“XLR8R” Says No Justice, No <s>Peace</s>2007

Electronic-focused XLR8R unsurprisingly has a dance album in the top spot on its list of the best albums of 2007, Parisian noize-house duo Justice’s †, but perhaps just to cover their love-hate bases (or screw with us), Justice also tops the magazine’s list of the worst albums of 2007. Both lists are after the jump, but for now our cursory look at this conflicted wrap-up.

THE GOOD: Sure, Justice is turning out to be the token dance album for just about every music mag this year, but since this is XLR8R‘s beat, you at least know they listened to more than one techno LP in 2007 before making their decision. Also big up for listing the big robo-beats of gruff Bay Area rapper Turf Talk’s excellent West Coast Vaccine as everyone else rushes to forget hyphy ever existed. THE BAD: Not a whiff of LCD Soundsystem, a brave move for a mag with a very specific demographic. Also: wrong. THE WHAAA?: Who knew Underworld even had a new album out this year, let alone that it was one of the worst?

Best Albums Of 2007 Justice – † M.I.A. – Kala The Field – From Here We Go Sublime Burial – Untrue Battles – Mirrored Panda Bear – Person Pitch Apparat – Walls Deerhunter – Cryptograms Turf Talk – West Coast Vaccine (The Cure)

Worst Albums of 2007 Soulja Boy Tellem Justice – † Underworld – Oblivion With Bells

Best Albums Of 2007 [XLR8R]