Amber Friesen

as usual, my list is only top 10 songs, picked from my favorite albums
of the year, from among the songs that were most meaningful or
significant to me. when i love an album i kill it -- playing it out
completely so that i only go back to it months later -- and each of
these songs takes me back to a specific set of days or emotional
texture or space in my life. i've limited myself to songs from albums
released in 2007, though honestly, some of my favorites this year were
older than that. but i do think this list is representative of what's
mattered to me in music in the last year.

1- sleeping lessons -- the shins
2- go places -- the new pornographers
3- back to black -- amy winehouse
4- slow show -- the national
5- keep the car running -- arcade fire
6- please read the letter -- robert plant & alison krauss
7- resurrection fern -- iron & wine
8- amsterdam - peter bjorn & john
9- midnight coward -- stars
10- welcome, ghosts -- explosion in the sky

incidentally, if i were to make a top 10 list of albums, which i'm not
doing, the shins would be at the top. followed by the national,
followed by the new pornographers, which i guess amounts to a top 3
list of albums. heck, i'd even throw robert plant & alison krauss on
there to make it an even four.