Well, the countdown has come and gone and what’s left is my list of the top 50 albums of 2007. Below you will find the complete list, mp3s, and some notes. So without further ado…

1. The National - Boxer
2. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
5. Babyshambles - Shotter’s Nation
5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
7. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
8. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living with the Living
9. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer’s Block
10. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
11. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
12. The Maccabees - Colour It In
13. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
14. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
15. Voxtrot - s/t
16. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
17. Broken Social Scene - Spirit If…
18. The Good, the Bad & the Queen
19. Radiohead - In Rainbows
20. Feist - The Reminder
21. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
22. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
23. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
24. The Fratellis - Costello Music
25. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
26. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
27. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
28. Iron & Wine - The Shepard’s Dog
29. Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
30. Justice - †
31. M.I.A. - Kala
32. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
33. Editors - An End Has A Start
34. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
35. Art Brut - It’s a Bit Complicated
36. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
37. The New Pornographers - Challengers
38. Ben Lee - Ripe
39. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
40. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
41. Against Me! - New Wave
42. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
43. The Hives - The Black and White Album
44. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
45. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
46. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
46. St Vincent - Marry Me
47. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
48. The Cribs - Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
49. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
50. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly

Some notes on my list:

• Compilation albums and EPs were not included on this list. Only full-length, new albums. Though if I had to recommend some of this year’s best compilation albums, I’d say The Killer’s Sawdust and Elliott Smith’s New Moon. On the EP front, I believe Ra Ra Riot’s debut was the best hands down.
• I really don’t know much about rap and hip-hop so I believed it would be unfair of me to try to rank them as part of this list. I’ve heard a lot of good stuff like Jay-Z’s American Gangster, but I really didn’t even know here to start when it comes to comparing albums.
• Probably the two biggest omissions on this list, Lily Allen’s Alright Still and Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky
  were pretty much a result of my absentmindedness. Though I wasn’t much a fan of Wilco’s album, I did very much enjoy Allen’s, but didn’t realize until half-way through, that her album had in fact been released in 2007.

I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to read these posts. It was truly a fun thing to do and a great way to jump start CoS into 2008. So please continue to visit daily and spread the word!

CoS Top Albums of 2007 Mix Tape:
The National - “Fake Empire”
LCD Soundsystem - “Us v Them”
Babyshambles - “Delivery”
Peter, Bjorn & John - “Amsterdam”
The Maccabees -
“X-Ray”
The Good, The Bad, & The Queen - “History Song”
Iron & Wine - “White Tooth Man”
Justice - “D.A.N.C.E.”
Against Me! - “New Wave”

*For all the mp3s posted in relation to the Top 50 list, please check individual pages.

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