Top 40 Albums of 2007

01. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible02. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky03. Radiohead - In Rainbows04. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero05. LCD Soundsytem - Sound Of Silver06. M.I.A. - Kala07. Various Artists - I'm Not There (Soundtrack)08. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life09. White Stripes - Icky Thump10. Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water11. Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads12. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life13. Bruce Springsteen - Magic14. Robert Plant & Alison Kraus - Raising Sand15. The Frames - The Cost16. Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters17. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black18. The National - Boxer19. Rashaan Patterson - Wine & Spirits20. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight21. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera22. Panda Bear - Person Pitch23. DJ Spooky - Creation Rebel24. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond25. Nick Lowe - At My Age26. Feist - The Reminder27. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass28. Elliot Smith - New Moon29. Grinderman - Grinderman30. Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara31. Kings Of Leon - Because of The Times32. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity33. Rickie Lee Jones - Sermon on Exposition Boulevard34. Meat Puppets - Rise To Your Knees35. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back36. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy37. Patti Smith - Twelve38. Shins - Wincing The Night Away39. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full40. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin-Biggest disappointments:The Stooges - The WeirdnessPrince - Planet EarthJoni Mitchell - Shine-Glaring Omissions (i.e. my usual favorites):Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Joan Armatrading, Bjork-Close But No Cigar:Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Graham Parker, Lil' Wayne-Favorite Songs:The Shins - Phantom LimbFeist - 1234Glen Hasard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly