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December 20, 2007

Top 11 Songs, 2007

2007: Best. Year. Ever. I got married, we celebrated music and community by putting on a few BBQs, the Zune lineup got an update, we added the Zune SocialZune Originals launched, and a bunch of other cool Zune stuff. And, of course, lots of music. Here are my favorite songs that came out in 2007:

  1. "Your English is Good" - Tokyo Police Club
  2. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - Saul Williams
  3. "The Underdog" - Spoon
  4. "No One's Gonna Love You" - Band of Horses
  5. "Drivin' Me Wild" - Common
  6. "Lake Michigan" - Rogue Wave
  7. "You Don't Know Her Name" - Maps 
  8. "D.A.N.C.E." - Justice
  9. "While We Go Dancin" - While Rabbits
  10. "Ahora Si" - Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  11. "23" - Blonde Redhead

There you have it. Check out Zune Marketplace on Tuesday to see what the Zune Marketplace editorial picks!  And what about you, dear blog reader? What's in your top eleven?

 |  Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:12 PM  |  12 Comments

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Matt G (Mastaglach820)

Yea!!! Saul Williams!

That album is GREAT, and only costs $5.

MJM

well my favorite bands for 07 were:

The Used

Belanova

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Boys Like Girls

Linkin Park

Kanye West

50Cent Feat JT

Good Things that happened in 07 for me were:

Graduated Yeaaaah Finally

Zune Firmware Update Of Course Keep It Rolling Lets See What we Will see next Year

Lasted With A girl for more than 4weeks,

Already A 1 Year And 2 Months ,Love Her

Well Hey The Year is almost over And i just want to say have Some awesome Fulfilling Holiday Seasons,Happy 08 WOOOOO My B-Day

Dan D

come on Cesar. a FEW bbq's. a few is less than 10.  on a serious note i cant wait to see what stuff the zune comes out with next. right now im content with my zune30 soon to be replaced by my  zune80 original. this year  the zune kicked a** and it is way better than those "other" players.

My Top 11 artists would have to be

Brand New

Bayside

Thursday

Taking Back Sunday

Atreyu

Avenged Sevenfold

Emery

Rise Against

Silverstein

Senses Fail

Story Of The Year

Eddie

Sunday Bloody Sunday is pretty sweet.

Right now my favorite songs are

Me Gustas Tu - Manu Chao

Waltz #1 - Elliott Smith

Angel In The Snow - Elliott Smith

Waltz #2 - Elliott Smith

Your's to Keep - Teddybears

Trevor Dust The Bedsheets - Evethus The Deadbeats

Don Abandons Alice - John Murphy (thats the song that plays on 28 Weeks Later when the guy's running to the lake in the begginning)

So that's just some of the songs I've really been digging lately.

I believe you're an Elliott Smith fan as well, right Cesar? What's your favorite Album?

ThatGuy

Best artist of 2007:

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons

damien

Oh, yay!

First off, The Zune Team surprised many this year with the release of a super stellar product. *A Well-Deserved Round of Applause!*

And now, my Top 11 in no particular order...

1.   Marnie Stern - Patterns Of A Diamond Ceiling

2.   Spoon - The Underdog

3.   El-P - Up All Night

4.   Battles - Atlas

5.   Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

6.   Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rockers To Swallow

7.   Kanye West - Stronger / Flashing Lights (tie!)

8.   Les Savy Favs - The Lowest Bitter

9.   Radiohead - 15 Step

10. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

11. M.I.A. - Boyz

Shawn

Who makes a Top 11?  You do realize all your songs, being low-key independent artists, will be forgotten in a year or two.

Eric Dyer

thank you for adding saul williams.

Really great album.

Jordy

Blonde Readhead!! Nice!

John Miller

2007 was a fantastic year for music! Here's mine:

1) Brainy - The National

2) Get Innocuous - LCD Soundsystem

3) And She Would Darken the Memory of Youth - The Twilight Sad

4) Ocean of Noise - Arcade Fire

5) What Would Wolves Do? - Les Savy Fav

6) Disaster - The Besnard Lakes

7) North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

8) Bodysnatchers - Radiohead

9) Comfy in Nautica - Panda Bear

10) Mistaken for Strangers - The National

11) Bird Flu - M.I.A.

Eric Dyer

too bad the saul williams isn't showing up on my zune tag! :P

Sara Lee

2007 was a fantastic year for me to discover music... I met a guy who showed me some amazing music I had been lacking in my collection. Thanks to Zune marketplace, I've been able to fall in love with such tunes as:

Maps - You Don't Know Her Name

Elliott Smith - Between the Bars

Eskimo Disco - She Plays Her Game

Calvin Harris - The Girls

The Cool Kids - Black Mags

Tracey Thorn - Raise the Roof

Cat Power - Sea of Love

Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy

Sunny Day Real Estate - Song About an Angel

Augustana - Boston

Beach House - Lovelier Girl

Oxes - Dear Spirit, I'm in France

Menomena - Evil Bee

Boris - Woman on the Screen

Minus the Bear - White Mystery

Blonde Redhead - 23

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