In(High)Fidelity - End Of Year List-O-Rama

Here it is! A full year of laughter and forgetting; a year of good times and bad; a year full of living – distilled into a series of lists. You will find In(High)Fidelity’s top ten must-have albums of 2007, our ten favorite tracks for the year and a list of the ten best shows we saw over the last twelve months.


Top Ten Albums

1. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew’s - Spirit If…
2. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
3. The National – Boxer
4. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
5. Band Of Horses - Cease To Exist
6. The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
7. Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
8. Life Without Buildings - Live At The Annandale
9. Feist - The Reminder
10. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger


Top Ten Tracks

1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew - Gang Bang Suicide
3. The National - Fake Empire
4. Okkervil River - Unless It Kicks
5. Dappled Cities - Fire, Fire, Fire
6. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
7. Feist - The Park
8. Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers
9. Black Francis - Threshold Apprehension
10. Ryan Adams - Goodnight Rose


Best Shows of 2008

1. Broken Social Scene - Kevin Drew @ The Orpheum Theater
2. Okkervil River @ The Troubadour
3. Arcade Fire @ The Greek Theater
4. Wilco @ The Greek Theater
5. The Decemberists with the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Bird / Band Of Horses @ The Hollywood Bowl
6. The National @ The Wiltern
7. Spoon @ The Henry Fonda Theater
8. Dinosaur Jr @ The Troubadour
9. Lucinda Williams @ El Rey Theater
10. Morrissey @ The Palladium


A special thanks to all the people who have taken the time to read In(High)Fidelity in 2007. Your words of encouragement keep me writing. You can always reach me at benedmonds@hotmail.com.

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! I'm Out!