Last year we made the Gazette-list of the best albums,why dont we make a new one"The best of 2007"

Personally I enjoyed the following:

1.Pet Shop Boys"DISCO4"(My best group forever!)

2.Rufus Wainwright"Release the Stars"

3.The Chemical Brothers"We are the Night"

4.Amy Winehouse"Back to Black"

5.Bjork"Volta"

6.Mika "Life in Cartoon Motion"(not sure if it was 2007 or the end of 2006?)

7.Enrique Iglesias"Insomniac"

8.Linkin Park"Minutes to Midnight"

and a new work of Dave Gahan which was absolutely fantastic for me!

As usual I couldnt arrive to "top 10" and as I see I have only 9.

Most of my albums from '07 were from earlier years, but I really liked

Under The Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
Icky Thump by The White Stripes
Drastic Fantastic by KT Tunstall

The year was also notable for the special rerelease of The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 & 3.

But of course, topping my list is the High School Musical 2 soundtrack. Aces!

Best releases of 2007 for me were:

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
VAST - April
White Stripes - Icky Thump

Yeah, that's about it. Honorable mentions go to Mika for Life in Cartoon Motion, and Amy Winehouse for Back in Black. I relegate them to honorable mentions only because they were seriously overplayed in '07 and compromised the uniqueness of the music for me in the worst way. But they were still both great fun albums filled with solid tunes.

There were other albums from '07 that I loved but I wouldn't throw them up on the wall as best of the year. :) (Sorry Modest Mouse and QotSA!)

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

definitely Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Challengers by The New Pornographers

We Are The Night by The Chemical Brothers

Subhuman by Recoil

Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age

Soundboy Rock by Groove Armada 

Time on Earth by Crowded House

April by VAST

and maybe the best CD of the "year" Year Zero - Nine Inch Nails

 honorable mention: the Twin Peaks soundtrack is pretty sweet

and since I bought them late

The Information by Beck

Despite Our Diferences by Indigo Girls    

Best albums:

Nil recurring -Porcupine tree

Fear Of A Blank Planet -Porcupine tree

Venus Doom -HIM

Luihin ja ytimiin -Mokoma

Best songs:

Iiris -Absoluuttinen nollapiste

Lumous, menit sitten haihtumaan -Absoluuttinen nollapiste

Nujerra Ihminen -Mokoma

Praise Lamented Shade -Paradise Lost

Far Cry -Rush

Best live:

Stryper @ Maata näkyvissä