Idolator

As part of Idolator's continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin' Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he [hilariously] examines the results of the Idolator Pop Critics Poll Tracks Top 10 with some special help:

By now you've seen the critics' lists of the year's best music. But what about the folks who really count—the people? In interest of fairness and balance, I've decided to take the critics' choices to some regular folks. That's right: it's time once again for this column to exploit my family.

Because 2007's not over for another 11 days, here's... ABC News' list of the Top 50 albums of the year. Their No. 1 pick? The 2006 LP by trendy Swedish whistlers Peter, Bjorn, and John, anchored by their evil, evil, don't-speak-the-name-aloud indie hit. (Oh great. Now it's in my head! Fuck!) No word yet on Headline News' take on the raging "In Rainbows before or after Neon Bible" controversy, the Discovery Channel's picks for the year's best hip-hop, or Hannity and Colmes' opinions on M.I.A. But we've got our ears open for you.

THE GOOD: I really hope they're playing PJ Harvey's White Chalk (No. 11) in the Good Morning America green room right now.
THE BAD: A cynical person might say that this list is washed whiter than a polar bear after an asshole bleaching. But who wants to be cynical so close to the holidays?
THE WHAAAA? ABC News' list is unsurprisingly newsy. For instance, we learn that Kristin Hersh "sounds like a female Kurt Cobain."