Top wide distribution albums of 2007

1.      The Frames | The Cost (Anti-)

2.      Manchester Orchestra | I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child (Canvas Back/Favorite Gentlemen)

3.      Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

4.      Cary Brothers | Who You Are (Bluhammock)

5.      The Colour | Between Earth & Sky (Rethink)

6.      Eastern Conference Champions | Ameritown (Suretone/Fontana)

7.      Matthew Good | Hospital Music (Universal)

8.      Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)

9.     Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova | Once [Soundtrack] (Columbia)

10.  Athlete | Beyond the Neighborhood (Astralwerks)

Top indie releases of 2007

1.      John Boy's Courage | The Fall Precaution (s/r)

2.      The October | Lost Since Graduation (s/r)

3.      Skidmore Fountain | Break (Triple R)

4.      Music for Animals | s/t (Three Ring)

5.      Loyal Divide | s/t (s/r)

6.      Spouse | Relocation Tactics (Pigeon)

7.      Go Van Gogh | Ruby and the Starlight Ballroom (s/r)

8.      Dozemarypool | Three Pieces (s/r)

9.      The Hibernauts | Periodic Fable (s/r)

10.  Angel and the Love Mongers | The Humanist Queen (Disgraceland)

| Laura Hamlett

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