Favorite Albums of 2007

1. Ezra Furman and the Harpoons—Banging Down the Doors
2. Southeast Engine—A Wheel Within a Wheel
3. Devon Sproule—Keep Your Silver Shined
4. Joe Henry—Civilians
5. Bruce Springsteen—Magic
6. Frog Eyes—Tears of the Valedictorian
7. Peter Case—Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
8. Arcade Fire—Neon Bible
9. Anders Osborne—Coming Down
10. Future Clouds and Radar—Future Clouds and Radar

Honorable Mentions

Ryan Adams—Easy Tiger
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra—Security
Aradhna—Amrit Vani
Art Brut—It’s a Bit Complicated
The Bad Plus—Prog
The Besnard Lakes—The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
Andrew Bird—Armchair Apocrypha
Blitzen Trapper—Wild Mountain Nation
Bottom of the Hudson—Fantastic Hawk
The Broken West—I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
Caribou—Andorra
The Clientele—God Save the Clientele
Damien Dempsey—To Hell or Barbados
Do Make Say Think—You, You’re a History in Rust
Feist—The Reminder
Jeremy Fisher—Goodbye Blue Monday
John Fogerty—Revival
The Frames—The Cost
Mary Gauthier—Between Daylight and Dark
Robert Glasper—In My Element
Patty Griffin—Children Running Through
Grinderman—Grinderman
Hallelujah the Hills—Hallelujah the Hills
Herbie Hancock—River: The Joni Letters
Malcolm Holcombe—Gamblin’ House
Jesca Hoop—Kismet
Diana Jones—My Remembrance of You
Rickie Lee Jones—Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Chris Knight—The Trailer Tapes
Miranda Lambert—Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Eric Lindell—Low on Cash, Rich in Love
Mendoza Line—30 Year Low/Final Reflections of the Legendary Malcontent
Charles Mingus—Cornell 1964
Peter Mulvey—Notes from Elsewhere
The Narrator—All That to the Wall
The National—Boxer
The New Pornographers—Challengers
Okkervil River—The Stage Names
Christopher O’Riley—Second Grace: The Music of Nick Drake
Panda Bear—Person Pitch
Graham Parker—Don’t Tell Columbus
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss—Raising Sand
Radiohead—In Rainbows
Rasputina—Oh Perilous World
Fionn Regan—The End of History
John Reuben—Word of Mouth
Josh Ritter—The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
A.J. Roach—Revelation
Alasdair Roberts—The Amber Gatherers
The Safes—Well, Well, Well
Patti Scialfa—Play It As It Lays
Sigur Ros—Hvarf/Heim
Six Parts Seven—Casually Smashed to Pieces
The Soul of John Black—The Good Girl Blues
Spoon—Ga Ga Ga Ga
Tandy—To a Friend/Did You Think I Was Gone?
Linda Thompson—Versatile Heart
Richard Thompson—Sweet Warrior
Various Artists—I’m Not There Soundtrack
Loudon Wainwright III—Strange Weirdos
Watermelon Slim—The Wheel Man
The Weakerthans—Reunion Tour
The White Stripes—Icky Thump
Willard Grant Conspiracy—Let It Roll
Yndi Halda—Enjoy Eternal Bliss

Best Box Sets

Miles Davis—The Complete On the Corner Sessions
The Pentangle—The Time Has Come 1967 - 1973
Various Artists—Love is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965 - 1970
Various Artists—People Take Warning: Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913 - 1938

Biggest Disappointments

Iron and Wine—The Shepherd’s Dog
Modest Mouse—We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
The Shins—Wincing the Night Away
Son Volt—The Search
Wilco—Sky Blue Sky
Lucinda Williams—West