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!

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If there’s one list currently being checked more than Santa’s, it’s the latest Nielsen SoundScan numbers. Why? Josh Groban’s Noël claimed an unprecedented fourth straight week at number one, a feat never before accomplished by a holiday album. This means that Groban has overtaken the previous record, three weeks set by Elvis Presley, half a century ago with 1957’s Elvis’ Christmas Album. This also puts Noël in the lead as the year’s bestselling album (sorry, Zac Efron), and if the trend holds, it’ll become the first holiday album to top year-end sales in the SoundScan era.

Once, twice, three times the Jack White in ‘08? The White Stripes frontman has told NME that after his band was forced to cancel their 2007 touring due to Meg White’s anxiety, he has been using his free time to work on three new albums. White unfortunately would not name the other projects he was working on, but denied it was The Raconteurs’ new album or his long-rumored solo album. Perhaps a collaboration with Ryan Adams? It’s been a couple of weeks since he dropped a new album…

Apple has posted the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light, the director’s delayed Rolling Stones concert doc that is now set for release on April 8, 2008. Following No Direction Home, this new musical doc looks like another must-see film this Spring. Also makes one really anxious to see Scorsese’s upcoming take on the life of George Harrison. I’ll post the trailer for Shine a Light below, but recommend heading over to Apple to view it in beautiful QuickTime.

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As “the second most punk-rock band in Britain,” Los Campesinos! performs tunes that truly reflects the exclamation point in their moniker. Now, they’ve released such an awesome new video, they’re deserving of another exclamation. “Death To Los Campesinos!” is the first track/single from their upcoming album (out February 18th) and the accompanying video is a thing of absolute joy. Although the video does deliver the promise of killing Los Campesinos!, don’t worry - the band meets their makers by deadly rainbows, kittens, unicorns, and confetti!

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