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The second annual nialler9 Irish album poll is back after last year’s success! 2006 saw Si Schroeder voted the best album by you guys and this year I’m extending the poll to include Irish EPs as there were many quality EP releases this year that deserve some love too.

Here are the simple rules to vote:

  1. You can pick up to 5 Irish albums and EPs released in 2007.
  2. At least one Irish album is required but you can leave the EPs blank if you haven’t heard any this year.
  3. Please include title of the EP as some artists have had more than one.
  4. 3 ways to vote

Leave your votes in the comments in public for all to see.
Use the vote page.
Send an email to [email protected] with your choices

So what’s it gonna be? Album-wise, 2007 saw releases from Dry County, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, Cathy Davey, Super Extra Bonus Party, Adrian Crowley, Sarsparilla, So Cow, Delorentos, The Flaws, Thinguma*jigsaw, Nina Hynes, Kill City Defectors, Hybrasil, Hooray For Humans, Zoid and Large Mound to name but a few.

It was a good year for EPs with Channel One, Halves, Dark Room Notes, Terrordactyl, Adebisi Shank, LPX, Fight like Apes and The Things all releasing in the last twelve months. Of course, there are plenty of others which you can help fill in the gaps with.


Update: I’ll close the vote on Tuesday at noon.


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  1. I’ll go for Donnacha Costello’s Colorseries album released last month.

    Most of the material on it has a history out there already but there’s a couple of new tracks and the others have been re-edited for album format.

    In the context of the non-mainstream-ness of the ’07 Irish albums you mention in the post I wouldn’t be surprised if Colorseries is one of the most popular internationally.

  2. Here is my top 5 for 2007:

    1 – Calendar key project – Calendar Key Project (album)
    2 – So Cow – These Truly are End Times (album)
    3 – Large Mound – My whole life if have to (album)
    4 – Delorentos – In Love with Detail (album)
    5 – It’s a long way from that sort of thing you were reared – My Brother Woody (album)

  3. Top 5 Albums
    Super Extra Bonus Party
    Dry County
    Hybrasil
    So Cow
    The Urges

    Top 5 EPs
    Adebisi Shank
    Terrordactyl
    Fight Like Apes (both are equally good)
    Channel One
    Halves

    Can it not be top 10 please?

  4. 1. Terrordactyl
    2. Only Fumes and Corpses – Read what’s in between
    3. Adebisi Shank
    4. Tungaska/The Bold and the Beautiful split 12″
    5. Hooray for Humans – Signature

  5. Damien Dempsey – To Hell Or Barbados
    Glen Hansard (of The Frames) – the “Once” soundtrack
    Stagger Lee – Bad Shoes (single/EP)
    *Various Irish artists – The Cake Sale
    *Fionn Regan – The End of History

    *Not sure if the last two count since both were released in Ireland in 2006, but re-released in the US this year.

  6. damien dempsey – barbados
    cathy davey – silversleeve
    delorentos – in love with detail
    rosin murphy

    ep –
    channel one
    delorentos – realise

  7. Wait wait…was Miriam Ingram’s album Trampoline released this year?
    I’m going to have to make different categories

    Top Folk Albums
    Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers
    Jenny Lindfors

    I’ve only listened to Adrian Crowley’s album once and it was only yesterday so I don’t feel close enough to it yet to put it in a top list, but I have a feeling it’s going to grow on me….

    Nialler, this is hard.

  8. Super Extra Bonus Party
    Delorentos
    Jape
    Kill City Defectors
    Hooray for Humans

    EP’s :
    Terrordactyl
    Channel One
    Forging Friendships
    Adebisi Shank
    Dark Room Notes

  9. 1) Mumblin’ Deaf Ro’ – The Herring And The Brine
    2) Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party
    3) Hybrasil – The Monkey Pole
    4) My Brother Woody – It’s A Long Way From That Sort Of Thing You Were Raised
    5) Delorentos – In Love With Detail

  10. Albums:
    Kill City Defectors
    Hybrasil
    Delorentos
    SEBP
    Thingamajigsaw

    EPs:
    Bats- it’s released next week and it’s gonna be amazing, I just know it
    Fight Like Apes- how can i kill you..
    Terrordactyl
    Adebisi Shank
    Jape

  11. Oooh. Hard.

    1. Dry County
    2. The WYOs
    3. Channel One Permissions EP
    4. LPX Experiments in Dub & HiFi EP
    5. The Eclectic Breathe EP

    But I feel so disloyal to so many other brill bands out there. These are the ones my mp3 player lists as most regularly played. It was the only way I could choose.

  12. [quote post=”917″]Shite forgot to add So Cow’s These Truly Are End Times to my list. However, I’m not entirely sure it came out in 2007. Did it?[/quote]

    You are correct. About 50 entries so far today. Tell your friends.

  13. Jaysus I forgot Kill City Defectors and Cap pas Cap!
    There wasn’t this much choice last year, was there?
    I’m crap at voting.
    But I’ll vote for Bobby Hi-Fi too for dude of the year too.

  14. I think The Bonus Party thouroughly Deserve the Album of the year and Its definitly The Things E.p Followed Very Closely By the Adebesi Shank E.p.

    All incredible Original Irish Music.

    Insane Folk Music E.p Defo Boai ; )

    C

  15. Sylvan – We Are Lying to You Through Song
    Cap Pas Cap – Not Fine is Fine

    Adebisi Shank – whatever their ep is called
    Ugly Megan – Three Whole Funs EP

    Lots more goodness out there, but this is the tops for me.

  16. Cathy Davey “Tales of Silversleeve”
    Adrian Crowley “Long Distance Swimmer”
    Super Extra Bonus Party “Super Extra Bonus Party”
    Somadrone “Of Pattern and Purpose”
    Giraffe Running “Giraffe Running”

  17. Albums

    01 Dry County – Unexpected Falls
    02 Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party
    03 Hybrasil – The Monkey Pole
    04 Delorentos – In Love With Detail
    05 Hooray For Humans – Safekeeping

    EPs

    01 Adebisi Shank – This is the EP of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
    02 Twin Kranes – Being Kong
    03 Channel One – Permissions
    04 Fight Like Apes – How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All The Guns?
    05 Halves – Halves EP

    Must check out Bats, TerrorDactyl, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro’ and Kill City Defectors!

  18. 1) My Brother Woody – “It’s a long way from that sort of thing you were raised”
    2) Cathy Davey “Tales of Silversleeve”
    3) Damien Dempsey “To Hell Or Barbados”
    4) God Is An Astronaut “Far From Refuge”

  19. Live on the other side of the world and been away all year, so all I can do is vote for first three Irish albums I will buy when I’m back for Christmas based on songs I’ve heard and reviews I read:
    1) Cathy Davey “Tales of Silversleeve”
    2) Super Extra Bonus Party “Super Extra Bonus Party” (when are they coming to Vietnam?)
    3) Adrian Crowley “Long Distance Swimmer”

    Gotta check out the rest of that list at the top of your post out pronto. Thanks for keeping me up to speed all year.

  20. Album:
    1.delorentos – in love with detail
    2.Hooray for Humans – Safekeeping

    EP
    Fight like apes – How am i supposed to kill you if you have all the guns?

  21. 1.Large Mound, My whole life…..
    2.Large Mound, My Whole Life…..
    3.Large Mound, My Whole Life…..
    4.Large Mound, My Whole Life…..
    5.Large Mound, My Whole Life…..

    Does that count as five votes??

  22. MackeyA,

    By any chance did Large Mound send around an email asking you to vote?

    Same applies to some other artists , just I’ve had a good few emails like this one above today.

  23. i guess like everyone else i’ll also be voting for Cathy Davey – silversleeve, Delorentos – in love with detail and Mumblin Deaf Ro. Would you believe i only heard Mumblin Deaf Ro in the last week, Tipped off by a similar end-of-year poll on another site.

    I don’t quite get Fight like apes, but fair play to them, they’ve had a great year. must also check out channel one.

    cheers Nialler, great Blog.

  24. [quote post=”917″]
    The Herv album was streets ahead of anything else this year.[/quote]
    Flot and Retent? fuckin deadly

    number one for me though; Sarsparilla – Karahee
    ep’s; channel one – permissions

  25. Yeah, that’s the name of the Herv record. That got my vote anyways. Pretty nuts that an album that’s been given away as a free download was the best thing to come out of Ireland all year.

    By the way, EPs – Adebisi Shank, Bats, Terrordactyl, Vimanas.

  26. – albums from jimmy cake – delorentos – somadrome – dry county – hybrasil
    – eps from – jape – redneck manifesto – dark room notes

  27. Yo dude, me first post on yer blog – top notch!!

    Don’t really buy many eps but here’s some of the Irish albums from 07 whcih sounded good. And yeah you’re not the only one who likes to make lists!

    Acoustic & Folk

    1. Adrian Crowley – “Long Distance Swimmer”
    2. Juno Falls – “Weightless”
    3. Jenny Lindfors – “When The Night Time Comes”
    4. Mumblin Deaf Ro – “the Herring and the Brine”
    5. Thinguma*jigSaw – “awakeinwhitechapel” [Norway?]

    Pop

    1. Roisin Murphy – “Overpowered”
    2. Cathy Davey – “Tales of Silversleeve”
    3. Nina Hynes and The Husbands – “Really Really Do”
    4. The Flaws – “Achieving Greatness”
    5. So Cow – “These Truly Are End Times”
    6. My Brother Woody “It’s A Long Way From…”

    MELODRAMATIC POPULAR SONG

    1. Jacknife Lee – “Jacknife Lee”
    2. TCKP – “The Calendar Key Project”

    Electronica

    1. Hybrasil – “The Monkey Pole”
    2. SEBP – “Super Extra Bonus Party”
    3. Headgear – “Flight Cases”
    4. Dry County – “Unexpected Falls”
    5. GIAA (God Is An Astronaut) – “Far from Refuge”
    6. Hooray for Humans – “Signature”

    Alternative & Indie Rock

    1. Delorentos – “In Love with Detail”
    2. The Thrills – “Teenager”
    3. Kill City Defectors – “Mutiny Sounds”
    4. Future Kings Of Spain – “Nervoussystem”
    5. Large Mound – “My Whole Life Is Have To”

    Experimental & Other

    1. Boxcutter – “Glyphic”
    2. Somadrone – “Of Pattern & Purpose”
    3. Giraffe Running – “Learn To Love”
    4. Zoidan Jankalovich – “ZoiD Versus the Jazz Musicians of Ireland”

    Soundtracks

    1. Sarsparilla – “Karahee”
    2. The Vinny Club – “Rocky IV Concept Rekerd”
    3. The Wyo’s – St. Jude song was best thing about Spiderman 3
    4. Once soundtrack (only coz I probably should include it)

    Best *Free* Release Downloads

    Acoustic

    1. Neil Conlan “Songs for Disentanglement”
    http://neil.conlan.googlepages.com/

    Experimental

    1. Bluebottle Farm – “Music To Fall Off Yer Bike To”
    http://www.acroplane.org/
    2. Herv – “Flot and Retent” – http://www.acroplane.org/

    To cut a long story short my vote for best album goes to Adrian Crowley & best ep to Jape.

    Having said that I’d be more than happy to see SEBP win.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjReKsO0Dc8 that is a great video 🙂

    Hows about Best Irish Music Video of 2007??

    Me head hurts now, as I’m sure I’ve missed some. Not sure if Duke Special has released any eps this year. Forgot about David Geraghty too DAMNIT.

    J.

  28. [quote post=”917″]Hows about Best Irish Music Video of 2007??[/quote]

    A few I remember being good

    Channel One – These Roads
    Cap Pas Cap – Said Say it
    MJEX – can’t remember which one
    FLA – Lend me your Face

    Anyone care to add to it?

  29. mumblin deaf ro- the herring and the brine
    Brian Cullen’s Love Bullets- Ask for Directions (which oddly enough has the same colours as the site- were you inspired by it Nialler 9?)

  30. [quote post=”917″]Brian Cullen’s Love Bullets- Ask for Directions (which oddly enough has the same colours as the site- were you inspired by it Nialler 9?)[/quote]

    ‘fraid not. Site has these colours since 2005!

  31. Brian Cullen’s Love Bullets ask for directions.That is all……Oh and channel one…That is all.Oh and God is an astronaut…..That definitely is all. Oh..

  32. Hmm, sorry it’s taken me so long, I’m still not sure what I’d vote for. Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t shake the feeling that 2006 was a much better year for Irish albums. I liked a lot of stuff this year, but there were very few I loved (*ducks for cover*)

    Albums
    1: Adrian Crowley – Long Distance Swimmer
    2: Cathy Davey – Tales of Silver Sleeve
    3: Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – The Herring and the Brine
    4: So Cow – These Truly Are End Times
    5: Roisin Murphy – Overpowered

    EP – Fight Like Apes

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