Top 70 Albums of 2007

As you know, for the past week or so we’ve been listing the favourite records of 2007 by various record label luminaries, musicians and TLOBF writers in our Class of 2007 feature. Well, the time has come to give a defintive run down to reveal what has been voted as the album of 2007. Our very own Jude Clark got busy with her spreadsheets and came up with a highly mathematical scoring procedure which is far too complicated to go into here…

Remember, you can re-visit all of the Class of 2007 posts here to grab sample mp3′s of some of the albums featured. And if that isn’t enough free music for you – there is always our maginificent year end playlist End Of Radio. Which features 18 of our favourite songs of the year.

We are aware that there may be a few albums in the top 70 that weren’t necessarily released this year, that may be compilations, demos or that havent been officially released yet. The list is simply a culmination of everything mentioned in our previous Class of 2007 feature with points applied according to how many times it was voted for. If you want a definitve list, head on over to Pitchfork or something. Ok? Cool, let the countdown commence!

70. 31 Knots – The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere
69. Babyshambles – Shotter’s Nation
68. Maria McKee – Late December
67. Parts & Labor – Mapmaker
66. Explosions in the Sky – All Of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
65. Pissed Jeans – Hope for Men
64. Climax Golden Twins – Five Cents a Piece
63. Kemialliset Ystavat – Kemialliset Ystavat
62. Group Doueh – Guitar Music from The Western Sahara
61. Trencher – Lips

60. The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
59. Shrag – Six Songs By Shrag
58. Shellac – Excellent Italian Greyhound
57. Common – Finding Forever
56. Kanye West – Graduation
55. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Is Is
54. Grinderman – Grinderman
53. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
52. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
51. Bjork – Volta

50. Super Furry Animals – Hey Venus!
49. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
48. Robert Wyatt – Comicopera
47. Bowerbirds – Hymns for a Dark Horse
46. Grizzly Bear – Friend EP
45. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
44. Yndi Halda – Enjoy Eternal Bliss
43. Von Sudenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions
42. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer
41. Band of Horses – Cease To Begin

40. A Studio – Yearbook 1
39. Deerhunter – Cryptograms
38. Cats on Fire – The Province Complains
37. Holy Fuck – Holy Fuck
36. Various – Do The Pop!
35. Broken Family Band – Hello Love
34. Khe Sanh Approach – The Extraordinary Rendition Of…
33. The Royal We – The Royal We
32. Various – Truck 10
31. The Wave Pictures – The Wave Pictures

30. Aerogramme – My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go
29. New Pornographers – Challengers
28. Menomena – Friend and Foe
27. Emmylou Harris – Songbird
26. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
25. The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
24. Devotchka – How It Ends
23. Nina Nastasia and Jim White – You Follow Me
22. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
21. Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir

20. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
19. Loney, Dear – Loney, Noir
18. Alberta Cross – The Thief and The Heartbreaker
17. The Kissaway Trail – The Kissaway Trail
16. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
15. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
14. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
13. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen – The Good, The Bad, and The Queen
11. Radiohead – In Rainbows

10. Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals
9. Battles – Mirrored
8. St Vincent – Marry Me
7. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
6. Miracle Fortress – Five Roses

5. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
4. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew – Spirit If…
3. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
2. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
1. The National – Boxer

View the complete Class of 2007 feature
Download End Of Radio: TLOBF 2007 Playlist