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Every year, I make a mega-mix of favorite songs released throughout that year. The list is more or less in order, for the first 50-ish songs, but the order doesn’t matter as much as the mix. 2007 was a really good year. Here ’tis:

001—Spoon – The Underdog
002—Tegan & Sara – The Con
003—John Doe w/Kathleen Edwards – The Golden State
004—Los Campesinos! – You Me Dancing
005 – Loney, dear – I Am John
006—Andrew Bird – Dark Matter
007—The Twilight Sad – That Summer at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy
008—The Ike Reilly Assassination – When Irish Eyes Are Burning
009 – Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry on Their Own
010—The Snake The Cross The Crown – Behold the River
011—Parts & Labor – Fractured Skies
012—Of Montreal – The Past is a Grotesque Animal
013—The Hives – Tick Tick Boom
014 – Arctic Monkeys – 505
015 – Rogue Wave – Harmonium
016 – Feist – Past in Present
017 – The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
018 – The New Pornographers – My Rights Versus Yours
019 – The National – Apartment Story
020—Josh Ritter – To The Dogs Or Whoever
021—Patty Griffin – No Bad News
022—Frightened Rabbit – Go Go Girls
023—The Figurines – Hey, Girl
024 – Pela – Lost To The Lonesome
025 – The Broken West – Down in the Valley
026—Loney, dear – Saturday Waits
027—Bon Iver – Skinny Love
028 – John Doe – Pressing On
029—Phosphorescent – Cocaine Lights
030—The Polyphonic Spree – Section 22 (Running Away)
031—Grinderman – Love Bomb
032—The National – Fake Empire
033—Klashnekoff – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised On Channel U
034—The Broken Family Band – Love Your Man, Love Your Woman
035 – Albert Hammond Jr. – In Transit
036 – Palomar – You’re Keeping Us Up
037 – Dogs – Dirty Little Shop
038 – The Apples in Stereo – Sunndal Song
039—Electrelane – Cut and Run
040—Menomena – Muscle n’ Flo
041—El-P – Up All Night
042—Windmill – Tokyo Moon
043—Kate Nash – Foundations
044—Malcolm Middleton – Death Love Depression Love Death
045 – Okkervil River – Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
046—Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
047—The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
048 – Camarada – The Ballad of Blue Collar
049—Miranda Lambert – Gunpowder and Lead
050—The Avett Brothers – Shame
051—Les Savy Fav – What Wolves Would Do
052 – Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
053—White Rabbits – Kid On My Shoulders
054—M.I.A. – Jimmy
055—The Arcade Fire – (Antichrist Television Blues)
056 – Andrew Bird – Fiery Crash
057—Patty Griffin – Trapeze
058—The Ike Reilly Assassination – Broken Parakeet Blues
059—Bowerbirds – In Our Talons
060—Future Of The Left – Fingers Become Thumbs!
061—The Twilight Sad – And She Would Darken the Memory
062—Blonde Redhead – The Dress
063—Menomena – The Pelican
064—UGK ft. Outkast – International Players Anthem (I Choose)
065—Joe Henry – civilians
066—Angels of Light – Black River Song
067—Dropkick Murphys – Flannigan’s Ball
068—The Thrills – Nothing Changes Round Here
069—The Broken West – Like a Light
070—Kings of Leon – The Runner
071—Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
072—Grinderman – Honey Bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)
073—Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
074—Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend
075—The Pigeon Detectives – I Found Out
076 – Pinback – Good To Sea
077 – Voxtrot – Kid Gloves
078 – Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries
079 – Artic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
080 – Bear Colony – Sharks
081—The Willowz – Jubilee
082—The New Pornographers – Adventures in Solitude
083—The National – Start A War
084—John Doe – A Little More Time
085—Radiohead – Nude
086—A Place To Bury Strangers – Missing You
087—MGMT – Time To Pretend
088—Electrelane – To the East
089—Burial – Archangel
090—Shocking Pinks – End of the World
091—LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
092—Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost
093—The Snake The Cross The Crown – Gypsy Melodies
094 – Tegan & Sara – Relief Next to Me
095 – Albert Hammond Jr. – Back to the 101
096 – Beirut – Nantes
097 – The White Stripes – Icky Thump
098—Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
099—The Ike Reilly Assasssination – It’s Hard To Make Love To An American
100—Grinderman – No Pussy Blues
101—Pharoah Monch – Desire (ft. Showtime)
102—Liars – Protection
103—The National Lights – The Dead Will Walk
104—Patty Griffin – Crying Over
105—Bright Eyes – Four Winds
106—Winterkids – Hear Me Out
107—Locksley – Let Me Know
108—The Maccabees – X-Ray
109 – Jens Lekman – The Opposite Of Hallelujah
110—The Thrills – Restaurant
111—Shout Out Louds – Tonight I Have to Leave It
112—Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
113—The Ponys – Small Talk
114—Black Lips – Katrina
115—Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
116—Ghostface Killah – Yolanda’s House (feat Rekwon & Method Man)
117—Gogol Bordello – Ultimate
118 – Future Of The Left – Manchasm
119—Dan Deacon – The Crystal Cat
120—Of Montreal – A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
121 – Feist – 1 2 3 4
122—Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position
123—Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
124—Dinosaur Jr – Almost Ready
125—The Shins – Phantom Limb
126—Iron & Wine – Boy with a Coin
127—Loney, dear – Hard Days 1.2.3.4
128—John Doe – Meanest Man In The World
129—Phosphorescent – Wolves
130—Wilco – Impossible Germany
131—Deer Tick – Ashamed
132—Brandi Carlile – The Story
133—Radical Face – Wrapped in Piano Strings
134 – Dirty Projectors – Rise Above
135—Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill
136 – Bloc Party – I Still Remember
137 – Common – The People
138 – Fionn Regan – Be Good Or Be Gone
139 – Kid Rock – So Hott
140—Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach You
141—Manic Street Preachers – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
142—Prince – Guitar
143—Jay-z – Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)
144—Bat for Lashes – Prescilla
145 – 1990s – Situation
146—Spoon – Don’t Make Me a Target
147—Dogs – Forget It All
148—Kate Nash – Mouthwash
149—Andrew Bird – Plasticities
150 – Cass McCombs – That’s That
151 – Josh Ritter – Rumors
152—Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything
153—Tegan & Sara – Dark Come Soon
154—Black Lips – Lean
155—Kings of Leon – True Love Way
156—Brother Ali – Truth Is
157—The Twilight Sad – Cold Days from the Birdhouse
158—Frightened Rabbit – The Greys
159—Handsome Furs – Handsome Furs Hate This City
160—Sunset Rubdown – Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days
161—Akron-Family – Phenomena
162 – The Clientele – I Hope I Know You
163 – Jacob Golden – On a Saturday
164 – My Brightest Diamond – Something of an End
165 – Cloud Cult – Chemicals Collide
166 – Blitzen Trapper – Sci-Fi Kid
167 – Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker
168—Devin the Dude – What a Job (feat. Snoop Dogg & Andre 3000)
169—Blonde Redhead – 23
170—Fountains of Wayne- I-95
171—Dean and Britta – You Turned My Head Around
172—The Winter Sounds – Windy City Nights
173 – Kelly Clarkson – Never Again
174 – Minus the Bear – Burying Luck
175 – Les Savy Fav – The Year Before the Year 2000
176 – Amandine – Faintest of Sparks
177 – Bon Iver – For Emma
178 – Miranda Lambert – Guilty in Here
179 – Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere
180 – Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
181 – Kevin Drew – Back Out on the…
182 – Robert Plant & Alison Krause – Rich Woman
183 – Ian Hunter – When The World Was Round
184 – The Broken Family Band – Dancing on the 4th Floor
185 – Magnolia Electric Co. – Hammer Down
186 – The Rifles – Repeated Offender
187 – Old Time Religion – Indestructible Life!
188 – Times New Viking – Teenage Lust!
189 – M.I.A. – Paper Planes
190 – Modest Mouse – Dashboard
191 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – La Costa Brava
192 – Super Furry Animals – Show Your Hand
193 – Thee More Shallows – Night at the Knight School
194 – Wooden Wand – Spitting at the Camera
195 – Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine
196 – Arcade Fire – Intervention
197 – Nick Lowe – Hope For Us All
198 – Josh Ritter – The Temptation Of Adam
199 – Frightened Rabbi – Yawns
200 – Graham Parker – Ambiguous
201 – The National Lights – Better For It Kid
202 – Malcolm Middleton – Were All Going to Die
203 – Palomar – Bury Me Closer
204 – Porter Wagoner – Committed To Parkview
205 – Pela – Anytown Graffiti
206—Phosphorescent – At Death, A Proclamation
207—Kissaway Trail – Forever Turned Out To Be Too Long