These are the releases that’ve rocked my world this year. It’s felt like a bumper year, but looking over my list, I’m not quite so certain. Perhaps that’s because, like most people, I’ve also been listening to a lot of music released at other times, lots of world, reggae, pop and minimal (precious little Indie, though). One more reason to throw hands up in horror at this list: none of these releases appears in Q magazine’s top 50 albums of 2007 (though Rihanna’s Umbrella does appear in their top 10 tracks). Now I’d be alright, if I could only shake off the feeling that I’ve missed lots of stuff that I should have included - I do intend to check out the new ones from Radiohead when I get a chance.

1.

UNDERWORLD
Oblivion With Bells
Vital

2.

ARVE HENRIKSEN
Strjon
Rune Grammofon

3.

MÚM
Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
Fat-Cat Records

4.

MIKA
Life In Cartoon Motion
Island

5.

VON SÜDENFED
Tromatic Reflexxions
Domino Recording Co.

6.

ALVA NOTO
Xerrox Vol. 1
Raster-Norton

 

7.

RIHANNA
Good Girl Gone Bad
Mercury

8.

SUPERSILENT
8
Rune Grammofon

9.

BURIAL
Untrue
Hyperdub

10.

FENNESZ & SAKAMOTO
Cendre
Touch

11.

RICARDO VILLALOBOS
Fabric 36
Fabric

12.

STEVE JANSEN
Slope
Samadhi Sound

13.

DOMINIK EULBERG
Heimische Gefilde
Kompakt

 

14.

FEIST
The Reminder
Universal

15.

THE FIELD
From Here We Go To Sublime
Kompakt

16.

GUI BORATTO
Chromophobia
Kompakt

17.

SCOTT WALKER
And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball?
4AD

18.

MODESELEKTOR
Happy Birthday!
BPitch Control

19.

MORELENBAUM² /SAKAMOTO
Casa
Sony Classical

20.

RÓISÍN MURPHY
Overpowered
EMI

THE 2007 REVIEW

David Abravanel
Joe Muggs
Max Schaefer
themilkman

 

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