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Brett Gurewitz names his top ten albums of 2007

Contributed by astronautjones. Posted by aubin on Friday, December 14, 2007 at 12:00 PM (EST)

Epitaph and Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz has put together a list of his top albums of the year. Among the list are recent albums from LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Weakerthans, Gallows, Timbaland, Fall Out Boy, The Klllers, Hard-Fi and Battles. For Gallows, Brett praises the record calling it the best punk rock album since Refused's classic The Shape of Punk to Come.

You can check out the list and his explanations right here.
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INDW (December 14, 2007)

seriously?

thebiglebowski (December 14, 2007)

seconded

SloaneDaley (December 14, 2007)

those aren't bad in the grand scheme of things, sure there were better records this year but Battles and the Weakerthans are pretty great.

douglas_is_rad (December 14, 2007)

I think the first two songs on Battles are the catchiest things ever,

gazquest (December 14, 2007)

gallows are absolutely terrible.

punk_rawk_show (December 14, 2007)

true dat

matt_are_the_union (December 14, 2007)

oh brett gurewitz. what are we going to do with you? elitist punk kids everywhere are so conflicted.

ramrod (December 14, 2007)

I just got Reunion Tour...it's nice

mackerel_minge (December 14, 2007)

hard-fi are quite a suprise to me.

gallows are shite.

Wentz_Equals_Death (December 14, 2007)

uh oh...

ConsolationPrizefighter (December 14, 2007)

Was it just me or was that Gallows track in the background sounding a lot like Drive Like Jehu?

Come on man, they're passable but not fucking Refused, by any stretch of the imagination.

swinginutter (December 14, 2007)

Born into the middle class
Yeah, all you had to do was ask
And mom and dad would give you what you needed
And though I didn't know you then
I know you'll probably defend
And take the stand in the life that you'd been cheated
So you adopt a punk rock life
A leather jacket, hair with spikes
And join a band
'Cause you must have a say
And though you helped out with it that time
There's those of us, who keep on
Trying to make a living and not sound like Green Day
Trade rags say you're making it, now you're old
You don't give a shit.
Subconsciously fullfilled prophecy you've become your own nemesis

Mr. Brett, we won't pay that fee to keep you
Livin' in luxury
Some say genius, some say mistake
But you've become what you used to hate

Stupid! Wannabe! Punk Rock Guy!

So now we're in the 90's and punk's not what it used to be
It's gone downhill since 1982
And though I liked most of your bands
And listen to them all I can
It's fucked up that you think it's 'cause of you
You think that you're still part of the scene
Nail painted black, hair dyed dark green
For you this mid life crisis has come on strong
Now punk rock's been accepted
And they've realized it's not just a fad
Please, stay behind that desk where you belong
Punk rock life's been good to you
Now Corporate punk's the thing to do
Obnoxiously, you raised your fee,
You'll see to it we'll all get screwed.

Mr. Brett, we won't pay that fee to keep you
Livin' in luxury
Some say genius, some say mistake
But you've become what you used to hate

Stupid! Wannabe! Punk Rock Old Guy!

Just tell me the truth.
There's no excuse.
Just tell me the truth.

Mr. Brett, we won't pay that fee to keep you
Livin' in luxury
Some say genius, some say mistake
But you've become what you used to hate

Stupid! Wannabe! Punk Rock Record Mogul! Fuck YOU!!

baseball (December 14, 2007)

those are some pretty awful lyrics

ramrod (December 14, 2007)

Kind of funny I guess...but terrible lyrics

TeaEssAre (December 14, 2007)

yeah...some pretty bad lyrics...

i like the effort though

Dante3000 (rich) (December 14, 2007)

Woah, Snot Featuring Theo...haven't thought about that song in a while.
-Dante

trevor_the_exploder (December 14, 2007)

snot...ha ha ha. wow. i wish there was a video for that song.

Earl (December 14, 2007)

Snot definitly got it right way back when

telegraphrocks (December 14, 2007)

What a douche.

JohnnyZ77 (December 14, 2007)

did we ever find out if that was really brett whipping out his junk on that web cam that was on the net last year, i think?

DontTaserMeBro (December 14, 2007)

wrong geezer who should've hung it up forever ago.

that was greg graffin.

JohnnyZ77 (December 14, 2007)

geez i am accusing the wrong guy. sorry brett.

whatchokesbegin (December 14, 2007)

That's funny, because Bad Religion is one of the few punks bands left that doesn't suck.

PUNKTED (December 14, 2007)

Argh? Are you saying theres only a few good punk bands and the rest suck?

Someone (December 14, 2007)

even so - ZING!

Dante3000 (rich) (December 14, 2007)

The headline should read "Brett Gurewitz names his top ten albums of 2007 (as announced by Eugene Levy)" Seriously, shit is uncanny.

At least the dude has some serious eclectic taste.
-Dante

TeaEssAre (December 14, 2007)

well played....well played

getadrink (December 14, 2007)

what happened to brett?

the_other_scott (December 14, 2007)

weird

Punkengineer (December 14, 2007)

I will probably be heckled for this, but what does everybody have against The Gallows. Yeah they aren't ground breaking but they aren't bad. Their new cd is at least a 7 and isn't anywhere nearly as bad as I am Ghost, Parkway Drive, and all the other crap on Epitaph (excluding Bouncing Souls and Bad Religion).

Wentz_Equals_Death (December 14, 2007)

pulley still counts as a good band on epitaph

GlassPipeMurder (December 14, 2007)

and i think people have much against them, but comparing Orchestra of Wolves to The Shape of Punk to Come is just silly.

Jihadah (December 14, 2007)

Gallows is phenomenal. theyre a blend of alot of good things

fallingupwards84 (December 14, 2007)

10. RBF - Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free
9. MCS - Even If It Kills Me
8. Against Me! - New Wave
7. Lifetime - Lifetime
6. Streetlight - Somewhere In The Between
5. Bad Brains - Build A Nation
4. Only Crime - Virulence
3. MxPx - Secret Weapon
2. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
1. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell

honorable mention: Comeback Kid - Broadcasting; Big D And The Kids Table - Strictly Rude; Mad Caddies - Keep It Going

biggest disappointments: Thrice - Alchemy Index; Ruiner - Prepare To Be Let Down (should have taken their advice)

Punkengineer (December 14, 2007)

Good list. It's just missing Gaslight and Nothington, plus Against Me! isn't top 10 worthy at all.

BluthCo (December 14, 2007)

Good list, although I didn't like the MCS album that much.

eroqTN (December 14, 2007)

You forgot Strung Out's Blackhawks over LA

WarIsPeace (December 14, 2007)

Man, Keep It Going would probably be my number one right now...I can't get enough of it.

JohnnyZ77 (December 14, 2007)

where is bright eyes? that is damn good cd

jumptheshark (December 14, 2007)

The RBF album fucking sucks.

Citizen_Crack (December 14, 2007)

You comment would be more accurate if you dropped the word "album" from it.

Citizen_Crack (December 14, 2007)

and my comment would be more accurate if I had added an 'r' to "you."

baseball (December 14, 2007)

Bedouin Soundclash, Mad Caddies, Big D, Pietasters, Limbeck

there was so much good stuff released this year

fallingupwards84 (December 14, 2007)

i still need to get that pietasters album

lintsay (December 14, 2007)

highfive for a wilhelm scream and lifetime. mine:

1. american steel - destroy their future
2. the weakerthans - reunion tour
3. a wilhelm scream - career suicide
4. sundowner - four one five two
5. fake problems - how far our bodies go
6. cobra skulls - sitting army
7. lifetime - lifetime
8. smoke or fire - this sinking ship
9. the methadones - this won't hurt
10. the ergs! upstairs/downstairs

the new american steel trumps them all.

kamatacci (December 14, 2007)

Awesome, I was reading all these and was sicken by the lack of American Steel. Best album I've heard in a long time.

GlassPipeMurder (December 14, 2007)

i agree only with Battles.

ReducerSF (December 14, 2007)

brett's music taste is... mmm, pretty weird....

b0cephus (December 14, 2007)

Well, old people are that way...

Euphrates (December 14, 2007)

I don't care who you are, what label you own/run, what band your in, who your boyfriend/girlfriend is.....you cannot compare The Shape of Punk to Come with anything.......ever. That record is still ahead of its time. I am one of the biggest Bad Religion fans out there but come on Brett....Story Of The Year?.......Seriously?..........COME ON!

cpp_ (December 14, 2007)

Fall out Boy? Really Brett?

Swook (December 14, 2007)

People sure do get their panties riled over opinions...

eroqTN (December 14, 2007)

Not sure about alot of that............for me it was Strung Out's Blackhawks over LA or AWS Career Suicide.

Chewy_Almighty (December 14, 2007)

1. The Measure (SA) - Historical Fiction (on CD)
2. Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels - Ain't It Funny
3. Japanther - Skuffed my Huffy
4. Ghost Town Trio - Lose Your Voice
5. Young Livers - The New Drop Era
6. Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

still working on the rest. wish the new Tim Version came out this year, that shit is beyond good.

personally i'd take Ghost Town Trio over Gaslight any day. can't wait for their releases on Team Science.

loreng (December 14, 2007)

What's the newest (or best) Tim Version? The one I got seems kind of old and inconsistent.

Chewy_Almighty (December 14, 2007)

the newest/best (in my opinion) comes out next January called: The Decline of the Southern Gentleman. it's coming out on No Idea.

ADD is also putting out a cd collecting all their vinyl only releases i believe.

the most recent that is officially out is Prohibtion Starts Tomorrow i think. before that it's Creating Forces That Don't Exist. but come January pick up that album it's top notch.

chickswithdicks (December 14, 2007)

where'd you pick up the ghost town album?

Chewy_Almighty (December 15, 2007)

they played my house on my birthday. they have a myspace so you could probably get it through there or on their tour with o pioneers!!! if that comes near you.

AnarchyPants (December 14, 2007)

Hey Brett, maybe you could have left off the bands that are on your own label!

Shamelessly plugging the Gallows every chance he gets...

I do miss 90's skatepunk though. RIP

Nameless (December 14, 2007)

But that would have meant leaving off the Weakerthans...

... and you just can't do that. That album's great.

okmike (December 14, 2007)

5 - 10 years ago Brett's top 10 would've actually meant something to me. Nowdays.....not so much. Epitaph is dead. Thanks for the memories.

ConsolationPrizefighter (December 14, 2007)

"Thnks fr th mmrs" you mean?

tmfxjohn (February 26, 2008)

comment of the day!

YasserBossin (December 14, 2007)

already came across this...weird list

Schmurda (December 14, 2007)

Watching this makes me uncomfortable. You can see in his face that he knows what shit this is.

jumptheshark (December 14, 2007)

In no particular order:

Against Me! - New Wave
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Smoke or Fire - This Sinking Ship
Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
American Steel - Destroy Their Future

lintsay (December 14, 2007)

i agree with most of this. highfive.

Someone (December 14, 2007)

i forgot about elliott smith - good call.

also the black lips album is fan-fucking-tastic

fox82 (December 14, 2007)

Fall Out Boy? Seriously?!

Didn't they learn their lesson from that Blink-182 tour they did?

eroqTN (December 14, 2007)

10. White Stripes- Icky Thump
9. Bad Religion- New Maps of Hell
8. Gallows- Orchestra of Wolves
7. Big D and the Kids Table- Strictly Rude
6. Every Time I Die- The Big Dirty
5. Steve Early- Washington Square Serenade
4. Smoke or Fire- This Sinking Ship
3. Chuck Ragan- Feast or Famine
2. A Whilhelm Scream- Career Suicide
1. STRUNG OUT- BLACKHAWKS OVER LA

Bakla (December 14, 2007)

I think Bad Religion should put out another album that sounds the same

smash_it_up (December 14, 2007)

10. ???
9. ????
8. ????
7. Against Me! - New Wave
6. Chuck Ragan - Feast Or Famine
5. Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer
4. Säkert! - Säkert!
3. The Riot Before - So Long, The Lighthouse
2. Celeste - Nihiliste(s)
1. Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim

Dissapointments: Matt Kurz One, BTMI! (could have been #1 if he had reached the perfection of Goodbye...)

Single: The Draft - We'll Never Know/Hard To Be Around It

or something

totonotdead (December 14, 2007)

he should be ashamed...
i cannot believe he has such bad taste in music.

lovethatjoker (December 14, 2007)

Top Ten Albums of 2007
1. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
2. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
3. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
4. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
6. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
7. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
8. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
9. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
10. Babyshambles- Shotter's Nation

4x4Grimreaper (December 14, 2007)

Get over myself?
Sure, I can criticize Fall Out Boy for really pissing me off with their off-stage personalities, but I can just as well say that I really can't stand listening to them.
Oy.

tenwestchaser (December 15, 2007)

I guess I never put together who that song was about ha. I must say, though, that Snot has always been enjoyable for me.

heavyjavadrinker (December 15, 2007)

10. Whole Wheat Bread
9. anything on limewire
8. anything kbd
7. Britney Spears
6. Black keys
5. anything on ebay
4. Fucked Up
3. The Wildebeests - Annie get your Gnu
2. Billy Chilidish and Musicians of the British Empire
1. Jay Reatard

AstronautJones (December 15, 2007)

my headline submission was ACTUALLY "further proof that brett gurewitz is completely fucking retarded" or something like that.

Marizo (December 15, 2007)

10. Battles - Mirrored
9. No Age Weirdo Rippers
8. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
7. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Les Savy Fav - Lets Stay Friends
4. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
3. Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
2. Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go
1. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

Rastid (December 15, 2007)

I'm not sure there were enough good albums this year to make a top 10. So many disappointments.... Last year was like a million times better.

cooltobeyou (December 15, 2007)

My top 15.

15. Saves the Day - Under the Boards
14. Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
13. The Leftovers - On the Move
12. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
11. Lifetime- Lifetime
10. Dead Mechanical - Medium Noise
9. The Ergs - Upstairs/Downstairs
8. Against Me - New Wave
7. Hot Rod Circuit - The Underground is a Dying Breed
6. MxPx Secret Weapon
5. The Methadones - This Wont Hurt
4. Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship
3. Sundowner - Four One Five Two
2. For Science - Tomorrows Just Another Day
1. The Copyrights - Make Sound

TREOS (December 15, 2007)

the best album of the year is "ride-your-bike-to"-able???
refused > the gallows

schrutebucks (December 15, 2007)

10. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- Living With The Living
9. Gaslight Anthem- Sink Or Swim
8. Bruce Springsteen- Magic
7. Maritime- Heresy & The Hotel Choir
6. The White Stripes- Icky Thump
5. Chuck Ragan- Feast Or Famine
4. Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
3. New Amsterdams- At The Foot Of My Rival
2. Against Me!- New Wave
1. MCS- Even If It Kills Me

lintsay (December 15, 2007)

even if it kills me is actually really adorable and i dont get why people talk so much shit.

chrisafi (December 15, 2007)

Deep down, I have a hopeful wish Brett does this just so he can pop round the internet and see how many 'punk-scene' kids he can piss off. And then laugh at you for being lame.

chrisafi (December 15, 2007)

P.S Although in fairness -the Killers!? HAHA

sceneholocaust (December 17, 2007)

5. Machine Head - The Blackening
4. Against Me! - New Wave
3. Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
2. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
1. Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

2006 was way better but Ire Works makes 07 a lot more tolerable.

Screamboat (December 18, 2007)

Im going to put on B.R. Suffer and pretend this never happened.

thebigtakeover (December 29, 2007)

I can't believe how many lists are omitting bedouin soundclash's new album. It's so well done. I found it to be the most accessible reggae albums to come along in a while.

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