My 20 Favorite Albums of 5765 (Part II)

#18 - Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
As is the case with most of the albums on this list, when I first heard this I was convinced it was the best record of the year.  Beautifully orchestrated songs, great lyrics, and a perfect voice.  It's by far the most cliche comparison in music, but this really sounds like a Beatles record.  I'm sorry for the lameness, but I can't get away from that.  Every time I listen to this, I wonder why I don't put it on more.  It's really one of the most unique and innovative albums of the year, and deserves the praise it has gotten.  While I refuse to let a band's live performance affect my judgment for this list, I must say that watching Bird recreate the sounds from the album in person and on the spot was quite unbelievable.  I just can't help but to picture him fidgeting around while looping sounds and switching instruments when I listen.  It was quite an impressive task, Making the album seem all the more real, rather than a product of studio magic. 

MP3: Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

#17 - The Go Find - Miami
This is an old one, but I still listen to it somewhat regularly.  Really pretty Postal Service pop.  I don't know if there's a better way to describe the whole guitar-over-laptop sound anymore.  Intelligent Dance Music is so amazingly pretentious, but I think this is a step beyond that.  Gibbard and Tamborello may have become the standard, that's the formula has been improved on here.  There's not a bad track on this disc, and it still sounds as fresh as it did last fall.  Any album that I was able to play to death when it first came out, yet still be in love with it after all this time certainly earns itself a place on this list.

MP3: The Go Find - Over the Edge

16 and 15 tomorrow...

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#'s 19 and 20

Comments

[bill p]

We've had 20 and 19, then 17 and 16... where's 18?

[Jeff]

Whoops...typo. Fixed now.