Merry Swankster: BEST ALBUMS OF 2007

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January 02, 2008

BEST ALBUMS OF 2007

In the coda to last year's best of list I wrote the following:

For better or for worse, we live in the age of leaked albums. How will this phenomenon effect the lists of '07? Have our finicky tastes already tired of the new (officially forthcoming) Shins, LCD Soundsystem, Deerhoof, Of Montreal, and the rest?

Funny because at the end of 2006 both Sound of Silver and Hissing Fauna... had already leaked and my transcribed thoughts referred to their superiority to practically everything from that year. Of course the date of a leak had no bearing on the eligibility for '06, but the fact that these albums have stayed close to our ears for not only all of this year, but also portions of last, speaks against the improper conventional wisdom of music blogs' oft-berated, "hype-to-bust" knock. Both brilliant, both instant classics, and both proof that the music speaks for itself without help from us keyboard jockeys. And that was just two of the top three of 2007.

2007 was a banner year for music. No, the radio dial is still a far reach for most of our favorites, but when was the last time mass acceptance correlated with critical acclaim? (Exhibit A for the defense.) Sorry lazy journalists, Rock is not dead, neither is hip-hop, or dance music. 2007 was special right from the beginning.

After the jump, the consensus list for best albums of 2007 from Merry Swankster.com's writers. Thanks for reading.

MS Consensus

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

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