2007 - MONTHLY PLAY LISTS – A.A.P.A.

Each month we will recommend a new album release and we will put together a cool sounding compilation of 20 songs (which for the most part have been released as EP or album track within the past year) that we at A.A.P.A. believe are worth checking out…

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2007
click here for the NOMINATIONS and WINNERS!!

DECEMBER - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows (XL Recordings / ATO Records for North America)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

INSPIRAL CARPETS - Cool As {2 CD & 1 DVD} (EMI)




A.A.P.A. play list (December 2007)

1 – TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Box
2 - BAT FOR LASHES - Prescilla (single version)
3 - THE RUMBLE STRIPS - Time
4 - ARCTIC MONKEYS - Teddy Picker
5 - INSPIRAL CARPETS - Dragging Me Down
6 - THIS AIN`T VEGAS - Short Term, Long Term
7 - THE FUTUREHEADS - Broke Up The Time
8 - TRAVIS - Battleships
9 - THE WHITE STRIPES - Conquest
10 - MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - Now That You're Home
11 - KINGS OF LEON - Charmer
12 - THE COURTEENERS - Kimberley
13 - GOOD SHOES - Small Town Girl (Stephen Street re-mix)
14 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB - Get Lucky
15 - T.REX - Ballrooms of Mars
16- SIOUXSIE - About to Happen
17 - FRANZ FERDINAND - Michael
18 - THE DYKEENIES - Lose Ourselves
19 - INTERPOL - Rest My Chemistry
20 - THE HUMAN VALUE - Push and Pull

Our overview with a "Best of 2007" compilation in one Play List can now be found - > HERE

NOVEMBER - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

THE WOMBATS - A Guide To Love Loss And Desperation (14th Floor / Warners)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

CARTER USM - You Fat Bastard {2 CD} (EMI)




A.A.P.A. play list (November 2007)

1 – RA RA RIOT - Dying Is Fine
2 - INTERNATIONAL ONE - Moonshine & Roses
3 - YOUNG KNIVES - Terra Firma
4 - THE WOMBATS - Party In A Forest (Where's Laura?)
5 - THE COURTEENERS - Cavorting
6 - KT TUNSTALL - Saving My Face
7 - SIGUR ROS - Hljomalind
8 - SIOUXSIE - Here Comes That Day
9 - RADIOHEAD - House of Cards
10 - PJ HARVEY - Dear Darkness
11 - HOT CHIP - Shake A Fist
12 - GORILLAZ - Kids With Guns (Hot Chip remix)
13 - MAPS - To The Sky
14 - SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Hustler (remix)
15 - PURESSENCE - Life Comes Down Hard
16- iLiKETRAiNS - Death Of An Idealist
17 - THE HUMAN VALUE - Home Is Not Real
18 - GALLOWS - Staring At The Rude Bois
19 - ENTER SHIKARI - Adieu (Routron 500 remix)
20 - BOW WOW WOW - Go Wild In The Country

OCTOBER - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learnt (Beggars Banquet)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

MARC BOLAN & T.REX - Greatest Hits {2 CD} (Universal)




A.A.P.A. play list (October 2007)

1 – KT TUNSTALL - I Don`t Want You Now
2 - THE RUMBLE STRIPS - Girls And Boys In Love
3 - THE COURTEENERS - Acrylic
4 - SMASHING PUMPKINS - That's The Way (My Love Is)
5 - SEX PISTOLS - Holidays In The Sun
6 - WE START FIRES - Lets Get Our Hands Dirty
7 - THE WOMBATS - Let`s Dance To Joy Division
8 - REVEREND & THE MAKERS - He Said He Loved Me
9 - THE DYKEENIES - Things You Cannot See
10 - BLOOD RED SHOES - I Wish I Was Someone Better
11 - IAN BROWN - Illegal Attacks
12 – MAPS - You Don't Know Her Name
13 - JOE LEAN & THE JING JANG JONG - Lucio Starts Fires
14 - MARC BOLAN & T.REX - Children Of The Revolution
15 - SIOUXSIE - They Follow You
16 - THE HUMAN VALUE - No Sacrifice
17 - iLiKETRAiNS - Victress
18 - PJ HARVEY - The Piano
19 - SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE - Rockist Part 1
20 - NEW ORDER - Exit

SEPTEMBER - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendations:

KT TUNSTALL - Drastic Fantastic (Relentless / Virgin)

SIOUXSIE - Mantaray (UM3 / W14 Music / Universal)

PJ HARVEY - White Chalk (Island)

You get to choose from 3 this month (as we couldn`t decide!)






A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

PINK FLOYD - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn {3CD 40th Anniversary Edition} (EMI)




A.A.P.A. play list (September 2007)

1 – PJ HARVEY - When Under Ether
2 - EDITORS - An End Has A Start
3 – INTERPOL - No I in Threesome
4 - PURESSENCE - Drop Down To Earth
5 - THE WHITE STRIPES - You Don't Know What Love Is ...
6 - EL PRESIDENTE - Late Night Binges
7 - SHINY TOY GUNS - Rainy Monday
8 - KT TUNSTALL - Little Favours
9 - PETER, BJORN and JOHN (feat. Victoria Bergsman) - Young Folks
10 - KAISER CHIEFS - The Angry Mob
11 – ARCTIC MONKEYS - Old Yellow Bricks
12 - THE PIGEON DETECTIVES - Take Her Back
13 – MAXIMO PARK - Girls Who Play Guitars
14 - WE START FIRES - Play You
15 - SIOUXSIE SIOUX - Swansway
16 – CSS - Alcohol
17 - KLAXONS - Totem On The Timeline
18 - THE TWANG - Two Lovers
19 - THE DYKEENIES - Stitches
20 - GALLOWS - In The Belly Of The Shark

AUGUST - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

THE DEAD 60s - Time To Take Sides (Deltasonic)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

JOHN BARRY - Themependium {4 CD} (Sony)




A.A.P.A. play list (August 2007)

1 - SIOUXSIE SIOUX - Into A Swan
2 – YEAH YEAH YEAHs - Down Boy
3 - KINGS OF LEON - Fans
4 – INTERPOL - The Heinrich Maneuver
5 - THE HUMAN VALUE - Hold of Me
6 - THE ENEMY - It's Not OK
7 - HOT CLUB de PARIS - Clockwork Toy
8 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB - The Bomb
9 - THE ORANGE LIGHTS - Click Your Heels
10 - ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI - Heart It Races
11 – THE CORAL - Who's Gonna Find Me
12 - HAPPY MONDAYS - Deviants
13 – THE HUSSY`S - Marty
14 - HARD-Fi - Suburban Knights
15 – THE ANSWERING MACHINE - Silent Hotels
16 - CANDIE PAYNE - One More Chance
17 - TRAVIS - Selfish Jean
18 - ANNUALS - Carry Around
19 - GOOD BOOKS - Passchendaele
20 - THE DEAD 60s - Stand Up

JULY - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

INTERPOL - Our Love To Admire (Matador)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

TINDERSTICKS - The Complete BBC Sessions {2 CD} (Universal)




A.A.P.A. play list (July 2007)

1 - BJORK - Declare Independence
2 - INTERPOL - Mammoth
3 – TRAVIS - My Eyes
4 - KT TUNSTALL - Hold On
5 - THE VIEW - Face For The Radio
6 – THE FRATELLIS - Ole Black `n Blue Eyes
7 - CANDIE PAYNE - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
8 - THE ORANGE LIGHTS - Let The Love Back In
9 – THE WOMBATS - Kill The Director
10 - KUBICHECK! - Stutter
11 - ENTER SHIKARI - Jonny Sniper
12 - THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - Tarantula
13 – GYM CLASS HEROES - Cupid's Chokehold
14 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - Teenagers
15 – THE KILLERS - For Reasons Unknown
16 - FALL OUT BOY - The Take Over, the Break's Over
17 - THE WHITE STRIPES - I'm Slowly Turning Into You
18 - YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Rockers To Swallow
19 - PULL TIGER TAIL - Hurricanes
20 - TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Your English Is Good

JUNE - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump (XL Recordings)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

OMD - Architecture & Morality {CD+DVD Deluxe Edition} (EMI)




A.A.P.A. play list (June 2007)

1 - GOOD BOOKS - Walk With Me
2 - ARCADE FIRE - Black Mirror
3 – CSS – Lets Make Love from Death Above
4 - BJORK - Innocence
5 – LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – All My Friends
6 - EDITORS - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
7 – INTERPOL - Pioneer to the Falls
8 - THE FALL - Fall Sound
9 - KLAXONS - It's Not Over Yet
10 - THE RUMBLESTRIPS - Motorcycle
11 - MAXIMO PARK - By the Monument
12 – WE START FIRES - Magazine
13 - MARILYN MANSON - Heart Shaped Glasses
14 – THE HUMAN VALUE - Parts Per Million
15 - ENTER SHIKARI - Labyrinth
16 - KINGS OF LEON - On Call
17 - THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
18 - CANDIE PAYNE - By Tomorrow
19 - TRAVIS - Under The Moonlight (with K.T. Tunstall)
20 - ARCTIC MONKEYS - 505

MAY - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

TRAVIS - The Boy With No Name (Independiente)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

JAMES - Fresh As A Daisy: The Singles {2CD} (Mercury / Universal)




A.A.P.A. play list (May 2007)

1 - FALL OUT BOY - Thnks fr th Mmrs
2 – THE LODGER - Kicking Sand
3 - DELUKA - I`ll Wait
4 – iLiKETRAiNS - The Deception
5 - CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA - Breathe
6 – BJORK - Earth intruders
7 - HOT CHIP - My Piano
8 - SHITDISCO - OK
9 - THE HOURS - Love You More
10 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - I Don't Love You
11 – MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
12 - ARCTIC MONKEYS - Fluorescent Adolescent
13 - KINGS OF LEON - The Runner
14 - ARCADE FIRE - Black Wave / Bad Vibrations
15 - BLOOD RED SHOES - It's Getting Boring By The Sea
16 – PREFAB SPROUT - Faron Young
17 - TRAVIS - Big Chair
18 – TORI AMOS - Big Wheel
19 - JAMES - Who Are You?
20 - SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - It's The Beat

APRIL

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

ARCTIC MONKEYS - Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino Records)



A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendations:

DEPECHE MODE - Black Celebration {Re-mastered Edition Hybrid SACD+DVD} (Mute / EMI)

PREFAB SPROUT - Steve McQueen {Re-mastered & Expanded 2CD} (Kitchenware / BMG)

You get to choose from 2 this month (as we couldn`t decide!)



A.A.P.A. play list (April – 2007)

1 - FIELD MUSIC - In Context
2 - ARCADE FIRE - No Cars Go
3 - PREFAB SPROUT - When Love Breaks Down
4 - INSPIRAL CARPETS - Saturn 5 (feat. Mark E Smith)
5 – THE HUSSY`S - We Expected
6 - TRAVIS - Closer
7 - BRETT ANDERSON - Love Is Dead
8 - CAMERA OBSCURA - If Looks Could Kill
9 - BAT FOR LASHES - Prescilla (remix)
10 – DAGGERS (fka BUREAU) - Magazine
11 - SHINY TOY GUNS - Don`t Cry Out
12 - DEPECHE MODE - Black Celebration
13 - THE HUMAN VALUE - Springtime She Waits
14 – THE CREATURES - Standing There
15 - GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY - I Spy
16 – SNOWFIGHT IN THE CITY CENTRE - Six Seconds
17 – BROMHEADS JACKET -What Ifs And Maybes
18 - THE PIGEON DETECTIVES - Romantic Type
19 - BLOC PARTY - Kreuzberg
20 - GOOD BOOKS - Leni

MARCH - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

ARCADE FIRE - Neon Bible (Sonovox / Mercury / Merge)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

ENNIO MORRICONE - The Platinum Collection {3CD Edition} (EMI)




A.A.P.A. play list (March 2007)

1 - THE FRATELLIS - Baby Fratelli
2 – THE CINEMATICS - Keep Forgetting
3 - iLiKETRAiNS - Spencer Perceval
4 - ARCADE FIRE - Intervention
5 – THE HUSH SOUND - We Intertwined
6 – FALL OUT BOY - The Carpal Tunnel of Love
7 - GOOD BOOKS - Turn It Back
8 – THE MACCABEES - About Your Dress
9 - THE TWANG - Wide Awake
10 - LARRIKIN LOVE - A Day In The Life
11 - MAXIMO PARK - Our Velocity
12 – THE VIEW - Wasted Little DJ`s
13 - KIRSTY MacCOLL - Innocence
14 - FIELD MUSIC - She can do what she wants
15 - AIR (with Jarvis Cocker) - One Hell Of A Party
16 – INSPIRAL CARPETS - Lost In Space Again
17 - BAT FOR LASHES - Moon and Moon
18 – TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Cheer It On
19 - ARCTIC MONKEYS - Brainstorm
20 - THE FALL - The Bad Stuff

FEBRUARY - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

KLAXONS - Myths Of The Near Future (Polydor)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Out Of The Blue {30th Anniversary Edition} (Epic)




A.A.P.A. play list (February 2007)

1 - BAT FOR LASHES - Horse And I
2 - ARCADE FIRE - Keep The Car Running
3 – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - Northern Whale
4 - JARVIS COCKER - Tonite
5 – CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 5:55
6 - AIR - Once upon a time
7 - ARLING & CAMERON - Open
8 - THE HOURS - Back When You Were Good
9 - GOOD SHOES - Never Meant To Hurt You
10 - ENTER SHIKARI - Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour
11 - FALL OUT BOY - This Ain`t A Scene, It`s An Arms Race
12 – THE HUMAN VALUE - You Want Him
13 - KUBICHECK! - Nightjoy
14 - THE LODGER - Simply Left Behind
15 - THE TWANG - Either Way
16 – KLAXONS - Golden Skans
17 – DARTZ! - Once, Twice, Again!
18 - HOT CLUB de PARIS - Shipwreck
19 - THE ANSWERING MACHINE - The Hold Up
20 - THE VIEW - Same Jeans

JANUARY - 2007

A.A.P.A. album recommendation:

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - The Good, The Bad & The Queen (Parlophone)





A.A.P.A. album (re-release) recommendation:

PRETENDERS - Pretenders {Re-mastered & Expanded edition} (Rhino Records)




A.A.P.A. play list (January 2007)

1 - FIELD MUSIC - A House Is Not A Home
2 – TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Nature Of The Experiment
3 - CAMERA OBSCURA - Tears for Affairs
4 - PARIS MOTEL - 071 (EP)
5 – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - Kingdom of Doom
6 – BLOOD RED SHOES - You Bring Me Down
7 - JARVIS COCKER - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
8 – THE HUSH SOUND - Wine Red
9 - MORRISSEY - I just want to see the boy happy
10 - THE HORRORS - Death at The Chapel
11 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - Famous Last Words
12 – THE HUMAN VALUE - Tonight
13 - PURESSENCE - Palisades
14 - ART BRUT - Nag Nag Nag (Nag)
15 - THE DYKEENIES - Waiting For Go
16 – SHITDISCO - I Know Kung Fu
17 – THE FRATELLIS - The Gutterati
18 - BLOC PARTY - The Prayer
19 - TV on the RADIO (TVOTR) - Staring at the sun
20 - SMASHING PUMPKINS - The Last Song

Our end of year overview with a "Best of 2006" compilation in one Play List can now be found - > HERE

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