- Music
- 03 Jan 07
Annual article: What were the highest-rated albums and singles by the HP crew? We count them down here.
SINGLES
1. THE KILLERS: When You Were Young [Vertigo]
2. THE RACONTEURS: Steady As She Goes [XL]
3. AMY WINEHOUSE: Rehab [Island]
4. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Sexy Back [Jive]
5. BELLX1: Flame [Island]
6. SNOW PATROL: Chasing Cars [Fiction]
7. HOT CHIP: Over And Over [V2]
8. DIRECTOR: Reconnect [Atlantic]
9. SCISSOR SISTERS: I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ [Polydor]
10. U2/GREENDAY: The Saints Are Coming [Mercury]
11. SHAKIRA/WYCLEF JEAN: Hips Don’t Lie [Epic]
12. GNARLS BARKLEY: Crazy [Warner Bros]
13. THE STROKES: You Only Live Once [Rough Trade]
14. NELLY FURTADO: Maneater [Geffen]
15. THE FLAMING LIPS: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song [Warner Bros]
16. RHIANNA: SOS [Def Jam]
17. HAM SANDWICH: Words [Route 109]
18. BELLX1: Rocky Took A Lover [Island]
19. RAZORLIGHT: America [Vertigo]
20. PETER BJORN & JOHN: Young Folks [Wichita]
21. BABYSHAMBLES: Albion [Rough Trade]
22. YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Gold Lion [Polydor]
23. I’M FROM BARCELONA: We’re From Barcelona [Interpop]
24. THE RAPTURE: Get Myself Into It [Mercury]
25. CSS: Let’s Make Love [Sub Pop]
26. THE FRATELLIS: Chelsea Dagger [Fallout]
27. SPINTO BAND: Oh Mandy [radiate]
28. OK GO: Here It Goes Again [Angel]
29. LILY ALLEN: LDN [Regal]
30. THE GOSSIP: Standing In The Way Of Control [Backyard]
ALBUMS
1. BOB DYLAN: Modern Times [Columbia]
2. YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Show Your Bones [Polydor]
3. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: We Shall Overcome [Columbia]
4. ARCTIC MONKEYS: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not [Domino]
5. THOM YORKE: The Eraser [XL]
6. THE RACONTEURS: Broken Boy Soldiers [XL]
7. THE FLAMING LIPS: At War With The Mystics [Warner Bros]
8. MUSE: Black Holes & Revelations [Helium 3]
9. SNOW PATROL: Eyes Open [Fiction]
10. THE STROKES: First Impressions Of The Earth [Rough Trade]
11. THE BEATLES: Love [Parlophone]
12. THE KILLERS: Sam’s Town [Vertigo]
13. AMY WINEHOUSE: Back To Black [Island]
14. JOANNA NEWSOM: Ys [Drag City]
15. ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN: Ballad Of The Broken Seas [V2]
16. JOHNNY CASH: America V: A Hundred Highways [Lost Highway]
17. JENNY LEWIS & THE WATSON TWINS: Rabbit Fur Coat [Team Love Records]
18. DAMIEN RICE: 9 [Heffa]
19. CSS: Cansei De Ser Sexy [Sub Pop]
20. NEIL YOUNG: Living With War [Reprise]
21. REPUBLIC OF LOOSE: Aaaagh! [Loaded Dice]
22. MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD: Yell Fire [Anti]
23. LILY ALLEN: Alright, Still [Regal]
24. DIRECTOR: We Thrive On Big Cities [Atlantic]
25. CAT POWER: The Greatest [Matador]
26. THE IMMEDIATE: In Towers & Clouds [Fantastic Plastic]
27. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [V2]
28. THE BLIZZARDS: A Public Display Of Affection [Universal]
29. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Futuresex/lovesounds [Jive]
30. DUKE SPECIAL: Songs From The Deep Forest [V2]
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