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Originally posted by EricG75:

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Originally posted by Peewee:
Klaxons??????

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

Not unlike Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine?

The editors at allmusic have submitted their lists. Pretty interesting lists, not one single vote for Boxer and only one vote for In Rainbows.

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Originally posted by Peewee:
Klaxons??????

It's NME.

This needs no further explanation.

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Originally posted by Dork:

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Originally posted by Peewee:
Klaxons??????

It's NME.

This needs no further explanation.

its not about NME...

its about the different way of thinkin between US and brit critics.you are gonna see Klaxons very high in every british magazine , blog , site etc.the same about the arctic monkeys or the good the bad and the queen albums.

maybe someone should start a new topic about the similarities and the differences betweek UK and US in those lists or even in music.it could be very interesting.

Yeah, I don't read the NME, because I don't like their editorial policy, and most of the writers are immature and easily-led, but they are a very British magazine, so obviously there are going to be some very British acts in their end of year list, which isn't actually that bad a list this year. It contains Beirut, Menomena, Grinderman, QOTSA, The Hold Steady, White Stripes, Shins, Arcade Fire, Les Savy Fav among other Metacritic-forums lauded albums.

I don't particularly like (or dislike) The Klaxons, but I understand that they're very "now" in this country. Hence why they won the Mercury Music Prize and now are #1 on the NME's list.

I quite liked the AV Club's list. If only for the top 2...

(and I'd say Rilo Kiley's inclusion is worse than Fall Out Boy's. One is a horrific fall from grace, while at least the other Gets. You. Pumped.)

NME used to be much better. There was a time when you could rely on its year-end list. But it has become a children's magazine in the past few years (like Q).

I listened to the Klaxons last night again, sheerly out of curiosity -- this was an album I bought and listened to, I think, once when it first came out. It still strikes me as completely uninteresting. A few mildly decent pop singles and then a lot of annoying clanging. I can understand how NME might like it more than I do, but album of the year!!!!???

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Originally posted by Peewee:
A few mildly decent pop singles and then a lot of annoying clanging. I can understand how NME might like it more than I do, but album of the year!!!!???

There is a single from the album, that, when it comes on AOL's "Brand New Indie" station (Don't laugh, it's my only source of music at one of my offices, and they play quite good stuff) I always have to check the title and band, because I really like it. Still, it is a pop trifle. Enjoyable, but disposeable.

The interesting thing I've noticed, is that there seems to be a core of albums in many of the lists, amateur and professional, that keep repeating. My list is full of those albums. The Arcade Fires, Nationals, Spoons, etc. Is it because they really are the best albums this year, or is it because they all belong to this year's trend (perhaps, "earnest, but semi-quirky indie pop"). Which among these will we still be talking about 10 or 15 years from now?

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Originally posted by kendocubano:
My list is full of those albums. The Arcade Fires, Nationals, Spoons, etc. Is it because they really are the best albums this year

Those albums are all in my top 5 so I would say they're the best albums of the year, but that's just me.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
19. Against Me! – New Wave
12. Jesu – Conqueror

Really happy to see these two. Undersung records.

For anyone fretting that Of Montreal is not getting just desserts, they've been named the #1 indie record of the year by PopMatters. PopMatters will be taking over the hill from P4k soon so this is big news.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576284/20071211/id_0.jhtml it's a pretty strange list by MTV staff. I like their picks of Panda Bear and Yesayer very much, but Sky Blue Sky at the top? Here's the top 10:
1. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky.
2. Against Me!, New Wave.
3. Radiohead, In Rainbows.
4. The White Stripes, Icky Thump.
5. Tegan and Sara, The Con.
6. The Field, From Here We Go Sublime.
7. Panda Bear, Person Pitch.
8. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
9. Deerhunter, Cryptograms.
10. Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals.

I'm just stunned to hear that staff members at MTV have even heard of some of these bands!

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Originally posted by kendocubano:
I'm just stunned to hear that staff members at MTV have even heard of some of these bands!

If only they played some of those bands on MTV.

I would've expected the MTV list to look something like:

1. Rhianna
2. Fall Out Boy
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Plain White T's
...etc..

Anyone care to venture a guess at Pfork's top album of 2007? I'm guess it won't be as shocking as previous year's number 1 (read: Kanye, The Knife)

I'm going to guess Radiohead or M.I.A. - the first because of the way the album was released and the second...just because...

Neither of these albums made my top 20 - but only because they didn't draw me back to them again and again like the others in my top 20 did...

Just for the record, Kanye never did get a #1 vote from Pitchfork. In 2005 Sufjan was #1, and Kanye was #2.

my favourite free Mag in Canada released their lists:

Exclaim! Magazine:

Frequencies:

1. Justice - Cross
2. LCD Soundsystem
3. The Field
4. Simian Mobile Disco
5. Amon Tobin
6. Gui Boratto
7. Holy Fuck - LP
8. Dan Deacon
9. Chemical Brothers
10. Ghislain Pourier - No Ground Under

GROOVE:

1. Amy Winehouse
2. M.I.A.
3. Kobo Town
4. Bonde Do Role
5. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
6. Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu
7. Ojos De Brujo
8. Robert Strauss
9. Antibalas
10. Ticklah

POP ROCKS

1. Battles - Mirrored
2. Arcade Fire
3. Caribou
4. Panda Bear
5. Radiohead
6. Miracle Fortress
7. Deerhunter
8. Deerhoof
9. Spoon
10. Animal Collective

11. Feist
12. Attack In Black
13.Sunset Rubdown
14. Jens Lekman
15. Besnard Lakes
16. The Nationl
17. No Age
18. Of Montreal
19. Tinariwen
20. Beirut

there is 3 other categories....Woods, Wires & Whiskey where Wilco ins #2, Iron& Wine #6.....also Aggressive Tendencies (heavy), No Future (punk) and Beats & Rhymes (hip-hop) where Kanye WEst is#1, Common #2, Talib #5......

I've compiled the top 10 lists from all that write for Music Emissions:

Music Emissions Top Albums of 2007

Spin's top 40:

40 Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
39 Turbonegro - Retox
38 Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
37 Ted Leo & The Pharmicists - Living With The Living
36 Bonde Do Role - With Lasers
35 Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre
34 Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold
33 The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts
32 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
31 Handsome Furs - Plague Park
30 Brother Ali - Undisputed Truth
29 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
28 Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
27 Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
26 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
25 Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
24 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
23 Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
22 Elliott Smith - New Moon
21 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

20 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
19 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
18 Feist - The Reminder
17 The National - Boxer
16 Lily Allen - Alright, Still...
15 Justice - †
14 BruceSpringsteen - Magic
13 The Hives - The Black And White Album
12 Prince - Planet Earth
11 Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
10 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
09 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
08 Jay-Z - American Gangster
07 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
06 Radiohead - In Rainbows
05 M.I.A. - Kala
04 Kanye West - Graduation
03 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
02 Arcade Fire Neon Bible
01 Against Me! - New Wave

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Originally posted by EricG75:
I would've expected the MTV list to look something like:

1. Rhianna
2. Fall Out Boy
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Plain White T's
...etc..

I don't know about you guys but that #2 band just gets. me. pumped.