LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
M.I.A. - Kala

I wish they'd earned more recognition

but nevertheless it is very good, and approximately ten times better than last year's Fall LP.

MES sounds much more animated on the Von Sudenfed album - Serious Brainskin and Flooded are mental. Plus, The Rhinohead is a fine pop tune.

Wu Tang Clan's Eight Diagrams was a brilliant return to form, their best collective album since their debut and the best Wu Tang release since Supreme Clientele, and one of if not the best hiphop album of 2007.

Noone else agreed, in fact it barely got a review from most places!

from Jonathan Krisp, Odd Nosdam, Ozomatli and Cue that didn't seem to get a mention anywhere. I think Von Sudenfed have a way to go before they can be considered that underrated.

plenty of places concentrated on the music, and i don't really recall any LCD comparisons. They certainly weren't very pronounced anyway

And they did get a lot of coverage, despite being fairly niche. So "most underrated" isn't a title that can be applied

epic45 - may your heart be the map

Alone in the Forest in the Middle of the Day, Are You Scared?

or Adrian Orange and Her band the pitchfork review made me angry

Broken Social Scene front man throws out an awesome album that pitchfork loved in their review which sounds practically the same as a self titled BSS release anyway. It's really solid but apart from the glowing reviews it got when it came out i've not heard anyone talking about it. It was hardly on anyones end of year lists but it was probably my album of the year :(

brilliant grower of an album.

I also loved Astronomy for Dogs by The Aliens which was given a critical mauling for reasons I cannot fathom

You follow me

Superb lyrics and the simple interplay of acoustic guitars and off-kilter drums is amazing.

Science Fiction Illustrated.

or the Kanikaze Hearts (that could have been 2006 - I only heard it in 2007)

all i wanted to do was go on about von sudenfed in this post, not prompt people to list all their boring opinions on underrated albums of the year. i guess i phrased the title of the post wrong...never mind.

Its all I can listen to. Still.

Of all the people I know, I am the only person to own this album. It's incredible, it should be huge. He's clearly a big deal in the States, I'm hoping that 2008 is the year he gets more recognition over here.

I'm surprised I had to find this album "on my own".

Without a doubt.

I love the VS album. I should really check out some Mouse on Mars - if their own stuff is anywhere near as good it should be a treat.

Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills

Bright Channel - Self Propelled
Studio - Yearbook 1
ModeSelektor - Happy Birthday
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
Grails - Burning Off Impurities

Carnavas. Ranging I missed them at Marley Park.

His best since The Downward Spiral. Possibly, in a certain mood, even better. But still, considering the critical praise, it seemed to have been deemed too 'unfashionable' to make most people's top 50 of 2007 lists even though it belonged on it more than most of the other picks.

Pride

Was dismissed too easily. It's weird, beautiful and mysterious.

So underrated it was a crime. Better than Okkervil River by a mile

Marnie Stern - In Advance of a Broken Arm
Mika Miko - C.Y.S.L.a.B.F

Didn't get anywhere near as much recognition as it deserved.

ftw

Got fairly average reviews in every publication I saw and didn't feature in a single end of year poll I read. But it was lovely.

Also - Drums & Guns by Low (which got fairly good reviews but again, completely overlooked in end of year lists).

Giant by Herman Dune