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The 3000 most recommended albums and songs of all time

Last site update was on July 31st, 2007. See the updates page for more details.
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Top 3000 Albums
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BEST OF 2008

View the MEGA-CRITIC charts of the critics' most recommended albums of 2008, exclusively for Acclaimed Music! Many thanks to Stefan for this!

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BEST SONGS OF 2007 (March 7th)

End of year lists


2007 end of year lists (1.1 MB)

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BEST ALBUMS OF 2007
(last update January 30th)

End of year lists


2007 end of year lists (2.0 MB)

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All critics
1. The Arcade Fire
2. Radiohead
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. M.I.A.
5. Panda Bear
6. The National
7. Battles
8. Burial
9. PJ Harvey
10. Amy Winehouse
 US critics
1. Radiohead
2. The Arcade Fire
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. M.I.A.
5. The National
6. Spoon
7. Feist
8. Panda Bear
9. Kanye West
10. Amy Winehouse
 UK critics
1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Radiohead
3. The Arcade Fire
4. M.I.A.
5. Panda Bear
6. Klaxons
7. The Arctic Monkeys
8. PJ Harvey
9. Justice
10. Kings of Leon
German critics
1. Tocotronic
2. The Arcade Fire
3. M.I.A.
4. Radiohead
5. Justice
6. The Good, the Bad...
7. LCD Soundsystem
8. Maximo Park
9. Feist
10. Editors
 French critics
1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Animal Collective
3. PJ Harvey
4. Justice
5. The National
6. The Shins
7. Klaxons
8. The Arcade Fire
9. Amy Winehouse
10. Radiohead
 Italian critics
1. Battles
2. Radiohead
3. The Arcade Fire
4. Wilco
5. Grinderman
6. Burial
7. Vic Chesnutt
8. Panda Bear
9. LCD Soundsystem
10. The Good, the Bad...
Belgian and Dutch critics
1. Beirut
2. The Arctic Monkeys
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. Wilco
5. Amy Winehouse
6. Radiohead
7. The Arcade Fire
8. Battles
9. Justice
10. Patrick Watson

 Nordic critics

1. The Arcade Fire
2. Feist
3. M.I.A.
4. Radiohead
5. LCD Soundsystem
6. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
7. Band of Horses
8. Säkert!
9. Justice
10. Of Montreal
 Portuguese and Spanish critics
1. The Arcade Fire
2. PJ Harvey
3. Los Planetas
4. Panda Bear
5. Lisabö
6. Animal Collective
7. LCD Soundsystem
8. Triángulo de Amor Bizarro
9. Radiohead
10. Burial
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2007 ratings

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Acclaimed Music Forum

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Regional Analysis
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Listen to Albums and Songs

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Acclaimed Music is administered by Henrik Franzon. If you have a list that is not included, please post it in the forum or send me an email (henrik.franzon[a]gmail.com). Thank You!