My top 50 releases of 2007

I wasn't able to write all the recommendations I wanted to by the end of the year, but I wrote quite a bit. I was able to write 50 reviews total. Not bad considering I work full-time, go to grad school full-time, work out five days a week and still manage to find the time to watch an appalling amount of television. I've decided to wrap up 2007 and start again early in 2008, as soon as the good releases start flowing.

In the spirit of year-end music geekiness, my list of my fifty favorite releases of the year follows below. This was very difficult, as I loved quite a variety of music this year. I wanted to squeeze in way more than fifty. Some albums that I quite liked I didn't get a chance to listen to as thoroughly as I would have liked. I also like one album better one moment, another the next. This list reflects my feelings right this moment. My definition of a 2007 release is quite loose, as I am including some releases I had acquired before 2007, but had only been released domestically since January 1st. Here we go:

50. Fujiya & Miyagi: Transparent Things
49. A-Trak: Dirty South Dance
48. José González: In Our Nature
47. Muscles: Guns Babes Lemonade
46. CocoRosie: The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
45. John Vanderslice: Emerald City
44. I'm From Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends
43. A Place to Bury Strangers: A Place to Bury Strangers
42. Handsome Furs: Plague Park
41. Sally Shapiro: Disco Romance
40. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
39. Emma Pollock: Watch the Fireworks
38. Deerhunter: Fluorescent Grey EP
37. Black Dice: Load Blown
36. A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hángar Ensemble: A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hángar Ensemble
35. Simian Mobile Disco: Attack Decay Sustain Release
34. Magik Markers: BOSS
33. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
32. The Field: From Here We Go Sublime
31. Datarock: Datarock Datarock
30. Caribou: Andorra
29. Chromeo: Fancy Footwork
28. Burial: Untrue
27. Pale Young Gentlemen: Pale Young Gentlemen
26. Daft Punk: Alive 2007
25. Super Furry Animals: Hey Venus!
24. Peter Bjorn and John: Writer's Block
23. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
22. Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals
21. The Pipettes: We Are the Pipettes
20. Kanye West: Graduation
19. Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover
18. Jens Lekman: Night Falls on Kortedala
17. !!!: Myth Takes
16. Jarvis Cocker: Jarvis
15. Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position
14. Low: Drums and Guns
13. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
12. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
11. Sage Francis: Human the Death Dance
10. The White Stripes: Icky Thump
9. The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
8. The Twilight Sad: Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters
7. Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
6. Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
5. The Long Blondes: Someone to Drive You Home
4. Radiohead: In Rainbows
3. Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
1. Okkervil River: The Stage Names

Please feel free to comment on my list. Any woefully overlooked albums that you think should have been included? Think I've overrated an album? Let's discuss.