Does anyone listen to the Wednesday Midday Medley on KKFI? It airs from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., hosted by jock Mark Manning, who just sent around a list of his top 80 albums of the year, from which he'll be selecting jams over the next month.
I think Manning has good taste in music, but it seems like every time I tune into his show, I catch him using his time behind the microphone to vent his political frustrations in ways that are rarely interesting or appropriate to his role as a music show host.
Anyway, with releases from the Pedaljets and OxBlood Records in top spots and other locals in the mix, he's clearly trying to help out the scene. Here's his top 10. Check out the rest of Manning's picks after the jump.
1. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back / Anti / 2007
2. The PedalJets - The PedalJets / Oxblood / 2007
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible / Merge Records / 2007
4. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away / Sub Pop / 2007
5. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars / Geffen / 2007
6. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? / Polyvinyl / 2007
7. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand / Rounder / 2007
8. Field Music - Tones of Town / Memphis Industries / 2007
9. First Blood / Oxblood Records / 2007
10. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights / Daptone Records / 2007
11. Kasey Rausch & Friends - Live How You Love / Rausch House / 2007
12. Krystle Warren & The Faculty - Diary / Velour / 2007
13. Baby Elephant - Turn My Teeth Up / Godforsaken Music / 2007
14. Softee - babies from the lair / Softee / 2007
15. Au Revoir Simone - The Bird of Music / Our Secret Record Company / 2007
16. Fiest - The Reminder / Cherry Tree - Interscope / 2007
17. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of The Crime / Anti / 2007
18. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga / Merge / 2007
19. Porter Wagoner - Wagon Master / Anti / 2007 [from Howell County Mo.]
20. 1990s - Cookies / Rough Trade / 07 [Glasgow, Scotland band]
21. Shapes and Sizes - Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner / Asthmatic Kitty / 2007
22. Joni Mitchell - Shine / Hear Music / 2007
23. Herbie Hancock - River - the joni letters / Verve / 2007
24. Beastie Boys - The Mix Up / EMI / 2007
25. Neil Young - Live A Massey Hall 1971 / Reprise / 2007 [orig. rec. January 19, 1971]
26. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II / Reprise / 2007
27. Laurie Anderson - Big Science / Nonesuch / 2007 [Reissue / Orig. Warner Bros. 1982]
28. Charles S. McVey - Modern Living / impure / 2007
29. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block / Almost Gold / 2007
30. The National - Boxer / Beggars Banquet / 2007
31. Sly and the Family Stone - / Epic - Legacy / 2007 - Reissue 7 CD Set [orig. 1967- 74]
32. MeShell N'degeocello - The World Made Me The Man of Dreams / Universal / 2007
33. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog / Sub Pop / 2007
34. The White Stripes - Icky Thump / Warner / 2007
35. Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm A Witch / Astralwerks / 2007
36. The New Pornographers - Challengers / Matador / 2007
37. Bright Eyes - Cassadega / Saddle Creek / 2007
38. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight / Warner Bros. / 2007
39. Josh Ritter - Easy Tiger / Victor - Sony / 2007
40. Meg Baird - Dear Companion / Drag City / 2007
41. Nick Lowe - At My Age / Yep Roc / 2007
42. The Sea and The Cake - Everybody / Thrill Jockey / 2007
43. Thurston Moore - trees outside the academy / Ecstatic Peace / 2007
44. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity / Kill Rock Stars / 2007
45. David Bowie - Low / Toshiba- EMI - Limited / 2007 Reissue [orig. 1977]
46. Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo / Ryco / 2007
47. Justice - "(cross symbol)" / Atlantic / 2007
48. Pink Martini - Hey Eugene / Heintz Records / 2007
49. Billy Strayhorn - Lush Life / Verve / 2007
50. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade / New West / 2007
51. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature / Imperial / 2007
52. Songs of America / Split Rock / 2007 [Thank you Janet Reno]
53. Laura Love - NeGrass / Octoroon Biography / 2007
54. I'm Not There Original Soundtrack / Columbia / 2007
55. The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Collection / Rhino / 2007 - Reissue
56. The New Tragedies - Souvenirs / New Scratch Records / 2007
57. Pendergast - Between The Bottle & The Pulpit / Doublewide / 2007
58. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala / Secretly Canadian / 2007
59. Joel Kraft - Computer Geniuses / Joel Kraft / 2007 [moving to Sweden]
60. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind / Music Maker Relief / 2007
61. The Down Trunks - Three Rings and a Dagger / LTMR Records / 2007
62. Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers / Nonesuch / 2007
63. Lez Zeppelin - Lez Zeppelin / Emancipation Records / 2007
64. Blonde Redhead - 23 / 4AD / 2007
65. Manu Chao - La Radiolina / Nacional / 2007
66. St. Vincent - Marry Me / Beggars Banquet / 2007
67. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War / Arts & Crafts / 2007
68. The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics / Warner Bros. / 2007
69. LCD SoundSystem - Sound of Silver / Capitol - DFA / 2007
70. !!! - Myth Takes / Warp Records / 2007
71. Megan Birdsall - Little Jazz Bird / Independent / 2007
72. Norah Jones - Not Too Late / Blue Note - EMI / 2007
73. Glen Hansard (of The Frames) & Marketa Irglova - Music from the Motion Picture - Once / Columbia / 2007
74. Utah Carol - Rodeo Queen / Independent / 2007
75. Keren Ann - Keren Ann / Metro Blue / 2007
76. Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime / The Blue Note Label / 2007
77. John Vanderslice - Emerald City / Barsuk / 2007
78. Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle - Battery Milk / Hyena Records / 2007
79. Rickie Lee Jones - Sermon on Exile Blvd. / New West / 2007
80. Patti Smith - twelve / Sony BMG / 2007
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Um, Josh Ritter absolutely should be on this list - as you have him. I think it should be way higher, but moreso I wish you got the name of his album correct ("The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter") rather than list a Ryan Adams title instead!
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