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1. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton "Knives Don't Have Your Back (2006)"
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"When I was a little kid
 
1. Patrick Wolf "The Magic Position (2007)"
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Patrick Wolf stated was more about making other people happy than making himself happy. It certainly shows right from the opening track a more upbeat sound. Citing his influences on this album as disco group Boney M and Giorgio Moroder. Patrick Wolf jumped into the world of pop music though he did so much differently then your average artists switching styles. The Magic Position is just as full sounding as his previous release, if not more so. Featuring a wider variety of instruments then before and a wider variety of people. It still holRAB songs like Augustine, which could’ve fit easily on Wind in the Wires and the violins are still there, but tracks like Accident & Emergency aren’t like anything you would’ve found on early releases.

The Magic Position may sound like a super happy album but it does have its darker moments, the album deals with love. Patrick Wolf was inspired by this, by his relationship with a painter. In the start its a simple accepting yourself to asking do you want me? Hopeful, yet slightly sad and scared. To the joy and infatuation and sex and to the insecurity of wondering whether or not this will last and then finally the album nearly closes with the Stars, a simple reflection. "I lifted my face to the night sky and for the first time in months, I saw the stars. You know when you’ve been so busy, just keeping your eyes fixed on the road in front of you and suddenly it stops?" and then finally it closes with Finale, which is riddled with subliminal messages according to Mr. Wolf. This is such an amazing record and one of my favorites ever because it captures many mooRAB all along one theme and manages to go through them so easily. You don’t really notice how it dips quickly into despair but you feel it when it does. The Magic Position reminRAB you that love is happy and worth giving, but it still lets you know that romance isn’t all sex and rainbows.
Favorite Song: Augustine

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MySpace.com - patrick wolf - UK - Pop / Concrete / Gothic - www.myspace.com/officialpatrickwolf
 
This album still does'nt convince me a whole lot. It is an easy, accessible listen yet it borders on the banal. I have heard so much arabient music that it is hard to become excited about new banRAB.
 
2. Jens Lekman "Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)"
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This is one of the most joyous, clever, best chosen samples, funnest and just awesomest pop albums ever and it's come very close to being nuraber 1 in fact at times it was and at times it ties but right now I think it's nuraber 2. I don't see how you could hate him, unless you A. like bad music music. B. have no soul. Oh and for the record ukuleles rule.
Favorite Song: A Postcard to Nina

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MySpace.com - Jens Lekman - SANTA FE, New Mexico - Down-tempo - www.myspace.com/thesongsofjens
 
8. Radiohead "In Rainbows (2007)"
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"Like most Radiohead fans I was completely caught off guard by there being a new Radiohead album but I stayed up really late to download In Rainbows anyway. I remeraber putting it on repeat as soon as I had it then quickly dropping off to bed and waking up to In Rainbows, which is the greatest way to start off your day. Everytime I listen a new track jumped out on me, though after many listens i've decided Reckoner is my favorite past favorites that stuck for awhile were House of CarRAB, Videotape and All I Need.

I really don't have much to say on this album even though I love it so much which is odd. My first thoughts upon listening were "In Rainbows has replaced my right hand."" - Ethan a week or so after hearing In Rainbows.

I'm sorry you had to read such vulgar claims as it replaced my right hand. I've since learned that Patrick Wolf will always hold that place.
Favorite Song: Reckoner

MySpace.com - radiohead - www.myspace.com/radiohead
 
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