My Top 40 of 2007

I'm a music geek who can't afford to buy all the latest tunes, but I have downloaded a few this year. Here's a list of some of my favorites. Many of the links are to YouTube, so you can check them out yourself. This year, I discovered several blogs and podcasts that introduced me to artists old and new. Check them out for yourself:

The Bored-Again Christian - an indie music podcast delivered with generous doses of sarcastic wit
The Blah Blah - an mp3 blog that's heavy on indepedent artists
Obvious Pop - Dr. Tony Shore offers up power pop and prog rock in blog and podcast

So here's my Top 40 favorite songs of 2007:
1. Running Away – The Polyphonic Spree – Fragile Army
2. American Dream – Switchfoot – Oh! Gravity.
3. Keep The Car Running – Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
4. Entertaining Thoughts – Over the Rhine – The Trumpet Child
5. Going Through Changes – Army of Me - Citizen

6. Someone to Love – Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
7. It All Depends – The Swirling Eddies – The Midget, The Speck & The Molecule
8. Amazing Grace – The A-Sides – Silver Storms
9. Shoreline – Deas Vail – All the Houses Look the Same
10. Vast – Lost Ocean
11. Hypocrisy #785 – Jeremy Casella – Recovery
12. Never-Changing – John Davis – Arigato!
13. It Might Be Hope – Sara Groves – Tell Me What You Know
14. The Unwinding Cable Car – Anberlin – Cities
15. Stay Humble – Tyler James – Cities
16. Trouble – Over the Rhine – The Trumpet Child
17. Thorns – Demon Hunter – Storm the Gates of Hell
18. All I Want – Future of Forestry – Twilight (song starts at 4:00)
19. Love It When You Call – The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
20. The End of You and Me – Greg Adkins – Chase the Western Sky

21. Awakening – Switchfoot – Oh! Gravity.
22. Ever Present Past – Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full
23. Wet and Rusting – Menomena – Friend and Foe

24. My Rights Versus Yours – The New Pornographers – Challengers
25. Giants in the Land – The Swirling Eddies – The Midget, The Speck & The Molecule
26. Becoming – Tree63 – Sunday!
27. Rise – Army of Me – Citizen
28. Rewind – Deas Vail – All the Houses Look the Same

29. We’re the Trees – The A-sides - Silver Storms
30. Burnout Bright – Switchfoot – Oh! Gravity.
31. Old Radio – Greg Adkins – Chase the Western Sky
32. The Space Between Living and Dying – Jeremy Casella – Recovery
33. So Much Love – The Rocket Summer – Do You Feel
34. Glory of It All – David Crowder Band – Remedy
35. Fading Away – Demon Hunter – Storm the Gates of Hell

36. Little – Greg Adkins – Thirty-Three
37. I Need Someone – John Davis - Arigato!
38. Anything You Say – Deas Vail - All the Houses Look the Same
39. You Are – Lost Ocean
40. The Sophomores – Blick Van Glory - The Search For Quest



And here are some from 2006 that I discovered kinda late...

Real Gone – Sheryl Crow – Cars Soundtrack

I Am The World – The Elms – The Chess Hotel
Supersonic Earthquake and Love Addict - Family Force 5 – Business Up Front, Party In The Rear

Ocean Size Love – Leigh Nash - Blue
Saving Grace – Tom Petty – Highway Companion
Weight of the World – Pigeon John – Pigeon John & the Summertime Pool Party
Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts – Cars Soundtrack
Umbrellas – Sleeping At Last – Keep No Score

And here are two albums I have heard positive buzz about, but haven't had a chance to fully checkout yet:

Mike Farris – Salvation in Lights - Christianity Today named this one the best of the year, and I like what I've heard on his myspace page and on you tube. check out the video



Collective Soul - Afterwords - Yes, that Collective Soul..... Obvious Pop named it one of the year's best. Follow the link to see an early performance of the song Bearing Witness.