Unless It's Lists: Best Music of Aught-Seven

My favorite albums and tracks of 2007:

Albums:
1. Okkervil River: The Stage Names
2. Elvis Perkins: Ash Wednesday
3. Christopher Denny: Age-Old Hunger
4. Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard: Once soundtrack
5. Bruce Springsteen: Magic
6. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala
7. Grinderman: Grinderman
8. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
9. Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
10. Feist: The Reminder
11. Band of Horses: Cease to Begin
12. Vic Chesnutt: North Star Deserter
13. The Mendoza Line: 30 Year Low
14. The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
15. Porter Wagoner: Wagonmaster
16. Radiohead: In Rainbows
17. Ola Podrida: Ola Podrida
18. Lucinda Williams: West
19. The National: Boxer
20. Levon Helm: Dirt Farmer

Other good ones:
The Frames: The Cost; Josh Ritter: The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter; Bettye LaVette: Scene of the Crime; Mary Gauthier: Between Daylight and Dark; The Avett Brothers: Emotionalism; Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Easy Tiger; Ryan Bingham: Mescalito; Little Wings: Soft Power; Wilco: Sky Blue Sky; BufWhat I Wfalo Tom:s Three Easy Pieces; Orion Rigel Dommisse: What I Want From You Is Sweet; Beirut: The Flying Club Cup; Bowerbirds: Hymns for a Dark Horse; Amy Winehouse: Back to Black; Bill Callahan: Woke On A Whaleheart; Low: Drums and Guns; Dolorean: You Can't Win; New Pornographers: Challengers; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Ask Forgiveness; Juno soundtrack; The Darjeeling Limited soundtrack

Best Reissues/Compilations/Live CDs:
1. Stoney and Sparrow: Overcoming—Live in China, Alabama, and the Hudson Valley
2. Magnolia Electric Company: Sojourner
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues Tour
4. Sun Kil Moon: The Ghosts of the Great Highway
5. Shearwater: Palo Santo
6. The Art of Field Recording, Volume 1
7. Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics 1918-1955
8. People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913-1938
9. Warren Zevon: Stand in the Fire
10. Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall 1971


Songs:
1. "Aspect of an Old Maid," The Mendoza Line w/ Will Sheff
2. "Unless It's Kicks," Okkervil River
3. "Westbound Train," Christopher Denny
4. "Moon Woman II," Elvis Perkins
5. "In Return," Damien Jurado (Kitchen Table Demos)
6. "Falling Slowly," Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard
7. "Plus Ones," Okkervil River
8. "I'll Work for Your Love," Bruce Springsteen
9. "A Postcard to Nina," Jens Lekman
10. "No Pussy Blues," Grinderman
11. "Ash Wednesday," Elvis Perkins
12. "Time," Christopher Denny
13. "Emile's Vietnam in the Sky," Elvis Perkins
14. "1234," Feist
15. "Rag and Bone," The White Stripes
16. "Resurrection Fern," Iron and Wine
17. "The Temptation of Adam," Josh Ritter
18. "All My Mistakes," The Avett Brothers
19. "Photo Booth," Ola Podrida
20. "Keep the Car Running," The Arcade Fire