Albums of 2006

xhavepatiencex · Post by **xhavepatiencex** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:00 pm

brand new - the devil and god are raging inside of me

- im in love with this album, the songs are amazing. I dont even really pay attention to the production because I love the music so much.

SaneMan · Post by **SaneMan** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:48 pm

Hmmm... I'd have to agree with whoever said it's been a pretty weak year(but then again I've thought that for a number of years now). Probably forgetting something, but I guess I'd have to say Sonic Youth's Rather Ripped was the best, with Made Out Of Babies' Coward(despite not being nearly as good as their first effort) coming in second, and another nod for Dylan. Neil Youngs Living with War and Isis' Absence of Truth weren't bad either.

Oh yeah, I guess there was a mediocre album by my ex favorite band, but after a decade of love it was too painful watching the gods of prog metal fall from their pedastal.

Oh shit, and my broke ass still hasn't got the new Melvins, which I'm holding out hope for

bgc · Post by **bgc** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:17 pm

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Jerry Lee Lewis- [i]Last Man Standing[/i]- The same producer who hipped me to Lullaby Baxter played this for me. Usually those "take an older pop music hero and pair them with other artists for a lame duets record" sort of things don't do anything for me, but this one is something else. It's got great pairings and great tunes. The record doesn't [i]sound[/i] particularly great to me, but the awesomeness of the playing and whatnot totally makes up for it.

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I saw the video for Pink Cadillac on CMT the other day and the audio sounded like the worst MP3 I've heard in 7 years. I assume the album doesn't sound like that but still...

Speaking of still. And records this year. And The Boss. Crooked Still is a post grass band out of Boston featuring Springsteen's banjo player Dr. Gregory Liszt (yes, he has a Phd from MIT). They put out a record called "Shaken By a Low Sound" that was produced by Lee Townsend. It's really great stuff.

Eric

tactics · Post by **tactics** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:06 am

Brant Bjork & the Bros -"Saved by Magic"

Wolf & Cub-"Vessels"

Mars Volta-"Amputecture"

Black Crowes-"The Lost Crowes"

vier-personen · Post by **vier-personen** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:29 am

Laibach - Volk

lg · Post by lg » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:56 am

any year tom verlaine puts out two albums can't be all bad (especially if one of 'em is as cool as 'around'), but i agree for new recordings '06 seems to have been a bit thin compared to most...better for live music in my case.

i am monster face · Post by **i am monster face** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:20 am

The Mars Volta - Amputechture - Whoa.
Thom Yorke - The Eraser - I just enjoyed this. Very pretty.
Gnarles Barkley - I know it was all over the radio, but it was pretty fun.
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Relaxing and pretty -
Cursive - Happy Hollow - I shouldn't vote for things I worked on...but I really like it anyway.

Ian

JASIII · Post by **JASIII** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:49 am

The only 2006 album that I find myself still listening to is Bob Pollard's "From a Compound Eye", I think it was a pretty weak year .

swelle · Post by **swelle** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:59 am

I'll second the Bonnie Prince Billy of the first post. That record just sounds wonderful, though it drags a bit at the very end. Still, an very haunting, winterish record.

joeysimms · Post by **joeysimms** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:18 am

I like Cat Power's 'The Greatest'.

bentonevolution · Post by **bentonevolution** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:20 am

Midlake- The Trials of Van Occupanther
The Sleepy Jackson- Personality. One was a Spider, One was a Bird
The Essex Green- Cannibal Sea
Great Lakes- Diamond Times
Casper and the Cookies- Optimists Club
The M Coast- Say it in Slang
Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer (Comes out in Jan.)

eeldip · Post by **eeldip** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:21 am

some of you guys are crazy. plenty of good music this year.

the one that i think i liked most, listened to the most, and i think is actually a "contribution" to music is Spank Rock's Yoyoyoyoyoyo.

of everything i have heard this year, its the record that seems most like new music. i dont know if its gonna have any staying power... but its the kinda record that appears where you can tell that the artists are digging the same stuff you are digging and they are putting it together in a way that you get all jealous of.

at least for me.

http://www.bigdada.com/release.php?id=1138

Esmo · Post by **Esmo** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:31 am

the new melvins is great
oneida's happy new year is swell as well.

hiddendriveways · Post by **hiddendriveways** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:49 am

CSS rocked it for me this year. The album is really good, but the live show I was in Brooklyn was as good as it gets.

fralim · Post by **fralim** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:31 pm

My top 3 albums of the year

1. Midlake - The Trials of VanOccupanther
2. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
3. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics

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