Confessions of a Fanboy

It didn’t take long for my #1 Album of 2007 to get dusted off in 2008!

I bought a lot of music at the end of ‘07 and wondered if that combined with a serious Beatles obsession would cause Shadows and Cracks to get sent to the bench. I have my answer.

After spending the morning listening to Alice in Chains, I found myself ready for something different. I wish I could remember what caused me to choose Peter Karp, but my day is better for it.

Wouldn’t you know, but the very next album I reached for after Shadows was my 2006 Album of the Year, Guster’s Ganging Up on the Sun. I guess it was the happy news that our rent is going up — again — that made me reach for the reassurance of “C’mon.” As with any truly great album, I couldn’t stop with just one song so I bathed my bruised psyche and spirit with “Empire State” and just kept going.

2008 has a lot to live up to. I’ve done Album of the Year posts in one forum or another for the last four years. Here are those winners:

• Peter Karp — Shadows and Cracks (2007)
• Guster — Ganging Up on the Sun (2006)
• Oasis — Don’t Believe The Truth (2005)
• U2 — How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

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