So the "Best of 2007" lists are beginning to roll in...

[DroppinScience]

So far, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone just have Best Songs of '07 (something I'm less interested in... I like to read about the best albums), so I figured now is the right time to compile these official lists and start bitching about their deficiencies and omissions (or even give compliments where it's due).

First "Best Album" list I saw was Spin's 40 Best Albums.

http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/best_of_2007/albums/

Thoughts?

As more roll in, post 'em!

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Pretty solid list, but where the hell is Zeitgeist?

[Gareth]

dude n nem "watch my feet" is #50 on the pitchfork singles list.
love that song.

[EN[i]GMA]

Here's Pitchfork's list:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47446-staff-list-top-50-albums-of-2007/page_1

I still like Boxer and Mirrored more.

[MC Moot]

Mojo's...they should have narrowed it to 25....

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

[abcdefz]

20 Nick Lowe - At My Age




I've heard nothing but good things about this.

[afronaut]

I think its bullshit that Strawberry Jam only got a mention on pitchfork. Much better than Person Pitch, which was pretty good.

Edit: Which was pitchforks #1, wtf. I mean it has some pretty fantastic moments on it, but way too uneven to be best album of the year.

[EN[i]GMA]

I think its bullshit that Strawberry Jam only got a mention on pitchfork. Much better than Person Pitch, which was pretty good.

Edit: Which was pitchforks #1, wtf. I mean it has some pretty fantastic moments on it, but way too uneven to be best album of the year.

My thoughts.

It has some massive highlight songs, but then it'll go off into a few minutes of noisey wankery.

Definitely a top record, but record of the year? I don't know...

[Drederick Tatum]

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/top-50-albums-of-2007.htm

[Jitters]

I was surprised to see Da Drought 3 get so much love on these lists.

It did deserve it though. I listened to it non-stop when it was released and then Wayne didn't do anything near as good through the rest of the year unfortunately.

[saz]

i don't know why people even bother with these lists. we're all going to disagree with them.

[DroppinScience]

i don't know why people even bother with these lists. we're all going to disagree with them

For me, it's absolutely a love-hate relationship. I'm genuinely interested to read about what people like and how they rank the albums. Besides, it can serve as a helpful recap for those albums that some of us may have missed earlier in the year.

And I'm quite happy we all disagree. Makes shit interesting. (y)

[Jitters]

Top 25 Albums of 2007 from HipHopDX (http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/columns-editorials/id.974/title./p.1)