Time to blow the dust off of this thing and revisit the songs that provided the soundtrack for 2007. Remember the rules:
1) Albums are dead. Tracks are all that matter.
2) It doesn’t have to be a song from this year. I had to discover it this year.
We’ll start the countdown tomorrow. “Sophomore jinx leading to unfulfilled expectations” captures one personal music theme for 2007. Bands who dominated ear drums in years past released sophomore albums that failed to leave a mark. Bloc Party’s A Weekend in the City and Hard-Fi’s Once Upon A Time In The West disappointed.
Were my expectations incorrectly set following superb debut albums? Doubt it.
Here’s a link to Bloc Party’s song, I Still Remember. It’s ok. Check out Hard-Fi’s disappointing lead single, Suburban Knights (get it!?).
What type of top list starts out with songs that disappointed? When it’s a major theme of my musical year it’s important to share 
To leave you with an astonishingly great song (that has nothing to do with this year’s top list!) check out Belle and Sebastian’s Price of a Cup of Tea.
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