According to my media player, I have 287 hours worth of music from 2007. According to my trusty spreadsheet that I used to rank these albums, I listened to 347 albums. There is a greater than likely chance that I wasn't able to give a fair listen to many of the albums that didn't make the top 210, or even those below the top 50. With that, I'd like to apologize to some of the following artists who didn't crack the 210 - some, though, would have been on the bottom had I done a complete ranking:
Fountains Of Wayne, Björk, Blu & Exile, Rooney, The Mooney Suzuki, Chris Cornell, 1888, Aa, Akron/Family, Amon Tobin, Angels of Light, Antibalas, Apostle of Hustle, Apparat, Art Brut, Ash, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boy in Static, Bracken, Brandi Carlile, Call Me Lightning, Cary Brothers, Chromeo, Crowded House, Dan Deacon, Department Of Eagles, Devendra Banhart, DJ A-Trak, Doveman, Ellen Allien, Elliott Smith, Eluvium, Ferraby Lionheart, Field Music, Fields, Figurines, Fridge, Frog Eyes, Fujiya And Miyagi, Ghosts, God is an Astronaut, Grand National, Growing, Husky Rescue, Illinois, Jay-Jay Johanson, Jeremy Enigk, Jeremy Larson, Jesu, Jim White, Junior Boys, Kaiser Chiefs, Kathy Diamond, Laura Veirs, Love Of Diagrams, Mark Ronson, Matthew Dear, Mice Parade, Midnight Movies, Milburn, Morcheeba, Mother Mother, Muscles, Noisettes, Northern State, Nostalgia 77, Odawas, Odd Nosdam, Of Montreal, Oh No, The One AM Radio, Other Men, Papercuts, Parts & Labor, Patrick Wolf, Pelican, Pole, Pop Levi, Port-Royal, Pseudosix, Raccoo-oo-oon, Richard Hawley, RJD2, Rocky Votolato, Rogue Wave, Satellite Party, Saves The Day, Sister Vanilla, Six Organs Of Admittance, Sole and the Skyrider Band, Spokane, Stereophonics, Studio, Super Furry Animals, Supermayer, Swod, The Aliens, The Black Lips, The Bravery, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Cinematics, The Concretes, The Detroit Cobras, The Dirty Projectors, The Donnas, The Electric Soft Parade, The Fiery Furnaces, The Fratellis, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Hex Dispensers, The Kissaway Trail, The Lucksmiths, The Most Serene Republic, The New Amsterdams, The Nightwatchman, The Photo Atlas, The Ponys, The Shaky Hands, The Thrills, The View, Tomahawk, Tori Amos, Trembling Blue Stars, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, Vampire Hands, Victor Bermon, VietNam, Voxtrot, World's End Girlfriend, YACHT
Fountains Of Wayne, Björk, Blu & Exile, Rooney, The Mooney Suzuki, Chris Cornell, 1888, Aa, Akron/Family, Amon Tobin, Angels of Light, Antibalas, Apostle of Hustle, Apparat, Art Brut, Ash, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boy in Static, Bracken, Brandi Carlile, Call Me Lightning, Cary Brothers, Chromeo, Crowded House, Dan Deacon, Department Of Eagles, Devendra Banhart, DJ A-Trak, Doveman, Ellen Allien, Elliott Smith, Eluvium, Ferraby Lionheart, Field Music, Fields, Figurines, Fridge, Frog Eyes, Fujiya And Miyagi, Ghosts, God is an Astronaut, Grand National, Growing, Husky Rescue, Illinois, Jay-Jay Johanson, Jeremy Enigk, Jeremy Larson, Jesu, Jim White, Junior Boys, Kaiser Chiefs, Kathy Diamond, Laura Veirs, Love Of Diagrams, Mark Ronson, Matthew Dear, Mice Parade, Midnight Movies, Milburn, Morcheeba, Mother Mother, Muscles, Noisettes, Northern State, Nostalgia 77, Odawas, Odd Nosdam, Of Montreal, Oh No, The One AM Radio, Other Men, Papercuts, Parts & Labor, Patrick Wolf, Pelican, Pole, Pop Levi, Port-Royal, Pseudosix, Raccoo-oo-oon, Richard Hawley, RJD2, Rocky Votolato, Rogue Wave, Satellite Party, Saves The Day, Sister Vanilla, Six Organs Of Admittance, Sole and the Skyrider Band, Spokane, Stereophonics, Studio, Super Furry Animals, Supermayer, Swod, The Aliens, The Black Lips, The Bravery, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Cinematics, The Concretes, The Detroit Cobras, The Dirty Projectors, The Donnas, The Electric Soft Parade, The Fiery Furnaces, The Fratellis, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Hex Dispensers, The Kissaway Trail, The Lucksmiths, The Most Serene Republic, The New Amsterdams, The Nightwatchman, The Photo Atlas, The Ponys, The Shaky Hands, The Thrills, The View, Tomahawk, Tori Amos, Trembling Blue Stars, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, Vampire Hands, Victor Bermon, VietNam, Voxtrot, World's End Girlfriend, YACHT
I must add that 2007 was a great year for music. Sure, there weren't many mind-blowing releases, but there were a plethora of outstanding albums that should hold up over the years. It was very tough ranking these and, outside of the top 20, a case could be made for any of these albums to move 10 spots up or down.
Without further ado -
210 The Earlies - The Enemy Chorus
209 Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
208 Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
207 Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
206 DNTEL - Dumb Luck
205 Common - Finding Forever
204 Cowboy Junkies - Cowboy Junkies
203 Fog - Ditherer
202 The Forms - The Forms
201 Rob Crow - Living Well
200 Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
199 Palomar - All Things, Forests
198 New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
197 Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On the Water
196 Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
195 imadethismistake - Tomorrow We Start New
194 Help She Can't Swim - The Death of Nightlife
193 Cass McCombs - Dropping the Writ
192 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideals
191 Enon - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds
190 Hard-Fi - Once Upon a Time In the West
189 Coconut Records - Nighttiming
188 Minus Story - My Ion Tuss
187 Rilo Kiley - Under the Backlight
186 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is
185 Radical Face - Ghost
184 Travis - The Boy With No Name
183 To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - The Patron
182 The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
181 The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
180 The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
179 The Maccabees - Colour It In
178 O'Death - Head Home
177 Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, Country House
176 Phosphorescent - Pride
175 Piano Magic - Part Monster
174 Ha Ha Tonka - Buckle in the Bible Belt
173 Jonquil - Lions
172 Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
171 Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
170 Amiina - Kurr
169 Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
168 Handsome Furs - Plague Park
167 Gore Gore Girls - Get The Gore
166 Eisley - Combinations
165 Chuck Prophet - Soap And Water
164 Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
163 Breathe Owl Breathe - Canadian Shield
162 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
161 Air - Pocket Symphony
160 1990s - Cookies
159 Yourcodenameis:Milo - They Came From The Sun
158 Wooden Wand - James and the Quiet
157 Thee, Stranded Horse - Churning Strides
156 The Go Find - Stars On the Wall
155 The Brunettes - Structure & Cosmetics
154 Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
153 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
152 Soundtrack - I'm Not There
151 Modeselektor - Happy Birthday
150 Kenna - Make Sure They See My Face
149 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
148 Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
147 Architecture In Helsinki - Places Like This
146 The Rakes - Ten New Messages
145 The Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art
144 The Dreadful Yawns - Rest
143 Sahara Hotnights - What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing
142 Efterklang - Parades
141 Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
140 The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
139 Windmill - Puddle City Racing Lights
138 The Cult - Born Into This
137 PJ Harvey - White Chalk
136 Menomena - Friend and Foe
135 Grizzly Bear - Friend
134 The Ike Reilly Assassination - We Belong To The Staggering Evening
133 Winterkids - Memoirs
132 Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
131 Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
130 Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
129 Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
128 Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
127 Pela - Anytown Graffiti
126 Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up)
125 Mark Olson - The Salvation Blues
124 Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
123 Liars - Liars
122 Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
121 Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
120 iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learnt
119 Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold
118 Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue
117 Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
116 The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
115 Golden Smog - Blood on the Slacks
114 Alberta Cross - The Thief & The Heartbreaker
113 Immaculate Machine - Fables
112 The Church - El Momento Siguiente
111 The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
110 You Say Party! We Say Die! - Lose All Time
109 Film School - Hideout
108 Black Francis - Bluefinger
107 Magik Markers - Boss
106 Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times
105 John Vanderslice - Emerald City
104 Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
103 Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
102 Dizzee Rascal - Maths And English
101 The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime
100 Deer Tick - War Elephant
99 Castanets - In the Vines
98 Caribou - Andorra
97 Calla - Strength in Numbers
96 Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat
95 Bishop Allen - The Broken String
94 Imperial Teen - The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band
93 Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace
92 Tunng - Good Arrows
91 Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
90 El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
89 Dungen - Tio Bitar
88 Electralane - No Shouts, No Calls
87 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
86 A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
85 A Place To Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers
84 Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
83 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
82 White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
81 Vampire Weekend - Blue Cd-r
80 Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth
79 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
78 Rosebuds - Night of the Furies
77 The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
76 Future Of The Left - Curses
75 Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
74 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
73 Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
72 Seabear - The Ghost That Carried Us Away
71 Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
70 Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You
69 Ministry - The Last Sucker
68 Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
67 Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in the Rust
66 Holy Fuck - LP
65 Sea Wolf - Leaves In The River
64 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With the Living
63 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
62 Idlewild - Make A New World
61 Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
60 Editors - An End Has a Start
59 Soundtrack - Music From The Motion Picture Once
Such a great movie. Here's the trailer - Once
58 Tegan & Sara - The Con
57 The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
56 The Chemical Brothers - We are the Night
55 The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
54 The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
53 !!! - Myth Takes
52 Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
51 The New Pornographers - Challengers
50 Lewis and Clarke - Blasts of Holy Birth
49 Kanye West - Graduation
48 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
47 The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
46 UNKLE - War Stories
45 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
44 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
43 Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours to Keep
42 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
41 Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
40 Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
39 Justice - Cross
38 Les Savy Fav - Lets Stay Friends
37 M.I.A. - Kala
36 Bloc Party - A Weekend in The City
35 Maps - We Can Create
34 The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
33 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
32 Burial - Untrue
31 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
30 Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance
29 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
28 Son Volt - The Search
27 Digitalism - Idealism
26 Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
25 Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
24 Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse
23 Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim
I recommend everyone see Heima. It gives me goosebumps everytime I watch it. Here is the trailer
And if you need more convincing, here is someone's edit of some of the imagery using Von from the film - Von
22 Interpol - Our Love To Admire
21 Okkervil River - The Stage Names
20 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
19 Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
18 Feist - The Reminder
17 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
16 Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
15 Battles - Mirrored
14 Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
13 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
12 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
11 Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
10 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
09 Blonde Redhead - 23
08 Kevin Drew - Spirit If
07 The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear
06 The Narrator - All That to the Wall
05 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
04 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
03 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
02 Radiohead - In Rainbows
Nothing short of brilliant, but nothing short of what I'd expect from them.
01 The National - Boxer
From the first track to the last, a solid effort. Not a weak song among them.
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