2007: Dean's List

Albums

1. M.I.A.: Kala (Interscope)
2. Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy)
3. Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness (Stern's Africa)
4. Lil Wayne: Da Drought 3 (Purloined Datadisc)
5. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge)
6. Lucinda Williams: West (Lost Highway)
7. Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony/BMG Nashville)
8. Lily Allen: Alright, Still (Capitol)
9. Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
10. Burial: Untrue (Cargo)
11. Against Me!: New Wave (Sire)
12. Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin)
13. Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch)
14. The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc)
15. Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss)
16. Wussy: Left for Dead (Shake It)
17. Balkan Beat Box: Nu Med (JDub)
18. Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek)
19. Imperial Teen: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band (Merge)
20. Lil Wayne: The Drought Is Over: The Carter 3 Sessions (mixtape4u.com)
21. White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner Bros.)
22. Fanfare Ciocarlia: Queens and Kings (Asphalt Tango)
23. Jill Scott: The Real Thing (Hidden Beach)
24. Babyshambles: Shotter's Nation (Astralwerks)
25. Soulja Boy: Souljaboytellem.com (Interscope)
26. Wu-Tang Clan: 8 Diagrams (SRC/Univeral Motown)
27. Go! Team: Proof of Youth (Sub Pop)
28. Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts)
29. Authenticité: The Sylliphone Years (Stern's Africa)
30. 3 Tenors of Soul: All the Way From Philadelphia (Shanachie)
31. Kenge Kenge: Introducing Kenge Kenge (Riverboat)
32. The-Dream: Love/Hate (Def Jam)
33. Hyphy Hitz (TVT)
34. Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent (Mush '05)
35. No Age: Weirdo Rippers (Fatcat)
36. Public Enemy: How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? (Slamjamz)
37. Motel Lovers (Trikont)
38. Mary J. Blige: Growing Pains (Geffen)
39. Nas: Hip Hop Is Dead (Columbia '06)
40. Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero (Nothing)
41. Ghostface Killah: The Big Doe Rehab (Def Jam)
42. Amy LaVere: Anchors and Anvils (Archer)
43. Colombiafrica: The Mystic Orchestra: Voodoo Love in a Champeta-Land (Riverboat)
44. Buck 65: Situation (Strange Famous)
45. Daft Punk: Alive 2007 (Virgin)
46. Nellie McKay: Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)
47. Konono No 1: Live at Couleur Café (Crammed Discs)
48. Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard/Ray Price: Last of the Breed Vol. 1 & 2 (Lost Highway)
49. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder (clapyourhandssayyeah.com)
50. The Oohlas: Best Stop Pop (Stolen Transmission '06)
51. African Pearls 1: Rumba on the River (Syllart)
52. Tinariwen: Aman Iman (World Village)
53. Girl Talk: Night Ripper (Illegal Art '06)
54. Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Nacional/Because)
55. Toni Iordache: Sounds From a Bygone Era Vol. 4 (Asphalt Tango)
56. Jewface (Reboot Stereophonic)
57. Lori McKenna: Unglamorous (Warner Bros.)
58. Lupe Fiasco: The Cool (Atlantic)
59. Bokoor Beats (Otrabanda)
60. Kanye West: Graduation (Roc-A-Fella)
61. Ponytail: Kamehameha (Creative Capitalism)
62. The Thermals: The Body the Blood the Machine (Sub Pop '06)
63. Nigeria Special (Soundway)
64. The Roots of Chicha (Barbès)
65. Hot Chip: The Warning (Astralwerks '06)
66. The Fall: Reformation: Post TLC (Narnack)
67. Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: Obecanje: The Promise--Balkan Mix (Piranha)
68. Common: Finding Forever (Geffen)
69. Clinic: Visitations (Domino)
70. Tom Zé: Danc-Eh-Sa (Irara)
71. 7L & Esoteric: A New Dope (Babygrande '06)
72. Urban African Club (Out Here)
73. Mavis Staples: We'll Never Turn Back (Anti-)
74. Look Directly Into the Sun (Bloodshot)
75. brakesbrakesbrakes: The Beatific Visions (Rough Trade)

Singles

1. Gogol Bordello: "Ultimate" (Side One Dummy)
2. Britney Spears: "Piece of Me" (Jive)
3. Randy Newman: "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" (iTunes)
4. LCD Soundsystem: "North American Scum" (Capitol)
5. Lil Wayne: "I Feel Like Dying" (Purloined Datadisc)
6. Rihanna: "Umbrella" (Def Jam)
7. Of Montreal: "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" (Polyvinyl)
8. Paul McCartney: "Nod Your Head" (Hear Music)
9. Lucinda Williams: "Are You Alright?" (Lost Highway)
10. Lil Mama: "Lip Gloss" (Jive)
11. Brad Paisley: "Ticks" (Arista)
12. Akon: "Smack That" (Universal)
13. Prince: "Guitar" (NPG/Columbia)

Jan. 28, 2008

2006

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2008