Forget “In Rainbows”: “Q” Still Loves The Arcade Fire

jharv | December 3, 2007 11:00 am
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Brit rock mag Q gives countrymen Radiohead the gas face (by daring to stick them at No. 4!), choosing 2007’s first universe-altering rock release, the Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible, as the best album of the year. Their picks for more or less every middle-of-the-road rock album released in 2007the Top 50 albums and the Top 10 singles of the year are after the jump, but first a quick survey of the fallout from this bold snubbing of In Rainbows.

THE GOOD: Roisin Murphy’s second solo album, the dizzying disco-pomp of Overpowered, sneaks in at No. 29, with Robyn, PJ Harvey, M.I.A., and a handful of others doing their best to keep this list from being entirely made up of boring-ass, dude-centric indie rock. THE BAD: The rest of the list is nearly all boring-ass, dude-centric indie rock. And they don’t even bother to include Wilco like every other similar list this year! THE WHAAA?: Once again, Justice are a rock-friendly publication’s token dance pick, i.e. why even bother pretending to keep an ear to the clubs? And speaking of blatant tokenism: Hey, there’s Common, way down at No. 36! That fills the annual quota for one acceptably “conscious” album made by a black person. We guess C was Q‘s clever way of avoiding the default Kanye inclusion.

Albums 1. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible 2. The White Stripes – Icky Thump 3. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare 4. Radiohead – In Rainbows 5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen 6. Bruce Springsteen – Magic 7. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times 8. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away 9. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America 10. Rufus Wainwright – Release the Stars 11. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank 12. Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 13. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob 14. Cherry Ghost – Thirst for Romance 15. Interpol – Our Love to Admire 16. Manic Street Preachers – Send Away the Tigers 17. Rilo Kiley – Under the Blacklight 18. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver 19. Björk – Volta 20. The Rumble Strips – Girls and Weather 21. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards 22. The Coral – Roots & Echoes 23. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga 24. PJ Harvey – White Chalk 25. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 26. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup 27. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger 28. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 29. Roìsìn Murphy – Overpowered 30. The National – Boxer 31. Soulsavers – It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s the Way You Land 32. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future 33. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II 34. M.I.A. – Kala 35. Hard-Fi – Once upon a Time in the West 36. Common – Finding Forever 37. Robyn – Robyn 38. Fall Out Boy – Infinity on High 39. Joni Mitchell – Shine 40. Field Music – Tones of Town 41. Keren Ann – Keren Ann 42. The Enemy – We’ll Live and Die in These Towns 43. Patrick Watson – Close to Paradise 44. Gogol Bordello – Super Taranta! 45. Lucinda Williams – West 46. Sigur Ròs – Hvarf-Heim 47. Kate Nash – Made of Bricks 48. Justice – † 49. Jamie T – Panic Prevention 50. Stereophonics – Pull the Pin

Songs 1. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z – Umbrella 2. Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent 3. Kate Nash – Foundations 4. Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running 5. Klaxons – Golden Skans 6. Manic Street Preachers – Your Love Is Not Enough 7. The View – Same Jeans 8. Candie Payne – I Wish I Could Have Loved You More 9. Mark Ronson feat. Lily Allen – Oh My God 10. Mika – Grace Kelly

Here come the warm jets (VII) [some will look at me and vomit (warning, embedded music)]