for everyone so check them out!



Bring Back Glam http://www.bringbackglam.com
Axeman http://hairbangersradio.ning.com/profile/axeman
Hard Rock Hideout http://hardrockhideout.wordpress.com/
Heavy Metal Addiction http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/
Heavy Metal Time Machine http://www.metalmark.org
Imagine Echoes http://www.imagineechoes.com/
Layla’s Classic Rock Faves http://laylasclassicrock.blogspot.com/
Metal Minute http://rayvanhornjr.blogspot.com/
Raise your fists http://raiseyourfists.wordpress.com/
Rock of ages (Top 10) http://rockofages.wordpress.com/
Rock and roll and meandering nonsense (Top 20) http://www.rnrnonsense.com

Friday, December 21, 2007

Imagine Echoes Awards for 2007: Nominees

Well I am back and hopefully it is for good. While I've been absent for about half the year, I still kept up with music. Keeping that in mind I can't break tradition, seeing that the year is officially coming to a close it's time to hand out some awards. But before doing that, here are the nominees:


Band/Artist of the Year:

1. Radiohead
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Rage Against the Machine
4. The White Stripes
5. Queens of the Stone Age



Album of the Year:

1. Coheed & Cambria: Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World for Tomorrow
2. Radiohead: In Rainbows
3. Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris
4. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
5. The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist



Tour of the Year:

1. The White Stripes
2. Muse
3. The Police
4. Genesis
5. Roger Waters



Debut Album of the Year:

1. Serj Tankian: Elect the Dead
2. Puscifer: V is for Vagina
3. Liam Finn: I'll Be Lightening
4. The Draytones: Forever On
5. The Ghosts: The World is Outside



Comeback Band/Artist of the Year:

1. Rage Against the Machine
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Genesis
4. The Police
5. The Smashing Pumpkins



Song of the Year:

1. Liam Finn: Second Chance
2. Radiohead Weird Fishes/Arpegi
3. The White Stripes: You Don't Know What Love Is (You Do As Your Told)
4. Coheed & Cambria: No World For Tomorrow
5. The Smashing Pumpkins: Doomsday Clock



Moment of the Year:

1. Live Earth
2. Radiohead's Pay Your Own Price for their Newest Album
3. Rage Against the Machine Returns at Coachella
4. The Police at the Grammy's
5. Led Zeppelin's Return



Live DVD of the Year:

1. David Gilmour: Remember that Night
2. The Flaming Lips: UFO's at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City
3. The Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang
4. Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York
5. U2: PopMart: Live from Mexico City



Worst Band of the Year:

1. New Found Glory
2. Fall Out Boy
3. Brand New
4. Something Corporate
5. Story of the Year


To see winners of the past here are the links:
2006 Awards
2005 Awards