We have the top albums of 2007 thread but that has been going on since the beginning of the year so here's a fresh place to start with your FINAL top lists as we round out the final few days of the year.

My Top 10:
1. The National - Boxer
2. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
3. Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
4. Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
7. The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
8. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
9. Wussy - Left For Dead
10. The White Stripes - Icky Thump

1. The National-Boxer
2. Okkervil River-The Stage Names
3. The Clientele-God Save The Clientele
4. Beirut-The Flying Club Cup
5. Radiohead-In Rainbows
6. The Shins-Wincing The Night Away
7. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala
8. Band Of Horses-Cease To Begin
9. Iron & Wine-The Shepherd's Dog
10. LCD Soundsystem-Sound Of Silver

Hmmmmm. . . . Could change tomorrow, but I'll bite.

1. Boxer - The National
2. Sky Blue Sky - Wilco (Mind-blowing the abuse this album received)
3. Magic - Bruce Springsteen
4. The Stage Names - Okkervil River
5. Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young
6. The Search - Son Volt
7. Sirens of the Ditch - Jason Isbell (Former Drive-By Trucker)
8. Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle
9. Mescalito - Ryan Bingham (Newer artist, a MUST for alt-country enthusiasts)
10. In Rainbows - Radiohead

Bubbling Under:
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
30 Year Low - The Mendoza Line
Silver Mountain - Deadstring Brothers
Revival - John Fogerty
Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm
Children Running Through - Patty Griffin
Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams

The National - Boxer
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Jay-Z - American Gangster
The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead......
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
The Little Ones - Sing Song
The Maccabees - Colour It In
Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil

1) Broken Family Band - Hello Love
2) The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
3) New Pornographers - Challengers
4) Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses?
5) Rizdales - Radio Country
6) Two Minute Miracles - Lions of Love
7) Andre Ethier - On Blue Fog
8) Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling
9) Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
10) Tim Rogers – Luxury of Hysteria

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1. Radiohead | In Rainbows
2. Animal Collective | Strawberry Jam
3. The National | Boxer
4. Akron/Family | Love Is Simple
5. Panda Bear | Person Pitch
6. Interpol | Our Love To Admire
7. Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
8. Explosions In The Sky | All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
9. Arcade Fire | Neon Bible
10. Working For A Nuclear Free City | Businessmen & Ghosts

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hey Mark, would you consider assigning a points system to this thread so that if more people participated, we could see which albums of the year took 2nd-10th place to Boxer amongst The National fans?

I didn't put this on my list seeing as half the songs were released in 2006, but this has got to be one of the best collection of songs I have ever heard, so I'll put it in my list now.

1. The National - Boxer
2. Radical Face - Ghost (A VERY close second)
3. Working for a nuclear free city - Businessmen & Ghosts (A VERY close third)
4. The New Pornographers - Challengers
5. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Interpol - Our love to admire
7. Menomena - Friend & Foe
8. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Air - Pocket Symphony

Here is my tuppence!!

1. The National - Boexer
2. Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
3. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
4. Modest Mouse - We were dead before the ship even sank
5. Handsome Furs - Plague Park
6. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
7. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
8. Memomena - Friend or Foe
9. Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over
10. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin

1) The National-Boxer
2) Neil Young-Live At Massey Hall 1971
3) Wilco-Sky Blue Sky
4) Okkervil River-The Stage Names
5) Elliott Smith-New Moon
6) Arcade Fire-Neon Bible

...My list tapers from there into records I just didn't listen to much, i.e. Radiohead's In Rainbows, Bishop Allen's The Broken String (the previous year's Eps were so much better), etc..My biggest disappointment was Ryan Adam's new record, the first I've ever heard from him (released or otherwise) that I have absolutely hated.

01. The National - Boxer
02. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
03. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
04. Radiohead - In Rainbows
05. Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
06. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
07. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
08. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
09. Kent - Tillbaka till Samtiden
10. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin

I think that's about right. The only two I'm certain of are the top two, Because of the Times I'm pretty sure about but after that it gets kind of hazy.

1. The National - Boxer
2. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
3. Youth Group: Casino Twilight Dogs

then, in no order:
Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha
Feist: The Reminder
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
Radiohead: In Rainbows

I finally got round to doing one of these.

01. The National - Boxer
02. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
03. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker
04. This Et Al - Baby Machine
05. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
06. Handsome Furs - Plague Park
07. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
08. Beerjacket - A Boy Of Action
09. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
10. Alaska In Winter - Dance Party In The Balkans

I think that's about as close to a definitive order as I can get.

In no particular order:

Boxer - The National
Stage Names - Okkervil River
Icky Thump - White Stripes
Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine
Emotionalism - Avett Brothers
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective
Graduation - Kanye West
Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
In Rainbows - Radiohead

1. The National - Boxer
2. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead...
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With the Living
7. White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
9. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
10. Fiest - The Reminder

It was a very good year, probably my favorite year for having a lot of really, really good albums since 2004.