Best of 2007 - Music

So, I wanted to publish my own Best of 2007 list (even if nobody reads it) before I read everybody else's. After carefully considering the cadre of crappy candidates (alliteration at its worst) I realized that if there is one essential truth, its that this was a really poor year in music. In fact, only a couple of really noteworthy albums dropped in 2007. Here's a sampling of the few that were actually worth listening to.

1. In Rainbows - Radiohead
2. Spirit If - Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew
3. The Remainder - Fiest
4. American Gangster - Jay Z
5. The Stage Names - Okkervil River
6. Boxer - The National
7. Waiting for the Time to be Right - The Brother Kite
8. Let's Stay Friends - Les Savy Fav
9. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
10. Challenger - The New Pornographers

Honorable Mentions: New Moon - Elliott Smith; Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters - The Twilight Sad; The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter - Josh Ritter; The Carnival Vol. II - Wyclef Jean; Our Ill Wills - Shout Out Louds; Writer's Block - Peter, Bjorn, & John; Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon

Most Disappointing: Wincing the Night Away - The Shins