New Yorker music critic and award-winning blogger, Sasha Frere-Jones seems to be finished with his Best of 2007 lists, especially since he's already working on his Best of 2008 list! Here's his list for 2007...........
BEST SONGS OF 2007
1. Dude ‘N Nem “Watch My Feet” (TVT)
2. Santogold f/Switch and FreQ Nasty “Creator” (Lizard King)
3. Dizzee Rascal “Old Skool” (XL)
4. Britney Spears “Piece Of Me” (Jive)
5. Sophie Ellis-Bextor “Me and My Imagination” (Universal)
6. Rihanna f/Jay-Z “Umbrella” (Def Jam)
7. Ghislain Poirier f/Face -T “No More Blood (Megasoid remix)”
8. 50 Cent “I Get Money” (Interscope)
9. Arcade Fire “Keep The Car Running” (Merge)
10. Vampire Weekend “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (VW)
11. Eve “Tambourine” (Aftermath/Interscope)
12. Jose Gonzalez “Down The Line” (Mute)
13. Grizzly Bear “Alligator (Choir Version)” (Warp)
14. Natasha Bedingfield “I Wanna Have Your Babies” (RCA)
15. Lil Mama “Lip Gloss” (Jive)
16. Manu Chao “Me Llaman Calle” (Because)
17. Charlotte Hatherley “Behave” (Little Sister)
18. Sara Bareilles “Love Song” (Epic)
19. Rufus Wainwright “Leaving For Paris” (Geffen)
20. Douglas Greed “Aenima” (Combination)
BEST ALBUMS OF 2007
1. Lil Wayne “The Carter III” (Universal)
2. Radiohead “In Rainbows” (Radiohead)
3. Battles “Mirrored” (Warp)
4. No Age “Weirdo Rippers” (Fat Cat)
5. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver” (Capitol/DFA/EMI)
6. The Good, the Bad and The Queen (Honest Jons/EMI)
7. Feist “The Reminder” (Cherrytree/Interscope)
8. R. Kelly “Double Up” (Jive/Zomba)
9. “Skull Disco: Soundboy Punishments” (Skull Disco)
10. Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (Merge)
11. M.I.A. “Kala” (XL/Interscope)
12. The Cool Kids (internet)
13. Tobias Thomas “Please Please Please” (Kompakt)
14. Tracey Thorn “Out Of The Woods” (Virgin)
15. Miranda Lambert “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Sony BMG)
16. Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings “100 Days, 100 Nights” (Dap-Tone)
17. Prodigy “Return Of The Mac” (The Infamous/Koch)









Comments (2)
Thank you for providing yet more proof that I should ignore every single thing Sasha Frere-Jones says. Shame that the New Yorker still publishes him, but what can you do?
Posted on December 7, 2007 11:14 AM
You have to revise your opinion. Repeating this nuttery misses your point. Give us proofs. Not just with words, but with deeds.
Posted on April 6, 2008 11:40 AM