Best Music of 2007

These are my picks for the Top 12 Albums of 2007. My criteria was simple--I just had to love the album straight through from start to finish. The ones below made my cut. I'm prepared for you to disagree. Noticeably missing: The White Stripes' Icky Thump and Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight, as well as Arcade Fire's newest because I just cannot understand their appeal. Anyway, on to what I DID like this year...

Album links go to iTunes or equivalent. Click on the "Try" song link to hear a track preview from the CD.

1. "In Rainbows" by Radiohead:  Try "Nude"
2. "Favourite Worst Nightmare" by Arctic Monkeys:  Try "Fluorescent Adolescent"
3. "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" by Spoon:  Try "Don't You Evah"
4. "Sky Blue Sky" by Wilco:  Try "Impossible Germany"
5. "Watina" by Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective:  Try "Watina"
6. "Letters from Sinners & Strangers" by Eilen Jewell:  Try "Too Hot to Sleep"
7. "Our Love to Admire" by Interpol:  Try "Heinrich Maneuver"
8. "Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks" by Emily Wells:  Try "Mt. Washington"
9. "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" by The Good, The Bad & The Queen:  Try "History Song"
10. "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse:  Try "You Know I'm No Good"
11. "Baby 81" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club:  Try "Berlin"
12. "Wincing the Night Away" by The Shins:  Try "Sea Legs"

Favorite Up & Comer: meiko

Favorite New to Me Artist : Andrew Bird

Here are my picks for the Top 12 Songs of 2007.

Plus, check out my entire archive of Best Songs of the Week for 2007.