Musicophilia Samantha 2007

As much as 2006 saw me returning to my punk love with a vengeance, my 2007 musical passions were a discovery of metal and “indie,” and a continuance of my punk fetish. In “classical” music, I became even more fond of William Byrd and his cronies, and rejuvenated my love for Janacek, Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Vaughn Williams, Elgar, Amy Beach, Mahler, Louise Farrenc, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.

Sammee’s Top in 2007 Music Album Picks

· Rufus Wainwright, Want One

· Blur, Self-Titled

· The Libertines, Self-titled

· Aimee Mann, You’re With Stupid Now

· Bad Religion, New Maps of Hell

· Elvis Costello, Rock and Roll Music

· Black Sabbath, ANY and ALL

· The Clash, ANY and ALL

· Eisley, Room Noises

· Rilo Kiley, Take Offs and Landings

· Elliott Smith, ANY and ALL

· Feist, The Reminder

· Greg Graffin, Cold as the Clay

· Imogen Heap, Speak for Yourself

· Interpol, Turn Off the Bright Lights

· Ingrid Michaelson, Girls and Boys

· regina spektor, Begin to Hope

· Johnny Cash, ANY and ALL

· Kate Nash,

· Landon Pigg,

· Nada Surf, The Weight is a Gift

· Weezer, Blue album

· OZMA, ANY and ALL!!!!

· MxPx, ANY and ALL

· Opeth, Blackwater Park

· Panic! At the Disco, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

· Postal Service, Give Up

· Bright Eyes, Letting Off the Happiness

· Relient K, ANY and ALL

· Switchfoot, Oh Gravity!

· Silversun Pickups, Carnavas

· Slayver, Reign in Blood

· Buzzcocks, ANY and ALL

· Tegan and Sara, The Con

· Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha

· The Decemberists, The Crane Wife

· The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs

· Agalloch, Ashes Against the Grain