3rd installment of Animal-Esque Artists and Albums from the 2007 Billboard Critics’ Picks

The full list can be found here.

JILL MENZE
Billboard contributor
9. Andrew Bird, “Armchair Apocrypha” (Fat Possum)

ANDRE PAINE
Billboard correspondent
4. Arctic Monkeys, “Favourite Worst Nightmare” (Domino)
5.  For Lashes, “Fur and Gold” (Echo/EMI).
8. New Young Pony Club, “Fantastic Playroom” (Modular)

MITCH PETERS
Billboard touring correspondent
2. The Bird and the Bee, “The Bird and the Bee” (Metro Blue/Blue Note)
7. Deerhoof, “Friend Opportunity” (Kill Rock Stars)

PAUL POMFRET
Billboard international charts manager, London
4. Deerhoof, “Friend Opportunity” (Kill Rock Stars)
Unconventional but creative experimental rock from San Francisco.

WOLFGANG SPAHR
Billboard German bureau chief
10. The Bosshoss, “Stallion Battalion” (Island/Universal)
Authentic-sounding country, made (you guessed it) in Germany.

MARK SUTHERLAND
Billboard international bureau chief
1. Arctic Monkeys, “Favourite Worst Nightmare” (Domino)
It may not have shattered the zeitgeist like their debut, but this is actually the superior record.
6. Manic Street Preachers, “Send Away the Tigers” (Sony BMG)
The most unanticipated return-to-form of the year.

CHRISTA TITUS
Billboard copy editor
4. Queensrÿche, “Take Cover” (Rhino)
Veterans loosen up with raucous interpretations of Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Queen and others.
8. Chimaira, “Resurrection” (Ferret Music)
Metal underdogs are tenacious as pitbulls, and their music is equally unrelenting.
9. Machine Head, “The Blackening” (Roadrunner)
Modern thrash assault earned every column inch of its universal praise.

Tagged as: Andrew Bird, Animal-esque albums, Animal-esque Artists, Arctic Monkeys, Bat for Lashes, Deerhoof, Fat Possum, Ferret Music, Fur and Gold, Manic Street Preachers, New Young Pony Club, Rhino, Roadrunner, Send Away the Tigers, Stallion Battalion, The Bird and the Bee, The Bosshoss

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