Here is the shortlist for "Best Album of 2007" and "Best Debut Album of 2007" - You can decide which album impressed you the most by sending your Top 3 in each category to us at: info@aapa.nl

The closing date is now Friday 21st December. Winners should be announced in time for Christmas

THE WINNERS CAN NOW BE FOUND BELOW ...

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2007

KINGS OF LEON - Because of the Times
ARCTIC MONKEYS – Favourite Worst Nightmare
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
KLAXONS - Myths of the Near Future
THE VIEW - Hats off to the buskers
INTERPOL - Our Love to Admire
ART BRUT - It's A Bit Complicated
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Zeitgeist
KT TUNSTALL - Drastic Fantastic
BJORK - Volta
FALL OUT BOY - Infinity on High
ARCADE FIRE - Neon Bible
FIELD MUSIC - Tones of Town
SIOUXSIE - Mantaray
THE DEAD 60s - Time To Take Sides
PURESSENCE - Don't Forget to Remember
RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows
PJ HARVEY - White Chalk
iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learnt
THE HUMAN VALUE - Push and Pull
TORI AMOS - American Doll Posse
ENTER SHIKARI - Take to the Skies
MAXIMO PARK - Our Earthly Pleasures
TRAVIS - The Boy With No Name
THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump
EDITORS - An End Has A Start
CANDIE PAYNE - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
AIR - Pocket Symphony
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - Sound of Silver
KAISER CHIEFS - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 ALBUMS” of 2007:

1 - ARCADE FIRE - Neon Bible
2 - KLAXONS - Myths of the Near Future
3 - ARCTIC MONKEYS – Favourite Worst Nightmare
4 - KT TUNSTALL - Drastic Fantastic
5 - iLiKETRAiNS - Elegies To Lessons Learnt
6 - RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows
7 - FIELD MUSIC - Tones of Town
8 - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9 - INTERPOL - Our Love to Admire
10 - PJ HARVEY - White Chalk
10 - TRAVIS - The Boy With No Name

A.A.P.A – Best Debut Album of the Year 2007

THE NOMINATIONS (25x - in no particular order):

NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB - Fantastic Playroom
MAPS - We Can Create
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Attack Decay Sustain Release
GALLOWS - Orchestra Of Wolves
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - Rodrigo Y Gabriela
TOKYO POLICE CLUB - A Lesson In Crime
PIGEON DETECTIVES - Wait For Me
SHITDISCO - Kingdom Of Fear
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
HOT CLUB De PARIS - Drop it `til it pops
KLAXONS - Myths of the Near Future
THE VIEW - Hats off to the buskers
HORRORS - Strange House
ENTER SHIKARI - Take to the Skies
MACCABEES - Colour It In
CANDIE PAYNE - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
THE ENEMY - We'll Live And Die In These Towns
PETER BJORN AND JOHN - Writer's Block
THE DYKEENIES - Nothing Means Everything
GOODBOOKS - Control
KATE NASH - Made Of Bricks
REVEREND & THE MAKERS - The State of Things
THE WOMBATS - A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation
THE RUMBLE STRIPS - Girls & Weather
WE START FIRES - We Start Fires

A.A.P.A. - “TOP 10 DEBUT ALBUMS” of 2007:

1 - KLAXONS - Myths of the Near Future
2 - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3 - THE VIEW - Hats off to the buskers
4 - ENTER SHIKARI - Take to the Skies
5 - CANDIE PAYNE - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
6 - MAPS - We Can Create
7 - THE WOMBATS - A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation
8 - KATE NASH - Made Of Bricks
9 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB - Fantastic Playroom
10 - THE RUMBLE STRIPS - Girls & Weather


* - please note that although we received votes for the debut album from BAT FOR LASHES - Fur And Gold (Echo) it was actually shortlisted last year as it originally had a 2006 release in the UK. (see link below)

Our overview with a "Best of 2007" compilation in one Play List can now be found - > HERE

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2006
click here for NOMINATIONS & WINNERS !!

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2005
click here for NOMINATIONS & WINNERS !!