Metacritic: Best Albums of 2007

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60 31Knots
82 Abe Vigoda
71 The Academy Is...
53 The Airborne Toxic Event
79 Alias
77 Theresa Andersson
76 Apollo Sunshine
47 The Automatic
79 Azeda Booth
75 Joan Baez
84 Bajofondo
56 David Banner
76 The Baseball Project
77 Beck
77 Black Affair
59 Black Ghosts
74 Black Kids
79 Blitzen Trapper
74 Bodies Of Water
70 Brazilian Girls
72 Brightblack Morning Light
66 The Broken West
50 Buckcherry
78 Lindsey Buckingham
90 The Bug
56 Caesars
78 Calexico
70 Glen Campbell
70 Brendan Canning
63 Cats In Paris
74 The Chemical Brothers
65 Cold War Kids
69 Alice Cooper
79 Rodney Crowell
63 CSS
67 Miley Cyrus
46 Dandy Warhols
65 Kimya Dawson
73 Dead Confederate
72 Death Vessel
74 Delta Spirit
79 Damien Dempsey
78 Ani DiFranco
58 DJ Khaled
66 The Donkeys
72 Dr. Dog
80 DragonForce
78 The Duhks
77 Dungen
73 Brian Eno + David Byrne
62 The Faint
67 The Fiery Furnaces
63 Ben Folds
64 iForward, Russia!
72 Friendly Fires
71 Fujiya & Miyagi
65 The Game
74 Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
74 Giant Sand
79 Girl Talk
83 Glasvegas
61 Golden Animals
64 Mike Gordon
68 Gym Class Heroes
78 GZA
66 Neil Halstead
64 Albert Hammond, Jr.
72 Juliana Hatfield
61 Hawthorne Heights
81 High Places
77 High Places
76 Zach Hill
85 The Hold Steady
83 David Holmes
80 Horse Feathers
74 Howling Hex
58 Jennifer Hudson
71 Human Highway
70 Ice Cube
66 Ida Maria
68 Jack's Mannequin
69 Jaguar Love
73 James
81 Jamey Johnson
70 Jonas Brothers
78 Damien Jurado
83 Kasai Allstars
57 Kerli
89 B.B. King
65 Kings Of Leon
67 Ladyhawke
73 Leila
54 Levellers
74 Jenny Lewis
76 Lykke Li
82 Lindstrom
72 Little Jackie
60 The Little Ones
57 LL Cool J
60 Lloyd
60 The Lord Dog Bird
85 Patty Loveless
76 John Mellencamp
71 The Melvins
70 Mercury Rev
77 Metallica
71 Metronomy
74 Mirah
75 Mogwai
64 Motorhead
66 Mugison
78 Nico Muhly
74 Murs
84 The Music Tapes
71 Nas
65 Nelly
79 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
50 New Kids On The Block
77 The New Year
85 Randy Newman
80 Ne-Yo
57 Nightmares On Wax
68 The Nightwatchman
78 Nine Inch Nails
61 Noah And The Whale
67 Oasis
75 Conor Oberst
78 Okkervil River
76 Old Crow Medicine Show
80 One Day As A Lion
75 Oneida
73 Joan Osborne
75 Oxford Collapse
85 Paavoharju
78 Amanda Palmer
65 Parenthetical Girls
89 Aaron Parks
73 Lee "Scratch" Perry
51 Kellie Pickler
69 Pivot
58 Plain White T's
89 Plush
64 Primal Scream
50 Pussycat Dolls
75 Ra Ra Riot
71 Ratatat
62 Re-Up Gang
62 Rex The Dog
76 Roots Manuva
71 Darius Rucker
72 The Rumble Strips
81 Raphael Saadiq
57 Sam Champion
73 Scars On Broadway
81 Pete Seeger
70 Ron Sexsmith
68 The Shaky Hands
39 Shwayze
58 Jessica Simpson
69 Slipknot
79 Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
73 Solange
69 Son, Ambulance
65 Rick Springfield
65 Staind
47 Stereo MC's
72 Stereolab
71 The Stills
73 The Subways
83 Sugarland
70 Matthew Sweet
74 T.I.
72 Robin Thicke
71 Thievery Corporation
77 Irma Thomas
79 Tindersticks
71 Tittsworth
90 Shugo Tokumaru
74 Emiliana Torrini
67 James Jackson Toth
72 Randy Travis
69 Tricky
89 TV On The Radio
78 The Uglysuit
92 Underoath
56 UNKLE
61 David Vandervelde
77 Chad VanGaalen
71 The Verve
76 Volcano!
68 Loudon Wainwright III
80 The Walkmen
66 Ben Weaver
83 The Week That Was
77 Paul Weller
70 Brian Wilson
77 Wire
63 XX Teens
71 Young Jeezy
55 Yung Berg

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field	2007	90
2	Untrue by Burial	2007	90
3	In Rainbows by Radiohead	2007	88
4	Person Pitch by Panda Bear	2007	87
5	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss	2007	87
6	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav	2007	87
7	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire	2007	87
8	Children Running Through by Patty Griffin	2007	87
9	Kala by M.I.A.	2007	87
10	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
11	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt	2007	86
12	Mirrored by Battles	2007	86
13	45:33 by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
14	Boxer by The National	2007	86
15	New Moon by Elliott Smith	2007	85
16	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert	2007	85
17	The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello	2007	84
18	Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan	2007	84
19	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon	2007	84
20	Copia by Eluvium	2007	84
21	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson	2007	84
22	The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine	2007	84
23	Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega	2007	84
24	Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure	2007	84
25	And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid	2007	83
26	The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes	2007	83
27	A Place To Bury Strangers by A Place To Bury Strangers	2007	83
28	Grinderman by Grinderman	2007	83
29	23 by Blonde Redhead	2007	83
30	Andorra by Caribou	2007	83

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice's 2007 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll (a survey of 577 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Kala by M.I.A.
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6.	Graduation by Kanye West
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
9.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10.	Boxer by The National
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Idolator's 2007 Pop Critics Poll (a survey of 452 critics)
1.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2.	Kala by M.I.A.
3.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
7.	Boxer by The National
8.	Graduation by Kanye West
9.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
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Almost Cool
1.	Mirrored by Battles
2.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
3.	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
4.	In Advance Of The Broken Arm by Marnie Stern
5.	Untrue by Burial
6.	Future Rock by Strategy
7.	Yearbook 1 by Studio
8.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

Amazon.com [Editors' Picks]
1.	The Reminder by Feist
2.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3.	Graduation by Kanye West
4.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	New Moon by Elliot Smith
9.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
10.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Austin Chronicle [Greg Beets]
1.	Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film "Knocked Up" by Loudon Wainwright III
2.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3.	Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John by Peter Case
4.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5.	Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
6.	Here We Are by The Cynics
7.	Hey Hey My My Yo Yo by Junior Senior
8.	Rock and Roll Backlash by The Woggles
9.	A Year in the Wilderness by John Doe
10.	Don't Believe a Word by The Clutters

Austin Chronicle [Jim Caligiuri]
1.	Kaboom! by The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
2.	Washington Square Serenade by Steve Earle
3.	Buckle in the Bible Belt by Ha Ha Tonka
4.	Dirt Farmer by Levon Helm
5.	Sirens of the Ditch by Jason Isbell
6.	Thinking About You by Norah Jones
7.	Soap and Water by Chuck Prophet
8.	The End of History by Fionn Regan
9.	Never Hear the End of It by Sloan
10.	Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson

Austin Chronicle [Thomas Fawcett]
1.	The Undisputed Truth by Brother Ali
2.	Mind Control by Stephen Marley
3.	Security by Antibalas
4.	100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
5.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
6.	Finding Forever by Common
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	The Scene Of The Crime by Bettye LaVette
9.	Kala by M.I.A.
10.	The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust by Saul Williams

Austin Chronicle [Doug Freeman]
1.	Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
2.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
3.	Boxer by The National
4.	Are We Not Horses by Rock Plaza Central
5.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
6.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
7.	Lady's Bridge by Richard Hawley
8.	Ola Podrida by Ola Podrida
9.	Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
10.	The Reminder by Feist

Austin Chronicle [Melanie Haupt]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
3.	The Reminder by Feist
4.	White Chalk by PJ Harvey
5.	Hvarf/Heim by Sigur Ros
6.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
7.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8.	A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party
9.	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
10.	In Our Bedroom After The War by Stars

Austin Chronicle [Andy Langer]
1.	American Gangster by Jay-Z
2.	It's Not Big It's Large by Lyle Lovett
3.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
4.	Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
5.	The Cost by The Frames
6.	Leaves in the River by Sea Wolf
7.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
8.	New Wave by Against Me!
9.	Icky Thump by The White Stripes
10.	The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter by Josh Ritter

Austin Chronicle [David Lynch]
1.	Elegy of the Uprooting by Eleni Karaindrou
2.	Wátina by Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
3.	Aman Iman: Water Is Life by Tinariwen
4.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5.	Taqasim by Marcel Khalife
6.	Taghlaghalt: Echo of the Atlas by Rayssa Fatima Tabaamrant
7.	Gil Luminoso by Gilberto Gil
8.	The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9.	Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
10.	Being There by Tord Gustavsen Trio

Austin Chronicle [Margaret Moser]
1.	Songs Of Mass Destruction by Annie Lennox
2.	Dangerous Game by Mary Weiss
3.	Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
4.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5.	The Story by Brandi Carlile
6.	West by Lucinda Williams
7.	Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park
8.	The Redwalls by The Redwalls
9.	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
10.	Kala by M.I.A.

Austin Chronicle [Darcie Stevens]
1.	The Flying Club Cup by Beirut
2.	The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes
3.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4.	Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
5.	Person Pitch by Panda Bear
6.	Kala by M.I.A.
7.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
8.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9.	Dressed Up for the Letdown by Richard Swift
10.	Boxer by The National

Austin Chronicle [Jay Trachtenberg]
1.	A Tale of God's Will by Terence Blanchard
2.	Floratone by Floratone
3.	Dub Qawwali by Gaudi & Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan
4.	Mind Control by Stephen Marley
5.	All Good Things by Pacha Massive
6.	Corn Meal Dance by William Parker
7.	Piano Vortex by Matthew Shipp
8.	We'll Never Turn Back by Mavis Staples
9.	Saltbreakers by Laura Veirs
10.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco

Billboard [Staff Consensus]
1.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
4.	Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
5.	Boxer by The National
6.	The Reminder by Feist
7.	Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
8.	Kala by M.I.A.
8.	Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8.	Sky Blue Sky by Wilco (tie)
9.	Graduation by Kanye West
10.	Mirrored by Battles

Blender
1.	Kala by M.I.A.
2.	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3.	The Carter 3 Sessions by Lil Wayne
4.	Graduation by Kanye West
5.	New Wave by Against Me!
6.	In Rainbows by Radiohead
7.	LoveHate by The Dream

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists