As ever, I remain heartily suspicious of Top N listings, preferring instead to use the phrase as an excuse to list a number of recordings released in 2007 to which I found myself returning for pleasure, instruction, or solace after the initial flush of novelty had worn off. These are among the list of recordings I would give as gifts to people I cared about, which is as good as it gets. Your mileage may vary, as ever.
regards,
Gregory
David Byrne | Music from the Knee Plays (reissue) | Nonesuch | |
Morton Feldman | String Quartet | HAT ART | |
Robert Fripp/ Brian Eno |
Beyond Even | DGM | |
Tetsu Inoue | Inland | Fax | |
Last Days | These Places are Now Ruins | N5md | |
Kerry Leimer | The Useless Lesson | Palace of Lights | |
Robert Plant/Alison Krause | Raising Sand | Rounder | |
Radiohead | In Rainbows | Ato | |
Slow Six | Nor'easter | New Albion | |
Carl Stone | Al-Noor | In Tone | |
Supersilent | 8 | Rune Grammofon | |
Christian Wallumrod Ensemble | The Zoo is Far | ECM | |
Frances White | Centre Bridge | Bridge | |
Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth (reissue) | Domino |