Best of 2007: Listener Picks

We asked, you responded, in the process revealing a few things about yourselves. First, you're an eclectic and varied bunch. The albums getting one vote each far outnumbered those collecting the most votes as a whole, showing just how fractured of a collective you are when it comes to your individual passions for the albums you love. This included everything from Linkin Park to Chuck Prophet, Ted Leo to White Williams, and Animal Collective to Kelly Willis. Still, patterns emerged, and names like Spoon, Radiohead, Wilco, and Amy Winehouse began to assert themselves in this list, as they have in a lot of others in 2007. Here then is what you heard and loved over the past twelve months. 20) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings:100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone) <a href="http://www.daptonerecords.com/pages/stable_sharon.html"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21CZ5rfxo-L._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://worldsfair.cmail2.com/l/226290/jdtjcc/www.worlds-fair.net/media/sharon_jones/100_Days_100_Nights.mp3">"100 Days, 100 Nights"</a>     19) Interpol: Our Love to Admire (Capitol) <a href="http://www.interpolnyc.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31geyyBxIwL._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://download103.mediafire.com/gniagmgmbebg/ayysb5hy5y0/09+The+Heinrich+Maneuver.mp3">"The Heinrich Maneuver"</a> (Live @ Lollapalooza, '07)     18) Apples In Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (yep roc/Simian) <a href="http://www.applesinstereo.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319cYvRtKdL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://audio.sxsw.com/2007/mp3/The_Apples_in_Stereo-Energy.mp3">"Energy"</a>     17) Band of Horses: <a href="http://www.bandofhorses.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11hfnHxfZVL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)   MP3: <a href="http://www.subpop.com/assets/audio/3593.mp3">"Is There a Ghost"</a>     16) Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum) <a href="http://www.bowloffire.com/"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21nlDdPgoLL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.fatpossum.com/download.php?name=bird-andrew-heretics.mp3&mode=view&type=mp3">"Heretics"</a>     15) Of Montreal: Hissisng Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) <a href="http://www.ofmontreal.net"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21QSrpUYd6L._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/media/prc-124-04.MP3">"Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"</a>     14) Iron & Wine:The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop) <a href="http://www.ironandwine.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/3127euvwXTL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.subpop.com/assets/audio/3638.mp3">"Innocent Bones"</a>     13) Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Candian) <a href="http://www.jenslekman.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21v0fmmp04L._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" alt="" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/oppositeofhallelujah.mp3">"The Opposite of Hallelujah"</a>     12) Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic) <a href="http://www.modestmouse.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21WHAvzn93L._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   Vid: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqQTODR3kR8">"Little Motel"</a>     11) Dolore<a href="http://dolorean.wordpress.com/"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21EVI3Fn8rL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>an: You Can't Win (yep roc)   Stream: <a href="http://www.yeproc.com/upload/media/view_media.php?id=402#">"Beachcomber Blues" </a>     10) Bruce Springsteen: Magic (Columbia) <a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21X4pJbGqwL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   Vid: <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/09/18/video-of-the-day-bruce-springsteen-radio-nowhere/">"Radio Nowhere"</a>     9) The National: Boxer (Beggar's Banquet) <a href="http://www.americanmary.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21iaA84Ps0L._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" alt="" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/thenational_fakeempire.mp3">"Fake Empire" </a>     8) Panda Bear: Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)<a href="http://www.myspace.com/rippityrippity"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31SJD-HaWfL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   Vid: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_gjUbvqNg&eurl=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/46776-panda-bear-comfy-in-nautica">"Comfy In Nautica"</a>     7) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand (Rounder)<a href="http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com/site.php"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21MlIaNdeNL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   Vid: <a href="http://www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com/site.php?content=video">"Gone Gone Gone"</a>     6) Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (Universal/Island)<a href="http://www.amywinehouse.co.uk"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212XFzspYTL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://boss.streamos.com/download/labels/universalrepublic/amywinehouse/audio/youknowimnogood.mp3">"You Know I'm No Good"</a>     5) Radiohead: In Rainbows (ATO/XL)<a href="http://www.radiohead.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZR%2BEBMjNL._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" alt="" /></a>   Full album <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2007/12/27/ring-in-the-new-year-with-radioheads-in-rainbows/">stream</a>     4) The Shins: <a href="http://www.theshins.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31rphRhfItL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)   Vid: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRmyfKOAfM">"Turn On Me"</a>     3) Wilco:Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch) <a href="http://www.wilcoweb.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/313uCCjt6oL._AA115_.jpg" class="left-img" alt="" /></a>   Stream: <a href="http://www.wilcoworld.net/roadcase/launch_greek_archive.mov">Live in Berkeley, 8/24/07</a>     2) Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge) <a href="http://www.arcadefire.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21T%2BDU4rXTL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>   MP3: <a href="http://www.toolshed-media.com/ts/the-arcade-fire-black-mirror.mp3">"Black Mirror" </a>     1) Spoo<a href="http://www.spoontheband.com"><img width="85" height="85" align="left" alt="" class="left-img" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31NHv--TwhL._AA115_.jpg" /></a>n: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)   MP3: <a href="http://www.toolshed.biz/asset/resource/6547/07_The_Underdog.mp3">"The Underdog"</a>         true

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