Gregor Pryor is a digital media lawyer at Reed Smith Richards Butler and advises various clients in the music industry. He also attempts to DJ sometimes at weekends. These are his top 10 albums of 2007; it's not often you see Britney, Elliot Smith and the Wu Tang Clan on the same playlist...
1. New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
Loved by indie kids and nightclubbers alike, New Young Pony Club sound as good live as they do on the album. They are also impossibly cool. For listening to in the car on a summer's day.
2. Britney Spears - Blackout
Ignore the news reports and buy the album instead. 'Piece of Me' is revelatory pop genius, while innovative production from beat engineers like Danja and Bloodshy & Avant lift the album above previous Britney offerings.
3. Elliott Smith - New Moon
A collection of previously unreleased tracks and stripped out demos, this posthumous album is a great reminder of Elliott Smith's amazing songwriting ability.
4. Get Physical - Five Years of Get Physical
Easily the best dance music label of the noughties, this five-year celebration takes in remixes from Berlin's finest, including an incredible acoustic-style remix of Chelonis R Jones' minimal house track 'I Don't know'.
5. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Although she's been around for ages, PJ Harvey never fails to make an impression - and White Chalk is no exception. Now including her playing the piano, it's a more ethereal addition to the more robust, chunky older work.
6. The National - Boxer
The morose, gravelly voice of Matt Berninger seems sometimes at odds with the upbeat guitar melodies but overall, The National's follow-up to 'Alligator' is cohesive, smart indie rock.
7. Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
At last, Wu Tang come back with a new album and it's storming. Despite being without the unique vocals of the late, lamented ODB, they rip up East Coast hip-hop again. 'Rushing Elephants', in particular, should remind you why they are at the top of their game.
8. Lopazz - Kook Kook
More madness from German outfit Lopazz, but this time there is a real quality and inventiveness to the production. Stick it on your iPod and go for an early morning run.
9. Timbaland - Shock Value
There are so many great tracks on here it's hard to know where to start. Now he's graduated from being a studio producer for the likes of Missy Elliot, Genuwine and Busta Rhymes, Timbaland gets to showcase why he gets "half a mill" for his beats…
10. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Although this was supposed to be the band's 'difficult second album', it still comes up trumps, full of the same punk attitude and Northern revelry that made them great in the first place.
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