The more I analyze these Best of '07 lists (and by "analyze" I mean check to see which of my Top 10 picks made each list) the more pissed off I get. Here's another list, this one is from British magazine Q.
My take: I agree with Idolator, who says this list (and probably every other one we've seen thus far) is full of "boring-ass, dude-centric indie rock." They are even so heavy on the "boring-ass, dude-centric indie rock" that they can't find room for Wilco, Iron & Wine or Band of Whorses (good for them, but still). Also, Fall Out Boy? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?! I mean, I expect to get tons of shit for putting My December in my Top 10 (which I'll post in a sec) but seriously. Fall Out Boy?
The list, courtesy of Idolator:
1. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
2. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
3. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
4. Radiohead – In Rainbows
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
7. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
8. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
9. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
10. Rufus Wainwright – Release the Stars
11. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
12. Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
13. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
14. Cherry Ghost – Thirst for Romance
15. Interpol – Our Love to Admire
16. Manic Street Preachers – Send Away the Tigers
17. Rilo Kiley – Under the Blacklight
18. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
19. Björk – Volta
20. The Rumble Strips – Girls and Weather
21. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards
22. The Coral – Roots & Echoes
23. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
24. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
25. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
26. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
27. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
28. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
29. Roìsìn Murphy – Overpowered
30. The National – Boxer
31. Soulsavers – It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
32. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
33. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II
34. M.I.A. – Kala
35. Hard-Fi – Once upon a Time in the West
36. Common – Finding Forever
37. Robyn – Robyn
38. Fall Out Boy – Infinity on High
39. Joni Mitchell – Shine
40. Field Music – Tones of Town
41. Keren Ann – Keren Ann
42. The Enemy – We'll Live and Die in These Towns
43. Patrick Watson – Close to Paradise
44. Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta!
45. Lucinda Williams – West
46. Sigur Ròs – Hvarf-Heim
47. Kate Nash – Made of Bricks
48. Justice – †
49. Jamie T – Panic Prevention
50. Stereophonics – Pull the Pin