“Spin” Goes Slightly Against The Grain

noah | December 14, 2007 12:30 pm
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Hey, Spin–thanks for finally letting us use an image for one of these year-end roundups that isn’t of Neon Bible or In Rainbows! Yes, Against Me!’s New Wave topped the magazine’s year-end best albums list, which went online last night. The mag’s tracks list hasn’t been revealed yet, but I personally am kind of hoping that it reprises its “Best Albums You Didn’t Hear” list, if only because I would really like to know just where Spin would find said records in the current blog-and-MySpace-saturated musical climate.

THE GOOD: I spy former Idolator editor Brian Raftery’s influence at No. 33, where The Wildhearts landed! THE BAD: Don’t let New Wave‘s pole position fool you: Spin‘s top 10 is otherwise pretty similar to every other list we’ve run down in this space this year. See if you can guess the other nine albums on the list without clicking through to the next page! OK, OK, I’ll give you a hint: Bruce Springsteen and the National are actually in the top 20, and–gasp–Wilco is nowhere to be found. Now, go! THE WHAAAA? Aside from Prince’s Planet Earth at No. 12 and the lack of Wilco, this list is kind of curveball-free as far as matching up with critical consensus in 2007. Here’s another fun game, though: How many of Spin‘s 2007 cover stars did not show up on this list? I count three. And if Rilo Kiley hadn’t snuck in at No. 40…

40. Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight 39. Turbonegro, Retox 38. Dizzee Rascal, Maths + English 37. Ted Leo & The Pharmicists, Living With The Living 36. Bonde Do Role, With Lasers 35. Say Anything, In Defense Of The Genre 34. Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold 33. The Wildhearts, The Wildhearts 32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Baby 81 31. Handsome Furs, Plague Park 30. Brother Ali, Undisputed Truth 29. Panda Bear, Person Pitch 28. Iron And Wine, The Shepherd’s Dog 27. Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin 26. Bright Eyes, Cassadaga 25. Queens Of The Stone Age, Era Vulgaris 24. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away 23. Peter Bjorn & John, Writer’s Block 22. Elliott Smith, New Moon 21. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank 20. of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 19. Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare 18. Feist, The Reminder 17. The National, Boxer 16. Lily Allen, Alright, Still… 15. Justice, 14. Bruce Springsteen, Magic 13. The Hives, The Black And White Album 12. Prince, Planet Earth 11. Lil Wayne, Da Drought 3 10. The White Stripes, Icky Thump 9. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 8. Jay-Z, American Gangster 7. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 6. Radiohead, In Rainbows 5. M.I.A., Kala 4. Kanye West, Graduation 3. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver 2. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible 1. Against Me!, New Wave

Best Of 2007: Albums [Spin]

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