Year-End Critics' Polls '07

Haha I am going to vote for an album that never actually came out in 06 when it was supposed to and will never see the light of day.

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Haha, I have been wondering all year whether I should include "Icebox" on my 2007 list and justifying doing so by the fact that it peaked in March. But I don't think I will, just because it had its biggest impact ON ME in late 2006.

take "Rehab"--got some UK votes last year, will likely get non-UK votes this year. perfectly OK.

Similarly, take "Young Folks"--got some indie votes last year, will likely get non-indie votes this year.

not a critics poll or even all that interesting but anyway

ITUNES BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF 2007

1. Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long
2. Amy Winehouse Back To Black
3. Kanye West Graduation
4. Daughtry Daughtry
5. Colbie Caillat Coco
6. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
7. Various Artists High School Musical 2 (Original Soundtrack)
8. Timbaland Shock Value
9. John Mayer Continuum
10. Various Artists Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)

ITUNES BEST-SELLING SONGS OF 2007

1. Fergie "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"
2. Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape"
3. Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
4. Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend"
5. Fergie "Glamorous"
6. Kanye West "Stronger"
7. Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder"
8. Akon "Don't Matter"
9. Timbaland "The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
10. Shop Boyz "Party Like a Rock Star"

Did people vote for "With Every Heartbeat" last year? I gave it an honorable mention.

Me!

Is this the first time ever NME have done a TOP 100 Writer's Poll for a Year?

More choices for the NME = more rubbish to laugh at?

http://upload.imgspot.com/u/07/344/13/NMETop100.php.jpg

Who will publish this list on the web first? probably at Acclaimed Music?

http://www.nme.com/images/84_aoymagbits_01.jpg

Why "Albums Tracks" instead of "Album Tracks"? The way they wrote it doesn't make sense. (Though England is also the land of "Records Stores," right? They are so wacky over there.)

i think it means albums/tracks

I think it's just a sloppy copy editor that forgot & between Albums - Tracks - thinking separate lines was OK with the the NME youth

REISSUES AND ARCHIVE
1. Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Columbia)
2. Andrew Hill, Compulsion!!! (Blue Note)
3. Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM)
4. Joe Harriott, Free Form (Gott)
5. v/a, Mike Taylor Remembered (Dusk Fire)
6. Noah Howard, The Black Ark (Bo' Weavil)
7. Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy, Cornell 64 (Blue Note)
8. John Handy, Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (Jazz Beat)
9. Max Roach, We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid)
TIE Duke Ellington, The Duke Box (Storyville)

jazz lists won't get much outrage but daaaaamn son, no Mingus - Cornell 64 on the reissues? that's cold homie.

can't read he1ges0n? that's cold homie!

Or they hope to publish a singles one this week and a albums one the next week to get 2 bumper sellers and the xmas special?
And wrap it in cellophane so no one knows until they get home!
It's the only NME I ever buy so they better not do that!

an 007 metal overview, if anyone wants one, by one of the best music writers right now

http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/293_200712-year-in-metal.html

Remaining lists and their top 5 last year:

NME - Arctic Monkeys, YYYs, Muse, Hot Chip, CSS
Spin - TVOTR, Gnarls Barkley, Arctic Monkeys, Ghostface Killah, My Chemical Romance
Rolling Stone - Dylan, RHCP, Sonic Youth, TVOTR, Ghostface
MusicOMH - Arctic Monkeys, Howling Bells, Muse, Campbell/Lanegan, Hot Chip
Prefix - Clipse, TVOTR, Herbert, Liars, Newsom
Playlouder - Jarvis, Cat Power, CSS, Flaming Lips, Lily Allen
Pop Matters - Gnarls Barkley, Hold Steady, Arctic Monkeys, Ghostface, The Ark
Cokemachineglow - Subtle, Clipse, Califone, Case, Sunset Rubdown
Delusions of Adequacy - Acid Mothers Temple, Sonic Youth, Kayo Dot, Long Winters, Band of Horses
Dusted - Walker, Concretes, Dilla, Newsom, Burial
Onion - Hold Steady, TVOTR, Midlake, Jenny Lewis, Belle & Seb
Mixmag - Hot Chip, Nathan Fake, Allen, Plan B, Burial
Pitchfork - Knife, TVOTR, Newsom, Ghostface, Hold Steady
The Wire - Burial, Walker, Newsom, Carla Bozulich, Wolf Eyes

What year is this?

2001 and everyone's waiting for the next Roses/Oasis/Mondays to come along.

Playlouder - Jarvis, Cat Power, CSS, Flaming Lips, Lily Allen

NME Albums

50 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
49 Interpol - Our Love TO Admire
48 The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
47 Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies
46 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob
45 !!! - Myth Takes
44 Gruff Ryhs - Candylion
43 Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence Patience and Grace
42 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
41 Menomena - Friend and Foe
40 EL-P - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
39 Jeffery Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
38 Justice - â€
37 Jamie T - Panic Prevention
36 Holy Fuck - s/t
35 Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
34 New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
33 Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
32 Grinderman - s/t
31 The Pigeon Detectives - Wait For Me
30 QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
29 Lethal Bizzle - Back To Bizznizz
28 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
27 The Horrors - Strange House
26 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
25 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America
24 The Maccabees - Colour It In
23 Maps - We Can Create
22 Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
21 The Enemy - We'll Live and Die In These Towns
20 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
19 Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
18 ? - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
17 Future of The Left - Curses
16 The Coral - Roots and Echoes
15 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
14 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
13 PJ Harvey - White Chalk
12 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
11 LCD Soundsytem - Sound Of Silver
10 Battles - Mirrored
9 The Cribs - Man's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
8 Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
7 MIA - Kala
6 Kings of Leon - Because Of The Times
5 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
4 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3 Radiohead - In Rainbows
2 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
1 Klaxons - Myths of The Near Future

Tracks

50 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A problem Because Everything Dies
49 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
48 QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick
47 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
46 Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
45 Black Lips - Bad Kids
44 CSS - Off The Hook
43 Kate Nash - Foundations
42 The Enemy - It's Not OK
41 MIA - Boyz
40 The Horrors - She Is The New Thing
39 Late of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle
38 Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost
37 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
36 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
35 Bloc Party - The Prayer
34 XX Teens - Darlin'
33 Cold War Kids - Hang Me Out To Dry
32 Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days
31 Gallows - Abandon Ship
30 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
29 Jarvis - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
28 Björk Earth Intruders
27 Howling Bells - Low Happening
26 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
25 Kings of Leon - Charmer
24 The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
23 Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
22 Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet
21 SFA - Run Away
20 Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
19 Santogold - LES Artistes
18 Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl
17 MIA - Jimmy
16 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
15 Battles - Atlas
14 Black Lips - O Katrina!
13 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
12 Foals - Hummer
11 Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
10 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
9 Arcade Fire - Intervention
8 Foals - Mathletics
7 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
6 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
5 Rihanna - Umbrella
4 The Teenagers - Homecoming
3 The Cribs's - Men's Needs
2 Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone
1 Klaxons - Golden Skans

They really are going to regret Biffy Clyro at number eight in years to come in a Carter/Wonder Stuff type of way.

won't be an nme in eight years.

They really are going to regret Biffy Clyro at number eight in years to come in a Carter/Wonder Stuff type of way.

-- Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:15 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

As opposed to being really proud of listing The Horrors, Hadouken, and Justice.

amazed you didn't go for the MIA zing there. too broad?

Who?

Oh, her. I liked that "Chewing Gum" track she did, I've not heard anything since.

No, that "Chewing Gum" was - Helen Shapiro or whatever her name was?

The poll certainly proves that Girls Aloud's valiant attempts to sound as much like Biffy Clyro as possible on their new album were in vain.

scrubs is shit

dr cox is a zing icon.

Surely the janitor is the US branch of LBZC?

apatow, more like CRAPATOW

this guy knows my work.

You seen my work, you know my steez
It's a slim chance that I'ma hesitate to squeeze, please
Money never made me (no) money never played me (NO NO)
.. and Money bet' not make (?) or I break his ass
Subtract his ass when I step through his hood
Fuck droppin you, I'm into stoppin you for good

[Lil' Fame]
Stop him if you could {"You're as cold as ice"}

Idolator published Time Magazine's list:
Albums
1. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black
2. Radiohead, In Rainbows
3. Feist, The Reminder
4. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
5. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
6. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7. Battles, Mirrored
8. Robert Plant And Allison Krauss, Raising Sand
9. M.I.A., Kala
10. Kanye West, Graduation
Songs
1. Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"
2. Feist, "1-2-3-4"
3. Rihanna, "Umbrella"
4. LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends"
5. Radiohead, "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
6. 50 Cent, "I Get Money"
7. Plain White T's, "Hey There Delilah"
8. Manu Chao, "Me Llaman Calle"
9. Aly And AJ, "Potential Breakup Song"
10. The Fratellis, "Baby Fratelli"

Meanwhile, on the margins: African, Latin and Caribbean music magazine The Beat does not publish their critics poll list until March! I used to look at Latin Beat magazine's list on the newstand at Tower. Not sure where I can find that publication now (and I did not like it enough to want to subscribe).

‘Robert Plant And Allison Krauss, Raising Sand’ is for 50-something women who listen to NPR.

(I just described my mother. Do you think I have mother issues?)

Also, its weird to see The National’s ‘Boxer’ being so middle-of-the-road. Usually my favorite album will be in the top 5 of many critics polls.

Why isn't beggin' in the tracks polls anywhere?

Time's list isn't anywhere near as bad as I would have expected it to be. I mean, Battles!

Baltimore City Paper's top 10
http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=14965
1 M.I.A. Kala (Interscope)
2 Dirty Projectors Rise Above (Dead Oceans)
3 UGK Underground Kingz (Jive/Zomba)
4 Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
5 Jesu Conqueror (Hydra Head)
6 Battles Mirrored (Warp)
7 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (Capitol)
8 Valet Blood Is Clean (Kranky)
9 Yellow Swans At All Ends (Load)
9 Kanye West Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
10 Parts and Labor Mapmaker (Jagjaguwar)

two 9's because of a tie, apparently. I only know/like the 3 albums I voted for, but I'm kind of perversely pleased by the fact that I haven't even heard of some of the artists on this list ever.

Rock-a-Rolla's top 30:

1.Oxbow 'The Narcotic Story'
2.Neurosis 'Given To The Rising'
3.Tomahawk 'Anonymous'
4.Dillinger Escape Plan 'Ire Works'
5.Big Business 'Here Come The Waterworks'
6.Dälek 'Abandoned Language'
7.John Zorn 'Six Litanies For Heliogabalus'
8.Om 'Pilgrimage'
9.Jesu 'Conqueror'
10.Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 'In Glorious Times'
11.The Locust 'New Erections'
12.Angels Of Light 'We Are Him'
13.High On Fire 'Death Is This Communion'
14.Unsane 'Visqueen'
15.Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO 'Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under The Stars'
16.KTL '2'
17.Pig Destroyer 'Phantom Limb'
18.Fog 'Ditherer'
19.Qui 'Love's Miracle'
20.Pelican 'City Of Echoes'
21.Orthodox 'Amanecer En Puerta Oscura
22.Thurston Moore 'Trees Outside The Academy'
23.Sunburned Hand Of The Man 'Fire Escape'
24.Shining 'Grindstone'
25.Magik Markers 'Boss'
26.Battles 'Mirrored'
27.Caina 'Mourner'
28.Merzbow 'Coma Berenices'
29.Pissed Jeans 'Hope For Men'
30.Liars 'Liars'

Not got my rock-a-rolla yet despite subscribing again.

That NME list is hilariously awful.

But, yeah, Klaxons, album of the year!

RONG.

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nor I. this is from the mailout. it only came out on monday though.

I thought nine of the albums on the NME list were quite good or better, which is about the same as the past five years

i like that rock a rolla list. first one on this thread to actually represent what i heard and found most interesting this year.

That NME list is hilariously awful

And awfully hilarious. How could anyone pick 50 records from 2007 without mentioning the mighty Hissing Fauna? It's starting to look like there's a conspiracy against that record.

man, the new Onion list is totally edgy!

waaaittt let me guess - top 10 include LCD, MIA, Spoon, Battles, Radiohead, etc etc etc etc

Rock a Rolla did a decent job.

pretty much, yeah (except Spoon at #11 and no Battles). SO EDGY!

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