In no particular order

Meiko - Meiko

Single: Piano Song

My favorite cuts: Reasons to Love You, Sleep

Member of my “Jenny Lewis All-Stars”* (top 5 female, indie singer/songwriters likely to have or already have had their music on a prime-time TV show, ie: Grey’s Anatomy) Solid album overall. Could very well be my favorite from 2007.

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Single: Dashboard

My favorite cuts: Missed The Boat, We’ve Got Everything

Kanye West - Graduation

Single: Stronger

My Favorite Cuts: Stronger, Everything I Am

Feels like two Kanye albums in one, and splits neatly right after Can’t Tell Me Nothing. Starting with Barry Bonds we hear a more experimental Kanye.

Feist - The Reminder

Single: 1 2 3 4

My Favorite Cuts: 1 2 3 4, My Moon My Man

I used to think Let It Die was better. That notion may have been pre-mature. Also a member of the Jenny Lewis All-Stars.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Single: You Are My Face

My Favorite Cuts: Sky Blue Sky, Hate it Here

OK, this is my favorite of 2007.

Honorable Mentions

MAE - Singularity

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

Guilty Pleasure: The Graduate - Anhedonia

Song Everyone Loves: OneRepublic - Apologize

Franz Ferdinand award for catchiest song: Metro Station - Shake It

Disappointing

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

Dashboard Confessional - Shade of Poison Trees