I didn't know that Pylon's Gyrate was reissued this year. I was just loading up tracks from my copy of Pylon's Hits and was lamenting the mastering on it. That was a great band.

Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On, Stand!
Grand Valley State University: Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich re-creation)
Joy Division: Closer, Unknown Pleasures
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Fennesz: Endless Summer
Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True
U2: Joshua Tree
The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers


Top 5
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01. Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
02. Joy Divison: Unknown Pleasures
03. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
04. Fennesz: Endless Summer
05. The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers

A number of classic Krautrock albums have been reissued this year, including Cluster's "Zuckerzeit" and "Cluster 71" and Harmonia's "Musik Von Harmonia" and "De Luxe". I enjoyed them all.

Don't make fun of me...but, I was quite pleased to see Green Day's Kerplunk reissued this year. The changes to the sound quality were much appreciated. Oh, and it's their best album.

Am I blind or has everybody spaced on J Dilla's Ruff Draft reissue?

MF Doom’s MM..Food? was also re-issued (or re-released at least) this year.

Lee Perry - Ape-Ology

i could be (and more than likely) wrong about this, but i believe that the amon dull collection was re-released again this year?

E.L.O. - Out of the Blue

...and I'm not being ironic. '..don't ya know, its a beautiful new day, hey hey hey'

Time Machine: The Best Of Shack

This album didn't even make the top 100 albums chart in the UK when it was released, which pretty much sums it up for one of the country's great unsung bands. It only cost 7 quid in my local cd store, so I've been buying it and giving it to people I know as random presents. Guess what my dad's getting for Xmas?

my list

1.Radiohead - Boxset
(theres no competition here i suposse with 7 radiohead albums!)
2.Pulp - Different Class
(caue it still remains my favourite "pop" album of all time!)
3.Joy Division - Closer
(with no comments)
4.Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
(double album=4 sides....thanks God i dont have to stand up n change every 3-4 tracks the side of the album... i m gonna miss the "scratch scratch" vinyl sounds of my very old record).
5.Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
(known pleasure)

6.Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Those are all GREAT picks, SK. None of which I've picked up yet

I'll probably eventually get them all, except the Radiohead, cause I've got all the albums already and to my knowledge they aren't any different (or am I mistaken here?).

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Posted by Moses, R.M.:

Don't make fun of me...but, I was quite pleased to see Green Day's Kerplunk reissued this year. The changes to the sound quality were much appreciated. Oh, and it's their best album.

I love Kerplunk! That and Dookie are their best albums all around, no doubt. I forgot that it was reissued.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
except the Radiohead, cause I've got all the albums already and to my knowledge they aren't any different (or am I mistaken here?).

Only if you are a packaging nut. I am pretty sure they are the same and that the only difference is that the albums come in digi-paks, as opposed to jewel cases.

A large chunk of Amp's catalog got reissued as a three cd set called "All Of Yesterday Tomorrow." I got it and it is fantastic (it shows an interesting growth from their more shoegaze noise elements to spaced-out-bliss experimentation).

The Joy Division reissues, the Brit Box, the Robyn Hitchcock box were all essential 2007 reissues for me.

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
The Joy Division reissues, the Brit Box, the Robyn Hitchcock box were all essential 2007 reissues for me.

That's five, care to put them in order (If not, I'll just put the Joy Division in chronological for you)?

1. Joy Division - Closer/Unknown Pleasures/Still
2. Pulp - Different Class
3. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
4. Pylon - Gyrate +
6. Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

I'm boycotting the Radiohead box set for now because EMI is just releasing it out of spite for the band's new marketing and release deals. Not to mention I'm poor and I already own all their albums. I'll probably pick it up used on eBay/Amazon in a year or two though.

P.S. If I can only use one Joy Division Album, please use Unknown Pleasures.

Crap. Fallout just reissued the Rubble Collection Vols 1 to 10 of UK psyche. I'll never get that monster listened to properly before January 15!

I think I'll go for artist reissue only in my best reissues list. I find V/A comps a nightmare to compete against one another.

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Originally posted by hark, the ImmovableMotorist:
1. Joy Division - Closer/Unknown Pleasures/Still
2. Pulp - Different Class
3. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
4. Pylon - Gyrate +
6. Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

That's a great list. I can't wait to get my hands on the Pylon.