“Stylus” Bids Farewell With LCD Soundsystem

Omnivorous online music mag Stylus sadly shut down several months before we started our Year-End Analysis series, but they helpfully published their 2007 Top 50 albums and singles lists before bowing out. So welcome to the first retroactive installment, where LCD Soundsystem once again tops both lists. (And they got the right single this time.) Both lists are after the jump if you missed ’em, but first an adieu to the site by way of our summary thoughts.

THE GOOD: Hey, look, the first list that actually remembers that electronic/dance music still exists, and/or that Justice wasn’t the only dance act to release an LP this year. Plus stuff that gets played on the radio that’s not “Umbrella” or Kanye West! It’s like popular music actually has some breadth or something. THE BAD: We actually have little in the way of beef with these lists, though they do confirm that Miranda Lambert, a very goood singer who made a solid album, has found herself turned into the Muzik Mafia of ’07 by the planet’s rock critics. THE WHAAA?: Vampire Weekend’s single ahead of Rihanna, R. Kelly, Lil Mama, and the best song off the Kanye LP? Also we’re starting to feel like the only people on Earth who got a rah-rah rash whenever Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” came on MTV. Even Stephen King liked it!

Albums

50. PJ Harvey – White Chalk 49. Paramore – Riot! 48. Monkey Swallows the Universe – The Casket Letters 47. 65daysofstatic – The Destruction of Small Ideas 46. The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism 45. Strategy – Future Rock 44. Colleen – Les Ondes Silencieuses 43. Basteroid – Upset Ducks 42. Calle 13 – Residente O Visitante 41. Andy Palacio & The Garfuna Collective – Wátina 40. Pantha Du Prince – This Bliss 39. UGK – Underground Kings 38. Tinariwen – Aman Iman: Water is Life 37. Devin The Dude – Waitin’ to Inhale 36. Marnie Stern – In Advance Of The Broken Arm 35. Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position 34. Dungen – Tio Bitar 33. Stars Of The Lid – And The Refinement Of Their Decline 32. Low – Drums and Guns 31. Menomena – Friend and Foe 30. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead 29. Electrelane – No Shouts No Calls 28. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Scribble Mural Comic Journal 27. Of Montreal – Oh Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 26. Kathy Diamond – Miss Diamond to You 25. Battles – Mirrored 24. Studio – West Coast 23. !!! – Myth Takes 22. Deepchord Presents Echospace – The Coldest Season 21. Caribou – Andorra 20. Dalek – Abandoned Language 19. Liars – Liars 18. Justice – Cross 17. Grinderman – Grinderman 16. The Besnard Lakes – Are the Dark Horse 15. The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters 14. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog 13. Gui Boratto – Chromophobia 12. Phosphorescent – Pride 11. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible 10. Radiohead – In Rainbows 09. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime 08. M.I.A. – Kala 07. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 06. Kanye West – Graduation 05. The National – The Boxer 04. Lil Wayne – Da Drought 3 03. Panda Bear – Person Pitch 02. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 01. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

50. Weeping Willows – The Burden 49. Ciara – Like a Boy 48. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Down Boy 47. Pleasure ft. Brett Anderson – Back to You 46. Devin the Dude feat. Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg – What a Job 45. Christophe Willem – Double Je 44. M.I.A. – Paper Planes 43. Dominik Eulberg – Die Alpenstrandläufer von Spiekeroog 42. My Teenage Stride – Chock’s Rally 41. Janelle Monae – Violet Stars Happy Hunting! 40. Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts 39. Lil Mama – Lip Gloss 38. R. Kelly – I’m a Flirt (Remix) 37. Paramore – That’s What You Get 36. Twilight Sad – Cold Days from the Birdhouse 35. Roisin Murphy – Overpowered 34. Rihanna – Umbrella 33. 50 Cent – I Get Money 32. Pink Reason – Down on Me 31. Kanye West feat. Dwele – Flashing Lights 30. The Field – Everyday 29. Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa 28. Jason Aldean – Johnny Cash 27. Animal Collective – Peacebone 26. Miranda Lambert – Famous in a Small Town 25. Patrick Wolf – Accident & Emergency 24. Battles – Atlas 23. Linda Sundblad – Lose You 22. St. Vincent – Now Now 21. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers 20. Against Me! ft. Tegan Quin – Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart 19. Björk – Earth Intruders 18. Lil’ Wayne – Dying 17. Kathy Diamond – All Woman 16. Dan Deacon – The Crystal Cat 15. Gui Boratto – Beautiful Life 14. Digitalism – Pogo 13. Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothin’ 12. Spoon – Yr Cherry Bomb 11. Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend 10. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great 09. Lil’ Wayne – Upgrade U 08. Grinderman – No Pussy Blues 07. The National – Fake Empire 06. Radiohead – House of Cards 05. M.I.A. – Jimmy 04. Justice – D.A.N.C.E. 03. Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing! 02. UGK ft. OutKast – International Players’ Anthem 01. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends