Best of 2007

The winner is Cherry Ghost's Thirst For Romance with 41.4% of the vote

The rest of the results:
Happy Mondays - Uncle Dysfunktional - 24.1%
Elektrons - Red Light Don't Stop - 10.3%
The Ironweed Project - Dust Bowl - 10.3%
Nine Black Alps - Love/Hate - 6.9%
(We Are) Performance - (We Are) Performance - 6.9%

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More about the nominees:

Cherry Ghost

Cherry Ghost – Thirst For Romance

The review: "Thirst For Romance is a hefty record, filled with the kind of songs that are mature but never MOR... If he has a career worth of songs like these, Aldred could find himself rubbing shoulders with the bands that inspired him to begin with."

Elektrons

Elektrons – Red Light Don’t Stop

The review: "Elektrons’ talent shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as Manchester has a history of producing fine dance duos; Tom and Ed became the Chemical Brothers in the city, while Mint Royale formed their all-conquering big beat there. It’s time for Luke and Justin to take their place on that pantheon."

The Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays – Uncle Dysfunktional

The review: "Against the fears and the odds, Uncle Dysfunktional manages to stand proud next to the rest of the Mondays’ albums and even, on a couple of very unexpected occasions, produce the kind of tunes that made them the anti-legends they are."

Nine Black Alps

Nine Black Alps – Love/Hate

The review: "Love/Hate lives up to some of those early expectations. It is an album of maturity, of ability and of inventiveness. It’s not without its problems, but it pushes through them, never getting bogged down in arguments of derivation and reinvention."

The Ironweed Project

The Ironweed Project – Dust Bowl

The review: "Dust Bowl is a suitably eclectic and exciting collection. Drum and bass beats underpin heavy blues vocals, drifting fairytales meander over slabs of bass and through it all, his own rich, deep and delicious timbre runs like treacle through the mix."

(We Are) Performance

(We Are) Performance - (We Are) Performance

The review: "It may have come a year or so later than it was originally expected, but (We Are) Performance have finally produced the only thing you ever wanted from them: one of the best debut albums you’ll hear all year."

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Vote criteria:

- To be eligible for all votes, at least one member of the act must have been born in or reside in Greater Manchester
- Eligible albums must have been released between January 1 and December 31 2007
- Both physical release and downloads are eligible
- Each vote has six choices
- Each vote will run from 4.00pm on Friday 21 December 2007 to 11.55pm Monday 31 December 2007
- Voting is restricted to one vote per person