As you’re probably already well aware, I have two great obsessions: Mark Ronson and random lists. Because I this, I would like to present to you Mark Ronson’s Best of 2007 list via Paste Magazine.
Richard Swift - Dressed Up For the Letdown
I heard him play live last year in a tiny club and was pretty much counting down the days til this came out. It’s got lovely Lennon-ish songwriting and warm and fuzzy bass lines.The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Even if “You Don’t Know What Love Is…” was the only song on the album, it would still be in my top 10.The Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
I only like it cause they’re trendy. And amazing. Of all the young bands out there, they’re my favorite live show as well.LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
The dance-y stuff you expect from him is still great, and there are also heartbreakingly lovely songs like “Someone Great.”The Pipettes – We Are The Pipettes
It’s the slightly more sugar-y side of the 60’s sound that me and Amy Winehouse were going for, and it’s fucking wonderful.The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
A lot of the reviews seem to focus on the fact that it’s not much of a departure from the first record. I really don’t care, the formula is so good and no one else gets near what he does.Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Yeah, me and everyone else.Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Beggin’: the Ultimate Collection
It’s probably the 17th “best of” of theirs, but the first to have the Pilooski re-edit of “Beggin’” and the first time I realized there was much more to them than “Walk Like A Man” and all that.Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I came in at the end and produced one track, “One More Chance.” But the whole record is an incredible collection of slinky 60’s Dusty-style UK songs.Radiohead - In Rainbows
I’ve only listened to it twice so far, but I probably wouldn’t even have to listen to it all to know it would be in my top 10. When are they ever not the best?
Mark didn’t list his own disc, Version, but it will certainly make my own personal list. Sigh.
MP3: Richard Swift - “The Songs of National Freedom”
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He did pretty good on his list for a dude that seems to specialize in MOR covers of other people’s good songs.