Read Ken Tucker's 2007 list:
1. The Fiery Furnaces, Widow City
2. Amy Winehouse, "Rehab" (from her album Back to Black)
3. "I'm Not There," as covered by both Bob Dylan and Sonic Youth on the I'm Not There soundtrack
4. Britney Spears, "Piece of Me" (from her album Blackout)
5. Doyle Bramhall, Is It News
6. Aly & AJ, "Closure" (from their album Insomniatic)
7. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
8. Nellie McKay, Obligatory Villagers
9. Rihanna, "Umbrella" (from her album Good Girl Gone Bad)
10. M.I.A., Kala
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