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A Critic Assesses The Year in Rehab (Er, Rock)

Fresh Air | By Ken Tucker
Published December 19, 2007 at 11:00 AM EST

Fresh Air's rock critic runs down the best pop music of 2007, which he likes to call The Year in Rehabilitation. His picks are:

"Rehab" by Amy Winehouse

"Piece of Me" by Britney Spears

"Closure" by Aly & AJ

"Navy Nurse" by The Fiery Furnaces

"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" by Miranda Lambert

"Change of Heart" by Teddy Thompson

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Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker is the pop music critic for Fresh Air with Terry Gross.