2007 albums

(annotated list here)

1. Extreme Noise Terror / Driller Killer split LP (Osmose Productions)
2. Wiley "Playtime Is Over" (Big Dada)
3. Eskiboy "Tunnel Vision Volume 6" (Boy Better Know)
4. Eskiboy "Tunnel Vision Volume 5" (Boy Better Know)
5. Bad Brains "Build A Nation" (Megaforce)
6. Team Shadetek "Pale Fire" (Baked Goods)
7. Boyracer "Flickering B+W" (555)
8. Von Sudenfed "Tromatic Reflexxions" (Domino)
9. Looking For An Answer "Extincion" (Living Dead Society)
10. Trembling Blue Stars "The Last Holy Writer" (Elefant)

11. Trim "Soulfood Volume 2" (The Circle)
12. Trim "Soulfood Volume 1" (The Circle)
13. Bracken "We Know About The Need" (Anticon)
14. Butcher Boy "Profit In Your Poetry" (How Does It Feel To Be Loved ?)
15. Forest Giants "Things We Do When We're Bored" (The International Lo-Fi Underground)
16. Tippa Irie "Talk The Truth!" (Lockdown)
17. Chester P "From The Ashes" (Taskforce / Rawdog)
18. Darkthrone "F.O.A.D." (Peaceville)
19. The Butterflies Of Love "Famous Problems" (Fortuna Pop!)
20. Skepta "Greatest Hits" (Boy Better Know)

21. Little Dee "Don't Let The Name Trick You" (Media Gang)
22. Total Fucking Destruction "Zen And The Art Of..." (Bones Brigade)
23. Public Enemy "How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ?" (Slam Jamz)
24. The Fall "Reformation! Post-TLC" (Slogan)
25. Dubblestandart "Immigration Dub" (Collision)
26. Chipmunk "League Of My Own" (Alwayz Recordings)
27. The Orchids "Good To Be A Stranger" (Siesta)
28. Benny Bizzie "The Business Vol 2" (Knowledge & Wisdom)
29. Beatnik Filmstars "Shenaniganism (Tape Hiss And Other Imperfections)" (The International Lo-Fi Underground)
30. Bearsuit "Oh:Io" (Fantastic Plastic)

31. The Steinbecks "Far From The Madding Crowd" (Microindie)
32. Airport Girl "Slow Light" (Fortuna Pop!)
33. Haemorrhage "The Kill Sessions" (Emetic)
34. Jammer "Are You Dumb ? Vol 2" (Neckle / Jah Mek The World)
35. SSS "Short Sharp Shock" (Earache)
= 36. Obituary "Xecutioners Return" (Candlelight)
= 36. Ghetto "Ghetto Gospel" (J Clarke Enterprises)
38. Hoodz Underground "Bringing It Back" (Trackshicker)
39. Boyracer "Boyracer Jukebox Volume One" (555)
40. Tullycraft "Every Scene Needs A Center" (Magic Marker)

41. Celestial "Dream On" (Skipping Stones)
42. The Hermit Crabs "Saw You Dancing" (Matinee Recordings)
= 43. California Snow Story "Close To The Ocean" (Letterbox)
= 43. Mistress "The Glory Bitches Of Doghead" (Feto)
45. Ted Maul "White Label" (Raise The Game)
46. Syer Barz "Side FX Section 2" (MOM Promotions)
47. Pig Destroyer "Phantom Limb" (Relapse)
48. Zion Train "Live As One" (Universal Egg)
49. Burial "Untrue" (Hyperdub)
50. Verb T and The Last Skeptik "Broken Window" (Silent Soundz)

And whereas indie dominates the singles, it finds it harder to get a grip on the albums basically because good bands so rarely get to release any. Still, a good opportunity to celebrate other genres, because there are some excellent LPs on show in this list, as well as more than one placing for Wiley (3) and Boyracer and Trim (2 each). Again, it's the UK (and yes, often London) that drives much of the list, but while it's not as international as the singles, there are at least albums here too from the States, Austria, Australia, Norway, Sweden and a couple from Spain.