We asked a handful of local independent stores to provide us with their lists of their best-selling albums for 2007. (Most are 2007 releases. Those that aren’t are marked with an asterisk.)

1. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire (Merge)
2. The Psychic Soviet (book), Ian Svenonius (Drag City)
3. Living With the Living, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (Touch and Go)
4. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon (Merge)
5. Get Evens, Evens (Dischord)*
6. 23, Blonde Redhead (4AD)
7. New Moon, Elliott Smith (Kill Rock Stars)
8. Places, Georgie James (Saddle Creek)
9. Boxer, the National (Beggars Banquet)
10. Person Pitch, Panda Bear (Paw Tracks)

1. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse (Universal Republic)
2. Lifeline, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (Virgin)
3. The Confessions Tour, Madonna (Warner Bros.)
4. The Reminder, Feist (Cherrytree/Interscope)
5. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire (Merge)
6. Not Too Late, Norah Jones (Blue Note)
7. Icky Thump, White Stripes (Warner Bros.)
8. Hey Eugene!, Pink Martini (Heinz)
9. Wincing the Night Away, he Shins (Sub Pop)
10. Graduation, Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

1. Magic, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
2. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse (Universal Republic)
3. Icky Thump, White Stripes (Warner Bros.)
4. The Reminder, Feist (Cherrytree/Interscope)
5. Challengers, New Pornographers (Matador)
6. Under the Blacklight, Rilo Kiley (Warner Bros.)
7. Easy Tiger, Ryan Adams (Lost Highway)
8. Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Rounder)
9. The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, Josh Ritter (Sony)
10. The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf (Capitol)*
11. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon (Merge)
12. La Radiolina, Manu Chao (Nacional)

1. Sky Blue Sky, Wilco (Nonesuch)
2. Magic, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
3. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)*
4. Modern Times, Bob Dylan (Columbia)*
5. A Treasury, Nick Drake (Island/Universal)*
6. The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)*
7. Rather Ripped, Sonic Youth (Geffen)*
8. Icky Thump, White Stripes (Warner Bros.)
9. The Crane Wife, the Decemberists (Capitol)*
10. The Shepherd’s Dog, Iron and Wine (Sub Pop)

1. The Calling, Mary Chapin Carpenter (Zoe)
2. Appassionato, Yo-Yo Ma (Sony Classics)
3. Once: Music From the Motion Picture (Columbia)
4. (tie) Hey Eugene!, Pink Martini (Heinz) West, Lucinda Williams (Lost Highway)
5. Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Rounder)
6. A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, Alison Krauss (Rounder)
7. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse (Universal Republic)
8. Magic, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
9. The Best (Farewell Tour), Luciano Pavarotti (Decca)*
10. (tie) We’ll Never Turn Back, Mavis Staples (Anti-) The Reminder, Feist (Cherrytree/Interscope) Ray Sings, Basie Swings, Ray Charles & the Count Basie Orchestra (Concord)* It’s Not Big It’s Large, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Mercury Nashville)

1. Discography, Minor Threat (Dischord)*
2. 13 Songs, Fugazi (Dischord)*
3. Bad Brains (ROIR)*
4. Time to Escape 7-inch, Time to Escape (Grave Mistake)
5. Final Exit 7-inch, 86 Mentality (Deranged Youth)
6. Here Come the Waterworks, Big Business (Hydra Head)