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60 31Knots
71 The Academy Is...
68 Adele
67 The Airborne Toxic Event
70 Alkaline Trio
77 Theresa Andersson
74 Apollo Sunshine
43 The Automatic
79 Joan Baez
84 Bajofondo
56 David Banner
76 The Baseball Project
77 Beck
77 Black Affair
59 Black Ghosts
76 Black Kids
73 Brazilian Girls
90 The Bug
58 Caesars
80 Calexico
70 Glen Campbell
74 Brendan Canning
69 The Charlatans
76 The Chemical Brothers
72 Coldplay
65 Alice Cooper
77 Rodney Crowell
65 CSS
67 Miley Cyrus
44 Dandy Warhols
81 Danny!
68 Kimya Dawson
74 Death Vessel
75 Delta Spirit
79 Damien Dempsey
58 Dirty Pretty Things
72 Dr. Dog
80 DragonForce
78 The Duhks
75 Jakob Dylan
77 Earlimart
77 Brian Eno + David Byrne
83 Alejandro Escovedo
62 The Faint
56 Feeder
65 The Fiery Furnaces
64 iForward, Russia!
61 The Fratellis
69 Fujiya & Miyagi
59 G Love & Special Sauce
65 The Game
74 Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
74 Giant Sand
79 Girl Talk
61 Golden Animals
64 Mike Gordon
42 G-Unit
63 Gym Class Heroes
78 GZA
64 Albert Hammond, Jr.
78 Emmylou Harris
73 Juliana Hatfield
61 Hawthorne Heights
86 Hercules And Love Affair
82 High Places
76 Zach Hill
85 The Hold Steady
63 Vanessa Hudgens
71 Human Highway
77 James Hunter
68 Ice Cube
66 Ida Maria
70 Jaguar Love
76 Joan As Police Woman
81 Jamey Johnson
70 Jonas Brothers
59 Judas Priest
57 Kerli
72 Leila
76 Lykke Li
82 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom
72 Little Jackie
60 Lloyd
55 Los Lonely Boys
74 Love As Laughter
85 Patty Loveless
80 Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
76 John Mellencamp
71 The Melvins
71 Men Without Pants
79 Metallica
74 Mirah
63 Alanis Morissette
56 Motley Crue
72 Motorhead
78 Nico Muhly
84 The Music Tapes
54 The Music
71 My Brightest Diamond
70 My Morning Jacket
63 N.E.R.D. [The Neptunes]
71 Nas
79 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
51 New Kids On The Block
85 Randy Newman
57 Nightmares On Wax
78 Nine Inch Nails
75 The Notwist
75 Conor Oberst
52 The Offspring
79 Okkervil River
80 One Day As A Lion
75 Oneida
62 The Orb
75 Oxford Collapse
66 Parenthetical Girls
89 Aaron Parks
42 Katy Perry
74 Lee "Scratch" Perry
72 Plies
73 Robert Pollard
81 Ponytail
64 Primal Scream
78 Ra Ra Riot
48 The Rascals
71 Ratatat
63 Re-Up Gang
71 The Rumble Strips
65 RZA
73 Scars On Broadway
70 Ron Sexsmith
39 Shwayze
81 Sigur Rós
78 Silver Jews
58 Jessica Simpson
70 Slipknot
74 Sloan
79 Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
73 Solange
69 Son, Ambulance
63 Sam Sparro
65 Rick Springfield
65 Staind
47 Stereo MC's
72 Stereolab
71 The Stills
71 The Subways
83 Sugarland
67 Supergrass
67 Matthew Sweet
77 Irma Thomas
84 Teddy Thompson
57 Three 6 Mafia
73 Tilly And The Wall
72 Tittsworth
63 James Jackson Toth
72 Randy Travis
69 Tricky
92 Underoath
58 UNKLE
58 David Vandervelde
71 The Verve
69 Loudon Wainwright III
77 Martha Wainwright
81 The Walkmen
67 The Watson Twins
67 Ben Weaver
81 The Week That Was
77 Paul Weller
76 White Denim
70 Brian Wilson
79 Cassandra Wilson
87 Dennis Wilson
77 Wire
78 Wolf Parade
61 XX Teens
71 Young Jeezy
55 Yung Berg

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field	2007	90
2	Untrue by Burial	2007	90
3	In Rainbows by Radiohead	2007	88
4	Person Pitch by Panda Bear	2007	87
5	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss	2007	87
6	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav	2007	87
7	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire	2007	87
8	Children Running Through by Patty Griffin	2007	87
9	Kala by M.I.A.	2007	87
10	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
11	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt	2007	86
12	Mirrored by Battles	2007	86
13	45:33 by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
14	Boxer by The National	2007	86
15	New Moon by Elliott Smith	2007	85
16	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert	2007	85
17	The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello	2007	84
18	Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan	2007	84
19	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon	2007	84
20	Copia by Eluvium	2007	84
21	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson	2007	84
22	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine	2007	84
23	Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega	2007	84
24	Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure	2007	84
25	And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid	2007	83
26	The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes	2007	83
27	A Place To Bury Strangers by A Place To Bury Strangers	2007	83
28	Grinderman by Grinderman	2007	83
29	23 by Blonde Redhead	2007	83
30	Andorra by Caribou	2007	83

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice's 2007 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll (a survey of 577 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6.	Graduation by Kanye West
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
9.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10.	Boxer by The National
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Idolator's 2007 Pop Critics Poll (a survey of 452 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Kala by M.I.A.
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
7.	Boxer by The National
8.	Graduation by Kanye West
9.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
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Almost Cool
1.	Mirrored by Battles
2.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
3.	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
4.	In Advance Of The Broken Arm by Marnie Stern
5.	Untrue by Burial
6.	Future Rock by Strategy
7.	Yearbook 1 by Studio
8.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

Amazon.com [Editors' Picks]
1.	The Reminder by Feist
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Graduation by Kanye West
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	New Moon by Elliot Smith
9.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
10.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Austin Chronicle [Greg Beets]
1.	Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Knocked Up" by Loudon Wainwright III
2.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3.	Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John by Peter Case
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
6.	Here We Are by The Cynics
7.	Hey Hey My My Yo Yo by Junior Senior
8.	Rock and Roll Backlash by The Woggles
9.	A Year in the Wilderness by John Doe
10.	Don't Believe a Word by The Clutters

Austin Chronicle [Jim Caligiuri]
1.	Kaboom! by The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
2.	Washington Square Serenade by Steve Earle
3.	Buckle in the Bible Belt by Ha Ha Tonka
4.	Dirt Farmer by Levon Helm
5.	Sirens of the Ditch by Jason Isbell
6.	Thinking About You by Norah Jones
7.	Soap and Water by Chuck Prophet
8.	The End of History by Fionn Regan
9.	Never Hear the End of It by Sloan
10.	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson

Austin Chronicle [Thomas Fawcett]
1.	The Undisputed Truth by Brother Ali
2.	Mind Control by Stephen Marley
3.	Security by Antibalas
4.	100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
5.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
6.	Finding Forever by Common
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	The Scene Of The Crime by Bettye LaVette
9.	Kala by M.I.A.
10.	The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust by Saul Williams

Austin Chronicle [Doug Freeman]
1.	Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Boxer by The National
4.	Are We Not Horses by Rock Plaza Central
5.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
6.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
7.	Lady's Bridge by Richard Hawley
8.	Ola Podrida by Ola Podrida
9.	Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
10.	The Reminder by Feist

Austin Chronicle [Melanie Haupt]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
3.	The Reminder by Feist
4.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
5.	Hvarf/Heim by Sigur Ros
6.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
7.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8.	A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party
9.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
10.	In Our Bedroom After The War by Stars

Austin Chronicle [Andy Langer]
1.	American Gangster by Jay-Z
2.	It's Not Big It's Large by Lyle Lovett
3.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
4.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
5.	The Cost by The Frames
6.	Leaves in the River by Sea Wolf
7.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
8.	New Wave by Against Me!
9.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
10.	The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter by Josh Ritter

Austin Chronicle [David Lynch]
1.	Elegy of the Uprooting by Eleni Karaindrou
2.	Wátina by Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
3.	Aman Iman: Water Is Life by Tinariwen
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Taqasim by Marcel Khalife
6.	Taghlaghalt: Echo of the Atlas by Rayssa Fatima Tabaamrant
7.	Gil Luminoso by Gilberto Gil
8.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
10.	Being There by Tord Gustavsen Trio

Austin Chronicle [Margaret Moser]
1.	Songs Of Mass Destruction by Annie Lennox
2.	Dangerous Game by Mary Weiss
3.	Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	The Story by Brandi Carlile
6.	West by Lucinda Williams
7.	Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park
8.	The Redwalls by The Redwalls
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Kala by M.I.A.

Austin Chronicle [Darcie Stevens]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
5.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
8.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9.	Dressed Up for the Letdown by Richard Swift
10.	Boxer by The National

Austin Chronicle [Jay Trachtenberg]
1.	A Tale of God's Will by Terence Blanchard
2.	Floratone by Floratone
3.	Dub Qawwali by Gaudi & Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan
4.	Mind Control by Stephen Marley
5.	All Good Things by Pacha Massive
6.	Corn Meal Dance by William Parker
7.	Piano Vortex by Matthew Shipp
8.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
9.	Saltbreakers by Laura Veirs
10.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco

Billboard [Staff Consensus]
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
4.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
5.	Boxer by The National
6.	The Reminder by Feist
7.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
8.	Kala by M.I.A.
8.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco (tie)
9.	Graduation by Kanye West
10.	Mirrored by Battles

Blender
1.	Kala by M.I.A.
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	The Carter 3 Sessions by Lil Wayne
4.	Graduation by Kanye West
5.	New Wave by Against Me!
6.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
7.	LoveHate by The Dream
8.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9.	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
10.	Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley

Cokemachineglow
1.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
2.	Curses by Future of the Left
3.	8 by Supersilent
4.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
5.	Mirrored by Battles
6.	This Bliss by Pantha Du Prince
7.	Tears Of The Valedictorian by Frog Eyes
8.	Friend And Foe by Menomena
9.	War Elephant by Deer Tick
10.	And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid

Delusions of Adequacy [Staff Consensus]
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
3.	Boxer by The National
4.	Challengers by The New Pornographers
5.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
6.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
7.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
9.	Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
10.	The Stage Names by Okkervil River

Dot Music - Yahoo UK
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
5.	Boxer by The National
6.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7.	Cross [†] by Justice
8.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
9.	Holy Fuck by Holy Fuck
10.	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav

Drowned In Sound
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Mirrored by Battles
3.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
4.	Kala by M.I.A.
5.	Panic Prevention by Jamie T
6.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
7.	Liars by Liars
8.	Weirdo Rippers by No Age
9.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
10.	Health by HEALTH

Dusted [Picks of co-editor Otis Hart]
1.	The Amber Gatherers by Alasdair Roberts
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
5.	The Cherry Blossoms by The Cherry Blossoms
6.	Untrue by Burial
7.	Prinzhorn Dance School by Prinzhorn Dance School
8.	Highway to Hassake by Omar Souleyman
9.	Voice of the Seven Woods by Voice of the Seven Woods
10.	All Hour Cymbal by Yeasayer

EW [Chris Willman]
1.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
2.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8.	Memory Almost Full by Paul McCartney
9.	The Scene of the Crime by Betty LaVette
10.	The Cool by Lupe Fiasco

Filter
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
5.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
6.	Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins
7.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8.	Boxer by The National
9.	Trading Twilight For Daylight by Great Northern
10.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird

Hartford Courant
1.	Boxer by The National
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4.	Kala by M.I.A.
5.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
6.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
7.	100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
8.	Over the Counter Culture by Tim Fite
9.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
10.	Beyond by Dinosaur Jr.

Lost at Sea
1.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4.	Boxer by The National
5 (tie).	Mirrored by Battles
5 (tie).	Graduation by Kanye West
7.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
8 (tie).	Dalak
8 (tie).	Untrue by Burial
10.	23 by Blonde Redhead

Magnet Magazine
1.	La Cucaracha by Ween
2.	Challengers by The New Pornographers
3.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
4.	New Wave by Against Me!
5.	Mirrored by Battles
6.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
7.	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
8.	23 by Blonde Redhead
9.	Lady's Bridge by Richard Hawley
10.	Yours To Keep by Albert Hammond, Jr.

Mojo
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
5.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
6.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
8.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
9.	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
10.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon

MusicOMH
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Kala by M.I.A.
3.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Myth Takes by !!! [Chik Chik Chik]
6.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7.	Citrus by Asobi Seksu
8.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9.	Attack Decay Sustain Release by Simian Mobile Disco
10.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes

NME
1.	Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
2.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav
6.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7.	Kala by M.I.A.
8.	Puzzle by Biffy Clyro
9.	Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever by The Cribs
10.	Mirrored by Battles

New York Times [Jon Pareles]
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	The Reminder by Feist
3.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
4.	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine
5.	Residente O Visitante by Calle 13
6.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
7.	The Cool by Lupe Fiasco
8.	Mirrored by Battles
9.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10.	Era Vulgaris by Queens Of The Stone Age

Noripcord
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
5.	Boxer by The National
6.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
7.	Kala by M.I.A.
8.	Andorra by Caribou
9.	The Stage Names by Okkervil River
10.	Mirrored by Battles

Now Toronto [Michael Hollett]
1.	I’m OK, You’re OK by Jason Falkner
2.	100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
3.	Hang Love by Burning Brides
4.	Ear Drum by Talib Kweli
5.	Grinderman by Grinderman
6.	New Seasons by The Sadies
7.	Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
8.	Live by Henrik Schwarz
9.	Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
10.	Little Jabs by Two Hours Traffic

Now Toronto [Tim Perlich]
1.	Made In Dakar by Orchestra Baobab
2.	Weapons Of Jazz Destruction by Nostaligia 77 Octet
3.	Future Clouds & Radar by Future Clouds & Radar
4.	Moa Anbessa by Getachew Mekuria & The Ex
5.	Jupiter by Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
6.	Live From Dunwich by Giallos Flame
7.	Leaves In The River by Sea Wolf
8.	II by Budos Band
9.	Radio Country by Rizdales
10.	Little Animal by Beasts Of Bourbon

Now Toronto [Benjamin Boles]
1.	Cross [†] by Justice
2.	Kala by M.I.A.
3.	Boylife by Lo-Fi-Fink
4.	Love Is Simple by Akron/Family
5.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
6.	Random Spirit Lover by Sunset Rubdown
7.	Professional by San Serac
8.	Why Not?! by Alter Ego
9.	Oi Oi Oi by Boys Noize
10.	You, You’re A History In Rust by Do Make Say Think

Observer Music Monthly
1.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2.	Panic Prevention by Jamie T
3.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Maths + English by Dizzee Rascal
6.	Aman Iman by Tinariwen
7.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
8.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
9.	Untrue by Burial
10.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire

The Onion AV Club [Staff Consensus]
1.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2.	Boxer by The National
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	The Con by Tegan And Sara
9.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
10.	A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party

Paste Magazine
1.	Boxer by The National
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
5.	The Reminder by Feist
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
8.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
9.	Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
10.	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine

Pitchfork
1.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
6.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Mirrored by Battles
9.	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
10.	Untrue by Burial

Prefix
1.	Kala by M.I.A.
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
5.	Boxer by The National
6.	Graduation by Kanye West
7.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8.	Desire by Pharoahe Monch
9.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
10.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

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PopMatters
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4.	Graduation by Kanye West
5.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6.	It's Not Big, It's Large by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
7.	Boxer by The National
8.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9.	Costello Music by The Fratellis
10.	Kala by M.I.A.

Q
1.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
3.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
7.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
8.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
9.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
10.	Release The Stars by Rufus Wainwright

Rolling Stone
1.	Kala by M.I.A.
2.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3.	American Gangster by Jay-Z
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Graduation by Kanye West
6.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
7.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8.	Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
9.	New Wave by Against Me!
10.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

The Guardian
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
4.	Kala by M.I.A.
5.	Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
6.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7.	Grinderman by Grinderman
8.	Mirrored by Battles
9.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
10.	The Reminder by Feist

Slant Magazine
1.	The Magic Position by Patrick Wolf
2.	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3.	Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge by The Pierces
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	Marry Me by St. Vincent
6.	Emerald City by John Vanderslice
7.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
8.	Learn To Sing Like A Star by Kristin Hersh
9.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10.	Fur & Gold by Bat for Lashes

Spin
1.	New Wave by Against Me!
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4.	Graduation by Kanye West
5.	Kala by M.I.A.
6.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	American Gangster by Jay-Z
9.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
10.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes

Sputnikmusic [Staff Consensus]
1.	Untrue by Burial
2.	Jokes by Kid Crash
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
5.	The Alchemy Index Vols. I and II: Fire and Water by Thrice
6.	Ghastly City Sleep by Ghastly City Sleep
7.	Mirrored by Battles
8.	Desire by Pharoahe Monch
9.	Planet of Ice by Minus the Bear
10.	Defense Of The Genre by Say Anything

Tiny Mixed Tapes
1.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Mirrored by Battles
4.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
5.	Cryptograms by Deerhunter
6.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
7.	Friend Opportunity by Deerhoof
8.	Untrue by Burial
9.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
10.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal

Uncut
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
3.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
4.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
5.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
6.	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
7.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
8.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
9.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
10.	Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

Under The Radar [Staff Consensus]
1.	The Reminder by Feist
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	5:55 by Charlotte Gainsbourg
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Night Falls Over Kortedala by Jens Lekman
6.	Fur & Gold by Bat for Lashes
7.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
8.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
9.	The Con by Tegan And Sara
10.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

Urb
1.	Da Drought III by Lil Wayne
2.	Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Underground Kingz by UGK
6.	23 by Blonde Redhead
7.	Version by Mark Ronson
8.	I'll Sleep When You're Dead by El-P
9.	Mirrored by Battles
10.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

The Wire
1.	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
2.	Untrue by Burial
3.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
4.	Pilgrimage by OM
5.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
6.	Tromatic Reflexxions by Von Sudenfed
7.	The Moving Frontier by Pram
8.	Kala by M.I.A.
9.	Mirrored by Battles
10.	Fabic 36 by Ricardo Villalobos

NOTES: Asterisks above indicate that the album appeared in an alphabetical, unranked top ten list.

Artists Appearing on Multiple Top Ten Lists Above
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
The Reminder by Feist
Kala by M.I.A.
Boxer by The National
Person Pitch by Panda Bear
Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Mirrored by Battles
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
Untrue by Burial
Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
American Gangster by Jay-Z
The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
New Wave by Against Me!
Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
Cross [†] by Justice

Metacritic Users' Year-End Lists

Metacritic.com Users Consensus: Top Albums of 2007
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Boxer by The National
3.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
4.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
5.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
7.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
8.	The Stage Names by Okkervil River
9.	Random Spirit Lover by Sunset Rubdown
10.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
11.	Kala by M.I.A.
12.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
13.	Mirrored by Battles
14.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
15.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
16.	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine
17.	Friend And Foe by Menomena
18.	The Reminder by Feist
19.	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
20.	Night Falls Over Kortedala by Jens Lekman

Metacritic.com Users Consensus: Top Songs of 2007
1.	Of Montreal, "The Past is a Grotesque Animal"
2.	LCD Soundsystem, "Someone Great"
3.	Spoon, "The Underdog"
4.	Radiohead, "Reckoner"
5.	LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends"
6.	The National, "Mistaken for Strangers"
7.	Arcade Fire, "Intervention"
8.	M.I.A., "Paper Planes"
9.	The National, "Fake Empire"
10.	Panda Bear, "Bros"
11.	Blonde Redhead, "23"
12.	Okkervil River, "Unless it Kicks"
13.	Spoon, "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"
14.	Radiohead, "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi"
15.	Animal Collective, "For Reverend Green"
16.	Arcade Fire, "No Cars Go"
17.	Peter, Bjorn, and John, "Young Folks"
18.	Radiohead, "All I Need"
19.	Okkervil River, "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe"
20.	The Shins, "Phantom Limb"

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