Pop Music: Best of 2007

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Jay-Z rode the coattails of an "American Gangster." Sanjaya overstayed his welcome on "American Idol." And the industry's high anxiety over the future of music got, well, higher. Soundcheck kicks off "Critics Week" with a recap of pop music in 2007. We talk with Ann Powers, chief pop music critic at the Los Angeles Times.

Ann Powers' top albums of 2007 list (listed in no particular order)

Sharon Jones, 100 Days 100 Nights

LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver

The Bird and the Bee, The Bird and the Bee

Radiohead, In Rainbows

MIA, Kala

PJ Harvey, White Chalk

Robin Thicke, The Evolution of Robin Thicke

Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Lil Wayne [various mixtapes and appearances]

Patty Griffin, Children Running Through

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