Joe's Most Anticipated Albums of 2007

All names and dates provided by Metacritic.com:


13) Pixies - (untitled) - unknown release date
The Pixies came back and played all the old favs. Here's hoping that fifteen years apart was good for the band.
12) Gnarls Barkley - (untitled) - unknown release date
While "Crazy" was perfect, there was definite room for improvement on St. Elsewhere. Cee-lo Green is the soul machine and Dangermouse has the danceable beats, so expectations are high.
11) MF Doom & Ghostface - Swift & Changeable - Feb
Two heavyweights in modern hip-hop are teaming up, yeah I'm interested.
10) The Postal Service - (untitled) - unknown release date
Ahh 2003, when if you told someone you listened to Death Cab for Cutie they pretty much assumed you were talking metal. Well Ben Gibbard is no longer toiling in obscurity and I'm more than a bit embarrased that I will be waiting for this album with half of America's soccer moms.
9) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away - Jan 23
See above. Thanks alot Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.
8) New Pornographers - (untitled) - unknown release date
By this point you know what you are getting with the New Pornos; a bunch of rocking pop songs performed by an all-star cast. I'm looking forward to it, but I doubt it will be much of a deviation from their previous work.
7) Air - Pocket Symphony - Mar 6
Cerebral French electronica all-stars return with what is sure to be the sexiest album of the year.
6) Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City - Feb 6
If Silent Alarm was 2005's answer to Franz Ferdinand's debut, lets hope A Weekend in the City takes more chances than You Could Have Been So Much Better
5) Spoon/Brit Daniel - (2 albums, both untitled) - unknown release date
Can Spoon reproduce the mature sound of 2005's Gimme Fiction? Is Brit being held back by his Spoon bandmates? All questions will be answered (hopefully) in 2007.
4) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder - Jan 30
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah won't be catching anybody off guard like they did in 2005.
3) Wolf Parade - (untitled) - unknown release date
Spencer Krug's side projects Sunset Rubdowns and Swan Lake have received as much or more critical praise as Wolf Parade's debut. I guessing he has learned a few things and will improve upon Wolf Parade's impressive opening statement.
2) Radiohead - (untitled) - unknown release date
The only problem with releasing five generation defining albums in a row is that people, namely me, expect the sixth to be flawless as well.
1) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - Early '07
Can the Arcade Fire possibly improve on their ambitious, near-perfect debut? Is there any way they can pour the same emotion into Neon Bible as they did on Funeral? Would a half-assed Arcade Fire album be better than 99% of 2007 releases?