50 Top 10 Lists of 2007

Top 10 Albums

#5. Sound of Silver
by LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy writes lyrics about the regrets of affluent thirtysomethings. Then he does something far more interesting — he turns them into dance music. With an unexplained death at its core, Someone Great is Joy Division quality techno that haunts your every gyration. All My Friends spins the same few chords into a slow-building elegy for the days when friends lazed on every couch and life was unmapped. Murphy may be in midlife crisis, but at least he's had the good sense to have it on the dance floor.

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