Top 27 Albums of 2007
Hypeful has dragged its feet long enough! Putting together a “best of” list is never an easy task and this year was filled with some tough, musical Sophie’s choices when it came to the best best albums. Finally, Hypeful has settled on a list of the 27 best albums from 2007. Faced with some ridiculously hard decisions, I’ll admit that there were plenty of albums not listed that I would’ve loved to include. However, after countless revisions and changes in my rankings, this is Hypeful’s list of the best 27 and I’m sticking to it…for now…
Check out the Top 27 Albums of 2007 complete with MP3s for your sampling pleasure. Please feel free to leave your own lists in the comments!
ARTIST:
The Polyphonic Spree
ALBUM:
The Fragile Army
MP3:
The Polyphonic Spree - “Section 22 (Running Away)”
ARTIST:
Björk
ALBUM:
Volta
MP3:
Björk - “Declare Independence”
ARTIST:
Patrick Wolf
ALBUM:
The Magic Position
MP3:
Patrick Wolf - “The Magic Position”
ARTIST:
Bright Eyes
ALBUM:
Cassadaga
MP3s:
Bright Eyes - “Four Winds”
Bright Eyes - “No One Would Riot for Less”
ARTIST:
Wilco
ALBUM:
Sky Blue Sky
MP3:
Wilco - “Either Way”
ARTIST:
Chris Garneau
ALBUM:
Music for Tourists
MP3:
Chris Garneau - “Not Nice”
ARTIST:
Yeasayer
ALBUM:
All Hour Cymbals
MP3s:
Yeasayer - “2080″
Yeasayer - “Sunrise”
ARTIST:
Feist
ALBUM:
The Reminder
MP3:
Feist - “1234″
ARTIST:
Of Montreal
ALBUM:
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
MP3:
Of Montreal - “Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse”
ARTIST:
Kanye West
ALBUM:
Graduation
MP3:
Kanye West - “Flashing Lights”
ARTIST:
Arctic Monkeys
ALBUM:
Favourite Worst Nightmare
MP3:
Arctic Monkeys - “Fluorescent Adolescent”
ARTIST:
Bloc Party
ALBUM:
A Weekend in the City
MP3:
Bloc Party - “Song for Clay (Disappear Here)”
ARTIST:
MGMT
ALBUM:
Oracular Spectacular
ARTIST:
The White Stripes
ALBUM:
Icky Thump
MP3:
The White Stripes - “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”
ARTIST:
M.I.A.
ALBUM:
Kala
MP3:
M.I.A. - “Bird Flu”
ARTIST:
Bishop Allen
ALBUM:
The Broken String
MP3s:
Bishop Allen - “Click Click Click Click”
Bishop Allen - “Rain”
ARTIST:
Andrew Bird
ALBUM:
Armchair Apocrypha
ARTIST:
Iron & Wine
ALBUM:
The Shepherd’s Dog
MP3s:
Iron & Wine - “Boy With a Coin”
Iron & Wine - “Innocent Bones”
ARTIST:
Band of Horses
ALBUM:
Cease to Begin
MP3:
Band of Horses - “Is There a Ghost”
ARTIST:
Beirut
ALBUM:
The Flying Club Cup
MP3:
Beirut - “A Sunday Smile”
ARTIST:
Vampire Weekend
ALBUM:
Blue CD-R
MP3:
Vampire Weekend - “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
ARTIST:
Okkervil River
ALBUM:
The Stage Names
MP3:
Okkervil River - “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe”
ARTIST:
Spoon
ALBUM:
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
ARTIST:
Arcade Fire
ALBUM:
Neon Bible
MP3:
Arcade Fire - “Black Mirror”
ARTIST:
LCD Soundsystem
ALBUM:
Sound of Silver
MP3:
LCD Soundsystem - “All My Friends”
ARTIST:
Radiohead
ALBUM:
In Rainbows
ARTIST:
The National
ALBUM:
Boxer
MP3:
The National - Fake Empire
- New Bishop Allen Video - “Click Click Click Click”
- Review: Mutual Appreciation
- New Iron & Wine - “Boy With A Coin”
That’s a fine looking list. I wish I would have started listening to Yeasayer a bit sooner. I’m not surprised to see the National at number one. It was tough for me to decided between them and Radiohead.
@Jake: For reals. This list was nothin’ but close-calls and difficult decisions that will probably haunt me for weeks ahead…
WHAT?!?! Putting Boxer at number one is the easiest decision of the year. I wish there was a bigger gap between 1 & 2. Great list though…
wow. finally a list that actually mentions Bloc Party.
=]
Top 8 Albums Left Out of Hypeful’s Top 27 List
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1. Magic - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2. Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
3. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
5. Marry Me - St. Vincent
6. The Good, The Bad and The Queen
7. Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
8. Because Of The Times - Kings Of Leon
Great list. I enjoyed the hell out of Boxer just as much. We should be friends. Keep on keeping on.
my top 5
1.kings of leon because of the time
2.arcade fire neon bible
3.animal collective strawberry jam
4.the maccabees color it in
5.clap your hands some loud thunder
i love the national…can we be friends or maybe cousins?
Wow… looks like Getty Images ripped off your design: http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspx
You should totally sue them!
Actually, the author of this site removed a posting yesterday (shame, shame) which lead to a page detailing how hypeful stole the design from getty. A lawsuit might be appropriate though. Perhaps McFarlane is a McFakePost.
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