LIST: The Breakdown: 2007 Sorted and Stacked

When compiling this year's Best Of... list I felt that I could do more.  There was a lot of great stuff out this year and the best of it came from multiple genres, so I'm taking a little extra time to shuffle through the year, compiling small lists of my favorites in hopes of giving some exceptional albums their due.

Best Rock
The National The Boxer
Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Band of Horses Cease to Begin
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Living with the Living
Rogue Wave Asleep at Heaven's Gate

Best Rocktronica
LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
Radiohead In Rainbows
!!! Myth Takes

Best Pop
New Pornographers Challengers
Feist The Reminder
Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight
The Shins Wincing the Night Away
Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha
Apples in Stereo New Magnetic Wonder

Best Weirdo Pop
Grizzly Bear Friend ep
Panda Bear Person Pitch
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Sunset Rubdown Random Spirit Lover
Besnard Lakes ...are the Dark Horse
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Some Loud Thunder

Best Electronic
Dan Deacon Spiderman of the Rings
Matthew Dear Asa Breed
Justice (cross)
The Field From Here We Go Sublime
Simian Mobile Disco Attack Decay Sustain Release

Best Hip-Pop
M.I.A. Kala
Lily Allen Alright, Still
Jay Z American Gangster
Kanye West Graduation

Best Post-Something
Battles Mirrored
Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation
Liars Liars
Black Lips Good Bad Not Evil
King Khan & the Shrines What Is?

Best Americana (Rock)
Okkervil River The Stage Names
Iron & Wine The Shepard's Dog
Wilco Sky Blue Sky
Avett Brothers Emotionalism
Ryan Adams Easy Tiger
Lyle Lovett It's Not Big It's Large
Joe Henry Civilians
Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade

Best Plain Old Folk
Jose Gonzales In Our Nature

Best Surprise
Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation
Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum

Biggest Letdown
Interpol Our Love To Admire

Best Song
Okkervil River Unless it Kicks
The National Apartment Story
LCD Soundsystem Someone Great
Liars Houseclouds
New Pornographers All the Old Showstoppers
Spoon You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
Arcade Fire Keep the Car Running
Dan Deacon Wham City
The Shins Australia
M.I.A. Boyz
Animal Collective Peacebone
Of Montreal Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
New Pornographers Myriad Harbour
The Shins Phantom Limb
Band of Horses Is There a Ghost
The National Fake Empire
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Satan Said Dance
Wilco You Are My Face
Feist I Feel It All
Battles Atlas
Lily Allen LDN
Radiohead House of Cards
Panda BearBros
Rilo Kiley Breakin' Up
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.
Black Lips Veni Vidi Vici
Blitzen Trapper Wild Mountain Nation
!!! Must Be the Moon
Black Moth Super Rainbow Melt Me