“Mojo” Finally Gives Radiohead The Top Spot
Ring the alarm, bang a gong, let the dogs out: Mojo‘s list of the 50 best albums of the year is the first (that we’ve seen) to be headed up by Radiohead’s In Rainbows! Keeping it the realest! Mojo sure didn’t forget all that Radiohead has done for us, unlike all those other ingrates topping LCD Soundsystem or the Arcade Fire, neither of whom could change a dirty diaper, let alone everything about music. The full list is after the jump, but first our thoughts on the only honest list of ’07 so far.
THE GOOD: Yay Robert Wyatt, PJ Harvey, LCD, Grinderman, etc. etc. (Maura would like to put in a special “yay” for Edwyn Collins as well, all the way down at No. 47.) THE BAD: Look, it’s all our old friends from every other 2007 year-end list, but at least Mojo spices things up with some cops to their aged audience in the form of Nick Lowe, Joni Mitchell, Linda Thompson, Kevin Ayers, etc. THE WHAAA?: Pissed Jeans kinda stick out like a thumb with a big ol’ purple blood blister in this company. Also a special “really, them?” award goes to the Cinematic Orchestra for still doggedly slogging away on whatever’s left of the trip-hop circuit.
1. Radiohead – In Rainbows 2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible 3. Bruce Springsteen – Magic 4. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare 5. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver 6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen 7. The White Stripes – Icky Thump 8. PJ Harvey – White Chalk 9. Robert Wyatt – Comicopera 10. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times 11. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future 12. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America 13. Rufus Wainwright – Release the Stars 14. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away 15. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha 16. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga 17. Field Music – Tones of Town 18. Grinderman – Grinderman 19. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand 20. Nick Lowe – At My Age 21. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II 22. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky 23. Efterklang – Parades 24. Björk – Volta 25. Joni Mitchell – Shine 26. Pissed Jeans – Hope for Men 27. Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart 28. The Cinematic Orchestra – Ma Fleur 29. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog 30. Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy 31. Gruff Rhys – Candylion 32. Panda Bear – Person Pitch 33. Seasick Steve – Dog House Music 34. Willy Mason – If the Ocean Gets Rough 35. Bettye LaVette – The Scene of the Crime 36. Tinariwen – Aman Iman: Water Is Life 37. Edgar Jones and The Joneses – Gettin’ a Little Help 38. The Besnard Lakes – Are the Dark Horse 39. Battles – Mirrored 40. Yoko Ono – Yes, I’m a Witch 41. Amiina – Kurr 42. Gravenhurst – The Western Lands 43. Interpol – Our Love to Admire 44. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends 45. Matthew Dear – Asa Breed 46. Kevin Ayers – The Unfairground 47. Edwyn Collins – Home Again 48. Babyshambles – Shotter’s Nation 49. Voice of the Seven Woods – Voice of the Seven Woods 50. Alasdair Roberts – The Amber Gatherers
Year End Critics’ Polls ’07 [I Love Music]
