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Year in Review: Best Albums of 2007, Honorable Mentions

As ScooterDMan and I compiled our lists last week for the best albums of 2007, arranging the final order came down to the wire. Since this year has been fairly strong as far as full-length releases go, many records almost found places among the final selections.

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Year in Review: Best Albums of 2007, Number 1

The moment of truth has arrived. It's been two weeks and six articles since ScooterDMan and I began recapping 2007 in music and now we come to the final payoff. The apex. The number one album of the year.

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Year in Review: Best Albums of 2007, Number 2

Excitement builds as we approach the end. For those just joining in, ScooterDMan and I are counting down our top ten albums from 2007. Check out his column today for his second pick.

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Year in Review: Best Albums of 2007, Number 3

Thus far in ListenIn's music-of-2007 recap, the lists have been dominated by bands complex in either production, musicianship, or theme. While there have been moments of simplicity the trend has been toward featuring large, dynamic sounds or more fast-paced, high energy tunes.

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Year in Review: Best Albums of 2007, Number 4

Continuing with ListenIn's coverage of the best albums of the year, ScooterDMan and I are examining our number four picks. Like yesterday, his response to my selection appears in green after my description of the album. 4. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

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Year in Review: Top Albums of 2007, Number 5

Last week ScooterDMan and I began a project to lay out our top ten new albums of 2007. Each day this week we will reveal another one of our pick but much like our first installments of this series we are introducing a twist.

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The bottom half of the Top Ten albums of 2007

One of the most basic human instincts, aside from seeking warmth and food, is making lists. We love lists.

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Year In Review: Biggest Disappointments of 2007

Overall, 2007 has been a great year for music. From the very outset grateful listeners were treated to some fantastic releases and the months that came after consistently continued to deliver. Not all was rosy this past twelve months, however.

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Year in Review: Five albums that should have rocked but flopped instead

2007 saw the return of some tried and true musical veterans as well as the sophomore shots from overblogged emergent acts whose 2K5 footprints were bound to lead somewhere great.

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