kevin.

I don't make "best of" lists, only lists of my favorites. As such, here is the most important favorites list of 2007. Stay tuned later for my list of the 50 best best lists of 2007.

Disagreements are welcome. For the record, numbers 15 through 50 are all just about even, I just figure what good is a list if you can't rank things?

-- 41-50 (Download It) --

50) Britney Spears – Blackout
49) New Found Glory – From The Screen To Your Stereo, Part II
48) Kanye West – Graduation
47) Tegan And Sara – The Con
46) Dashboard Confessional – The Shade Of Poison Trees
45) The National – Boxer
44) Every Time I Die – The Big Dirty
43) Single File – No More Sad Face
42) Anberlin – Cities
41) Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger

-- 31-40 (Buy It Eventually) --

40) Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
39) Air – Pocket Symphony
38) Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
37) Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
36) Comeback Kid – Broadcasting
35) Moving Mountains – Pneuma
34) Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War
33) New Pornographers – Challengers
32) Rilo Kiley – Under The Blacklight
31) Common – Finding Forever

-- 21-30 (Buy It Now) --

30) The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
29) Madball – Infiltrate The System
28) As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us
27) Sullivan – Cover Your Eyes
26) Anchors For Arms – Listen/React
25) Paramore – Riot!
24) Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
23) Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
22) Soilwork – Sworn To A Great Divide
21) Branvan 3000 – Rose

-- 11-20 (Get the tattoo) --

20) Timbaland – Shock Value
19) John Ralston – Sorry Vampire
18) Darkest Hour – Undoing Ruin
17) 108 – A New Beat From A Dead Heart
16) Feist – The Reminder
15) Rocky Votolato – The Brag And Cuss
14) Blonde Redhead – 23
13) Tiger Army – Music From Regions Beyond
12) John Vanderslice – Emerald City
11) Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works

-- Top Ten (Don't ever listen to these bands. I want them to myself) --

10) Strung Out – Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
9) Mae – Singularity
8) Against Me! – New Wave
7) Far-Less – A Toast To Bad Taste
6) LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
5) Electric Six – I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Prevents Me From Being The Master
4) Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
3) Fourth Of July – On The Plains
2) A Wilhelm Scream – Career Suicide
1) Chuck Ragan – Los Feliz



Merry Christmas.