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I present my Top 5 Albums of 2007:

1. Feist - The Reminder: Overplayed and too popular now (so I might have to hate it henceforth), but this doesn’t change the fact that it’s an amazing album of indie rock at the core. Not having any track less than good on the album helps too.
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver: Electronic music taken to whole new places with touching and insightful lyrics.
3. Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor: A masterpiece of the introspective with layers of strings upon haunting vocals upon wonderfully tuned distortion.
4. Ra Ra Riot - EP: A band that you’ve never heard of (unless I’ve already shilled them to you) perfected the art of rocking out to the cello & violin.
5. Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur: Listening to this album is like watching your favorite a bittersweet film; if you close your eyes you can see it play out right in front of you.

The top 5 things I’m looking forward to enjoying after finally graduating, in acceding order:

• Sleeping on a regular schedule.
• Reading books for fun.
• Motoring.
• Having a personal (shared with friends) apartment with a real kitchen & bathroom but without skitzo heaters, poor lighting, cramped spaces, fire alarm evacuations, and douches yelling in the halls & leaving messes all over.
• Not ever worrying about homework.

My five favorite albums of 2006, in order:

1. The Crane Wife by The Decemberists (↪iTunes)
2. Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs (↪iTunes)
3. The Fountain Soundtrack composed by Clint Mansell and performed by Kronos Quartet & Mogwai (↪iTunes)
4. The Eraser by Thom Yorke (↪iTunes)
5. Without Feathers by The Stills (↪iTunes)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order by artist):

• This Binary Universe by BT (↪iTunes)
• Supernature by Goldfrapp (↪iTunes) [Kept out of the top 5 only because of label BS since the UK version was released in 2005.]
• Mind How You Go by Skye (↪iTunes)
• The Last Resort by Trentemøller (↪iTunes)
• The Garden by Zero 7 (↪iTunes)