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58 50 Cent
73 Aesop Rock
77 Akron/Family
58 Angels & Airwaves
77 Angels Of Light
78 Animal Collective
66 Architecture In Helsinki
51 Athlete
57 Avenged Sevenfold
74 Babyface
66 Babyshambles
56 Backstreet Boys
79 Band Of Horses
69 Devendra Banhart
80 Beirut
73 Black Dice
73 Black Francis
77 Black Lips
53 James Blunt
72 Chris Brown
58 Ian Brown
69 Buck 65
83 Caribou
78 Vanessa Carlton
77 Castanets
76 The Cave Singers
71 Chamillionaire
75 Manu Chao
70 Kenny Chesney
77 Vic Chesnutt
67 Coheed And Cambria
74 Keyshia Cole
60 The Cult
72 Dashboard Confessional
79 Dirty Projectors
55 The Donnas
72 Kevin Drew
72 Dropkick Murphys
71 The Eagles
72 Steve Earle
67 Earlimart
72 Eisley
78 Enon
66 Melissa Etheridge
75 Extra Golden
72 The Fiery Furnaces
67 Figurines
75 Fog
78 John Fogerty
69 Foo Fighters
64 Dave Gahan
72 Galactic
75 The Go! Team
72 Jose Gonzalez
60 The Good Life
69 Grand National
78 Gravenhurst
67 H.I.M.
71 Hard-Fi
75 Ben Harper
59 Calvin Harris
53 Deborah Harry
80 PJ Harvey
61 Darren Hayes
72 Heavy Trash
79 Joe Henry
79 High On Fire
62 Hot Hot Heat
72 iLiKETRAiNS
73 Imperial Teen
83 Iron & Wine
71 Jamie T
85 Jay-Z
69 Jimmy Eat World
81 Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
81 Junior Senior
73 Kenna
69 Kid Rock
73 Talib Kweli
79 Bettye LaVette
62 Ben Lee
80 Jens Lekman
69 Annie Lennox
86 Les Savy Fav
79 Liars
56 Jennifer Lopez
87 M.I.A.
76 Magik Markers
82 Magnolia Electric Co.
62 Matt Pond PA
80 Lori McKenna
77 Mekons
78 The Mendoza Line
65 Kevin Michael
82 Ministry
74 Minus The Bear
77 Joni Mitchell
77 Thurston Moore
70 Motion City Soundtrack
65 Múm
82 Roisin Murphy
85 Me'Shell NdegéOcello
74 The New Pornographers
67 Northern State
76 Oakley Hall
78 Odd Nosdam
83 Okkervil River
79 Pinback
73 The Pipettes
83 A Place To Bury Strangers
88 Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
69 Emma Pollock
65 Prefuse 73
64 The Pretty Things
71 Public Enemy
72 Qui
65 R.E.M.
89 Radiohead
63 Reverend And The Makers
69 Rilo Kiley
73 LeAnn Rimes
79 Josh Ritter
67 Rogue Wave
75 The Sadies
79 Say Anything
70 Patti Scialfa
78 Jill Scott
49 She Wants Revenge
77 Shocking Pinks
73 Shout Out Louds
74 Sigur Rós
73 Simian Mobile Disco
71 Siouxsie
61 Britney Spears
75 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
70 Stars
43 Stereophonics
65 Angie Stone
76 Sunset Rubdown
73 Super Furry Animals
70 Serj Tankian
64 Thrice
67 The Thrills
75 Tunng
67 KT Tunstall
65 Turin Brakes
69 Two Gallants
72 Carrie Underwood
64 Underworld
68 Eddie Vedder
53 VHS Or Beta
79 The Weakerthans
76 Ween
79 Kanye West
69 Wiley
60 will.i.am
74 Ann Wilson
86 Robert Wyatt
77 Neil Young

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications, as well as year-end picks from Metacritic users.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year

1 From Here We Go Sublime by The Field 2007 90
2 In Rainbows by Radiohead 2007 89
3 Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss 2007 88
4 Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire 2007 87
5 Children Running Through by Patty Griffin 2007 87
6 Kala by M.I.A. 2007 87
7 Comicopera by Robert Wyatt 2007 86
8 Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem 2007 86
9 Person Pitch by Panda Bear 2007 86
10 Mirrored by Battles 2007 86
11 Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav 2007 86
12 Boxer by The National 2007 85
13 New Moon by Elliott Smith 2007 85
14 The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams by Me'Shell NdegéOcello 2007 85
15 American Gangster by Jay-Z 2007 85
16 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert 2007 84
17 Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon 2007 84
18 Copia by Eluvium 2007 84
19 Fort Nightly by White Rabbits 2007 84
20 Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson 2007 84
21 Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega 2007 84
22 Vieux Farka Toure by Vieux Farka Toure 2007 84
23 The Shepherd's Dog by Iron & Wine 2007 83
24 Pale Young Gentlemen by Pale Young Gentlemen 2007 83
25 The Stage Names by Okkervil River 2007 83
26 The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes 2007 83
27 Grinderman by Grinderman 2007 83
28 23 by Blonde Redhead 2007 83
29 Andorra by Caribou 2007 83
30 Overpowered by Roisin Murphy 2007 82

 

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Look for our year-end wrap-up of critic top tens in this spot in mid-December, 2007.


Metacritic Users' Year-End Lists

Our annual summary of users' picks for best albums and songs of the year arrives in January 2008.

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