Best of 2007: Various Artists
BRITT DANIEL, SPOON
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Feist - The Reminder
John Vanderslice - Emerald City
LCD SoundSystem - Sound of Silver
The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Low - Drums and Guns
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Via Merge
KEVIN BARNES, OF MONTREAL
1. Caribou: Andorra
2. Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
3. M.I.A.: Kala
4. Robert Wyatt: Comicopera
5. Liars: Liars
6. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
7. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
8. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
9. Fiery Furnaces: Widow City
10. A Hawk and a Hacksaw: A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble
DIPLO
Black Lips: Good Bad Not Evil
Burial: Untrue
UGK: Underground Kingz
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Dandelion Gum
Simian Mobile Disco: Attack Decay Sustain Release
Mr. Vegas: Hot It Up
The White Stripes: Icky Thump
Alter Ego: Transphormer
Melt Banana: Bambi's Dilemma
Private: My Secret Lover
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
Battles: Mirrored
Panda Bear: Person Pitch
ANNIE CLARK (ST. VINCENT)
Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
Fridge: The Sun
James Blackshaw: The Cloud of Unknowing
Robert Wyatt: Comicopera
Michael Cashmore: The Snow Abides
Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam / Panda Bear: Person Pitch
M.I.A.: Kala
Michael Garrick Trio: Moonscape (Reissue)
We All Together: The Singles (Reissue)
Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall 1971
BLITZEN TRAPPER
1. M.I.A.: Kala
2. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
3. Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
4. Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
5. Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
6. Pseudosix: Pseudosix
7. Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall 1971
8. No Age: Weirdo Rippers
9. Dan Deacon: Spiderman of the Rings
10. Marnie Stern: In Advance of the Broken Arm
COLE ALEXANDER, THE BLACK LIPS
King Khan and the Shrines: What Is?!
Peter Bjorn and John: Writer's Block
Mark Sultan: The Sultanic Verses
Deerhunter: Cryptograms
Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
Project Pat: Walkin' Bank Roll
Stud Cole
M.I.A.: Kala
Demon's Claws: Satan's Little Pet Pig
Porter Wagoner: Rubber Room
DANNY SEIM, MENOMENA
1. The National: Boxer
2. M.I.A.: Kala
3. Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
4. 31Knots: The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere
5. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
6. Dat'r: Turn Up the Ghosts
7. Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris
8. Fiery Furnaces: Widow City
9. Caribou: Andorra
10. Justice: †
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
White Williams: Smoke
Panda Bear: Person Pitch
Feist: The Reminder
M.I.A.: Kala
Kanye West: Graduation
Sam Rosen: Get the Motion
Studio: Yearbook 1
The National: Boxer
Pekos/Yoro Diallo: Pekos/Yoro Diallo
SCOTT DEVENDORF and AARON DESSNER, THE NATIONAL
Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha
Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew: Spirit If...
Caribou: Andorra
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder
Doveman: With My Left Hand I Raise The Dead
Feist: The Reminder
The Rosebuds: Night of the Furies
St. Vincent: Marry Me
Menomena: Friend And Foe
ANDY MACFARLANE, THE TWILIGHT SAD
Malcolm Middleton: A Brighter Beat
Panda Bear: Person Pitch
Frightened Rabbit: Sings the Greys
Blonde Redhead: 23
Mum: Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
Liars: Liars
BOWERBIRDS
10. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
9. Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
8. Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
7. Rio en Medio: The Bride of Dynamite
6. The Rosebuds: The Night of the Furies
5. John Vanderslice: Emerald City
4. The National: Boxer
3. M.I.A.: Kala
2. Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
1. Battles: Mirrored
DAN SNAITH, CARIBOU
1. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
2. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
3. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: Tongues
4. Battles: Mirrored
5. Ariel Pink: Scared Famous
6. No Age: Weirdo Rippers
From Pitchfork
Labels: Best of 2007