My Top Albums of 2007

Wow, so here we are, 50 albums down, 150 to go. Given my rather short attention span, i'm slightly surprised that I actually managed to stick with the list this long. I guess it wouldn't be very fair to those of you who actually read what i write to just leave you hanging.... so I guess that means i'll just have to finish the damn list.

Hopefully some of you may have found some albums on here that you have grown to like, or at the very least, have filled a few holes in your collections.

I said previously that I was going to do a top ten of songs from 2007. It wasn't until I started doing this that I realized how many albums were released last year and just how many of them just weren't that good. I ended up having 3 or 4 songs from each of a handful of albums and thought that this just wouldn't make a very interesting list. So i will instead mention a few albums here (in no particular order) that I think deserve an honorable mention from the year that was 2007.

Trey Songz - Trey Day








OK so anyone who has ears knows that Trey Songz has a near perfect voice. Sure some of the material isn't up to par but with songs like 'Wonder Woman' and 'Cant Help But Wait' this album bangs.

Tank - Sex Love & Pain


Nice Production, nice vocals, nice album. Check out the Timbaland produced 'I Love Them Girls'.

Ne-Yo - Because Of You


Probably close to being the best R&B album of the year. Fuck all that try hard neo-soul shit, I want a song I can sing to.

Mario - Go


Hmm.. seems to be the year of the 20 something male vocalist.... Another great album vying for top spot.

Luke & Q - Luke & Q (advance)


Not exactly sure if this was released (my copy is an advance i believe) but you should check it out if you have the chance...

Keith Sweat: Sweat Hotel Live


Hey, its Keith Sweat....

Joe - Aint Nothin Like Me


Another quality effort from Mr consistent.

Jagged Edge - Baby Makin Project


Didn't think much of it in the beginning but it grew on me and hey, it's JE.... 'Round and Round' = favourite track.

Chris Brown - Exclusive


Ok so usually i hate that southern flavoured shit and I despise T-Pain's tired old, vocoder dependant, ugly ass, but 'Kiss Kiss' is damn near my favourite track of the year. Go figure. Thats not the only hot track either. Damn, i'm turning into a 14 year old girl....

Bobby Valentino - Special Occasion


Follow up to his debut solo joint that appeared earlier in the list. Another good effort supported with the highlight once again coming from Timbaland in the form of 'Anonymous'.

Boyz II Men - The Remedy


I dont know what the deal was with the release of this album. Japan gets this and the rest of us get the Motown album? Insane. This is probably their best album since Evolution and really should demonstrate to whoever makes decisions at the major labels that the Boyz are relevant and a viable act. Or maybe I should just move to Japan....

Timbaland - Shock Value


Ahh Timbo, what would we do without you. When it came out I called this the album of the year and was promptly shouted down. The rap heads didn't like the rock elements, the R&B cats didn't like the rap elements. It's definitely a difficult album to categorize but it flows from one track to another with such skill I found myself forgetting all about categories and just listening to the music. The R&B tracks on here ('The Way I Are', 'Fantasy', Scream') are just awesome and I dare anyone to say that Timbaland didn't own R&B in 2007. I double dare ya. Thought not.


Thats about it for 2007, like i said not much happening but still a few nice albums to sink your teeth into.