Although it was little rough in spots, I feel that what emerged from the posts up above was a good discussion about peoples' personal tastes in music. I'm learning not to be so quick to judge other folks' musical preferences and I admit that I haven't listened to alot of what's new out there today so I will continue to take a further look at the bands first mentioned such as Hedley, Three Days Grace and Billy Talent, among others in 2008.

My Best of list for 2007...please don't make it your Best of list! Just my opinion and by no means definitive or authoritative...heck it could change by next week since it is after all as Ray Davies sang, "only jukebox music".

1. Revival - John Fogerty

2. It's Not Big It's Large - Lyle Lovett

3. Sweet Warrior - Richard Thompson

4. Magic - Bruce Springsteen

5. West - Lucinda Williams

6. Small Miracles - Blue Rodeo

7. New Seasons - The Sadies

8. The Reminder - Feist

9. Short Stories - Oh Susanna

10. Washington Square Serenede - Steve Earle

Bluegirl:

Glad to see you finally got "Short Stories", Diane! :)

 

*Edit - Disregard my post above and don't mind me. I must've forgotten to take my meds today. I was thinking of Sammie for some reason.  

I'm confused, but glad to see I'm being thought of!

I love Short Stories, too! (Thank you, Lori!)

Now I guess I should make my list!

In no particular order & not necessarily complete:

Jimmy Rankin - Edge of Day

Oh Susannah - Short Stories

Joe Forster - Black Ribbon of Hope

Brock Zeman - The Bourbon Sessions 

Blue Rodeo - Small Miracles 

 

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...then curl up by the fire and sleep for awhile,
it's the grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream ~ The Cure

One man's 'ridiculous' is another man's 'Yabba-dabba-doo' ~ Charlie on Two & a Half Men

Keep it simple

I'm just going by the year Windows Media is telling me, i hope most of these are right!

 1. Small Miracles - BR

2. Pull The Pin - Stereophonics

3. Afterwords - Collective Soul

4. Combinations - Eisley

5. Only The Names Have Been Changed - Kelly Jones

6. Freedom's Road - John Mellencamp

7. Graduation - Kanye West

 

I can't think of anything else 

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It's alright now.....people get through this somehow....

I'd have to agree with you on that one, Peter! After all, isn't arguing just another way of discussing things? No hard feelings, eh! lol. And I hope I didn't or don't get too offensive at points.

Just a quick note to everyone, it doesn't really matter what order you put your lists in 'cause I can't keep track of exactly what is where, just how many times it's been mentioned.

I appreciate the response so far and would have to admit that I didn't really expect it...

 

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"Each time you step forward you get burnt a lil bit" "She reads a book from across the street, waiting for someone that she'll never meet" "The lineup seems endless, underneath the salvation signs"

Realistic Lyrics-Blue Rodeo, Billy Talent, AOF

YaBuluuShaitani:

I appreciate the response so far and would have to admit that I didn't really expect it...

You are new here, aren't you, YBS!? We can be a chatty bunch when we find a subject that interests us.......like music!

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...then curl up by the fire and sleep for awhile,
it's the grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream ~ The Cure

One man's 'ridiculous' is another man's 'Yabba-dabba-doo' ~ Charlie on Two & a Half Men

Keep it simple

My 5 favourites have been:

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising sand

Mary Chapin Carpenter - The calling

Chuck Prophet - Soap and water

Ryan Adams - Easy tiger

Lucinda Williams - West

I haven't had Small Miracles long enough to make a judgement. It only arrived a couple of days before Xmas. I'm not sure which one it could displace.

 

1-
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Magic

2-
JOHN FOGERTY-Revival

3-
CROWDED HOUSE-Time on Earth

4-
BLUE RODEO-Small Miracles

5-
JOSH RITTER-The Historical Conquest of Josh Ritter

6-
MIRANDA LAMBERT-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

7-
PATTI SCIALFA-Play it as it Lays

8-
AMY WINEHOUSE-Back to Black

9-
THE EAGLES-Long Road out of Eden

10-
ROCCO DELUCA-I Trust You to Kill me

Well I can only think of 3   and they are:

New Season - The Sadies

Small Miracles - Blue Rodeo

The Light That Guides You Home - Jim Cuddy Band

But then, I guess that's all I've been listening to lately---but I would have to give it some deeper thought if I was to come up with some more albums
 

A little late but better late than never.

 1. Raising Sand-Robert Plant/Alison Krauss----by a long shot for me.

2.Edge of Day-Jimmy Rankin

3. Small Miracles-Blue Rodeo

4. Freedom Road-John Melloncamp

 

Seeing that a few people mentioned Raising Sand as one of their top c.d.'s of 2007, I decided to get it last week and you know what?  I just love it!! Thanks to all those who put it on their list!

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Don't waste the time, the time that isn't lost (Jim Cuddy)

I love Alison Krauss, but I had somehow never heard of the CD until this thread. I'm guessing I should be getting it too!

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...then curl up by the fire and sleep for awhile,
it's the grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream ~ The Cure

One man's 'ridiculous' is another man's 'Yabba-dabba-doo' ~ Charlie on Two & a Half Men

Keep it simple

Definitely.

 When I first saw it at the store I found it to be a bit odd.  Robert Plant and Alison Krauss seemed to be quite an odd duo to put together for an album but it turned out to be quite amazing.