2 posts tagged “the national”

Here in ranked order are my favorite albums from the first six months of 2007.

1. Armchair Apocrypha -- Andrew Bird
2. Back To Black -- Amy Winehouse
3. Boxer -- The National
4. Sky Blue Sky -- Wilco
   
5. Because Of The Times -- Kings of Leon
6. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank -- Modest Mouse

Wincing The Night Away -- The Shins
Moonbabies At The Ballroom -- Moonbabies
Icky Thump -- The White Stripes

These are the results of my rolling six months chart on Last.fm:

1		Kings of Leon – Because of the Times	100
2		Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha	92
3		The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible	69
4		Wilco – Sky Blue Sky	60
5		Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank	56
6		Norah Jones – Not Too Late

I do like the Norah Jones disc, but nearly as much as iTunes seems to think. In nearly every randomly created playlist, tracks from the album show up.

I'm puzzled over Neon Bible's appearance at number three as well. I know I've listened to Back to Black more, but I've lost a few spins by playing tracks on my MacBook before syncing my iPod with last.fm.