CKUA's Top 100 for 2007

The Top 100 is derived from the albums in our biweekly top 30 chart, and the placement is based on number of spins, then highest charting position and then number of weeks on the chart.

Best of 2007 Chart

Artist - Album (Label)
= Albertan
= Canadian 
1 Feist - Reminder (Arts and Crafts)
2 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch / Warner)
3 Ralf Buschmeyer - Est. 1968 (Chronograph Records / ralfmusic.com)
4 Jeremy Fisher - Goodbye Blue Monday (Indie: therealjeremyfisher.com)
5 Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music)
6 Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers (Nonesuch / Warner)
7 Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up (Endearing / Jagjaguwar)
8 Nathan - Key Principles (Nettwerk)
9 Patti Smith - Twelve (Sony)
10 Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere (Arts and Crafts)
11 Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War (Arts and Crafts)
12 Various - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch / Warner)
13 Eric Bibb - Diamond Days (Telarc Blues)
14 Royal Wood - A Good Enough Day (Outside Music / Dead Daisy Records)
15 Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock (Maple Music / Universal)
16 Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos - Music From and Inspired by the Film "Knocked Up" (Universal)
17 Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior (Shout Factory / Sony)
18 Highwater Jugband - High Water Jug Band (Hoodoo Records / Festival Distribution)
19 Kim Barlow - Champ (Jericho Beach / Festival Distribution)
20 Tim Williams - Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer (Indie: telusplanet.net/public/belzners)
21 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (Saddle Creek / Outside)
22 Serena Ryder - If Your Memory Serves You Well (EMI)
23 Various - The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson (Stony Plain)
24 Patty Griffin - Children Running Through (ATO / Sony-BMG)
25 Kat Goldman - Sing Your Song (Indpendent)
26 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
27 Various - Endless Highway: Music of the Band (329)
28 Lucinda Williams - West (Universal / Lost Highway)
29 Adam Chaki - Snowcite (Independent
30 Cara Luft - The Light Fantastic (Black Hen /caraluft.com)
31 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
32 Martin Sexton - Seeds (Outside / Kitchen Table Records)
33 Joel Kroeker - Closer to the Flame (True North)
34 Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (Minty Fresh)
35 Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood - Out Louder (Indirecto)
36 Nick Lowe - At My Age (Yep Roc)
37 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
38 Duke Robillard - World Full of Blues (Stony Plain)
39 Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust (Stony Plain)
40 Kat Danser - Somethin' Familiar (Indie: katdanser.com)
41 Kris Demeanor - Go Away (With Me) (Indie: krisdemeanor.com)
42 Angelique Kidjo - Djin Djin (Razor and Tie)
43 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Universal)
44 Sam Baker - Pretty World (Festival Distribution)
45 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Lifeline (EMI / Virgin)
46 Seth Lakeman - Freedom Fields (EMI)
47 Crooked Still - Hop High (True North)
48 Toots and the Maytals - Light Your Light (Universal)
49 Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up (Capitol)
50 Various - Backspin: A Six Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project (Six Degrees / Outside)
51 Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime (Blue Note)
52 Ry Cooder - My Name is Buddy (Nonesuch / Warner)
53 Joni Mitchell - Shine (Hear Music)
54 John Hammond - Push Comes to Shove (EMI / Back Porch)
55 John Wort Hannam - Two-Bit Suit (Indie: johnworthannam.com)
56 Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather (EMI)
57 Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big, It's Large (Universal)
58 Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars (Universal)
59 Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall, 1971 (Warner)
60 Holly Cole - Holly Cole (Universal / Alert)
61 Kiran Ahluwalia - Wanderlust (Distribution Fusion III)
62 Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight (Warner)
63 Nathan Wiley - The City Destroyed Me (Sonic Records / Warner)
64 White Stripes - Icky Thump (Warner)
65 Joey Wright - Jalopy (Black Hen)
66 Yael Wand - At Your Door (Indie: yaelwand.com)
67 Joan Osborne - Pretty Little Stranger (Distribution Fusion / Vanguard)
68 Steve Fisher - River (Indie: stevefishermusic.ca)
69 Doug Cox, Salil Bhatt and Ramkumar Mishra - Slide to Freedom (Northern Blues)
70 Holmes Brothers - State of Grace (Alligator / Distribution Fusion III)
71 Shins - Wincing the Night Away (Subpop)
72 Eddi Reader - Peacetime (Rough Trade / Compass)
73 The New Pornographers - Challengers (Mint / Universal)
74 Daby Toure - Diam (EMI)
75 Stars - Do You Trust Your Friends? (Arts and Crafts)
76 Norah Jones - Not Too Late (EMI / Blue Note)
77 Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back (Anti / Epitaph)
78 Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! (Stony Plain)
79 Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards (Anti)
80 Cowboy Junkies - At the End of Paths Taken (Universal / Latent Recordings)
81 Danielle French - Shadows (Indie: daniellefrench.com)
82 Various - Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Universal)
83 Shuyler Jansen - Today's Remains (Black Hen / Koch)
84 Christine Fellows - Nevertheless (Warner)
85 Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & Open Halls of the Soul (Outside)
86 Little Miss Higgins - Junction City (Indie: littlemisshiggins.com)
87 Jann Arden - Uncover Me (Universal)
88 Peter Elkas - Wall of Fire (Universal / Maple Music)
89 Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower (Outside / Saddle Creek)
90 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (Sony)
91 Jools Holland - Moving Out to the Country (WEA)
92 Bjork - Volta (Atlantic)
93 Chris Thile - How to Grow a Woman From the Ground (Sugar Hill)
94 Carolyn Mark - Nothing is Free (Mint)
95 Subdudes - Behind the Levee (EMI / Back Porch)
96 Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners (Nettwerk)
97 Po' Girl - Home to You (Sony Music/ Nettwerk)
98 Solomon Burke - Nashville (Shout! Factory / Sony Music)
99 Rhonda Withnell - If I Ruled the World (Indie)
100 Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House (Nettwerk)

 

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