2007 Paste Signs of Life Readers Poll

We here at Paste know that you couldn't possibly be tired of year-end "best of" lists. No, forget whatever emotion of extreme exhaustion just hit you upon reading that sentence, it's simple: You just aren't tired of these yet. Take a look to your right at the MOST READ articles side bar. This is your fault! You absolutely loved reading about how Garrison Keillor's son's lacrosse teammate really dug that Shins album, didn't you?

That said, we gave you our initial onslaught of "best of" overkill back in November. Remember those greener pastures when Radiohead just had a website and not an actual CD? Well, it's January now, and we aren't slowing down. Either way, our metaphorical Connect 4 would not, well, connect four without you. Yes, you, dear reader, and your cherished opinion.

We are now proud to present the 2007 Paste Signs of Life Readers Poll:

MUSIC

1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Feist - The Reminder
5. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
6. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
7. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
8. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
9. The National - Boxer
10. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
11. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
12. Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
13. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
14. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
15. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
16. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
17. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
18. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
19. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
20. The New Pornographers - Challengers

Write-in votes were varied, to say the least. For instance, sorry folks, Bon Iver doesn't come out until later this year. Hold your horses. Also, Dick Prall fans, we're on to you. We're sensing an unauthorized Rock The (Write-In) Vote attempt. Dick Prall fans, you've been warned!

Topping the write-in votes were Jesca Hoop, Blitzen Trapper, Levon Helm, Interpol, Neil Young, Gogol Bordello, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Pinback, Crowded House, Luke Brindley, The Hives, Chuck Prophet and the Once soundtrack.

FILM

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Knocked Up
4. Superbad
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Juno
8. Ratatouille
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10. Once

BOOKS

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2. I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
4. A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini
5. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
6. What Is the What by Dave Eggers
7. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
8. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
9. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
10. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk

TV SHOWS

1. The Office
2. Lost
3. 30 Rock
4. Heroes
5. Pushing Daisies
6. House
7. Chuck
8. Dexter
9. Scrubs
10. Weeds

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