This huge UK smash by The Fratellis didn't get off the ground in the US. I always thought that was a huge loss and that someone really dropped the puck--I mean the ball. The Chicago Black Hawks were a huge part of my freezing, school-age winters. They're now leading 3-2 in games in the Stanley Cup finals. When the team scores and/or wins at home, "Chelsea Dagger" is blasted on the arena PA. The song has become a rallying point for Chicago's hockey fanatics. With that in mind, I thought I'd pull out my fave music of 2007, as posted that December.

First my fave tracks:

#1. Arcade Fire "Intervention"
#2. Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
#3. Mika "Grace Kelly"
#4. Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger"
#5. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova "Falling Slowly" (from the movie "Once")
#6. Arctic Monkeys "Brianstorm"
#7. LCD Soundsystem "North American Scum"
#8. Louis XIV "Guilt By Association"
#9. Beck "Timebomb"
#10. Maximo Park "Girls Who Play Guitars"

It's interesting to note that songs 2, 3, and 4 all came from Island Records in the UK. It was easier ranking songs than CD's. I had five albums in my top tier that year, including three which tied for second:

#1. Arcade Fire
#2. Arctic Monkeys
#2. Fratellis
#2. The Hives
#5. Mika
#6. Of Montreal

Fratellis leader John was in Chicago and played a free show at major venue The Metro before the game. I've been raving about his side project, Codeine Velvet Club. The Fratellis may not record again and that would be a loss for me as well as their many fans. Who knows what might happen in the future. Maybe the city of Chicago will bring us a hockey champion, a hit song, and the return of a band who are thinking of calling it quits.