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Posted on 04/01/08 at 11:58:46 am
From Foals, Klaxons and Glasvegas through to Les Savy Fav, the returning Monkeys, Gallows, Gallows and yet more Gallows - 2007 has successfully whetted the collective loins of NME staffers with the best of new, and re-emerging music.
To celebrate the best of the year we’ve rounded up the NME office and brutally man-handled them into declaring their top five tracks and top five albums of the year. Read on below for the full lists.
Don’t forget to let us know your top picks by commenting and adding your choices to the bottom.
Plus - check out the full 'Best Of Albums and Tracks 2007' lists - as voted for, over-all, by NME staff, via the link below.
www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear
Priya Elan, News Reporter.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Santogold – ‘Les Artistes’
2. Yo Majesty – Club Action
(Enya Mix)
3. Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’
4. New Young Pony Club – ‘The Get Go’
5. LCD Soundsystem – ‘All My Friends’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ (Polydor)
2. New Young Pony Club - ‘Fantastic Playroom’ (Modular)
3. Black Lips - ‘Good Bad Not Evil’ (Vice)
4. The Cribs - ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ (Wichita)
5. Robyn - ‘Robyn’ (Island)
Greg Cochrane, Writer/Gig Guide.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Foals – ‘Mathletics’
2. Los Campesinos! – ‘International Tweexcore Underground’
3. Battles – ‘Atlas’
4. Tired Irie – ‘Sumerian’
5. Les Savy Fav – ‘Raging In The Plague Age’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Les Savy Fav - ‘Let’s Stay Friends’ (Wichita)
2. Menomena - ‘Friend And Foe’ (City Slang)
3. Caribou - ‘Andorra’ (City Slang)
4. El-P - ‘I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead’ (Def Jux)
5. The Shins - ‘Wincing The Night Away’ (Transgressive/Sub Pop)
Dan Silver, Associate Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. El-P – ‘The Overly Dramatic Truth’
2. Future Of The Left – ‘Small Bones Small Bodies’
3. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
4. QOTSA – ‘3’s & 7’s’
5. Lethal Bizzle – ‘Bizzle Bizzle’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. El-P - ‘I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead’ (Def Jux)
2. Arctic Monkeys - ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ (Domino)
3. Biffy Clyro - ‘Puzzle’ (14th Floor)
4. Queens Of The Stone Age - ‘Era Vulgaris’ (Interscope)
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - ‘The Good, The Bad & The Queen’ (Parlophone)
Marc Mclaren, Production Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Slow Club – ‘Because We’re Dead’
2. Foals – ‘Mathletics’
3. The Cribs – ‘Our Bovine Public’
4. Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’
5. Bright Eyes – ‘Four Winds’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. The Shins - ‘Wincing The Night Away’ (Transgressive/Sub Pop)
2. Arcade Fire - ‘Neon Bible’ (Sonovox)
3. The Cribs - ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ (Wichita)
4. Panda Bear - ‘Person Pitch’ (Paw Tracks)
5. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ (Polydor)
Hamish Macbain, Live Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
2. LCD Soundsystem – ‘All My Friends’
3. Yoko Ono With The Apples In Stereo – ‘Nobody Sees Me
Like You Do’
4. Pop Levi – ‘Sugar Assault Me Now’
5. The Coral – ‘Jaqueline’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. The Coral - ‘Roots & Echoes’ (Deltasonic)
2. Panda Bear - ‘Person Pitch’ (Paw Tracks)
3. LCD Soundsystem - ‘Sound Of Silver’ (Dfa/Emi)
4. Yoko Ono - ‘Yes, I’m A Witch’ (Parlophone)
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - ‘The Good, The Bad & The Queen’ (Parlophone)
Marian Paterson, Picture Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Clockcleaner – ‘Vomiting Mirrors’
2. Les Savy Fav – ‘The Equestrian’
3. Pissed Jeans – ‘Secret Admirer’
4. Holy Fuck – ‘The Pulse’
5. MIA – ‘Xr2’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. MIA - ‘Kala’ (Xl)
2. Pissed Jeans - ‘Hope For Men’ (Sub Pop)
3. Les Savy Fav - ‘Let’s Stay Friends’ (Wichita)
4. Wooden Shjips - ‘Wooden Shjips’ (Holy Mountain)
5. Grinderman -‘Grinderman’ (Mute)
James Mcmahon, Features Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Gallows – ‘Abandon Ship’
2. Gallows – ‘Will Someone Shoot That Fucking Snake’
3. Gallows – ‘Staring At The Rude Bois’
4. Gallows – ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’
5. Gallows – ‘Come Friendly Bombs’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
2. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
3. Field Music – Tones Of Town
4. Maccabees – Colour It In
5. Future Of The Left - Curses
Mark Beaumont, Staff Writer.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. The Stills – ‘Destroyer’
2. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
3. Blood Red Shoes – ‘It’s Getting Boring By The Sea’
4. Beirut – ‘Elephant Gun’
5. The Ting Tings – ‘That’s Not My Name’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Arcade Fire – ‘Neon Bible'
2. The Stills - 'Without Feathers'
3. The Little Ones - 'Sing Song'
4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'
5. Bright Eyes - 'Cassadega'
David Moynihan, Editor NME.COM.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Simian Mobile Disco – ‘Hustler’
2. Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’
3. Radiohead – ‘Reckoner’
4. Yeasayer – ‘Sunrise’
5. Vampire Weekend – ‘Mansard Roof’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ (Polydor)
2. Radiohead - ‘In Rainbows’ (Self-Released)
3. Simian Mobile Disco - ‘Attack Decay Sustain Release’ (Wichita)
4. The National - ‘Boxer’ (Beggars Banquet)
5. Low - ‘Drums And Guns’ (Sub Pop)
Pat Long, Assistant Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Battles – ‘Atlas’
2. Super Furry Animals – ‘Into The Night’
3. Les Savy Fav – ‘Raging In The Plague Age’
4. Black Lips – ‘O Katrina!’
5. These New Puritans – ‘Elvis’
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Les Savy Fav - ‘Let’s Stay Friends’ (Wichita)
2. The Horrors - ‘Strange House’ (Loog)
3. The Hold Steady - ‘Boys And Girls In America’ (Vagrant/Full Time Hobby)
4. The Maccabees - ‘Colour It In’ (Polydor)
5. Gruff Rhys - ‘Candylion’ (Rough Trade)
AND THE REST…
Jamie Fullerton, News Reporter.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
2. The Cribs – ‘Men’s Needs’
3. Blood Red Shoes – ‘I Wish I Was Someone Better’
4. Future Of The Left – ‘Fingers Become Thumbs!’
5. Babyshambles – ‘Delivery’
Alex Miller, New Music Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Santogold – ‘Les Artistes’
2. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
3. The Teenagers – ‘Homecoming’
4. Black Lips – ‘Bad Kids’
5. Ladyhawke – ‘Paris Is Burning’
Joe Frost, Art Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Modest Mouse – ‘Parting Of The Sensory’
2. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
3. QOTSA – ‘Sick, Sick, Sick’
4. Arctic Monkeys – ‘505’
5. Radiohead – ‘All I Need’
Paul Stokes, News Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. The Ting Tings – ‘That’s Not My Name’
2. Arctic Monkeys – ‘Do Me A Favour’
3. Kasabian – ‘Fast Fuse’
4. The Rascals – ‘Out Of Dreams’
5. Babyshambles – ‘Lost Art Of Murder’
Tim Jonze, Writer.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
2. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
3. Arctic Monkeys – ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’
4. Palladium – ‘High 5’
5. Bloc Party – ‘I Still Remember’
Krissi Murison, Deputy Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
2. Glasvegas – ‘Daddy’s Gone’
3. Gallows – ‘Abandon Ship’
4. Gwen Stefani – ‘The Sweet Escape’
5. Goodbooks – ‘Passchendaele’
Conor Mcnicholas, Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Arctic Monkeys – ‘Do Me A Favour’
2. Radiohead – ‘Bodysnatchers’
3. The Enemy – ‘Away From Here’
4. The Hives – ‘Tick Tick Boom’
5. LCD Soundsystem – ‘North American Scum’
Gavin Haynes, Writer.
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. MIA - ‘Kala’ (Xl)
2. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - ‘The Good, The Bad & The Queen’ (Parlophone)
3. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ (Polydor)
4. Battles - ‘Mirrored’ (Warp)
5. The Cribs - ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ (Wichita)
Alex Miller, New Bands Editor.
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ (Polydor)
2. The Cribs - ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ (Wichita)
3. Mia - ‘Kala’ (Xl)
4. Black Lips - ‘Good Bad Not Evil’ (Vice)
5. Arctic Monkeys - ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ (Domino)
Barry Nicolson, Writer.
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. The White Stripes - ‘Icky Thump’ (Xl)
2. Bright Eyes - ‘Cassadaga’ (Saddle Creek/Universal)
3. Radiohead - ‘In Rainbows’ (Self-Released)
4. Kings Of Leon - ‘Because Of The Times’ (Hand Me Down/Rca)
5. Shitdisco - ‘Kingdom Of Fear’ (Fierce Panda)
Tim Chester, Gig Guide Editor.
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. Passions – ‘Emergency’
2. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – ‘Let’s Make Out’
3. Free Blood – ‘Quick And Painful’
4. Ungdomskulen – ‘Modern Drummer’
5. Grinderman – ‘No Pussy Blues’
Alan Woodhouse, reporter/Sub Editor.
TOP 5 ALBUMS 2007:
1. Maps ‘We Can Create’
2. The Shins ‘Wincing The Night Away’
3. Arcade Fire ‘Neon Bible’
4. Super Furry Animals ‘Hey Venus!’
5. Panda Bear ‘Person Pitch’
TOP 5 TRACKS 2007:
1. LCD Soundsystem - 'Someone Great'
2. Battles - 'Atlas'
3. Gruff Rhys - 'Skylon'
4. Cold War Kids - 'Hang Me Up to Dry'
5. PJ Harvey - 'When Under Ether'
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