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:
- You can pick up to 5 Irish albums and EPs released in 2007.
- At least one Irish album is required but you can leave the EPs blank if you haven’t heard any this year.
- Please include title of the EP as some artists have had more than one.
- 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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Album- Delorentos
EP- Fight Like Apes
1st or 2nd EP Tom?
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.
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)
Mumblin Deaf Ro’s the herring and the brine!
Its a rock and roll creation!
I’m going to vote for The Herring and the Brine by Mumblin’ Deaf Ro.
here’s my top two- there hasn’t been a huge amount out there this year, roll on 2008!
1) Cathy Davey- Tales Of Silversleeve
2) Boxcutter- Glyphic
Cathy Davey – Tales of Silversleeve as well…
and FLApes!
Nialler, i can’t seem to get into the voting page bit…not sure if it’s just me though
ok cool just noticed that. i’ll see if i can fix it.
Duh, OK should be fixed now sorry.
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?
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
Bonecloud – Teenage Lycanthropy
i may as well just have voted for adebisi shank.
over and over.
coz it’s the only irish release this year that i’ve kept coming back to.
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.
damien dempsey – barbados
cathy davey – silversleeve
delorentos – in love with detail
rosin murphy
ep –
channel one
delorentos – realise
1) Cathy Davey- Tales Of Silversleeve
2) Dry County
3) Anything but Fight Like Apes
4) Adrian Crowley- Long Distance Swimmer
5) Hybrasil
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.
5 only Aoife!!
Is that your final answer?
Super Extra Bonus Party
Delorentos
Jape
Kill City Defectors
Hooray for Humans
EP’s :
Terrordactyl
Channel One
Forging Friendships
Adebisi Shank
Dark Room Notes
Album- Cathy Davey
Ep- Jape
1- Mumblin’ Deaf Ro’ – The Herring And The Brine
2- Sick and Indigent Song Club – Inisteoge Folly
Deep Burial ‘Black Music’ and Sarsparilla ‘Karahee’ me likes….but then I would
Deep Burial was last year son.
Are we allowed to pick thingumajingers, yes? I guess the album itself is pretty Irish, cos it was written here..
So Cow wins though!
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
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
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.
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?
oh yeah…is my screen red..
funny how the noughties all blend into one fuzzy mess..
‘karahee’ so…
Cormac, iamsocow.com says it came out in February.. that’s all the convincing I need!
[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.
I vote for Bobby.
For dude of the year.
1. super extra bebo party
2. kcd’s
All EPs for me
Jape
Fight like apes: First one how can I Kill you when you have all the guns
TerrorDactyl
channel one permissions ep – so hot right now
Albums:
1. Thinguma*jigsaw – (awakeinwhitechapel)
2. So Cow – These Truly Are End Times
EPs:
Fight Like Apes – How Am I Supposed…
Has to be; Cap Pas Cap – Not not is fine
delorentos – in love with detail
fight like apes – david carradine yadda yadda
Super Extra Bonus Party – LP
Favourite EP: 21 – Conor Furlong
Favourite album: Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party
Album: SEBP
EP: Adebisi Shank
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.
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
“Cap Pas Cap – Not not is fine”
December 2006 surely… I remember the launch night
🙂
Album of the year
Super extra bonus party
When are they coming to China?
No particular order:
Sylvan – We are Lying to you through song
Adebisi Shank – ???
Vimanas – The Crystal Maze (I think)
That is all!
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.
My Whole Life Is Have To – LM
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”
Fave Irish albums of 2007:
Cathy Davey – Tales of Silversleeve
The Thrills – Teenager
Fave Irish EP of 2007:
Conor Furlong – 21
🙂
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!
Albums
Dry County
The Urges
Top 5 EPs
Channel One
The Eclectic
1 Mumblin Deaf Ro – The Herring and the Brine
I love this album and the bass player is hott.
1 – Mumblin Deaf Ro – The Herring and the Brine
2 – Large Mound – My whole life is have to
3 – Delorentos – In Love with details
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”
id like to add
God Is An Astronaut “Far From Refuge”
to my list….
i forgot to say “bad shoes” by stagger lee
do catoan count? i know they’re from belfast, but just wondering…
if so, i’ll also add catoan “and will i?”
Forgot
6) Cathy Davey- Tales Of Silversleeve
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.
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?
Guys Stagger Lee’s Bad Shoes was a SINGLE. Only two songs.
Yes Belfast bands count
Mumblin Deaf Ro – The Herring and The Brine has to be the best album of 2007. Check out the track “Restring the Bow” Classic!
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??
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.
Ohh, you’re in the band! You Can’t vote for yourself come on!
1. Adrian Crowley – Long Distance Swimmer
But I would say that wouldn’t I!
🙂
delorentos – in love with detail
cathy davey – silversleeve
mumblin deaf ro – herring & the brine
channel one – permissions.
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.
The Herv album was streets ahead of anything else this year.
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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
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.
Albums – So Cow & Somadrone
EP – Adebisi Shanks
Large Mound – My whole life is have to!
– albums from jimmy cake – delorentos – somadrome – dry county – hybrasil
– eps from – jape – redneck manifesto – dark room notes
– discount redneck manifesto – seven stabs wasn’t this year
Albums:
Delorentos – In Love With Detail
and Bell X1 – Tour De Flock Live At The Point (if live ones count! :D)
That wasn’t me.
Delorentos – In Love With Detail
Cathy Davey – Tales of Silver Sleeve
Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – The Herring and the Brine
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.
Wow, best first commment ever!
Thanks for taking the time to compile that list.
[quote post=”917″]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 :)[/quote]
I forgot about that video! It was for a Future Shorts presentation.
SEBP – SEBP
[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?
Surely Jape?
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Surely Jape?[/quote]
Oh yeh, of course. Hands down winner.
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?)
[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!
Maybe they were inspired by this blog!
Nine IX Lives – Like The Flames Attract The Moths was the best EP!
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..
brian cullens love bullets- ask for directions
large mound- my whole life is have to
brian cullens love bullets – ask for directions
all other bands are shit
super extra bonus party!!!
Brian Cullens Love Bullets – Ask For Directions
They’re just super!!!
Do You Realise by Delorentos has a pretty cool video!
i see brian cullen has been canvassing..
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
My favourite Irish album of 2007 has got to be “Long Distance Swimmer” by Adrian Crowley.
x N
just the one but it’s a #1 all the way
Boxcutter – Glyphic
(a magnificent piece of work!)
thanks for the years blogging
Best Album – ‘Once’ Sound Track Glen Hansford
Best EP – Conor Furlong 21
– most most most excellent! How beautiful is track 3?????
Albums:
Cathy Davey – Tales of Silversleeve
Adrian Crowley – Long Distance Swimmer
EPs:
Conor Furlong – 21
Kontrol Freak – Orion
The results are UP!
http://www.nialler9.com/blog/2007/12/17/results-top-irish-albums-of-2007/
oh gosh darn it! too late!! wanted to vote for cathy davey silversleeve and conor furlong’s ep 21, which is fantastic – check it out!!!