Allmusic Editors Pick Their Top Ten of 2007
Dec. 11, 2007
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Nick Lowe - At My Age
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ween - La Cucaracha
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
John Bush
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Jazzanova - Computer Incarnations for World Peace
Little Brother - Get Back
M.I.A. - Kala
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Heather Phares
Battles - Mirrored
Blonde Redhead - 23
Celebration - The Modern Tribe
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Liars - Liars
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Andy Kellman
Amerie - Because I Love It
Black Milk - Popular Demand
Donnie - The Daily News
Echospace - The Coldest Season
Freeway - Free at Last
M.I.A. - Kala
Optimo - Walkabout
Pinch - Underwater Dancehall
Sa-Ra - The Hollywood Recordings
Tobias Thomas - Please Please Please
Marisa Brown
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
M.I.A. - Kala
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Emergency Powers
Thom Jurek
David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana
Earthless - Sonic Prayer
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Joe Henry - Civilians
Rickie Lee Jones - Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Bettye LaVette - Scene of the Crime
Rahsaan Patterson - Wine & Spirits
Gretchen Peters - Burnt Toast Offerings
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Al Campbell
Billy Bang Quintet - Above and Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids
Ari Brown - Live at the Green Mill
Steve Coleman - Invisible Paths: First Scattering
Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions
Andrew Hill - Compulsion (RVG Edition)
His Name Is Alive - Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown
Branford Marsalis - Braggtown
Charles Tolliver - With Love
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions
VA - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Matt Collar
Avishai Cohen - After the Big Rain
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Dave Douglas - Live at the Jazz Standard
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Field Music - Tones of Town
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Primary Five - Go
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
James Christopher Monger
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Brian Dewan - Words of Wisdom
Eluvium - Copia
Okkervil River - Stage Names
Alasdair Roberts - Amber Gatherers
The Teeth - You’re My Lover Now
Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Turisas - Varangian Way
David Jeffries
DJ Spooky - Creation Rebel
Esoteric - Pterodactyl Tubeway
The Fall - The Fall Box Set
Hezekiah - I Predict a Riot
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Lee Perry - Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle
UGK - Underground Kingz
VA - 12" Rulers: Gussie Clarke
Jason Lymangrover
Esoteric - Pterodactyl Tubeway
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - Banging Down the Doors
Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
M.I.A. - Kala
The Narrator - All That to the Wall
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
J. Scott McClintock
The High Llamas - Can Cladders
Louis Philippe - Unknown Spring
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Stuart Moxham & Louis Philippe - Huddle House
Nick Lowe - At My Age
The Sterns - Sinners Stick Together
Grinderman - Grinderman
The Polyphonic Spree - Fragile Army
Steve Leggett
Karen Dalton - Cotton Eyed Joe
Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions
Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
Native - Rockstone: Native's Adventures with Lee Perry at the Black Ark
David “Fathead†Newman - Life
Lee “Scratch†Perry - Ape-ology
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions
Mavis Staples - We’ll Never Turn Back
VA - Attack of the One Man Bands
Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck
Tim Sendra
Bella - No One Will Know
Caribou - Andorra
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Field Music - Tones of Town
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Andrew Leahey
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Robert Francis - One by One
Will Hoge - Draw the Curtains
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Johnossi - Johnossi
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Prabir & the Substitutes - Share
Silverchair - Young Modern
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Katherine Fulton
Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
The Doors - The Very Best of the Doors
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Stephen Fretwell - Man on the Roof
The Frames - The Cost
Chris Schlarb - Twilight and Ghost Stories
Silverchair - Young Modern
Simple Kid - SK2
Turin Brakes - Dark on Fire
Jason Birchmeier
Burial - Untrue
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pantha du Prince - This Bliss
Peanut Butter Wolf - 2K8: BBall Zombie War
Pink Martini - Hey Eugene!
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Sean Westergaard
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From the River to the Ocean
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Charlie Hunter Trio - Mistico
The Jason Lindner Big Band - Live at the Jazz Gallery
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Codebook
(((Powerhouse Sound))) - Oslo/Chicago: Breaks
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
David Torn - Prezens
Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band - Demagogue
Frank Zappa - Buffalo
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Nick Lowe - At My Age
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ween - La Cucaracha
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
John Bush
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Jazzanova - Computer Incarnations for World Peace
Little Brother - Get Back
M.I.A. - Kala
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Heather Phares
Battles - Mirrored
Blonde Redhead - 23
Celebration - The Modern Tribe
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Liars - Liars
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Andy Kellman
Amerie - Because I Love It
Black Milk - Popular Demand
Donnie - The Daily News
Echospace - The Coldest Season
Freeway - Free at Last
M.I.A. - Kala
Optimo - Walkabout
Pinch - Underwater Dancehall
Sa-Ra - The Hollywood Recordings
Tobias Thomas - Please Please Please
Marisa Brown
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Battles - Mirrored
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
M.I.A. - Kala
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Emergency Powers
Thom Jurek
David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana
Earthless - Sonic Prayer
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Joe Henry - Civilians
Rickie Lee Jones - Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Bettye LaVette - Scene of the Crime
Rahsaan Patterson - Wine & Spirits
Gretchen Peters - Burnt Toast Offerings
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Al Campbell
Billy Bang Quintet - Above and Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids
Ari Brown - Live at the Green Mill
Steve Coleman - Invisible Paths: First Scattering
Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions
Andrew Hill - Compulsion (RVG Edition)
His Name Is Alive - Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown
Branford Marsalis - Braggtown
Charles Tolliver - With Love
James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions
VA - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Matt Collar
Avishai Cohen - After the Big Rain
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Dave Douglas - Live at the Jazz Standard
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Field Music - Tones of Town
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Primary Five - Go
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
James Christopher Monger
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Brian Dewan - Words of Wisdom
Eluvium - Copia
Okkervil River - Stage Names
Alasdair Roberts - Amber Gatherers
The Teeth - You’re My Lover Now
Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
Turisas - Varangian Way
David Jeffries
DJ Spooky - Creation Rebel
Esoteric - Pterodactyl Tubeway
The Fall - The Fall Box Set
Hezekiah - I Predict a Riot
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Lee Perry - Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle
UGK - Underground Kingz
VA - 12" Rulers: Gussie Clarke
Jason Lymangrover
Esoteric - Pterodactyl Tubeway
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - Banging Down the Doors
Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
M.I.A. - Kala
The Narrator - All That to the Wall
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
J. Scott McClintock
The High Llamas - Can Cladders
Louis Philippe - Unknown Spring
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Stuart Moxham & Louis Philippe - Huddle House
Nick Lowe - At My Age
The Sterns - Sinners Stick Together
Grinderman - Grinderman
The Polyphonic Spree - Fragile Army
Steve Leggett
Karen Dalton - Cotton Eyed Joe
Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions
Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
Native - Rockstone: Native's Adventures with Lee Perry at the Black Ark
David “Fathead†Newman - Life
Lee “Scratch†Perry - Ape-ology
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions
Mavis Staples - We’ll Never Turn Back
VA - Attack of the One Man Bands
Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Sings Buck
Tim Sendra
Bella - No One Will Know
Caribou - Andorra
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Field Music - Tones of Town
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Andrew Leahey
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Dungen - Tio Bitar
Robert Francis - One by One
Will Hoge - Draw the Curtains
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Johnossi - Johnossi
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Prabir & the Substitutes - Share
Silverchair - Young Modern
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Katherine Fulton
Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
The Doors - The Very Best of the Doors
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Stephen Fretwell - Man on the Roof
The Frames - The Cost
Chris Schlarb - Twilight and Ghost Stories
Silverchair - Young Modern
Simple Kid - SK2
Turin Brakes - Dark on Fire
Jason Birchmeier
Burial - Untrue
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pantha du Prince - This Bliss
Peanut Butter Wolf - 2K8: BBall Zombie War
Pink Martini - Hey Eugene!
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Sean Westergaard
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From the River to the Ocean
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Charlie Hunter Trio - Mistico
The Jason Lindner Big Band - Live at the Jazz Gallery
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Codebook
(((Powerhouse Sound))) - Oslo/Chicago: Breaks
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
David Torn - Prezens
Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band - Demagogue
Frank Zappa - Buffalo