The Lucky 13 Mixtape

This was incredibly tough to put together considering all the great music that came out this year. Each song is from one of my 13 favorite albums of 2007, and the songs go in descending order from 13 to 1 (effectively ranking the albums). I had to leave off a lot of albums that I really enjoyed: Great Lake Swimmers' Ongiara, Rocky Votolato's The Brag & Cuss, The Twilight Sad's Fourteen Autumns, Band of Horses' Cease to Begin, Bright Eyes' Cassadaga, Iron & Wine's Shepherd's Dog, Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, The Avett Brothers' Emotionalism, the Two Gallants self-titled album, Wintersleep's Welcome To The Night Sky, Josh Ritter's The Historical Conquests, Oakley Hall's I'll Follow You, Phosphorescent's Pride, Radiohead's In Rainbows, Beirut's The Flying Club Cup... all of these albums got a lot of play in my iPod and could have easily made the list. Let's see some of your own top 13 lists in the comments section. Anyways, this is what I came up with:

13. Wilco - On And On And On
(from Sky Blue Sky)


12. Andrew Bird - Skythian Empires
(from Armchair Apocrypha)


11. Manchester Orchestra - I Can Barely Breathe
(from I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child)


10. J. Tillman - Evans And Falls
(from Cancer And Delirium)


9. The Frames - When Your Mind's Made Up
(from The Cost)


8. The Wooden Sky - When Lost At Sea
(from When Lost At Sea)


7. The Felice Brothers - Your Belly In My Arms
(from Tonight At The Arizona)


6. Fionn Regan - Black Water Child
(from The End Of History)


5. Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks
(from The Stage Names)


4. Arcade Fire - Intervention
(from Neon Bible)


3. The National - Green Gloves
(from Boxer)


2. A.A. Bondy - Rapture (Sweet Rapture)
(from American Hearts)


1. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
(from For Emma, Forever Ago)

Tags: Mixtapes, Captain Obvious, Top Albums, Captain Obvious Mixtape