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Best music of 2007: The Ballots

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December 12th, 2007

KEITH PHIPPS

1. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (12)

2. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (12)

3. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver (12)

4. Ryan Adams, Easy Tiger (12)

5. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (12)

6. Tegan & Sara, The Con (12)

7. PJ Harvey, White Chalk (12)

P.J. Harvey has never been shy about reinventing her sound, but White Chalk takes her way outside her comfort zone. Abandoning guitar for piano and wails for whispers, she delivered an album of hauntingly spare songs about despair, discomfort, and the way sometimes even staying close to home can leave you feeling lost.

8. Jay-Z, American Gangster (6)

9. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away (5)

10. Bruce Springsteen, Magic (5)

 

RUNNERS UP

The National, Boxers

Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin

The New Pornographers, Challengers

The White Stripes, Icky Thump

Radiohead, In Rainbows

Art Brut, It's A Bit Complicated

Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death

Wilco, Sky Blue Sky

Common, Finding Forever

Porter Wagoner, The Wagonmaster (R.I.P.)

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