These are the most acclaimed albums (critics from the USA and the UK) from the first half of 2007. See previous updates at http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/686527

Calculated US and UK scores are given below, based on the ratings and the number of reviews at www.metacritic.com.

Since there are more US sources (and USA is a bigger country) the US score is given a higher weight for the ranking.

Position (Current metascore/Number of reviews/My calculated US score/My calculated UK score)
1 (1) (87/46/175/15 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2 (2) (86/41/116/199) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
3 (3) (82/37/ 84/147) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
4 (6) (87/29/ 94/122) Battles - Mirrored
5 (4) (86/30/111/ 79) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
6 (5) (83/33/ 90/109) Grinderman - Grinderman
7 (11) (85/30/108/69) Elliott Smith - New Moon
8 (7) (80/39/126/ 34) Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
9 (14) (85/29/102/71) The National - Boxer
10 (-) (80/31/ 83/101) The White Stripes - Icky Thump
11 ( (79/37/ 84/ 91) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
12 (9) (80/36/103/ 57) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
13 (10) (81/33/95/65) Low - Drums and Guns
14 (12) (81/31/81/72) Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
15 (13) (76/38/65/97) The Good, the Bad and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen
16 (16) (82/27/63/92) Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
17 (15) (82/29/90/43) Blonde Redhead - 23
18 (17) (77/37/89/41) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
19 (1 (78/34/77/57) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
20 (19) (79/31/51/100) Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
21 (20) (79/31/68/65) El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
22 (29) (77/34/52/91) Björk - Volta
23 (21) (80/28/10/150) Field Music - Tones of Town
24 (23) (79/30/76/37) Feist - The Reminder
25 (22) (79/29/54/73) Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
26 (2 (90/14/53/67) The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
27 (26) (77/33/91/ 0) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living with the Living
28 (25) (79/28/62/44) Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
29 (27) (76/33/72/21) !!! - Myth Takes
30 (-) (75/31/54/41) Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
31 (24) (73/36/78/ 0) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
32 (-) (76/25/77/ 0) Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
33 (30) (76/27/69/ 0) Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
34 (-) (80/22/15/90) Von Sudenfeld - Tromatic Reflexxions
35 (31) (78/23/66/ 0) Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
36 (40) (73/32/ 0/109) Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
37 (33) (87/13/61/ 0) Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
38 (32) (83/17/37/40) The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
39 (-) (79/23/61/ 0) Dungen - Tio bitar
40 (35) (84/14/60/ 0) Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
41 (-) (84/14/40/31) Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
42 (34) (80/17/17/67) Pop Levi - The Return to Form Black Majick Party
43 (37) (75/23/54/ 0) Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
44 (36) (78/20/52/ 0) Menomena - Friend and Foe
45 (3 (71/21/ 0/81) The Horrors - Strange House
46 (39) (80/18/ 1/7 Gruff Rhys - Candylion
47 (41) (84/11/46/ 0) Eluvium - Copia
48 (-) (78/16/ 0/6 Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
49 (43) (73/17/ 0/67) The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs
50 (45) (68/28/39/ 0) Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
51 (44) (75/23/38/ 0) Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High
52 (42) (75/20/38/ 0) Antibalas - Security
53 (-) (76/21/26/17) Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
54 (46) (71/27/ 0/61) Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
55 (-) (81/12/34/ 0) Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
56 (47) (75/20/34/ 0) The Sea and Cake - Everybody
57 (4 (67/23/ 0/5 The Earlies - Enemy Chorus
58 (49) (77/17/33/ 0) Deerhunter - Cryptograms
59 (50) (75/17/ 0/51) The View - Hats Off to the Buskers
60 (-) (83/ 9/28/ 0) Nick Lowe - At My Age

US critics top 10
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
4. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
5. Elliott Smith - New Moon
6. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
7. The National - Boxer
8. Low - Drums and Guns
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living with the Living

UK critics top 10
1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Field Music - Tones of Town
4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. Battles - Mirrored
6. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
7. Grinderman - Grinderman
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
10. The Good, the Bad and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen