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Is it lame to do these things? It’s overdone, sure, but I like the idea of rewarding the “best” so-and-so for the past year. When I started pondering this back at the beginning of December, there wasn’t anything that really jumped out at me without looking at my list (finding the 2007’s in iTunes). So I looked through the list and it wasn’t too difficult to pick the right one.
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
I’ll do the full review at some point in the future, but what I really love about this album is how subdued it is. It’s not an album that yells at you how great it is, you have to actively seek it out and be willing to get into that headspace. It’s the first album she’s done that’s all original compositions and there are some great ones on here: The Sun Doesn’t Like You & Wish I Could are the ones that immediately pop out at me. There’s a great feel to this album, it’s very “Norah and her band in the living room”.
There were some other great albums that came out in 2007 : the Shades of Winter EP, Don deLeaumont’s …Said the Firefly to the Hurricane, Robert Fripp’s Glass & Breath, Megadeth’s United Abominations & Bebel Gilberto’s Momento and 1 particular not-so-great one: Rush’s Snakes & Arrows. No offense to my friends, but Norah beats you this year.
Go here to see the full list, 1956 - 2007.
Happy New Year everyone!
watching: f’n outdoor hockey!
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