Best of 2007

It's that time of the year again. So, without further ado, I present to you my favorite music from the past 12 months...

MY TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2007:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. The Bird & the Bee - The Bird & the Bee
3. Blonde Redhead - 23
4. Tegan & Sara - The Con
5. Mark Ronson - Version
6. Brandi Carlile - The Story
7. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Underworld - Oblivion with Bells
9. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
10. James Morrison - Undiscovered

EXCELLENT, BUT INELIGBLE FOR MY TOP 10:

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (leaked last year)

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (released via the UK last year)

Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away (originally recorded in 1999)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good, the Bad & the Queen

The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Battles - Mirrored
Field Music - Tones of Town

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS:
Air - Pocket Symphony
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Bjork - Volta
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth

BEST LIVE SHOWS:
Smashing Pumpkins - The Fillmore (SF)
Arcade Fire - Greek Theatre (Hollywood)
John Mayer / Ben Folds - Hollywood Bowl
DMB / Steven Marley - Hollywood Bowl
Bird & the Bee - The Derby
Daft Punk - Greek Theatre (Berkeley)
Stars - The Orpheum