In 2007, the idea of collective excitement surrounding an album became more of an unattainable ideal, thanks to a constant churn of music, increased fragmentation of the pop ideal, and listeners further burrowing into their own genre-specific niches with the aid of the Internet. (And even within the more Net-savvy niches, the idea of an album leaking on a specific date became more of an abstract idea, what with the demise of OiNK and the scurrying of that site's users to a variety of replacements.) But one band actually managed to bring together a relatively wide swath of music fans, and it was the result of a late-night blog post at the end of September. You're currently reading this on a computer, so you probably know who I'm talking about. more »

ALBUMS (descending)
1. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
2. Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods
3. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
4. Monarch - If Children
5. Celebration - The Modern Tribe
6. Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue
7. Ne-Yo - Because Of You
8. M.I.A. - Kala
9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Tegan & Sara - The Con more »