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WOw!! Amon Tobin and Explosions In The Sky not any lists yet....both in my Top 12. Where Is Low(Drums and Guns their best since Things WE Lost in the Fire)???

Wilco are not there too. Don't worry, they'll all go to hell someday

Hey, a mod should go back into the first post and make a database / link directory of all of the publications' lists as a good central reference so that when all of them are posted up and the official metacritic lists aren't up yet we can browse and discuss.

Uncut Magazine

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
3. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
4. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
5. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
6. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
7. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows
10. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
11. Björk - Volta
12. Battles - Mirrored
13. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
14. M.I.A. - Kala
15. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
16. Grinderman - Grinderman
17. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
18. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods
19. Feist - The Reminder
20. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
21. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
22. Babyshambles - Shotters Nation
23. Rilo Kiley - Under the Brightlight
24. Lessavy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
25. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
26. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
27. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
28. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
29. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
30. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
31. Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
32. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
33. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
34. The National - Boxer
35. Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart
36. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
37. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
38. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
39. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
40. Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
41. Justice - †
42. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
43. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
44. Maps - We Can Create
45. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
46. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
47. Nick Lowe - At My Age
48. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
49. Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy
50. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

I reckon that's not a bad list, considering.

The Observer

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2222461,00.html

1 The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen
2 Panic Prevention - Jamie T
3 Because of the Times - Kings of Leon
4 Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
5 Maths and English - Dizzee Rascal
6 Aman Iman - Tinariwen
7 In Rainbows - Radiohead
8 Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
9 Untrue - Burial
10 Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
11 La Radiolina - Manu Chao
12 Icky Thump - The White Stripes
13 Myths of the Near Future - Klaxons
14 * - Justice
15 Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
16 Universal Syncopations II - Miroslav Vitous
17 The Bairns - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
18 Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika
19 Comicopera - Robert Wyatt
20 Kala - M.I.A
21 Release the Stars - Rufus Wainwright
22 Navega - Mayra Andrade
23 Good Bad Not Evil - Black Lips
24 Tangled Up - Girls Aloud
25 Mirrored – Battles
26 White Chalk - PJ Harvey
27 My Name is Buddy - Ry Cooder
28 Watina - Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
29 Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young
30 Person Pitch - Panda Bear

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London Times Top 10 Albums of '07

1 ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand
2 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver
3 ARCTIC MONKEYS Favourite Worst Nightmare
44 CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury
5 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Hey Venus!
6 MAVIS STAPLES We’ll Never Turn Back
7 DAVID FORD Songs for the Road
8 FEIST The Reminder
9 STEVEN LINDSAY Kite
10 BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout

For those of us stranded in the wilderness away from decent magazine shops, thanks borachon, sk.

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The Observer

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2222461,00.html

1 The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen

I don't normally say too much about the music/albums I don't care for; that changes way too much over time and I might end up eating my words some day. But seriously, the Good, the Bad & the Queen??? Over some of the other albums on that list?

it really is a great album though. i personally prefer a couple others over it, but a very british publication picking the most british album of the year, one that is quite good at that, isn't a travesty.

britney spears as number 10 for the London Times, however, is. RADIOHEAD, for chrissakes!

Wow

Hissing Fauna continues to display zero traction in the majority of year end polls...not just missing top 10-15, but failing to make top 50-100 lists altogether...I've backed albums before that have faired poorly in year end polls...Lanegan's Bubblegum, Gelb's 'Sno Angel...but I always kinda got why they weren't getting mainstream traction...the way Hissing Fauna is getting blanked seems almost inexplicable...are we posters on metacritic simply denizens of an alternate universe?

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Gelb's 'Sno Angel

I really like that one, I came on to it pretty late—way after 2006 ended—but I love the soulful chorus and Gelb’s lively and fresh sounding musicianship. It’s one of those albums that sounds really great no matter when you play it. It truly was overlooked last year.

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
Gelb's 'Sno Angel

I really like that one... It truly was overlooked last year.

It was certainly overlooked by me... it was supposed to be in my final top 20, then I forgot. I was confused as to why I only had 19, and promoted number 21.

I've actually not listened to it since. Think I will right now. I certainly have the time, seeing how I just turned up for work, they forgot they had booked me, and had got someone else in instead. I wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the fact that in my current insomniac state, I went to bed at 9 last night, stared at the ceiling until 3.30, then got up with my alarm at 6.30am. Not happy.

So anyways, Sno Angel is a great album...

I'm happy that Favourite Worst Nightmare is on alot of top-10's .

Did you all check out A/V Club's Top 25 of 2007? Here's a list...

The Shins
Menomena
Panda Bear
Sunset Rubdown
Battles
Feist
Okkervil River
The New Pornographers
Deerhunter
Of Montreal

of bands that did not make their list!

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
Gelb's 'Sno Angel

I really like that one... It truly was overlooked last year.

It was certainly overlooked by me... it was supposed to be in my final top 20, then I forgot. I was confused as to why I only had 19, and promoted number 21.

I've actually not listened to it since. Think I will right now. I certainly have the time, seeing how I just turned up for work, they forgot they had booked me, and had got someone else in instead. I wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the fact that in my current insomniac state, I went to bed at 9 last night, stared at the ceiling until 3.30, then got up with my alarm at 6.30am. Not happy.

So anyways, Sno Angel is a great album...

It was my #3 or 4 album of 2006. Great album. Totally overlooked in year end lists.

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London Times Top 10 Albums of '07
9 STEVEN LINDSAY Kite

I missed this first time I glanced at the list. Probably because I didn't expect it to be there. Wow, great choice. Really great album this. I only just picked it up last week, so it likely won't make my top 20, but it might have.

That makes up for them listing Britney Spears at number 10... almost.

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Did you all check out A/V Club's Top 25 of 2007? Here's a list...

The Shins
Menomena
Panda Bear
Sunset Rubdown
Battles
Feist
Okkervil River
The New Pornographers
Deerhunter
Of Montreal

of bands that did not make their list!

I agree, AV Club's top 25 list is a crock of shit.

What The fuck is Fall Out Boy doing there!?

AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THE ARCTIC MONKEYS NOT DOING ON THERE!?

I am totally outraged at The AV CLub this year. I'm glad I don't frequent them much or else I ould have lost faith in them...

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What The fuck is Fall Out Boy doing there!?

It really gets. them. pumped.

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I am totally outraged at The AV CLub this year. I'm glad I don't frequent them much or else I ould have lost faith in them...

Any list that includes Drums and Guns is OK in my book.

NME's list is out today. Haven't seen the whole thing but I read online that the top ten are:

1. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
2. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
5. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
6. Kings of Leon -- Because of the Times
7. MIA -- Kala
8. Biffy Clyro -- Puzzle
9. Cribs -- Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
10. Battles -- Mirrored

Singles:

1. Klaxons -- Golden Skans
2. Glasvegas -- Daddy's Gone
3. Cribs -- Men's Needs
4. Teenagers -- Homecoming
5. Rihanna -- Umbrella
6. Ting Tings -- Fruit Machine
7. Arctic Monkeys -- Brianstorm
8. Foals -- Mathletics
9. Arcade Fire -- Intervention
10. LCD Soundsystem -- North American Scum

Klaxons??????

Here is The A.V. Club’s list:

25. Iron and Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
24. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney – FrabricLive 36
23. Fall Out Boy – Infinity on High
22. Bat for Lashes – Fur and Gold
21. Grinderman – Grinderman
20. Rilo Kily – Under the Blacklight
19. Against Me! – New Wave
18. Ted Leo + Pharmacists – Living with the Living
17. Low – Drums and Guns
16. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
15. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
14. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
13. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
12. Jesu – Conqueror
11. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City
9. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
8. Tegan and Sara – The Con
7. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
6. M.I.A. – Kala
5. Band of Horse – Cease to Begin
4. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. The National – Boxer
1. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

Here is the link for the list. Each album has a song to sample, save for the Jesu album.

Here are the individual staff’s lists .

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Klaxons??????

I'm convinced the Klaxons are one of those bands you have to be British to appreciate. I'm not British, so...