by Aubin Paul
The nominees have been announced for the 2007 edition of the Shortlist Music Prize. The prizes will be handed out early next year and recognizes albums released between January and November 2007 that have yet to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 units.
Highlights in the 2007 list include albums from Bad Religion, LCD Soundsystem, Against Me!, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, Les Savy Fav, Blonde Redhead, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Grinderman, Iron & Wine, Parts & Labor, Spoon, Serj Tankian and more.
- A Fine Frenzy - One Cell in the Sea
- Against Me! - New Wave
- Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
- Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
- Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
- Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
- Bjork - Volta
- Blonde Redhead - 23
- BrakesBrakesBrakes - The Beatific Visions
- Burial - Untrue
- Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
- Dead Heart Bloom - Chelsea Diaries
- Digitalism - Idealism
- Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome
- Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild Soundtrack
- Feist - The Reminder
- Fionn Regan - The End of History
- Future of the Left - Curses
- Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
- Grinderman - Grinderman
- Gui Boratto - Chromaphobia
- Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
- Jesca Hoop - Kismet
- Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
- Juliette and the Licks - Four on the Floor
- Justice - Cross
- Keren Ann - Keren Ann
- Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
- Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
- Le Loup - The Throne of the Third Heaven
- Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
- M.I.A. - Kala
- Maps - We can Create
- o'Death - Head Home
- Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
- Parts and Labor - Mapmaker
- Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block
- PJ Harvey - White Chalk
- Puscifer - V is for Vagina
- Robert Francis - One by One
- Robert Pollard - Standard Gargoyle Decisions
- Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now
- Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead
- Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
- Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man
- The Bird and The Bee - The Bird and The Bee
- The Hives - Black and White Album
- The Thrills - Teenager
- Underworld - Oblivion with Bells
- Wheat - Everyday I Said a Prayer
- Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
- Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen and Ghosts