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Before the new, let us us deal with the old.

Here are my Top Ten lists for 2007.

Top Ten Albums

1- Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
2- Low - Drums and Guns
3- Angels of Light - We Are Him
4- The National - Boxer
5- Caribou - Andorra
6- Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
7- Grinderman - Grinderman
8- Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
9- M.I.A - Kala
10- The Besnard Lakes - Are The Darkhorse

Top Ten reissues, comps, remasters etc.

1- Sly and the Family Stone - The Collection (Box Set)
2- Selda - Selda
3- Magnolia Electric Company - Sojourner Box Set
4- Various Artists - B-Music, Cross Continental Record Raid Road Trip
5- Sarolta Zalatnay - Sarolta Zalatnay
6- Blossom Toes - If Only For A Moment
7- Simon Stokes and The Nighthawks - Simon Stokes and The Nighthawks
8- Pete Jolly - Seasons
9- The Very Best of thiopiques - Hypnotic Grooves...
10- Florida Funk - Funk 45s From the Alligator State (68-75)

Top Ten Shows of 2007

1- Cadence Weapon - Zoobizarre
2- Cody Chesnutt - Le National
3- The Hold Steady - Sala Rossa
4- Wolf Parade - Sala Rossa
5- M.I.A - Metropolis
6- Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Thatre St-Denis
7- Caribou - La Tulipe
8- Built To Spill - Le National
9- The Fiery Furnaces - Cabaret
10- The Autumn Defense - Main Hall

Top Ten Favourite Record Labels

1- Jazzman
2- Finders Keepers
3- Cherry Red/Rev-Ola
4- Dusty Groove America
5- Ace Records
6- Soul Jazz Records
7- Merge
8- Sundazed
9- Drag City
10- Secretly Canadian

Happy New Year to all.

See you in 2008??