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Liza Richardson's Top 10 Albums of 2007
Yesterday we started our Best of 2007 list with choices from KCRW's Nic Harcourt and Tom Schnabel. But then we realized we weren't being gentlemen.
The ladies of KCRW should have gone first! D'oh!
So fasten your seatbelts for The Drop's host Liza Richardson's picks for 2007. Something tells us our comments will be buzzing. Will it be for the inclusion of M.I.A.? Let's hope.
1) Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)
2) Budos Band - Budos Band II (Daptone Records)
3) Queens of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris (Interscope)
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4) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
5) Radiohead - In Rainbows (Radiohead.com)
6) Various Artists - Fabriclive 36 by James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (Fabric)
7) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Sony)
8) Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (Warner Brothers)
10) Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
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