Top 20

So, I did almost nothing worthwhile over the break. It was sort of magnificent. So magnificent, in fact, that today I decided to continue doing frivolous things and just publish my list of my favorite albums of 2007. Please note that I'm not calling these my "best of 2007" because there are probably better records that aren't on my list, but these are the ones that have made me real happy. Links are included to more detailed reviews (they're not all up at this time, but hopefully by the end of the day tomorrow, I'll have a complete set).

Honorable Mention (I can't put it on the list because it's a single and not an album): Vee Dee - Glimpses of Another World

Dishonorable Mention (Because it's just that bad, and the people need to be warned): The Stooges - The Weirdness

20. Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
19. Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
18. Throbbing Gristle - Part Two. The Endless Not
17. Terror Visions - World of Shit
16. Scott Walker - And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And Who Shall Go to the Ball?
15. Cornelius - Sensuous
14. Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch
13. MARVELKiND - State of the Artificial
12. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
11. Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra - Space & Time
10. The Busy Signals - The Busy Signals
9. Grinderman - Grinderman
8. Enon - Grass Geysers . . . Carbon Clouds
7. The Book of Knots - Traineater
6. The Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
5. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
4. The Coathangers - The Coathangers
3. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2. Bobby Conn - King for a Day
1. The Veils - Nux Vomica

[EDIT: The list has been expanded to 20, because dammit, I just couldn't help myself. I couldn't stand to bump anyone out of the originally posted 15, but I couldn't bear to leave the others off the list. And while I did what I said I wasn't going to do and ranked them, every single one of these records is AWESOME and I had a hell of a time organizing this list. For example, it breaks my heart that Miss Alex White didn't get into the top ten, but there are too many people making good music these days. Bastards.]