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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Luke Bainbridge

OMM's top 50 albums of the year (40-31)

Our Top 50 albums of 2007 countdown contines...

from Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen, via Bassekouyate & Ngoni Ba and Kanye West

40. Memory Almost Full Paul McCartney Return of the Mac... To the best bits of Wings.

39. Infinity on High Fall Out Boy Mighty punk-pop with glossy topcoat.

38. Grinderman Grinderman Hilarious, primeval blues-rock from Nick Cave's side project.

37. Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford Basquiat Strings The quartet's jazz compositional methods and Rochford's percussion made a delightful marriage.

36. Volta Bjork The Icelandic avant-garde darling rediscovered her fun side.

35. Graduation Kanye West Hip-hop's brightest star seemed in the midst of an existential crisis, but still made a great album.

34 Segu Blue Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba The first time a quartet of ngoni players had been recorded and the results were an intoxicating concoction.

33. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain Devendra Banhart Nu-folk's beardy man-child expanded his range from gospel-soul to dub.

32. Finding Forever Common The Chicago rapper finally found a settled groove and built on the success of 2005's Be.

31. Magic Bruce Springsteen The Boss returned to his roots for his first album with the E Street Band for five years.

Who voted?

See this Sunday's OMM for a chance to win all 50 albums.

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