Metacritic: Best Albums of 2007

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64 A Camp
78 Akron/Family
73 Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
74 Amazing Baby
62 Tori Amos
54 The Answer
74 Anti-Flag
74 Art Brut
71 Au Revoir Simone
65 Zee Avi
70 Bachelorette
77 Bat For Lashes
68 Big Business
76 Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
67 Black Dice
57 Black Eyed Peas
74 Black Moth Super Rainbow
71 Blank Dogs
65 Booker T.
54 The Boxmasters
65 The Boy Least Likely To
74 Brakes [aka brakesbrakesbrakes]
68 British Sea Power
66 Jeff Buckley
75 Busdriver
59 Busta Rhymes
64 Cage The Elephant
82 Bill Callahan
80 Camera Obscura
68 Cam'ron
79 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
58 Chester French
82 The Church
61 Ciara
72 Clues
69 The Coathangers
74 Jarvis Cocker
90 Leonard Cohen
70 Elvis Costello
66 Graham Coxon
76 Crippled Black Phoenix
71 The Crocodiles
69 Cryptacize
71 Crystal Antlers
56 The Crystal Method
69 Dananananaykroyd
76 Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse
71 De La Soul
77 Death Cab For Cutie
68 Deer Tick
81 Deerhunter
70 Depeche Mode
78 Dinosaur Jr.
85 Dirty Projectors
86 DJ Quik & Kurupt
77 Doves
68 Dredg
76 Bob Dylan
82 Steve Earle
70 Eels
62 El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
58 Eminem
60 Empire Of The Sun
54 The Enemy
67 Jeremy Enigk
68 Nathan Fake
85 The Felice Brothers
79 The Field
65 Fink
60 Fischerspooner
77 Flatlanders
62 Flo Rida
64 Franz Ferdinand
77 Gallows
72 Melody Gardot
59 Ginuwine
71 Golden Silvers
61 Gomez
69 Grand Duchy
73 Great Lake Swimmers
59 Great Northern
72 Green Day
86 Grizzly Bear
75 The Handsome Family
69 Ben Harper And Relentless7
75 PJ Harvey & John Parish
66 Heaven & Hell
85 Levon Helm
74 The Hold Steady
79 Patterson Hood
75 Jon Hopkins
82 The Horrors
69 Hanne Hukkelberg
74 Ida Maria
65 Immaculate Machine
75 The Intelligence
76 Iron & Wine
79 Isis
68 It Hugs Back
88 J Dilla aka Jay Dee
61 Jadakiss
86 Japandroids
61 Joan Of Arc
84 Joe Lovano Us Five
72 John Doe & The Sadies
70 Joker's Daughter
62 Jonas Brothers
53 Mike Jones
71 The Juan Maclean
76 Junior Boys
68 Kasabian
74 Diana Krall
56 Lady Sovereign
43 Ben Lee
68 The Lemonheads
76 Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
77 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
65 Little Boots
79 The Low Anthem
67 Jason Lytle
75 The Maccabees
76 Magik Markers
80 Major Lazer
70 Malajube
71 Manchester Orchestra
85 Manic Street Preachers
57 Marilyn Manson
66 The Mars Volta
68 Dave Matthews Band
62 Maximo Park
70 Meat Puppets
80 Method Man & Redman
77 Metric
75 Micachu & The Shapes
69 Chrisette Michele
76 Miike Snow
67 Mika Miko
75 Rhett Miller
49 Mims
72 Mr. Lif
72 Moby
78 Moderat
70 Mandy Moore
80 Mos Def
70 Bob Mould
74 Nadja
72 New York Dolls
72 Nite Jewel
67 NOFX
76 Noisettes
60 Paolo Nutini
67 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
74 Papercuts
76 Passion Pit
74 Peaches
71 Pet Shop Boys
68 Peter Bjorn And John
82 Phoenix
76 Pink Mountaintops
63 Placebo
66 Pomegranates
64 Iggy Pop
67 Prefuse 73
61 Prince
62 Prince
81 Ramblin' Jack Elliott
76 Rancid
54 Rascal Flatts
68 Lionel Richie
77 Alasdair Roberts
73 Rick Ross
55 Asher Roth
72 Savath & Savalas
61 Polly Scattergood
65 The Shortwave Set
60 Shout Out Out Out Out
66 Silversun Pickups
85 Todd Snider
78 Sonic Youth
72 The Soundcarriers
61 The Sounds
74 Regina Spektor
63 Spinal Tap
65 Spinnerette
81 St. Vincent
59 Still Flyin'
58 Street Sweeper Social Club
87 Sunn O)))
82 Sunset Rubdown
84 Super Furry Animals
74 Richard Swift
78 Taking Back Sunday
85 Tanya Morgan
81 Otis Taylor
71 Telekinesis
70 Telepathe
80 Thee Oh Sees
79 The Thermals
74 Rob Thomas
64 Thunderheist
74 Tiga
57 Tinted Windows
72 Tortoise
82 Allen Toussaint
71 Trembling Bells
69 Two Fingers
84 UGK
68 Keith Urban
49 Bria Valente
71 John Vanderslice
85 The Vaselines
74 The Veils
73 Viva Voce
63 Patrick Watson
79 White Denim
77 White Rabbits
57 The Whitest Boy Alive
74 Wilco
80 Wildbirds & Peacedrums
78 Wolves In The Throne Room
65 The Wooden Birds
67 Wooden Shjips
81 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
70 Pete Yorn
93 Neil Young
60 Neil Young
72 Yusuf

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field	2007	90
2	Untrue by Burial	2007	90
3	In Rainbows by Radiohead	2007	88
4	Person Pitch by Panda Bear	2007	87
5	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss	2007	87
6	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav	2007	87
7	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire	2007	87
8	Children Running Through by Patty Griffin	2007	87
9	Kala by M.I.A.	2007	87
10	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
11	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt	2007	86
12	Mirrored by Battles	2007	86
13	45:33 by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
14	Boxer by The National	2007	86
15	New Moon by Elliott Smith	2007	85
16	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert	2007	85
17	The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello	2007	84
18	Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan	2007	84
19	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon	2007	84
20	Copia by Eluvium	2007	84
21	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson	2007	84
22	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine	2007	84
23	Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega	2007	84
24	Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure	2007	84
25	And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid	2007	83
26	The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes	2007	83
27	Grinderman by Grinderman	2007	83
28	23 by Blonde Redhead	2007	83
29	Andorra by Caribou	2007	83
30	Overpowered by Roisin Murphy	2007	82

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice's 2007 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll (a survey of 577 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6.	Graduation by Kanye West
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
9.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10.	Boxer by The National
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Idolator's 2007 Pop Critics Poll (a survey of 452 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Kala by M.I.A.
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
7.	Boxer by The National
8.	Graduation by Kanye West
9.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
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Almost Cool
1.	Mirrored by Battles
2.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
3.	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
4.	In Advance Of The Broken Arm by Marnie Stern
5.	Untrue by Burial
6.	Future Rock by Strategy
7.	Yearbook 1 by Studio
8.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

Amazon.com [Editors' Picks]
1.	The Reminder by Feist
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Graduation by Kanye West
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	New Moon by Elliot Smith
9.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
10.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Austin Chronicle [Greg Beets]
1.	Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Knocked Up" by Loudon Wainwright III
2.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3.	Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John by Peter Case
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
6.	Here We Are by The Cynics
7.	Hey Hey My My Yo Yo by Junior Senior
8.	Rock and Roll Backlash by The Woggles
9.	A Year in the Wilderness by John Doe
10.	Don't Believe a Word by The Clutters

Austin Chronicle [Jim Caligiuri]
1.	Kaboom! by The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
2.	Washington Square Serenade by Steve Earle
3.	Buckle in the Bible Belt by Ha Ha Tonka
4.	Dirt Farmer by Levon Helm
5.	Sirens of the Ditch by Jason Isbell
6.	Thinking About You by Norah Jones
7.	Soap and Water by Chuck Prophet
8.	The End of History by Fionn Regan
9.	Never Hear the End of It by Sloan
10.	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson

Austin Chronicle [Thomas Fawcett]
1.	The Undisputed Truth by Brother Ali
2.	Mind Control by Stephen Marley
3.	Security by Antibalas
4.	100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
5.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
6.	Finding Forever by Common
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	The Scene Of The Crime by Bettye LaVette
9.	Kala by M.I.A.
10.	The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust by Saul Williams

Austin Chronicle [Doug Freeman]
1.	Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Boxer by The National
4.	Are We Not Horses by Rock Plaza Central
5.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
6.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
7.	Lady's Bridge by Richard Hawley
8.	Ola Podrida by Ola Podrida
9.	Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
10.	The Reminder by Feist

Austin Chronicle [Melanie Haupt]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
3.	The Reminder by Feist
4.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
5.	Hvarf/Heim by Sigur Ros
6.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
7.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8.	A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party
9.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
10.	In Our Bedroom After The War by Stars

Austin Chronicle [Andy Langer]
1.	American Gangster by Jay-Z
2.	It's Not Big It's Large by Lyle Lovett
3.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
4.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
5.	The Cost by The Frames
6.	Leaves in the River by Sea Wolf
7.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
8.	New Wave by Against Me!
9.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
10.	The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter by Josh Ritter

Austin Chronicle [David Lynch]
1.	Elegy of the Uprooting by Eleni Karaindrou
2.	Wátina by Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
3.	Aman Iman: Water Is Life by Tinariwen
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Taqasim by Marcel Khalife
6.	Taghlaghalt: Echo of the Atlas by Rayssa Fatima Tabaamrant
7.	Gil Luminoso by Gilberto Gil
8.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
10.	Being There by Tord Gustavsen Trio

Austin Chronicle [Margaret Moser]
1.	Songs Of Mass Destruction by Annie Lennox
2.	Dangerous Game by Mary Weiss
3.	Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	The Story by Brandi Carlile
6.	West by Lucinda Williams
7.	Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park
8.	The Redwalls by The Redwalls
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Kala by M.I.A.

Austin Chronicle [Darcie Stevens]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
5.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
8.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9.

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists