Rock and Reel

100 Favorite Songs: 30-21

30. R.E.M.- At My Most Beautiful

29. Arcade Fire- Rebellion (Lies)

28. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven

27. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive

26. The Stooges- Search and Destroy

25. Portishead- Glory Box

24. Joni Mitchell- River

23. Jackson Browne- Late for the Sky

22. Wilco- A Shot in the Arm

21. The Who- Baba O’Riley

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See Also: My 100 Favorite Songs of All Time (2 years ago), My 100 Favorite Songs of the Decade (2 years ago), Top 10 Songs Of Each Hall of Fame Inductee Class: 1986-Present (2 years ago)

Top 10 Albums of 2007

1. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago

Listen: “Flume”

2. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Listen: “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb”

3. Kanye West- Graduation

Listen: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”

4. Dinosaur Jr.- Beyond

Listen: “Crumble”

5. Various Artists, I’m Not There

Listen: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Antony and the Johnsons

6. Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala

Listen: “The Opposite of Hallelujah”

7. Brandi Carlile- The Story

Listen: “The Story”

8. Radiohead- In Rainbows

Listen: “All I Need”

9. The White Stripes- Icky Thump

Listen: “Icky Thump”

10. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

Listen: “Intervention”

Honorable Mention: Andrew Bird’s Armchair Apocrypha, Colbie Caillat’s Coco, Kevin Drew’s Spirit If…, Flobots’ Fight With Tools, Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3, Modest Mouse’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, The New Pornographers’ Challengers, Josh Ritter’s The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, The Swell Season’s Once: From the Motion Picture

Updated: January 30, 2013

Top 10 Albums of 2004

1. Arcade Fire- Funeral

Listen: “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”

2. Kanye West- The College Dropout

Listen: “Never Let Me Down”

3. The Trash Can Sinatras- Weightlifting

Listen: “Leave Me Alone”

4. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds- Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Listen: “Get Ready for Love”

5. Brian Wilson- Smile

Listen: “Roll Plymouth Rock”

6. Iron & Wine- Our Endless Numbered Days

Listen: “Naked As We Come”

7. Sufjan Stevens- Seven Swans

Listen: “Abraham”

8. Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous

9. Wilco- A Ghost is Born

Listen: “At Least That’s What You Said”

10. Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand

Archival Highlight: Bob Dylan- The Bootleg Series Volume 6: Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall

Listen: “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”

Honorable Mention: Annie’s Anniemal; The Black Keys’ Rubber Factory; Morrissey’s You Are the Quarry; Prince’s Musicology; TV on the Radio’s Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes; U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb; Tom Waits’ Real Gone; The Walkmen’s Bows + Arrows

Updated: October 11, 2012