Top Albums of 2007 (Select lists)

[DudeAsInCool]

The end of the year lists are beginning to come out...so this thread is going to be devoted to them.

LargeHeartedBoy and Filmoculous aggregate just about every best of (and worst of) list that exists in the webosphere. And if you want to cut to the chase, the NY Observer sums up The Best of The Best Of the lists. I'm happy to report that everything that they have mentioned is here and more - we have all the bases covered, representing every music genre. But if we didn't include you, or your musical niche, feel free to add to the thread.

A suggestion: scan the musical lists below to see where your tastes match. I would then encourage you to go to the websites and directly to read their reviews - many of them come with sample MP3s and Videos.

Ok, here we go...

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The now (sadly) defunct Stylus Magazine was the first to weigh in--LCD Soundsystem's 'Sound of Silver' took the top honors. They were thoughtful enough to provide links to both youtube and myspace, as well as their splendid reviews:

Top 50 Albums of 2007

50. PJ Harvey - White Chalk

49. Paramore - Riot!

48. Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Casket Letters

47. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas

46. The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism

45. Strategy - Future Rock

44. Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses

43. Basteroid - Upset Ducks

42. Calle 13 - Residente O Visitante

41. Andy Palacio & The Garfuna Collective - Wátina

40. Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss

39. UGK - Underground Kings

38. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life

37. Devin The Dude - Waitin' to Inhale

36. Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm

35. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

34. Dungen - Tio Bitar

33. Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of Their Decline

32. Low - Drums and Guns

31. Menomena - Friend and Foe

30. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

29. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls

28. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal

27. Of Montreal - Oh Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

26. Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond to You

25. Battles - Mirrored

24. Studio - West Coast

23. !!! - Myth Takes

22. Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season

21. Caribou - Andorra

20. Dalek - Abandoned Language

19. Liars - Liars

18. Justice - Cross

17. Grinderman - Grinderman

16. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse

15. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

14. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

13. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia

12. Phosphorescent - Pride

11. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows

09. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime

08. M.I.A. - Kala

07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

06. Kanye West - Graduation

05. The National - The Boxer

04. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3

03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2007

[DudeAsInCool]

KCRWs DJs Top Albums of 2007

Aaron Byrd

1) Little Dragon

Little Dragon

2) Solá Akingbolá

Routes to Roots

3) Koop

Koop Islands

4) Talib Kweli

Eardrum

5) José González

In Our Nature

6) Jackson Jackson

Fire Is on the Bird

7) Yesterday's New Quintet

Yesterday's Universe

8) New Young Pony Club

Fantastic Playroom

9) Tinariwen

Aman Iman/ Water is Life

10) M.I.A.

Kala

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Nic Harcourt

1) Jesca Hoop

Kismet

(Columbia)

2) Ting Tings

Demos

(Self-Released)

3) Salt & Samovar

Old Joy, New Joy

(Self-Released)

4) Radiohead

In Rainbows

(Radiohead.com)

5) Aqualung

Memory Man

(Columbia)

6) Sea Wolf

Leaves In the River

(Dangerbird Records)

7) Great Northern

Trading Twilight for Daylight

(Eenie Meenie)

8) LCD Soundsystem

Sound Of Silver

(EMI)

9) Federico Aubele

Panamericana

(ESL)

10) Once

Original Soundtrack

(Sony)

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Morgan Rhoades

1) Swell Sessions

Swell Communications

2) Flowriders

R.U.E.D.Y.

3) 4Hero

Play with the Changes

4) Lanu

This Is My Home

5) Politik

Politik

6) Meshell Ndegeocello

The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams

7) Jill Scott

The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3

8) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

100 Days, 100 Nights

9) Little Dragon

Little Dragon

10) Yesterday's New Quintet

Yesterday's Universe

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Tom Schnabel

1) Tinariwen

Aman Iman/ Water is Life

2) Sophie Milman

Make Someone Happy

3) Various Artists

Una Noche en la Habana

4) Sabrina Malheiros

Vibrasons

5) Koop

Koop Islands

6) Xavier Cugat

Cugat’s Favorite Rhumbas

7) Mocean Worker

Cinco de Mowo!

8) Ray LaMontagne

Till the Sun Turns Black

9) Art Taylor

A.T.’s Delight

10) Yusef Lateef

Into Something

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RADIOHEAD

[DudeAsInCool]

The Invisible Creatures Top Albums of 2007

Don:

TOP TEN

1) Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"

2) The Hours "Narcissus Road"

3) Machine Head "The Blackening"

4) Band Of Horses "Cease To Begin"

5) Jimmy Eat World "Chase This Light"

6) Against Me! "New Wave"

7) Blackfield "II"

8) The National "Boxer"

9) Thrice "The Alchemy Index, Volume 1 & 2"

10) Soilwork "The Great Divide"

TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION)

1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81"

2) Relient K "Five Score And Seven Years Ago"

3) Kanye West "Graduation"

4) Travis "The Boy With No Name"

5) Athlete "Beyond The Neighbourhood"

6) Editors "An End Has A Start"

7) Aqualung "Memory Man"

8) The Shins "Wincing The Night Away"

9) Peter Bjorn & John "Writers Block"

10) Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"

TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN)

1) Porter Wagoner "The Wagonmaster"

2) Maroon 5 "It Won't Be Soon Before Too Long"

3) The Cooper Temple Clause "Make This Your Own"

4) Kings Of Leon "Because Of The Times"

5) Nine Inch Nails "Year Zero"

6) Jose Gonzalez "In Our Nature"

7) Rooney "Calling The World"

8) Maximo Park "Our Earthly Pleasures"

9) Justice "Cross"

10) Linkin Park "Minutes To Midnight"

TOP TEN METAL (New!)

1) Machine Head "The Blackening"

2) Soilwork "The Great Divide"

3) Him "Venus Doom"

4) Devil Driver "The Last Kind Words"

5) Bloodsimple "Red Harvest"

6) The Agony Scene "Get Damned"

7) Throwdown "Venom & Tears"

8) Sevendust "Alpha"

9) Megadeth "United Abominations"

10) Dark Tranquility "Fiction"

Ryan:

TOP TEN

1) The Cooper Temple Clause "Make This Your Own" (import)

2) Blackfield "Blackfield II"

3) The Hours "Narcissus Road" (import)

4) Machine Head "The Blackening"

5) Editors "An End Has A Start"

6) Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block"

7) Dave Gahan "Hourglass"

8) Against Me! "New Wave"

9) Band Of Horses "Cease To Begin"

10) Soilwork "Sworn To A Great Divide"

TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION)

1) Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"

2) The National "Boxer"

3) Kaiser Chiefs "Yours Truly, Angry Mob"

4)Athlete "Beyond The Neighborhood"

5) Hard-Fi "Once Upon A Time In The West"

6) Stereophonics "Pull The Pin"

7) Jimmy Eat World "Chase This Light"

8) Radiohead "In Rainbows"

9) HIM "Venus Doom"

10) Kings Of Leon "Because Of The Times"

TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN)

1) Kanye West "Graduation"

2) Rooney "Calling The World"

3) Field Music "Tones Of Town"

4) Travis "The Boy With No Name"

5) Neon Horse "Neon Horse"

6) Interpol "Our Love To Admire"

7) Falling Up "Captiva"

8) Biffy Clyro "Puzzle"

9) Maximo Park "Our Earthly Pleasures"

10) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81"

TOP TEN METAL (New!)

1) Machine Head "The Blackening"

2) Soilwork "Sworn To A Great Divide"

3) HIM "Venus Doom"

4) Becoming The Archetype "The Physics Of Fire"

5) Devildriver "The Last Kind Words"

6) Amorphis "Silent Waters"

7) Throwdown "Venom & Tears"

8) The Agony Scene "Get Damned"

9) Bloodsimple "Red Harvest"

10) As I Lay Dying "An Ocean Between Us"

Tim

TOP 10

1) Feist "The Reminder"

2) Peter Bjorn & John "Writer's Block"

3) The National "Boxer"

4) Jens Lekman "Night Falls Over Kortadela"

5) Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"

6) Okkervil River "The Stage Names"

7) Sea Wolf "Leaves In The River"

8) Radiohead "In Rainbows"

9) The Pony's "Turn The Lights Out"

10) Travis "The Boy With No Name"

TOP TEN (HONORABLE MENTION)

1) Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"

2) Handsome Furs "Plague Park"

3) Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"

4) Band of Horses "Cease to Begin"

5) The Shins "Wincing The Night Away"

6) Liars "Liars"

7) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Baby 81"

8) Elvis Perkins "Ash Wednesday"

9) Kings of Leon "Because Of The Times"

10) Editors "An End Has A Start"

TOP TEN (NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN)

1) Benjy Ferree "Leaving The Nest"

2) Ryan Adams "Easy Tiger"

3) Kanye West "Graduation"

4) The Tough Alliance "A New Chance"

5) Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter"

6) Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha"

7) Ferreby Lionheart "Catch The Brass Ring"

8) Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew "Spirit If..."

9) Interpol "Our Love To Admire"

10) Justice "Cross"

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[DudeAsInCool]

Meta-Critic's Top 20 Albums of 2007

1 Untrue by Burial

2 And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid

3 From Here We Go Sublime by The Field

4 In Rainbows by Radiohead

5 Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss

6 45:33 by LCD Soundsystem

7 Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav

8 Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire 2

9 Children Running Through by Patty Griffin

10 Kala by M.I.A.

11 Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

12 Comicopera by Robert Wyatt

13 Person Pitch by Panda Bear

14 Mirrored by Battles

15 Boxer by The National

16 New Moon by Elliott Smith

17 The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello

18 Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan

19 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert

20 Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

21 Copia by Eluvium

22 Fort Nightly by White Rabbits

23 Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson

24 A Place To Bury Strangers by A Place To Bury Strangers

25 The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine

26 Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega

27 Frank by Amy Winehouse

28 Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure

29 The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes

30 Grinderman by Grinderman

[DudeAsInCool]

UK Time's Online Top Albums of 2007

POP AND ROCK

1 ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand (Rounder/Decca)

2 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver (DFA/EMI)

3 ARCTIC MONKEYS Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino) Difficult second album?

4 CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury (RCA)

5 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Hey Venus! (Rough Trade)

6 MAVIS STAPLES We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti)

7 DAVID FORD

8 FEIST The Reminder (Polydor)

9 STEVEN LINDSAY Kite (Echo)

10 BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout (SonyBMG)

NEW ACTS

1 ST VINCENT Marry Me (Beggars Banquet)

2 FLYKKILLER Experiments in Violent Light (FlyKKlr)

JAMIE T Panic Prevention (Virgin)

4 GOLDSPOT Tally of the Yes Men (Fontana)

5 KLIMA Klima (Peacefrog) T

BESTSELLING ROCK/POP ALBUMS

1 MIKA Life in Cartoon Motion (Casablanca/Island) 2 TAKE THAT Beautiful World (Polydor) 3 ARCTIC MONKEYS Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino) 4 KAISER CHIEFS Yours Truly, Angry Mob (B-Unique/Polydor) 5 SNOW PATROL Eyes Open (Fiction/Polydor) 6 NELLY FURTADO Loose (Geffen/Polydor) 7 JAMES MORRISON Undiscovered (Polydor) 8 THE FRATELLIS Costello Music (Fallout/Island) 9 THE KILLERS Sam’s Town (Vertigo/Mercury) 10 LILY ALLEN Alright, Still

JAZZ

1 BASQUIAT STRINGS Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford (Fire)

2 MARK MURPHY Love Is What Stays (Verve)

3 PINK MARTINI Hey Eugene! (Wrasse)

4 LIANE CARROLL Slow Down (Splash Point)

5 COUNT BASIE At Newport (Verve)

FRINGE

1 PETER CASE Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (Yep Roc)

2 WILLIAM PARKER/ RAINING ON THE MOON Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)

3 RICHARD YOUNGS Autumn Response (Jagjaguwar)

4 DEREK BAILEY Standards (Tzadik)

5 ALASDAIR ROBERTS The Amber Gatherers (Drag City)

WORLD

1 SIMPHIWE DANA The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street (Gallo/Warner)

2 BUIKA Mi Nina Lola (Warner Jazz)

3 TARAF DE HAIDOUKS Maskarada (Crammed Discs)

4 IBRAHIM FERRER Mi Sueno (World Circuit)

5 MAYRA ANDRADE Navega (Stern’s) Just pipping the delightful album by her Cape

Verdean rival, Lura, the youthful Paris

CLASSICAL

1 MONTEVERDI Orfeo, Furio Zanasi, Concerto Italiano, dir Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naive)

2 BEETHOVEN Hammerklavier Sonata et al, Mitsuko Uchida (piano) (Philips)

3 HANDEL Semele, Cast, Early Opera Company, cond Christian Curnyn (Chandos)

4 SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet; Concertino, Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein (pianos), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, cond Alexander Vedernikov (EMI)

5 HANDEL Italian Cantatas, Vol 2, Emanuela Galli, Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos)

6 HAYDN Die Schöpfung, Soloists, Les Arts Florissants, cond William Christie (Virgin) H

7 ROSSINI La donna del lago, Cast, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond Maurizio Benini (Opera Rara)

8 SCHUMANN/BRAHMS Piano Quintets, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Artemis Quartet (Virgin)

9 BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1-9, Scottish Chamber and Philharmonia Orchestras, Charles Mackerras (Hyperion)

10 GLENN GOULD Original Jacket Collection (Original Jacket)

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS

1 TIPPETT Piano Music, Steven Osborne (Hyperion)

2 STOCKHAUSEN Stimmung, Theatre of Voices, dir Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi)

3 CAGE AND OTHERS Fantaisie_Fantasme, David Greilsammer (Naive) “preparation” has been applied to a whole disc.

4 PANUFNIK Four Works, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond John Storgards (Ondine) Fresh and vivid performances giving a concise impression of Panufnik’s oeuvre: the early

5 DAVID SAWER From Morning to Midnight Symphonic Suite, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond Martyn Brabbins (NMC)

CLASSICAL REISSUES

1 BRAHMS Violin Sonata Op 78, Horn Trio, Busch (violin), Serkin (piano) (Appian)

2 PUCCINI La Bohème,RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra (Naxos Historical)

3 VERDI Aida, La Scala Chorus & Orchestra (Naxos Historical)

4 MOZART Piano Concertos, K482, K595, English Chamber Orchestra (BBC Live)

5 MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios in D minor and C minor , David Oistrakh (Doremi)

BESTSELLING CLASSICAL ALBUMS

1THE FRON MALE VOICE CHOIR Voices from the Valley (UCJ) 2KATHERINE JENKINS Serenade (UCJ) 3LUCIANO PAVAROTTI The Ultimate Collection (Decca) 4HAYLEY WESTENRA Treasure (Decca) 5VARIOUS Classic FM At the Movies – The Sequel (Classic FM) 6KATHERINE JENKINS Second Nature (UCJ) 7BLAKE Blake (UCJ) 8RUSSELL WATSON The Voice – The Ultimate Collection (Decca) 9KATHERINE JENKINS Premiere (UCJ) 10KATHERINE JENKINS Living a Dream (UCJ)

DUDS OF THE YEAR

1 IAN BROWN The World Is Yours (Polydor)

2 HARD-FI Once Upon a Time in the West (Atlantic)

3 DEBORAH HARRY Necessary Evil (Universal)

4 KYLIE X (Parlophone)

5 PRINCE Planet Earth (NPG)

6 PATTI SMITH Twelve (Columbia)

7 JOSS STONE Introducing Joss Stone (Relentless)

8 SHIRLEY BASSEY Get the Party Started (Lock Stock & Barrel)

9 WYNTON MARSALIS From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (Blue Note)

10 GREAT HANDEL Ian Bostridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, cond Harry Bicket (EMI Classics)

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

1) Machine Head "The Blackening"

9) Megadeth "United Abominations"

I would assume Sevendust is good, but haven't gotten around to that one yet.

[DudeAsInCool]

Uncut Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2007

50 Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

49 Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy

48 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy

47 Nick Lowe - At My Age

46 Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions

45 Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge

44 Maps - We Can Create

43 Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers

42 Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior

41 Justice - †

40 Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

39 Interpol - Our Love to Admire

38 The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

37 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

36 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

35 Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart

34 The National - Boxer

33 Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life

32 Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

31 Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

30 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

29 The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse

28 Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars

27 Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

26 Manu Chao - La Radiolina

25 Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

24 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

23 Rilo Kiley - Under the Brightlight

22 Babyshambles - Shotters Nation

21 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

20 Bruce Springsteen - Magic

19 Feist - The Reminder

18 Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods

17 Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!

16 Grinderman - Grinderman

15 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

14 M.I.A. - Kala

13 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

12 Battles - Mirrored

11 Björk - Volta

10 Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future

09 Radiohead - In Rainbows

08 The White Stripes - Icky Thump

07 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

06 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera

05 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

04 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

03 PJ Harvey - White Chalk

02 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

01 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

[DudeAsInCool]

UKs Q4 Music Magazine (via Stereogum)

50 Stereophonics - Pull the Pin

49 Jamie T - Panic Prevention

48 Justice - †

47 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks

46 Sigur Ròs - Hvarf-Heim

45 Lucinda Williams - West

44 Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!

43 Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise

42 The Enemy - We'll Live and Die in These Towns

41 Keren Ann - Keren Ann

40 Field Music - Tones of Town

39 Joni Mitchell - Shine

38 Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High

37 Robyn - Robyn

36 Common - Finding Forever

35 Hard-Fi - Once upon a Time in the West

34 M.I.A. - Kala

33 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

32 Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

31 Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land

30 The National - Boxer

29 Roìsìn Murphy - Overpowered

28 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

27 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

26 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

25 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

24 PJ Harvey - White Chalk

23 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

22 The Coral - Roots & Echoes

21 Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards

20 The Rumble Strips - Girls and Weather

19 Björk - Volta

18 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

17 Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

16 Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers

15 Interpol - Our Love to Admire

14 Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance

13 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

12 Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

11 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

10 Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars

09 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America 08 The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

07 Kings of Leon - Because of the Times 06 Bruce Springsteen - Magic

05 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

04 Radiohead - In Rainbows

03 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

02 The White Stripes - Icky Thump

01 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

[DudeAsInCool]

The UWire Rewind 2007 (College and University music critics across)

Adam Clair, The Daily Collegian (Penn State)

Animal Collective, “Strawberry Jam”

Radiohead, “In Rainbows”

Arcade Fire, “Neon Bible”

The Dear Hunter, “Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Related to, Ms. Leading”

The White Stripes, “Icky Thump” —

Andrew Bird, “Armchair Apocrypha” —

Say Anything, “In Defense of the Genre”

Elliott Smith, “New Moon”

Read More College Critic Reviews Here

[DudeAsInCool]

UKs Mojo Magazine Best of 2007 (Via Stereogum)

50 Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers

49 Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods

48 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation

47 Edwyn Collins - Home Again

46 Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground

45 Matthew Dear - Asa Breed

44 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

43 Interpol - Our Love to Admire

42 Gravenhurst - The Western Lands

41 Amiina - Kurr

40 Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch

39 Battles - Mirrored

38 The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse

37 Edgar Jones and The Joneses - Gettin' a Little Help

36 Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life

35 Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime

34 Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough

33 Seasick Steve - Dog House Music

32 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

31 Gruff Rhys - Candylion

30 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy

29 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

28 The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

27 Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart

26 Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men

25 Joni Mitchell - Shine

24 Björk - Volta

23 Efterklang - Parades

22 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

21 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II

20 Nick Lowe - At My Age

19 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

18 Grinderman - Grinderman

17 Field Music - Tones of Town

16 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

15 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

14 The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

13 Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars

12 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

11 Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

10 Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

09 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera

08 PJ Harvey - White Chalk

07 The White Stripes - Icky Thump

06 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

05 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

04 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

03 Bruce Springsteen - Magic

02 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

01 Radiohead - In Rainbows

[DudeAsInCool]

Various Metal Lists (Via Idolator)

Decibel Mag's Top Metal Albums of The Year

40 - Grave In The Sky - cutlery hits china:english for the hearing impaired

39 - Trap Them - sleepwell deconstructer

38 - Darkest Hour - deliver us

37 - Year of No Light - nord

36 - Pissed Jeans - hope for men

35 - Alcest - souvenirs d'un autre monde

34 - Torche - in return EP

33 - Between the Buried and Me - colors

32 - Evoken - a caress of the void

31 - Destroyer Destroyer - littered with arrows

30 - Down - III:over the under

29 - Engineer - the dregs

28 - Rwake - voice of omens

27 - Architect - all is not lost

26 - Obliteration - perpetual decay

25 - Dax Riggs - we sing of only blood or love

24 - Big Business - her come the waterworks

23 - Rosetta - wake/lift

22 - Magrudergrind - rehashed

21 - Machine Head - the blackening

20 - Caina - mourner

19 - Electric Wizard - witchcult today

18 - The End - elementary

17 - Melt-Banana - bambi's dilemma

16 - Graf Orlock - destination time tomorrow EP

15 - Bergraven - dodsvisioner

14 - Moonsorrow - viides luku:havitetty

13 - Pelican - city of echoes

12 - The Red Chord - prey for eyes

11 - Deathspell Omega - fas-ite,maledicti,in ignem aeternum

10 - A Life Once Lost - iron gag

09 - High on Fire - death is this communion

08 - Portal - outre

07 - Witchcraft - the alchemist

06 - Neurosis - given to the rising

05 - Baroness - the red album

04 - Jesu - conqueror

03 - The Dillinger Escape Plan - ire works

02 - Watain - sworn to the dark

01 - Pig Destroyer - phantom limb

Last.FM

1 Electric Wizard- Witchcult Today

2 High on Fire - Death Is This Communion

3 Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

4 Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand

5 Ghost - In Stormy Nights

6 Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun

7 Orthodox - Amancer En Puerta Oscura

8 Neurosis - Given To The Rising

9 Baroness - Red

10 Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters

11 OM - Pilgrimage

12 Torche - In Return

13 Minsk - The Ritual Fires of Abandonment

14 Caina - Mourner

15 Monarch - Dead Men Tell No Tales

16 Grails - Burning Off Impurities

17 The Austrasian Goat - The Austrasian Goat

18 Whitehorse - Whitehorse (20 Buck Spin)

19 Nadja - Guilted By The Sun

20 Sunn O))) Oracle

21 Jesu - Conqueror

22 Loinen - Loinen

23 Slough Feg - Hardworlder

24 Rosetta - Wake/Lift

25 Black Shape of Nexus - Bson

26 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works

27 Hordes of Satan - Hordes Of Satan

28 Witchcraft - The Alchemist

29 Hey Colossus - project-death

30 Titan - raining sun of light & love for you & you & you

31 Souvenir's Young America - An Ocean Without Water

32 Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

33 Growing - Vision Swim

34 Middian - Age Eternal

35 The Young Gods - Super Ready Fragmente

36 Circle - Katapult

37 Bongripper - Hippie Killer

38 Big Business - - Here Comes The Waterworks

39 Pelican - City Of Echoes

40 Cobalt - Eater Of Birds

Last FM

[DudeAsInCool]

Left of the Dial Indie Radio Station's Top Pics & Commentary

1. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver

"As a cohesive album and a personal statement, Sound of Silver is superior in most every way."

-Prefix Magazine

"This is music that hits the head, heart and hips all at once."

-BBC Collective

"As close to a perfect hybrid of dance and rock music's values as you're likely to ever hear."

-Pitchfork Media

2. Radiohead: In Rainbows

"It's true that we've come to expect a certain level of genius from this band, but when they actually exceed expectations, as they do here, it's a clear sign that Radiohead will continue to reinvent themselves and drop more jaws along the way."

-NOW Magazine

3. Feist: The Reminder

"Unassuming, unpretentious and totally listenable too, this is thirteen songs and fifty minutes that might just make her famous."

- Playlouder

4. Arcade Fire: Neon Bibe

"A rewarding, resonant album, Neon Bible ranks among the best indie rock recordings of all time."

- Trouser Press

5. Burial: Untrue

"Top-heavy with sad string passages and mournful vocal loops, Untrue is an album meant to be heard at home, in the car, on headphones-- his songs feel almost like beautiful secrets being whispered to a listener."

- Pitchfork Media

6. The National: Boxer

"To be succinct and frank, Boxer is superb. Not only did The National create a startling, astonishing work of genius but they also crafted an album that is one beautiful piece of art."

- Delusions of Adequacy

7. Dinosaur Jr: Beyond

"Amazingly, "Beyond" picks up where 1988's "Bug" left off, with only slightly more streamlined polish but with the old love of volume and excess still sweetly intact."

- Boston Globe

8. Jose Gonzalez: In Our Nature

"The album sounds simultaneously familiar, yet alien."

-Stylus Magazine

9. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala

"Each song unfolds so effortlessly one imagines it springing forth, fully formed, with the same exaggerated inevitability of a cartoon bubble sprouting above his head."

- Under the Radar

10. Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity

"Friend Opportunity is adventurous and strange, but not insular. It lets everyone share the triumphant feeling of a puzzle reaching completion."

- The Onion

11. Kanye West: Graduation

"West crosses genres with wilful and speedy abandon, taking the listener on an epic quest where the journey is just as enjoyable and unpredictable as the destination."

- Hot Press

12. M.I.A.: Kala

"Kala strikes deep. There's a resolute sarcasm, a weariness and defiant determination, a sense of pleasure carved out of work--articulated by the lyrics, embodied by the music."

- Rolling Stone

13. Battles: Mirrored

"It's dance music that's hard to dance to and post rock music that's post what everyone else making post rock is doing. Oh yeah, and it's also one of the best releases of the year."

- Almost Cool

14. Sally Shapiro: Disco Romance

"Disco Romance turns the Smiths' happy-music-with-sad-lyrics formulation on its head-- and then you dance to it."

-Pitchfork Media

15. Okkervil River: The Stage Names

"On The Stage Names, the band have once again shown themselves to be expert at creating this undeniably sad and powerful indie rock. It’s one of the year’s essential albums."

-PopMatters

16. The Twilight Stad: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

"It’s a remarkable debut by a tremendous quartet. Not only does it have the raw emotion, but also the intense, glorious musicianship, absorbing hooks and grandiose arrangements to leave you utterly breathless, drained and wanting more."

- Delusions of Adequacy

17. The Field: From Here We Go Sublime

"This is one of those rare albums that makes you wonder how you ever got by without it."

-BBC Collective

18. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam

"Strawberry Jam might be art, but more interestingly, Strawberry Jam might be pop. Okay, avant-pop."

-Cokemachineglow

19. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

"What’s really on display here is a well honed, experienced band flexing their muscles and creating tightly controlled, good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll music (of a rather cerebral variety) on their own terms, free from the weighty plague of fashion."

- Drowned in Sound

20. Caribou: Andorra

"We still have a band trying to blow your mind with pure musicianship and experimentation, while having the balls to show restraint and even unabashed posie-sniffing beauty."

-Filter

[DudeAsInCool]

Christian Music Central's Top Christian Albums Of The Year

1. Sara Groves – Tell Me What You Know

2. Derek Webb – The Ringing Bell

3. Mike Farris – Salvation in Lights

4. The Clark Sisters – Live: One Last Time

5. Paul Wright – Kingdom Come l

6. Bethany Dillon – Waking Up

7. Kendall Payne – Paper Skin

8. Deas Vail – All The Houses Look The Same

9. Group 1 Crew – Group 1 Crew

10. Jon McLaughlin – Indiana

Honorable Mentions

Relient K – Five Score and Seven Years Ago

Future of Forestry – Twilight: Fresh and mysterious

Paul Baloche – Our God Saves

Chris Nesbitt – Liquid Worship

All Star United – Love and Radiation

[DudeAsInCool]

MotelDeMoka's Top 12 albums 2007 has put together the most eclectic 'best of' list I've seen this year. Comes with sample tracks, too :)

1. Panda Bear - Person pitch (Paw tracks)

2. Radiohead - In rainbows (self released)

MP3: Reckoner

3. Tenniscoats - totemo aimasho / Tan-tan Therapy (Room40 / Hapna)

MP3: Aurora curtains

MP3: Umbarepa!

4. The Field - From here we go sublime (Kompakt)

MP3: A paw in my face

5. Dolorean - you can’t win (Yep Rock)

MP3: Heather remind me how this ends

MP3: Buffalo Gal

6. Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)

MP3: Ghost Hardware

7. Fursaxa - Alone in the dark wood (Eclipse)

MP3: Birds inspire epic bairds

MP3: Clé Elum

8. James Blackshaw - the cloud of unknowing (Tompkins Square)

MP3: Running to the ghost

9. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia (Kompakt)

MP3: Beautiful Life

MP3: Terminal

10. Group Inerane - Guitars from Agadez (Sublime Freq.)

MP3: Tenerte

MP3: Kamu Talyat

11. Paper - as as (states rights records)

MP3: Love Attack

12. Mirt - oh! you are so naive (Monotype)

MP3: Helo / robert!2

[DudeAsInCool]

Autopoietican's Best World Music Albums

Top Progressive Albums

Prog Metalico/Pesado:

Riverside – Rapid Eye Movement [Polonia]

Symphony X – Paradise Lost [uSA]

Porcupine Tree - FOABP [inglaterra]

Sieges Even - Paramount [Alemania]

Amaran’s Plight – Voice in the Light [uSA]

Finalistas: Rush – Snakes & Arrows [Canada], Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos [uSA]

Post-Metal

Dead Soul Tribe – A Lullaby for the Devil [uSA]

Neurosis – Given to the Rising [uSA]

The Pax Cecilia - Blessed are the Bonds [uSA]

Prog Pop/Lounge:

Gazpacho – Night [Noruega]

Radiohead – In Rainbows [inglaterra]

Blackfield – II [israel/Inglaterra]

Anekdoten - A Time Of Day [suecia]

Oceansize – Frames [ Inglaterra]

Prog Eclectico

Xang – The Last Of The Lasts [Francia]

The Gourishankar – 2nd Hands [Rusia]

Van Der Graaf Generator - Real Time [inglaterra]

Nemo - Si Partie II [Francia]

Senogul - Senogul [España]

Finalistas: Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part One

Psicodelico/Espacial

Hidria Spacefolk – Symetria [Finlandia]

Titan - A Rising Sun Of Love, For You And You And You [uSA]

Violeta de Outono – Volume 7 [ Brasil]

Taproban - Posidonian Fields [italia]

Dr. Pombo - Transtorno de la Personalidad [España]

Oresund Space Collective [Dinamarca]

Prog Sinfonico:

Phideaux – Doomsday Afternoon [uSA]

Magic Pie – Circus of Life [Noruega]

Neal Morse – Sola Scriptura [uSA]

Lazuli - En Avant Doute... [Francia]

Cast – Com.union [Mexico]

Finalistas: La Torre Dell Alchimista – Neo [italia], Outer Limits – Stromatolite [Japon], The Flower Kings – The Sum of No Evil [suecia], The Reasoning – Awakening [inglaterra], Steve Thorne - Part Two: Emotional Creatures [inglaterra], Glass Hammer - Culture Of Ascent [uSA]

RIO/Avant Prog:

Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan [suecia]

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – In Glorius Times [uSA]

John Zorn - Six Litanies For Heliogabalus [uSA]

Runaway Totem - Trimegisto and Zed [italia]

Jazz Rock/Fusion

La Pura Realidad – m/t [Mexico]

Mar de Robles – Indígena [Chile]

KBB – Proof of Concept [Japon]

Fromuz – Audio Diplomacy [urbekiztan]

Mahavishnu Orchestra [inglaterra]

Finalistas: La Desooorden [Chile]– Ciudad de Papel, Kraan - Psychedelic Man [Alemania]

Post-Rock

Battles - Mirrored [uSA]

Tuna Laguna - Ripples and Swells [uSA]

Explosions in the Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone [uSA]

Prog Folk

Amarok – Sol de Medianoche [España]

Flor De Loto – Madre Tierra [Peru]

[DudeAsInCool]

9513s Top Country Albums of 2007

10. From The Cradle To The Grave, Dale Watson

9. Rhinestoned, Pam Tillis

8. 5th Gear, Brad Paisley

7. Dollar Theater Movie, Drew Kennedy

6. That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson

5. More Behind The Picture Than The Wall, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

4. Easy Money, John Anderson

3. Wagonmaster, Porter Wagoner

2. Everything is Fine, Josh Turner

1. Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love, Trisha Yearwood

About.com's Top Country Albums of 2007

Shel's Best of 2007

1. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

2. Josh Turner - Everything is Fine

3. Luke Bryan - I'll Stay Me

4. Little Big Town - A Place To Land

5. Reba McEntire - Duets

6. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride

7. Joe Nichols – Real Things

8. Halfway to Hazard - Halfway to Hazard

9. David Ball - Heartaches By The Number

10. Blake Shelton - Pure BS

Jennifer

1. Luke Bryan - I'll Stay Me

2. Little Big Town - A Place To Land

3. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

4. Josh Turner - Everything is Fine

5. Chris Knight - The Trailer Tapes

6. Gary Allan - Living Hard

7. David Ball - Heartaches By The Number

8. Daryle Singletary - Straight From The Heart

9. Blake Shelton - Pure BS

10. The Derailers - Under the Influence of Buck

Jolene

1. Josh Turner - Everything is Fine

2. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

3. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

4. Joe Nichols - Real Things

5. Big & Rich - Between Raising Hell & Amazing Grace

6. Toby Keith - Big Dog Daddy

7. Reba McEntire - Duets

8. Gretchen Wilson - One of the Boys

9. Brenda Lee - Gospel Duets With Treasured Friends

10. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good

Kathy Coleman

1. Dale Watson - From the Cradle to the Grave

2. Various Artists - Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash

3. Travis Tritt - The Storm

4. Moot Davis - Already Moved On

5. Dwight Yoakam: Dwight Sings Buck

6. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - No More Beautiful World

7. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

8. The Derailers - Under the Influence of Buck

9. John Mellancamp - Freedom's Road

10. West Side Winders - Snaken Not Stirred

Jack

1. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift - Deluxe Limited Edition

2. Toby Keith - Big Dog Daddy

3. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride

4. Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates

5. Jason Michael Carroll - Waitin' In The Country

6. Tim McGraw - Let It Go

7. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

8. Martina McBride - Waking Up Laughing

9. Jack Ingram - This Is It

10. Pam Tillis - Rhinestoned

Sue Bauman

1. Bucky Covington - Bucky Covington

2. Joe Nichols - Real Things

3. Gary Allan - Living Hard

4. Brooks & Dunn - Cowboy Town

5. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6. Blake Shelton - Pure BS

7. Jason Aldean - Relentless

8. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

9. Josh Turner - Everything is Fine

10. Little Big Town - A Place To Land

Scott Sexton

1. Lori McKenna - Unglamorous

2. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

3. Reba McEntire - Duets

4. Trisha Yearwood - Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love

5. Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling

6. Pam Tillis - Rhinestoned

7. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

8. Kristina Cornell - It's A Girl Thing

9. Emmylou Harris - Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems

10. Halfway to Hazard - Halfway to Hazard

Honorable Mentions:

Brad Paisley - 5th Gear

Jason Aldean - Relentless

Cole Deggs & the Lonesome - Cole Deggs & the Lonesome

Dan Colehour - Straight to the Highway

Jolene's Best of 2007

Tammy Cochran - Where I Am Buy CD

Martina McBride - Waking Up Laughing

[DudeAsInCool]

Ka-Blam's Top 50 Albums Of 2007

1. LCD Soundsystem – All my friends

2 Panda Bear – Bros

3 Justice – Waters of Nazareth

4 Bon Iver - Stacks

5 Alberta Cross – Low Man

6 Sunset Rubdown – The taming of the hands that came back to life

7 Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine

8 Man Man - I'd Rather Go Blind

9 Timbaland – The Way I Are

10 Lavender Diamond – Imagine Our Love

11 James Blackshaw – Running to the Ghost

12 New Young Pony Club - The Get Go

13 Kanye West – Stronger

14 Animal Collective – Fireworks

15 Feist – 1234

16 Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance

17 Ratatat – Party N’ Bullshit

18 Bikeride - And We Will Come Back As Dogs

19 Of Montreal – She’s a Rejecter

20 Tickley Feather – Natural

21 Glass Candy – Rolling down the hills

22 Radiohead – All I need

23 Cocorosie - werewolf

24 Spoon – Cherry Bomb

25 Night Canopy – Boom It’s Spring

26 The Hours – Ali In the Jungle

27 Pelican – Winds with Hands

28 Black Moth Superainbow – Forever heavy

29 Explosions in the Sky - Welcome Ghosts

30 Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation

31 Iron and Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard

32 Kings of Leon – Ragoo

33 Tobias Cummings – Sunny disposition

34 Black Nasty - HiV

35 Handsome Furs – What We Had

36 The Rosebuds – Cemetary Lawns

37 liars - Sailing to Byzantium

38 Jim James – Going to Acapulco

39 Interpol – Pace is the trick

40 Jose Gonzalez - Cycling Trivialities

41 Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running

42 New Buffalo - You've Gone My Friend

43 Electrelane - To the East

44 The National - Fake Empire

45 Deer Tick - Art is not Real

46 Camera Obscura - Alaska

47 Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

48 Cheeseburger – Tiger

49 Wilco – Impossible Germany

50 Bikeride - Destinitus

[DudeAsInCool]

MotelDeMoka's Most Interesting Electronica Albums 2007

01. Skream - Sub Island

Box Of Dub (Soul Jazz, 2007)

02. The Tuss - Rushup I Bank 12

Rushup Edge (Rephlex, 2007)

03. Kettel - Zutphen

Whisper Me Wishes (Djak-Up-Bitch (DUB), 2007) (wiki)

04. Venetian Snares - Husikam Rave Dojo (wiki)

Pink + Green CDM (Planet Mu, 2007)

05. Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid - Our Time (hp)

Tongues (Domino, 2007)

06. Boxcutter - Windfall (hp)

Glyphic (Planet Mu, 2007)

07. Tigrics - igric

Synki (Highpoint Lowlife, 2007)

08. Burial - Dog Shelter

Untrue (Hyperdub, 2007)

[DudeAsInCool]

PopMatters' The Best Jazz of 2007

Reissue of the Year

Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Sony)

Robert Glasper

In My Element

(BLUE NOTE)

AMAZON

1

James Carney Group

Green-Wood

(SONGLINES)

AMAZON

2

Herbie Hancock

River: The Joni Letters

(VERVE)

AMAZON

3

Kenny Werner

Lawn Chair Society

(BLUE NOTE)

AMAZON

4

Terence Blanchard

A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)

(BLUE NOTE)

AMAZON

5

Joe Lovano and Hank Jones

Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

(BLUE NOTE)

AMAZON

6

Chris Potter Underground

Follow the Red Line, Live at the Village Vangaurd

(SUNNYSIDE)

AMAZON

7

Michael Blake Sextet

Amor de Cosmos

(SONGLINES)

AMAZON

8

Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte as Groundtruther Plus John Medeski

Altitude

(THIRSTY EAR)

AMAZON

9

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Red Earth: A Malian Journey

(EMARCY)

AMAZON

10

Paul Motian Trio

Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume One

(WINTER AND WINTER)

AMAZON

11

Nels Cline Singers

Draw Breath

(CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE)

AMAZON

12

[DudeAsInCool]

UK Guardian Observer's Best 50 albums of 2007

1 The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen'

2 Panic Prevention - Jamie T

3 Because of the Times - Kings of Leon

4 Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

5 Maths and English - Dizzee Rascal

6 Aman Iman - Tinariwen

7 In Rainbows - Radiohead

8 Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys

9 Untrue - Burial

10 Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

11 La Radiolina - Manu Chao

12 Icky Thump - The White Stripes

13 Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons

14 * - Justice

15 Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

16 Universal Syncopations II - Miroslav Vitous

17 The Bairns - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

18 Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika

19 Comicopera - Robert Wyatt

20 Kala - M.I.A.

21 Release the Stars - Rufus Wainwright

22 Navega - Mayra Andrade

23 Good Bad Not Evil - Black Lips

24 Tangled Up - Girls Aloud

25 Mirrored - Battles

26 White Chalk - PJ Harvey

27 My Name is Buddy - Ry Cooder

28 Watina - Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective

29 Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young

30 Person Pitch - Panda Bear

31 Magic - Bruce Springsteen

32 Finding Forever - Common

33 Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain - Devendra Banhart

34 Segu Blue - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

35 Graduation - Kanye West

36 Volta - Bjork

37 Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford - Basquiat Strings

38 Grinderman - Grinderman.

39 Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy

40 Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney

41 The Evolution of Robin Thicke - Robin Thicke

42 Overpowered - Roisin Murphy

43 Time on Earth - Crowded House

44 Orchestra of Wolves - Gallows

45 Lady's Bridge - Richard Hawley

46 Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady

47 Take It With Me - Ilmiliekki Quartet

48 Shotter's Nation - Babyshambles

49 Set the Mood - David Jordan

50 Blackout - Britney Spears

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Guardian's list is awesome

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Spin's' Best Album's of 2007 (Via Stereogum)

40 Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight

39 Turbonegro - Retox

38 Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English

37 Ted Leo & The Pharmicists - Living With The Living

36 Bonde Do Role - With Lasers

35 Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre

34 Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold

33 The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts

32 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81

31 Handsome Furs - Plague Park

30 Brother Ali - Undisputed Truth

29 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

28 Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

27 Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin

26 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

25 Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

24 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

23 Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block

22 Elliott Smith - New Moon

21 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

20 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

19 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

18 Feist - The Reminder

17 The National - Boxer

16 Lily Allen - Alright, Still...

15 Justice - †

14 BruceSpringsteen - Magic

13 The Hives - The Black And White Album

12 Prince - Planet Earth

11 Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3

10 The White Stripes - Icky Thump

09 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

08 Jay-Z - American Gangster

07 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

06 Radiohead - In Rainbows

05 M.I.A. - Kala

04 Kanye West - Graduation

03 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver

02 Arcade Fire Neon Bible

01 Against Me! - New Wave

[DudeAsInCool]

The Onion's AV Club Top 25 Albums of 2007

25. Iron And Wine, The Shepherd's Dog

24. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, FabricLive 36

23. Fall Out Boy, Infinity On High

22. Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold

21. Grinderman, Grinderman

20. Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight

19. Against Me!, New Wave

18. Ted Leo, Living With The Living

17. Low, Drums And Guns

16. The White Stripes, Icky Thump

15. Les Savy Fav, Let's Stay Friends

14. PJ Harvey, White Chalk

13. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

12. Jesu, Conqueror

11. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

10. Bloc Party, A Weekend In The City

9. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky

8. Tegan And Sara, The Con

7. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black

6. M.I.A., Kala

5. Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin

4. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver

3. Radiohead, In Rainbows

2. The National, Boxer

1. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible

[DudeAsInCool]

Billboard's Top 25 Best Selling Albums (Via Idolator)

Billboard's Top 200 Albums For 2007 can be found here