Top 50 new releases found in 2007 HOME
Year after year I'm losing track with the 'contemporary' artists. That's why half of these Top 50 releases are compilation albums. Also 14 CD-only releases. Although small labels are not strong enough to finance vinyl releases, they seem to struggle back this year. And certainly the release of my favourite size, the 45rpm 7", is still quite popular in 2007. Seven 45s are featured in this year's list.
Top 50 2006 - Top 50 2005 - Top 50 2004 - Top 50 2003 - Top 50 2002 - Top 50 2001 - Top 50 2000
| 50 | Trashmonkeys : Favourite enemy | LP Soundflat |
| 49 | Shadow Reichenstein : It's monster rock | CD Fiend Force |
| 48 | Birds Of Avalon : Bazaar bazaar | LP Volcom Entertainment |
| 47 | OST : Death proof | LP Warner Bros |
| 46 | v/a : Waking up Scheherazade | LP Ali Baba |
| 45 | v/a : Sitar beat vol 2 | LP Guerilla Reissues |
| 44 | v/a : Rock 'n' roll from outer space vol1 | LP Outer Space |
| 43 | The Shimmys : Drive you wild | CD Off The Hip |
| 42 | The Montesas : Girl, du machst mich so an / So wunderschoen | 7" Soundflat |
| 41 | Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways : The XFM sessions | LP Damaged Goods |
| 40 | The Dynaminds : Dangerous blue / Sister Anne + Shitlist | 7" A Hotter Sleeve |
| 39 | Grinderman : Get it on/- | 7" Mute |
| 38 | Sam Spence : Our man in Munich | CD All Score Media |
| 37 | The Bongolian : Outer Bongolia | LP Blow Up |
| 36 | Amy Winehouse : Back to black | LP Universal Island |
| 35 | v/a : Chitown boogaloo | LP Vinyl Only |
| 34 | v/a : Hipsters | LP Acid Jazz |
| 33 | v/a : Now hear this | CD Big Beat |
| 32 | The Masonics : You waster you / Truth will out | 7" Circle |
| 31 | The Messmakers : Wipe your face | CD Off The Hip |
| 30 | The Sonics : Busy body | LP Norton |
| 29 | Mystery Boy : Treasure saucer | CD Psiencelab |
| 28 | v/a : Ain't it hard! | LP Sundazed |
| 27 | v/a : Has anybody seen my kitty? | LP Hussard |
| 26 | v/a : Some songs stuck in my mind | LP Crazy Apple Boutique |
| 25 | v/a : Neurotic reactions | LP Crazy Apple Boutique |
| 24 | Les Bof: Boule de cristal EP | 7"EP Copasedisques |
| 23 | v/a : The Bombay connection vol 1 | 2LP Normal |
| 22 | v/a : Bombshell baby of Bombay | 2LP Normal |
| 21 | v/a : Creatures from outerspace | LP Uranus |
| 20 | v/a : Sugar lumps 2 | LP Acid Jazz |
| 19 | Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra : Space & time | LP In The Red |
| 18 | v/a : Downtown rockin' at the garden of Eden | LP B-Sharp |
| 17 | v/a : Blow your cool | CD Psychic Circle |
| 16 | The White Stripes : Icky thump / Baby brother | 7" XL Recordings |
| 15 | The Horrors : Strange house | CD Polydor |
| 14 | The Way-Outs : Psychotic retraction | LP Action |
| 13 | v/a : Ballroom bash | CD Soundflat |
| 12 | v/a : German funk fieber vol 1 | LP Showup |
| 11 | v/a : On the brink (return of the instro-hipsters) | CD Psychic Circle |
| 10 | The Masonics : When you cry at night / Where's Johnny Moped now | 7" Slovenly |
| 9 | The Staggers : Teenage trash insanity | LP Soundflat |
| 8 | v/a : Antipodean screams vol 2 | 2CD Off The Hip |
| 7 | v/a : Greg Shaw - He put the Bomp! in the bomp | CD Vivid Sound |
| 6 | v/a : Mello jello for groovy ghouls | LP Skinupski |
| 5 | v/a : La discoteque psychedelique | CD Boss-a-tone |
| 4 | The Urges : Psych ward | CD Off The Hip |
| 3 | The Experimental Tropic Blues Band: Hellelujah | LP Jaune Orange |
| 2 | v/a : Voodoo party | LP University Of Vice |
| 1 | v/a : Twistin' Rumble vols 1->4 | LP Twistin Rumble |
And some didn't make it into my Fave List, like Dollhouse (Off The Hip), Stereo Total (Disko B),... and loads of compilation albums such as several releases on Psychic Circle, Big Beat, Acid Jazz, Sanctuary, Off The Hip,...
Note:
If you would like to see more contemporary entries in my Top
50 of 2008, please send your 45s, LP's or (damn it) CD's to me at
Dirk Roeyen
c/o Ungawa!
Postbus 108 A1
B-2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
and be sure that your quality releases will get airplay.