Thanks for the contrib, Mr. Doyle. Everyone else, bah humbug!

I like the Broken West disc as well and might have put it in my top 20. The Les Savvy Fav has yet to do it for me, though. Haven't heard of The Teeth and I didn't know that Imperial Teen had a new disc out so I'll have to check these out.

[Note: was going to put links to all these discs/tracks but this would have made the page awful to look at and you gents are all tech savvy enough (yes, even stuart) to know how to find these on your own so i'll spare you a screen of bright blue hyperlinks].

Others that would have definitely been in spots 20-11 on my list include:

• Panda Bear - Person Pitch (great disc, perhaps a little one note and only 7 tracks)
• The National - Boxer (first three tracks are great, but it kind of wanes at times, still pretty great)
• Blonde Redhead - 23 (great shoegazer homage, remiscent of Lush and Curve at times)
• MIA - Kala (the mash of sounds and samples can be a bit much at times but at other times, the result is exciting, magical, etc)
• The Comas - Spells (fantastic hooks and rock out moments make this the most well-rounded pop record of the year)
• New Ruins - The Sound They Make (another emusic discovery that panned out well)
• Amon Tobin - The Foley Room (a return to form after a couple of mixed-bag releases)
• Apparat - Walls (for downtempo, atmospheric electronica, I'm digging this one more than the much-balleyhooed 'Untrue' by Burial)
• Brightback Morning Light (after awhile, every one of the Spirtualized-meets-Zero 7-sounding tracks sound the same but I tend to like that sort of thing)
• Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (quite beautiful music, reminiscent vocally of Stephen Merrit, but compositionally more like some of Rufus Wainwright's stuff, but more eclectic instrumentation)

Disappointments: Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (soporific), Bjork - Volta (Timbaland-produced tracks are the only ones that stand out, the other collaborations seem to drizzle away into the ether), Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (this is supposed to be their most accessible disc? je ne pense ca), The Sea and Cake - Everybody (the followup to the fantastic 'One Bedroom' fizzles out from track one on. think this is a band where you buy every other album).

My favourite songs of 2007:

-Atlas - Battles (hattip to Derek, for forwarding the video link for this most original song of the year and one that at first seems jarring but quickly becomes what pop writers like to call 'infectious'. probably the best song for running, as well)
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse (sorry, Guardian, we North American scum didn't get this disc until early 2007, and if you're going to be sticklers, "Young Folks" is definitely 2006)
-Icky Thump - The White Stripes (best lyrics of the year: "White American, what/Nothing better to do?/Why don't you kick yourself out?/You're an immigrant too")
-Double Vision - The Ponys (dreamy 60s-inspired jangly, swirly rock in a year of mostly 60s inspired jangly, swirly pop)
-She's a Rejector - Of Montreal (though it's a minute or so too long, still delivers)
-Our Life is Not a Movie Maybe - Okkervil River
-I Am Taking the Train Home - The Twilight Sad
-Have You Seen in Your Dreams - Miracle Fortress
-Mistaken for Strangers - The National
-Don't You Evah - Spoon
-Window Bird - Stars
-I've Seen it All - Feist (can't wait for that Bell Lightbox to be built! -filmfest goer inside joke)
-Paper Planes - M.I.A. (didn't really hear this track until i had my ipod on shuffle a month ago and it popped into the mix. will figure on several of your christmas discs, which will be handed out on friday at bettys lunch or mailed if you can't make it)

All for now. Looking forward to reading your posts. Don't be like Eye Magazine and come out with your list in late January, after reading hundreds of other publications who have already put out their lists and then just adding one or two obscure bands/artists that don't appear on any of the lists in order to seem really with it. I'll be linking to some of these sites over the next few days so do keep checking back here for updates.