Mark Ronson shares best of 2007 list with Paste

Richard Swift - Dressed Up For the Letdown
I heard him play live last year in a tiny club and was pretty much counting down the days til this came out. It's got lovely Lennon-ish songwriting and warm and fuzzy bass lines.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Even if "You Don't Know What Love Is..." was the only song on the album, it would still be in my top 10.

The Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
I only like it cause they're trendy. And amazing. Of all the young bands out there, they're my favorite live show as well.

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
The dance-y stuff you expect from him is still great, and there are also heartbreakingly lovely songs like "Someone Great."

The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
It's the slightly more sugar-y side of the 60's sound that me and Amy Winehouse were going for, and it's fucking wonderful.

The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
A lot of the reviews seem to focus on the fact that it's not much of a departure from the first record. I really don't care, the formula is so good and no one else gets near what he does.

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Yeah, me and everyone else.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Beggin': the Ultimate Collection
It’s probably the 17th “best of” of theirs, but the first to have the Pilooski re-edit of "Beggin'" and the first time I realized there was much more to them than "Walk Like A Man" and all that.

Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I came in at the end and produced one track, "One More Chance." But the whole record is an incredible collection of slinky 60's Dusty-style UK songs.

Radiohead - In Rainbows
I've only listened to it twice so far, but I probably wouldn't even have to listen to it all to know it would be in my top 10. When are they ever not the best?

Mark Ronson is a DJ/musician/producer who has worked with such artists as Lily Allen, Kanye West and Robbie Williams. He produced Amy Winehouse's 2007 album Back to Black, which clocked in at #13 on Paste's Top 100 albums of 2007. His most recent solo outing, Version, was released in July 2007.