The purpose of this feature is to give you an unbiased and diverse look at what the StonerRock.com Community thought were the best albums released in the year 2007. Well, as diverse as possible considering that we`re mostly die-hard heavy rock fans! We`ve provided a total of 3 lists to ensure as much diversity as possible. The first list was compiled from a poll (via our Top 27 Albums of 2007 contest) conducted among the general members of the StonerRock.com Community, the next list is from an individual StonerRock.com Community Member (the winner of the Top 27 Albums of 2007 contest), and the final list was compiled by the Editor-in-Chief here at StonerRock.com, John Pegoraro (aka Arzgarth). We hope these lists provide new fans with ideas for which albums they should pick up first and the die-hard fans with a list of great albums that they`re missing out on.
A great many of the albums listed below are available for purchase in our All That is Heavy store. Those that are available will be linked directly to that album in the store or you can just click here to go to the main page of the store. Sorry for the shameless self promotion but it`s the sales from the store that keep StonerRock.com online - if it weren`t for those sales we wouldn`t be able to bring you this feature. Please support StonerRock.com by doing some of your record shopping with us.
And now onto the feature, starting with the StonerRock.com Community Top 27 Albums of 2007.
StonerRock.com Community Top 27 Albums of 2007
Between January 1st and 31st, 2007 we ran a competition on StonerRock.com that our community members could enter by submitting their "Top 27 Albums of 2007" lists. This was run like a poll with very strict rules. There were hundreds of lists submitted this year and we painstakingly went through every list and compiled a master list and then alloted points based on a strict and fair criteria. We won`t reveal our system for determining the points because we don`t want people to cheat the next time we run a poll/competition like this but we will guarantee that this list is very accurate and gives you an almost perfect representation of what albums the StonerRock.com Community favors.
- High On Fire - Death Is This Communion (7231 Pts)
- Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today (5698 Pts)
- Witchcraft - The Alchemist (4204 Pts)
- Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion (4159 Pts)
- OM - Pilgrimage (4158 Pts)
- Down - III: Over the Under (3693 Pts)
- Baroness - Red Album (3278 Pts)
- Neurosis - Given To The Rising (3249 Pts)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris (3169 Pts)
- Fu Manchu - We Must Obey (2802 Pts)
- Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire (2350 Pts)
- Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed (2120 Pts)
- Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks (2101 Pts)
- Middian - Age Eternal (2036 Pts)
- Brant Bjork - Somera Sol (1885 Pts)
- Solace - The Black Black (1694 Pts)
- Pelican - City of Echoes (1691 Pts)
- The Hidden Hand The Resurrection Of Whiskey Foote (1688 Pts)
- Hermano - ...Into The Exam Room (1665 Pts)
- Monster Magnet - 4 Way Diablo (1645 Pts)
- Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire (1517 Pts)
- Earthless - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky (1359 Pts)
- Truckfighters - Phi (1326 Pts)
- Revered Bizarre - III: So Long Suckers (1202 Pts)
- Rwake - Voice of Omens (1142 Pts)
- Torche - In Return (1124 Pts)
- Earth - Hibernaculum (1094 Pts)
Click here to view the Community Top Albums Master List - Contains all albums that were voted for by StonerRock.com Community Members in the "Top 27 Albums of 2007" contest....
Click here to view the Community Top 27 Albums of 2007 - Contains all of the individual entries submitted to our Top 27 Albums of 2007 contest!
Contest Winner`s Top Albums of 2007 List
In a random drawing Aron Pinsky of the USA was selected as the lucky winner of our "Top 27 Albums of 2007" contest. As part of his prize (which also included his choice of $270 worth of stuff from our All That is Heavy store) his "Top 27 Albums of 2007" list that he submitted is being included as part of this feature so here it is:
Aron Pinsky`s Top 27 Albums of 2007
(Top 27 Albums of 2007 Contest Winner)
Here it is, my top 27 of 2007. My favorite record was from a band that`s not around anymore. Acrimony, I`d never heard them before but "Tumuli Shroomaroom" is an amazing slab of sticky stoner grooves. Baroness rocked my ass off, a new Clutch record that only proves they are the best heavy groove band in the world and the heaviest record that I heard, the fucking Ufomammut/Lento team up "Superantural Cat"....those guys all scare me. All my picks were records I really find exceptional and thanks to all the artists for fighting the good fight.
And thanks to StonerRock.com, they are the glue of the scene.
- Acrimony - Tumuli Shroomaroom (Re-issue)
- Ufomammut/Lento - Supernaturals Record One
- Baroness - Red Album
- Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks
- Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
- Lento - Earthen
- Kosmos - Kosmos
- The Austerity Program - Black Madonna
- Bossk - .2
- The Black Angels - Passover
- Black Cobra - Feather and Stone
- Clouds - Legendary Demo
- Pelican - City of Echoes
- The Sword/ Witchcraft - Split
- Jesu - Lifeline
- Latitudes - Bleak Epiphanies in Slow Motion
- White Hills - Heads on Fire
- Litmus - Planetfall
- Los Natas - El Universo Perdido De Los Natas
- Maserati - Inventions for The New Season
- Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire
- Torche - In Return
- OM - Pilgrimage
- Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
- Tussle - Telescope Mind
- Viaje a 800 - Estampida de Trombones
- Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed
Arzgarth`s Top 27 Albums of 2007
(Arzgarth is the Editor-in-Chief of StonerRock.com)
Two hundred and forty.
That`s roughly the number of EPs and albums I reviewed last year. That is, to put it mildly, a veritable shit ton of music. And that`s not even including the stuff I listened to just for fun.
That number is why I always get confused (well, irritated) when people say, There`s no good music out there. No, not every single one of those 240 releases were recommendable, but my initial list of Top 27 contenders started at around 50. And then one by one I whittled it down, leaving some damn good albums by the wayside (case in point We`re All Gonna Die`s Kiss the Ground, Curse the Sky, although that`s technically an `08 release). I still don`t feel my list is 100% accurate, but given that it`s already May, it`ll do.
As always, the list starts in order and after that gets nebulous. Regarding the top five, Solace`s The Black Black is without the greatest album I heard in 2007, and Hackman`s The New Normal is a very close second. I initially didn`t really warm to Earthless` Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky, but one day it clicked. Hard. I think I fell out of my chair when that glorious moment arrived. Shame Club is proof positive that there`s always always, you jaded fuckers worthwhile new music to be discovered, and Peeping Tom is evidence that the good bands, like Roy Batty, burn twice as bright and twice as fast.
So there you go, my Top 27 of 2007. I`d say 2008 will have to bust a serious amount of hump to match 2007, but it`s well on its way already.
- Solace - The Black Black
- Hackman - The New Normal
- Earthless - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky
- Shame Club - Come On
- Peeping Tom - Music Swop Shop
- Mos Generator - Songs for Future Gods
- Middian - Age Eternal
- Dax Riggs - We Sing of Only Blood or Love
- Stoner Kebab - Imber Vulgi
- Josiah - No Time
- Federale - Self Titled
- Hull - Viking Funeral
- Causa Sui - Free Ride
- Viaje a 800 - Estampida de Trombones
- Dexter Jones` Circus Orchestra - Side by Side
- Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
- Witchcraft - The Alchemist
- Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
- Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire
- Puny Human - Universal Freak Out
- Greenleaf - Agents of Ahriman
- High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
- Bloodhorse - EP
- Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
- Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed
- Titan - A Raining Sun of Light & Love For You & You & You
- Ufomammut/Lento - Supernaturals Record One
Dan & Melanie`s Top 27 Albums of 2007
(aka El Danno & Hellmistress. Dan and Melanie are the owners of StonerRock.com)
Due to the fact that we now own our own record label we will no longer be compiling our own Top Albums of the Year lists.
