oh seven top ten

every year everyone posts their top ten albums of the year. i have thought & thought and cannot come up with a favorite ten records. however, this year i started listening to a lot of instrumental music. so i will now proceed to list my favorite ten instrumental albums of this year, 2007. thank you.

honorable mention instrumental albums of 07:

stars of the lid - and their refinement of the decline
every gentle air - part 2
kavinsky - 1986
lcd soundsystem - 45:33 (well. mostly instrumental)
cinematic orchestra - ma fleur

& the top ten instrumental albums of 07:

10. the bad plus - prog
9. six parts seven - casually smashed into pieces
8. el ten eleven - every direction is north
7. caspian - the four trees
6. explosions in the sky - all of a sudden... / remix album
5. justice - cross
4. this will destroy you - s/t
3. hammock - raising your voice... (okay, technically a 2006 album, but i just have to include it)
2. mogwai - zidane ost
1. amiina - kurr

maybe eventually i will get around to linking them all...

merry christmas.