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Originally posted by beeswax49:
Disappointments:
"Asleep at Heaven's Gate" - Rogue Wave

I didn't like this album when I first listened to it, but then I started shuffling into it on my iTunes and the songs all started to make sense. Lake Michigan has placed in the top 20 of my favorite songs of 2007.

I didn't check the backlog of posts for this(i'm lazy) but I think metacritic had The Stooges new album as the year's worst rated. I haven't heard it, but surely there is something worse, maybe not more disappointing, but with the crap played on the radio there must have been a worse album.

These are by no means the worst or 2007, but I guess I just expected a bit more from them. My biggest disappointments are as follows:

Angels of Light - We Are Him This album didn't nearly go where I was hoping it would, but all I've heard by them was their split with

Akron/Family. From what I've heard, they're the same band, so I guess Love Is Simple, their other release, clicked with me more.

Bjork - Volta I really got into Bjork this year, picking up all of her previous albums. I absolutely love her music, and was really excited for this release. Because of that, I liked it more than a lot of people did. Just not enough to avoid disappointment.

Calla - Strength In Numbers I love their first three albums, specifically Scavengers. I thought their last one, Collisions, was a bit of a miss-step, but not bad. Strength In Numbers continues to go off the track they started on, making it a huge disappointment for me.

The Dirty Projectors - Rise Above I just never "got" this one, though I gave it a lot of listens.

Miracle Fortress - Five Roses I see that Five Roses has been getting a lot of love on Metacritic. This surprises me. I don't know if there is just something I don't get or what, but I can think of about a hundred albums in 2007 I would rather listen to than this one.

Pela - Anytown Graffiti See above.

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight It's not as bad as some critics have suggested, but the tame music that backs its risque lyrics is a huge turnoff.

Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War Nothing on here seems to strike a chord with me at all, though I was looking forward to hearing it all year.

White Williams - Smoke This just seems classically overrated. Its stripped-down aesthetic does Smoke more harm than good here.

Notice Some Loud Thunder by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is not on this list. That one took some time, but I grew to like it despite its flaws. I'm hoping that the same thing will eventually happen with these releases, but I haven't reached that point yet.

Who knows, I originally hated Cryptograms, Person Pitch, Scribble Mural Comic Journal, and A Place To Bury Strangers. Those all ended up placing favorably on my list, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for similar results.

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Originally posted by benjiru:
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses I see that Five Roses has been getting a lot of love on Metacritic. This surprises me. I don't know if there is just something I don't get or what, but I can think of about a hundred albums in 2007 I would rather listen to than this one.

I agree that this was a pretty boring release.

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Originally posted by benjiru:
Angels of Light - We Are Him This album didn't nearly go where I was hoping it would, but all I've heard by them was their split with

Akron/Family. From what I've heard, they're the same band, so I guess Love Is Simple, their other release, clicked with me more.

Though Akron/Family has served as the backing band for the past couple Angels of Light releases, they're not the same band. But I can see how someone who is a fan of Akron/Family could be turned off by Angels of Light. Angels of Light are *slightly* darker than Akron, which makes sense considering Michael Gira was making noise with post-industrial band Swans throughout most of the 80's and 90's. It takes awhile to get into his work but its ultimately rewarding.

Pela - Anytown Graffiti was one of my favorite albums of the year. Doesn't try to do anything different than pretty standard "indie rock" but does it well.

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Calla - Strength In Numbers I love their first three albums, specifically Scavengers. I thought their last one, Collisions, was a bit of a miss-step, but not bad. Strength In Numbers continues to go off the track they started on, making it a huge disappointment for me.

I quite like Calla's early stuff too. Scavengers and Televise are both solid records all around. Collisions just didn't do a whole lot for me, even though there were a few good tracks. I listened to a few tracks from Strength in Numbers and was so unimpressed that I never picked it up.

for some reasons its impossible to hear these records:untrue by burial , cryptograms by deerhunter.

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Originally posted by BigMouth:
for some reasons its impossible to hear these records:untrue by burial , cryptograms by deerhunter.

Turn the volume up?

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Originally posted by pak:

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Originally posted by BigMouth:
for some reasons its impossible to hear these records:untrue by burial , cryptograms by deerhunter.

Turn the volume up?

i v told him but i cant see that happen...