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atari 2600 · 12.26.2007, 08:21 PM

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year

1Untrue by Burial
2From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
3In Rainbows by Radiohead
4And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid
5Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
6Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav
Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
8Children Running Through by Patty Griffin
9Kala by M.I.A.
10Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
11Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
12Person Pitch by Panda Bear
13Mirrored by Battles
14 45:33 by LCD Soundsystem200786
15Boxer by The National
16New Moon by Elliott Smith
17Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
18Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan
19The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello
20Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
21Copia by Eluvium
22Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson
23A Place To Bury Strangers by A Place To Bury Strange
24The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine
25Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega
26Frank by Amy Winehouse
27Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure
28The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes
29Grinderman by Grinderman
3023 by Blonde Redhead

My comments:
The first thing that jumps out at me on this aggregate list from metacritic is that In Rainbows is way too high at an average of number three. I originally had it in my top ten, but it fell to barely making the top twenty by the time the second disc arrived.
I can appreciate that Raising Sand is so high at five, but it only barely makes my top thirty at number twenty-eight. Neon Bible also seems excessively high at number seven. Mirrored and Beauty & Crime seem, in my opinion, too low, but at least they are included. metacritic put Sweet Warrior close to where I did. Many lists seem to be in agreement on the Burial, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Panda Bear and Les Savy Fav, none of which I have heard.
I listened to the Spoon and Blonde Redhead and neither made my top fifty.

12.26.2007, 08:21 PM	#4
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year 1Untrue by Burial 2From Here We Go Sublime by The Field 3In Rainbows by Radiohead 4And Their Refinement Of The Decline by Stars Of The Lid 5Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss 6Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire 8Children Running Through by Patty Griffin 9Kala by M.I.A. 10Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem 11Comicopera by Robert Wyatt 12Person Pitch by Panda Bear 13Mirrored by Battles 14 45:33 by LCD Soundsystem200786 15Boxer by The National 16New Moon by Elliott Smith 17Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert 18Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan 19The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello 20Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon 21Copia by Eluvium 22Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson 23A Place To Bury Strangers by A Place To Bury Strange 24The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine 25Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega 26Frank by Amy Winehouse 27Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure 28The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes 29Grinderman by Grinderman 3023 by Blonde Redhead My comments: The first thing that jumps out at me on this aggregate list from metacritic is that In Rainbows is way too high at an average of number three. I originally had it in my top ten, but it fell to barely making the top twenty by the time the second disc arrived. I can appreciate that Raising Sand is so high at five, but it only barely makes my top thirty at number twenty-eight. Neon Bible also seems excessively high at number seven. Mirrored and Beauty & Crime seem, in my opinion, too low, but at least they are included. metacritic put Sweet Warrior close to where I did. Many lists seem to be in agreement on the Burial, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Panda Bear and Les Savy Fav, none of which I have heard. I listened to the Spoon and Blonde Redhead and neither made my top fifty.
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