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Pazz & Jop
End Of Year Critic Lists





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Village Voice - Pazz & Jop Lists

Albums 2007


Sounds Of Silver


1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. MIA - Kala
4. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. kanYe West - Graduation
7. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
9. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
10. National - Boxer
11. Feist - Reminder
12. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
13. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
14. White Stripes - Icky Thump
15. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
16. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
17. Battles - Mirrored
18. Jay-Z - American Gangster
19. Shins - Wincing the Night Away
20. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
21. Against Me! - New Wave
22. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
23. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
24. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
25. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
26. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
27. Grinderman - Grinderman
28. Burial - Untrue
29. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
30. Bettye LaVette - Scene of the Crime
31. Okkervil River - Stage Names
32. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
33. Mavis Staples - We’ll Never Turn Back
34. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life
35. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
36. Justice - †
37. Field - From Here We Go Sublime
38. Iron & Wine - Shepherd’s Dog
39. UGK - Underground Kingz
40. El-P I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
41. Black Lips - Good Bad, But Not Evil
42. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
43. Common - Finding Forever
44. Ghostface Killah - Big Doe Rehab
45. Nick Lowe - At My Age
46. Low - Drums & Guns
47. Good, the Bad & the Queen - Good, the Bad & the Queen
48. Lucinda Williams - West
49. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
50. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
51. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
52. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
53. No Age - Weirdo Rippers
54. Peter, Bjorn & John - Writers Block
55. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
56. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
57. New Pornographers - Challengers
58. John Fogerty - Revival
59. Josh Ritter - Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
60. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
61. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
62. Britney Spears - Blackout
63. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
64. Joe Henry - Civilians
65. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
66. Caribou - Andorra
67. Blonde Redhead - 23
68. Björk - Volta
69. Brother Ali - Undisputed Truth
70. Alicia Keys - As I Am
71. Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
72. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
73. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic & Weather
74. Liars - Liars
75. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
76. Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
77. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
78. Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
79. Herbie Hancock - River: Joni Letters
80. Bat for Lashes - Fur & Gold
81. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living
82. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
83. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
84. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
85. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
86. Clientele - God Save the Clientele
87. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
88. Jesu - Conqueror
89. St Vincent - Marry Me
90. Dinosaur Jr - Belong
91. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
92. Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
93. Tegan & Sara - The Con
94. Devin the Dude - Waiting To Inhale
95. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
96. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
97. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
98. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
99. Little Big Town - A Place to Land
100. Magik Markers - Boss
101. Sloan - Never Hear the End of It
102. Elliott Smith - New Moon
103. Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
104. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
105. Terence Blanchard - Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina
106. Prodigy - Return of the Mac
107. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
108. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
109. Mark Ronson - Version
110. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
111. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
112. Baroness - Red Album
113. Miles Davis - Complete On the Corner Sessions
114. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
115. Richard Hawley - Lady’s Bridge
116. Aly & AJ - Insomniatic
117. Porter Wagoner - Wagonmaster
118. Amerie - Because I Love It
119. Ween - La Cucaracha
120. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
121. Charles Mingus - Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell, 1964
122. Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight & Dark
123. Beirut - Flying Club Cup
124. Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers
125. Ojos de Brujo - Techarí Live
126. Various Artists - After Dark [Italians Do it Better]
127. Patrick Wolf - Magic Position
128. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
129. Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
130. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
131. AA Bondy - American Hearts
132. Fratellis - Costello Music
133. Freeway - Free At Last
134. Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High
135. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men
136. Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
137. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
138. Jill Scott - Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol 3
139. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
140. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
141. Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
142. Pharoahe Monch - Desire
143. Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
144. R Kelly - Double Up
145. Talib Kweli - Eardrum
146. Menomena - Friend Or Foe
147. Art Brut - It’s a Bit Complicated
148. Various Artists - I’m Not There: Soundtrack
149. Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart
150. Café Tacuba - Sino
151. Paramore - Riot!
152. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
153. Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
154. Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
155. Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game
156. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
157. Phosphorescent - Pride
158. Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips
159. Stephen Marley - Mind Control
160. Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective - Wátina
161. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
162. Amon Tobin - Foley Room
163. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55
164. Field Music - Tones of Town
165. Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
166. Witchcraft - Alchemist
167. Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter
168. Little Brother - Getback
169. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III: The Leak
170. Budos Band - II
171. Youssou N’Dour - Rokku Mi Rokka
172. Shackleton & Applebim - Soundboy Punishments: Skull Disco
173. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
174. Times New Viking - Present the Paisley Reich
175. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear
176. Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
177. Dr Dog - We All Belong
178. Shocking Pinks - Shocking Pinks
179. Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
180. Rickie Lee Jones - Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
181. Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance
182. Rush - Snakes & Arrows
183. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
184. Vieux Farka Touré - Vieux Farka Touré
185. Black Dice Load Blown
186. !!! Myth Takes
187. Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild: Soundtrack
188. Dungen - Tio Bitar
189. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
190. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
191. Dax Riggs - We Sing of Only Blood or Love
192. Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
193. Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules
194. Editors - An End Has a Start
195. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
196. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36
197. Black Milk - Popular Demand
198. Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch
199. Donnie - Daily News
200. Nicole Atkins - Neptune City

 
Singles 2007

1. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
2. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella
3. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
4. Feist - 1-2-3-4
5. Justice - DANCE
6. MIA - Paper Planes
7. kanYe West - Stronger
8. UGK featuring OutKast - Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
9. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
10. Battles - Atlas
11. White Stripes - Icky Thump
12. Shins - Phantom Limb
13. Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
14. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
15. Lil’ Mama - Lip Gloss
16. Spoon - Underdog
17. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
18. Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
19. MIA - Boyz
20. Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
21. Amy Winehouse - You Know I’m No Good
22. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
23. R Kelly featuring T-Pain & TI - I’m a Flirt [Remix]
24. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
25. Alicia Keys - No One
26. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
27. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
28. 50 Cent - I Get Money
29. kanYe West featuring T-Pain - Good Life
30. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson - Way I Are
31. Arcade Fire - Intervention
32. Lily Allen - Smile
33. Britney Spears - Piece of Me
34. Bat For Lashes - What’s a Girl to Do?
35. Bruce Springsteen - Girls in their Summer Clothes
36. kanYe West - Can’t Tell Me Nothing
37. Jay-Z - Roc Boys (& the Winner Is... )
38. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
39. Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
40. Miranda Lambert - Famous In a Small Town
41. National - Fake Empire
42. Devin the Dude featuring André 3000 & Snoop Dogg - What a Job
43. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
44. MIA - Jimmy
45. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
46. MIA - Bird Flu
47. Wilco - Impossible Germany
48. Animal Collective - Peacebone
49. MIA featuring Bun B & Rich Boy - Paper Planes [Remix]
50. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone
51. Rich Boy - Throw Some D’s
52. Mika - Grace Kelly
53. Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
54. Jens Lekman - Postcard to Nina
55. Panda Bear - Bros
56. Brad Paisley - Ticks
57. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around/Comes Around
58. Foo Fighters - Pretender
59. T-Pain - Buy U a Drank
60. Rihanna - Shut Up & Drive
61. Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim - Let It Go
62. White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You’re Told)
63. Ryan Adams - It Takes Two
64. Britney Spears - Gimme More
65. New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
66. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life
67. Lucinda Williams - Are You Alright?
68. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
69. Björk - Earth Intruders
70. Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape
71. Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
72. Dude N Nem - Watch My Feet
73. Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead
74. Jay-Z - Blue Magic
75. Klaxons - Golden Skans
76. Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
77. Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost?
78. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
79. Radiohead - House of Cards
80. Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
81. Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
82. kanYe West with Dwele - Flashing Lights
83. My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
84. Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
85. Paramore - Misery Business
86. Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica
87. Lily Allen - LDN
88. Fratellis - Flathead
89. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
90. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
91. Maxïmo Park - Our Velocity
92. Ween - Your Party
93. Bloc Party - I Still Remember
94. Jens Lekman - Opposite of Hallelujah
95. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry on Their Own
96. Animal Collective - Fireworks
97. Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned/I Think That She Knows
98. Animal Collective - For Reverend Green
99. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
100. Plain White T’s - Hey There, Delilah