Best Songs of 2007: No. 21

'Tonight the Streets Are Ours,' Richard Hawley

This Pulp alumnus finds a timeless sound by going further back in time. On this lavish, hook-laden affair, Hawley evokes the soul of Orbison with the flair of Bacharach. With tragically hopeful musings like "There's some much there to heal, dear, and make tears things of the past," this Sheffield, England, native croons for wayward nighthawks everywhere who know that life is indeed a cabaret.

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