Welcome to the second Idolator Pop Critics Poll, a survey of critics and writers from around the world. We've tallied the 452 ballots, compiled mixes of our year's favorite tracks, found appropriate art for everything—and now, we're ready for you to comb through the results.

Of course I knew which album was going to win the 2007 Idolator Pop Critics Poll. Well, not quite. Let me explain. I've been privately handicapping year-end polls for a while now, and my track record is good. The only poll in recent memory that I guessed completely wrong was, um, the one I ran last year—the inaugural Idolator poll, then known as Jackin' Pop—which TV on the Radio nabbed with ease, leaving my guess, Bob Dylan, down in sixth place. But that isn't the reason that, before the first ballot came in for this year's poll, I came up with, in order, Radiohead, M.I.A., Kanye West, Arcade Fire, and LCD Soundsystem, with the caveat that any of them could win. more »

ALBUMS
1. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, FabricLive 36 (Fabric) 15
2. M.I.A., Kala (Interscope) 14
3. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge) 13
4. Nev Wright, August 2007 (mixtape) 12
5. Pantha Du Prince, This Bliss (Dial) 11
6. Jens Lenkman, Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian) 9
7. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver (Capitol) 8
8. John Prine & Mac Wiseman, Standard Songs for Average People (Oh Boy) 7
9. The Field, From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt) 6
10. v/a, Motel Lovers: Southern Soul from the Chitlin' Circuit (Trikont) 5 more »

1. Novos Baianos, "Tinindo Trincando" (from After Tropicalia, Soul Jazz; c. early '70s)
2, J. Walter Negro and the Loose Jointz, "Shoot the Pump" (from New York Latin Hustle, Soul Jazz; 1981)
3. Punkin' Machine, "I Need You Tonight" (from FabricLive 36: James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Fabric; 1981)
4. J. Dilla, "Shouts" (from Ruff Draft, Stones Throw; 2002)
5. Foster Sylvers, "Misdemeanor" (from Ultimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete Collection, Street Beat; 1973)
6. Los Hijos Del Sol, "Si Me Quieres" (from The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru, Barbés; c. early '70s)
7. Tabu Ley Rochereau, "Likambo Ya Mokando" (from The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-1977, Stern's; 1977)
8. Bokoor Band, "Yeah Yeah ku Yeah" (from Bokoor Beats, Otrabanda; c. early '80s)
9. Charlie Aldrich, "Kinsey's Book" (from Griddle Greasin' Daddies and Dirty Cowboys, Jasmine; c. early '50s)
10. The Wedding Present, "Take Me (Peel Session, 24 May, 1988)" (from The Complete BBC Sessions, Sanctuary)
11. Grant McLennan, "Haven't I Been a Fool" (from Intermission, Beggars; 1991)
12. Bob Dylan & the Band, "I'm Not There" (from I'm Not There soundtrack, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; 1967)
13. Johnny Osbourne ft. Bunny Brown, "Love Makes the World Go Round" (from Summer Records Anthology 1974-1988, Light in the Attic; 1974)
14. The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, "Go Where I Send Thee" (from Rock My Soul, Living Era; 1937)
15. Ennio Morricone, "Le Fotografie from Verushka" (from Delirium of the Senses: Psychedelia in Italian Cinema, Cherry Red; 1971)
16. Miles Davis, "On the Corner (Unedited Master)" (from The Complete On the Corner Sessions, Columbia/Legacy; 1972) more »