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The best albums of 2007, from other publications, periodicals and entertainment writers:

Associated Press entertainment writer Jake Coyle

1. “In Rainbows,” Radiohead
2. “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank,” Modest Mouse
3. “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Spoon
4. “Person Pitch,” Panda Bear
5. “The Reminder,” Feist
6. “Sky Blue Sky,” Wilco
7. “Under the Blacklight,” Rilo Kiley
8. “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse
9. “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” Of Montreal
10. “Friend and Foe,” Menomena
Honorable Mentions: “Magic,” Bruce Springsteen; “Sound of Silver,” LCD Soundsystem; “Woke on a Whaleheart,” Bill Callahan; “Wincing the Night Away,” The Shins; “Our Love to Admire,” Interpol; “Some Loud Thunder,” Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; “New Wave,” Against Me!; “Chrome Dreams II,” Neil Young; “Let’s Stay Friends,” Les Savy Fav

Amazon.com (editor’s picks)

1. “The Reminder,” Feist
2. “Sound Of Silver,” LCD Soundsystem
3. “Graduation,” Kanye West
4. “In Rainbows,” Radiohead
5. “Back To Black,” Amy Winehouse
6. “Neon Bible,” The Arcade Fire
7. “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Spoon
8. “New Moon,” Elliot Smith
9. “Wincing The Night Away,” The Shins
10. “Raising Sand,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Paste Magazine

1. “Boxer,” The National
2. “Neon Bible,” The Arcade Fire
3. “Magic,” Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
4. “Icky Thump,” The White Stripes
5. “The Reminder,” Feist
6. “Kala,” M.I.A.
7. “Sky Blue Sky,” Wilco
8. “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank,” Modest Mouse
9. “Cease To Begin,” Band Of Horses
10. “The Shepherd’s Dog,” Iron & Wine

Rolling Stone magazine

1. “Kala,” M.I.A.
2. “Magic,” Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
3. “American Gangster,” Jay-Z
4. “Neon Bible,” The Arcade Fire
5. “Graduation,” Kanye West
6. “In Rainbows,” Radiohead
7. “Sound Of Silver,” LCD Soundsystem
8. “Under the Blacklight,” Rilo Kiley
9. “New Wave,” Against Me!
10. “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Spoon

Spin magazine

1. “New Wave,” Against Me!
2. “Neon Bible,” The Arcade Fire
3. “Sound Of Silver,” by LCD Soundsystem
4. “Graduation,” Kanye West
5. “Kala,” M.I.A.
6. “In Rainbows,” Radiohead
7. “Back To Black,” Amy Winehouse
8. “American Gangster,” Jay-Z
9. “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Spoon
10. “Icky Thump,” The White Stripes

Chet Flippo, editorial director for the Country Music Television Web site

1. “Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love,” Trisha Yearwood
2. “Dirt Farmer,” Levon Helm
3. “A Place to Land,” Little Big Town
4. “Wagonmaster,” Porter Wagoner
5. “Raising Sand,” Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
6. “Dwight Sings Buck,” Dwight Yoakam
7. “Unglamorous,” Lori McKenna
8. “Rhinestoned,” Pam Tillis
9. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Miranda Lambert
10. (tie) “Diamonds in the Sun,” Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros/“The Wolf,” Shooter Jennings