I spend way too much money on iTunes every year, but I pride myself on having the most up to date music library on the block. As you can tell from my Last.fm quilt in the sidebar, I listen to quite a wide selection of music as well. I download 3-5 albums per month (sometimes more), so much that half the time I forget what I downloaded, and do not get a chance to listen to all of the album. I am also a firm believer in downloading the whole album from an artist, and not just one or two songs. Chances are if I like one song I will like a few more. I am going to try and narrow down MY top 10 albums of 2007.

• Band of Horses - Cease to Begin


• Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger


• Joshua James - The Sun Is Always Brighter


• Wilco - Sky Blue Sky


• Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me released 10/06


• The Snake The Cross The Crown - Cotton Teeth


• Circa Survive - On Letting Go


• Against Me! - New Wave


• Rogue Wave - Asleep at Heaven's Gate


• The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

This Years Disappointments

• Dashboard Confessional - The Shade Of Poison Trees


• Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light


• Sevendust - Alpha


• The New Amsterdams - At The Foot of My Rival


• My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

I am fans of the above bands, but I feel based on previous efforts, these albums were weak. I give props to My Chem for paying homage to old school bands, but there is a reason those bands are old school! Maybe I am just too old for that record, as I am sure all the teenagers listening to that record have no clue what I am talking about. I want to hear something new and different, not something old done differently.

Honorable Mention

• The Used - Lies for Liars


• Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold


• Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace