RSSThe 2007 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
Albums
| 1. | LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver (DFA/EMI) | 1662 | (141) |
| 2. | Radiohead: In Rainbows (Self Released) | 1611 | (148) |
| 3. | M.I.A.: Kala (XL/Interscope) | 1611 | (144) |
| 4. | Amy Winehouse: Back To Black (Universal) | 1492 | (131) |
| 5. | Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge) | 1212 | (111) |
| 6. | Kanye West: Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 913 | (91) |
| 7. | Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge) | 785 | (77) |
| 8. | Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand (Rounder) | 759 | (78) |
| 9. | Bruce Springsteen: Magic (Columbia) | 747 | (64) |
| 10. | The National: Boxer (Beggars Banquet) | 743 | (68) |
| 11. | Feist: The Reminder (Cherrytree/Interscope) | 709 | (69) |
| 12. | Wilco: Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch) | 649 | (62) |
| 13. | Panda Bear: Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) | 588 | (55) |
| 14. | The White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner Bros.) | 579 | (58) |
| 15. | Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Columbia) | 560 | (49) |
| 16. | Lily Allen: Alright, Still (Parlophone/EMI) | 509 | (53) |
| 17. | Battles: Mirrored (Warp) | 450 | (45) |
| 18. | Jay-Z: American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 406 | (41) |
| 19. | The Shins: Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop) | 370 | (38) |
| 20. | Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone) | 368 | (36) |
| 21. | Against Me!: New Wave (Sire) | 366 | (33) |
| 22. | Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) | 356 | (32) |
| 23. | Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala (Service/Secretly Canadian) | 339 | (30) |
| 24. | Band of Horses: Cease to Begin (Sub Pop) | 327 | (32) |
| 25. | Deerhunter: Cryptograms (Kranky) | 312 | (31) |
| 26. | PJ Harvey: White Chalk (Island) | 309 | (33) |
| 27. | Grinderman: Grinderman (Anti-) | 306 | (28) |
| 27. | Burial: Untrue (Hyperdub) | 306 | (28) |
| 29. | Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam (Domino) | 299 | (27) |
| 30. | Bettye LaVette: Scene of the Crime (Anti-) | 272 | (26) |
| 31. | Okkervil River: The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar) | 268 | (27) |
| 32. | Rilo Kiley: Under The Blacklight (Warner Bros.) | 265 | (31) |
| 33. | Mavis Staples: We'll Never Turn Back (Anti-) | 263 | (26) |
| 34. | Tinariwen: Aman Iman: Water Is Life (World Village) | 262 | (28) |
| 35. | Lil Wayne: Da Drought 3 (Young Money Entertainment) | 262 | (24) |
| 36. | Justice: Cross (Ed Banger/Downtown/Vice) | 257 | (28) |
| 37. | The Field: From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt) | 254 | (24) |
| 38. | Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop) | 244 | (27) |
| 39. | UGK: Underground Kingz (Jive) | 243 | (19) |
| 40. | El-P: I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Def Jux) | 235 | (21) |
The albums poll combines ballots from 577 critics, who divided 100 points among 10 2006 titles. (Every individual ballot is available online.) Maximum per album: 30. Minimum: 5. Points determined placement, with total mentions (included in parentheses) used for tiebreaking.
Includes 2006 votes: Amy Winehouse, 41 (4); Lily Allen 225 (23).
Singles
| 1. | Amy Winehouse: "Rehab" (Universal) | 97 |
| 2. | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z: "Umbrella" (Def Jam) | 93 |
| 3. | LCD Soundsystem: "All My Friends" (DFA/EMI) | 61 |
| 4. | Feist: "1234" (Cherrytree/Interscope) | 58 |
| 5. | Justice: "D.A.N.C.E." (Ed Banger/Downtown/Vice) | 53 |
| 6. | M.I.A.: "Paper Planes" (XL/Interscope) | 50 |
| 7. | Kanye West: "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 48 |
| 8. | UGK featuring Outkast: "International Players Anthem" (Jive) | 47 |
| 9. | Peter Bjorn & John: "Young Folks" (Wichita/V2) | 42 |
| 10. | Battles: "Atlas" (Warp) | 39 |
| 11. | The White Stripes: "Icky Thump" (Warner Bros.) | 35 |
| 12. | The Shins: "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop) | 30 |
| 13. | Arcade Fire: "Keep The Car Running" (Merge) | 26 |
| 14. | LCD Soundsystem: "Someone Great" (DFA/EMI) | 25 |
| Lil' Mama: "Lip Gloss" (Jive) | 25 | |
| 16. | Spoon: "The Underdog" (Merge) | 22 |
| 17. | Grinderman: "No Pussy Blues" (Anti-) | 21 |
| Bruce Springsteen: "Radio Nowhere" (Columbia) | 21 | |
| M.I.A.: "Boyz" (XL/Interscope) | 21 | |
| 20. | Spoon: "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" (Merge) | 20 |
| 21. | Amy Winehouse: "You Know I'm No Good" (Universal) | 19 |
| 22. | LCD Soundsystem: "North American Scum" (DFA/EMI) | 18 |
| 23. | Modest Mouse: "Dashboard" (Epic) | 16 |
| Alicia Keys: "No One" (Sony) | 16 | |
| R Kelly featuring T-Pain and T.I.: "I'm a Flirt (Remix)" (Jive) | 16 | |
| Avril Lavigne: "Girlfriend" (RCA) | 16 | |
| 27. | Soulja Boy: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Interscope) | 15 |
| 50 Cent: "I Get Money" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) | 15 | |
| Kanye West featuring T-Pain: "Good Life" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 15 | |
| Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson: "The Way I Are" (Blackground/Interscope) | 15 | |
| 31. | Arcade Fire: "Intervention" (Merge) | 14 |
| 32. | Lily Allen: "Smile" (Parlophone/EMI) | 13 |
| Britney Spears: "Piece of Me" (Jive) | 13 | |
| 34. | Bat For Lashes: "What's a Girl to Do?" (She Bear/Echo/Parlophone) | 12 |
| Bruce Springsteen: "Girls in their Summer Clothes" (Columbia) | 12 | |
| Kanye West: "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 12 | |
| Jay-Z: "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) | 12 | |
| Bright Eyes: "Four Winds" (Saddle Creek) | 12 | |
| 39. | Against Me!: "Thrash Unreal" (Sire) | 11 |
| Miranda Lambert: "Famous In A Small Town" (Columbia) | 11 |
Village Voice, Feb. 6, 2007
Postscript Notes:
For complete results, essays, and comments, see the Village Voice website. Robert Christgau did not work on organizing this poll, although he did cast a ballot.
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