Final Best 2006 Albums Lists - Topic Powered by eve community

What the hell, I'll go first. Only 10 from me.

1. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
3. Islands - Return to the Sea
4. Serena Maneesh - s/t
5. Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
6. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
7. Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
8. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
9. Jason Collett - Idols of Exile
10. Cat Power - The Greatest

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Vypa

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To my knowledge I've been a member for more than two months, so I hope this gets counted.

1. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
4.. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I am Dreaming
5. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
6. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
7. Islands - Return to the Sea
8. Joanna Newsom - Ys
9. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
10. Decemberists - Crane Wife
11. Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
12. Tapes N' Tapes - The Loon
13. Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
14. Swan Lake - Beast Moans
15. Danielson - Ships
16. Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
17. I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends
18. Destroyer - Rubies
19. Califone - Roots and Crowns
20. Jay-Z - Kingdom Come (Sentimental Choice

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RavingLunatic

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Originally posted by Vypa:
To my knowledge I've been a member for more than two months, so I hope this gets counted.

Don't worry, you've been here 7 months, dude.

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Year end list ...

1, Liars - Drums Not Dead
2, Bob Dylan - Modern Times
3, Thom Yorke - The Eraser
4, Tapes 'n' Tapes - The Loon
5, Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
6, Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
7, Beck - The Information
8, Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
9, Pearl Jam - s/t
10, Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

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1 The Dears - Gang of Losers
2 Aloha - Some Echoes
3 The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
4 Califone - Roots and Crowns
5 Yo La Tengo - IANAOYAIWBYA
6 Victory At Sea - All Your Things Are Gone
7 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
8 Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb
9 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
10 Islands - Return to the Sea
11 Halou - Wholeness and Separation
12 Danielson - Ships
13 Gomez - How We Operate
14 Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
15 M. Ward - Post-War
16 Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
17 The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
18 Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
19 Beach House - Beach House
20 Maritime - We the Vehicles

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That Islands album is doing better than I would've imagined.

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Il Mago

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Originally posted by ericg75:
That Islands album is doing better than I would've imagined.

Well, you must not have listened closely enough. Honestly, take a moment and put on some headphones and listen to the song Volcanoes. I'll admit that the "demon" voice at the beginning is a bit annoying. Listen to when the fiddles come in after about 1:10 into the song. Smile inducing. Immediately after, listen to the percussion for about 30 seconds. It builds into an amazing mini-climax. The rythm is so amazing throughout this album. I'm telling you, listen closely to Volcanoes and you will be converted.

By the way EG75, I love the Thermals album. It's so strange because his voice is okay, the drums and guitar don't do anything too special, but as a whole, it's a fucking awesome album. The passion is there. The melodies too. I've listened to it all the way through 4 times now, and I love it. Thanks for the reccomendation.

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quote:
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That Islands album is doing better than I would've imagined.

It has really made a huge comeback for me lately. I'm thinking it's going to crack my top 5, or at least come very close. "Jogging Gorgeous Summer" is one of my favorite songs of the year, just gorgeous.

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Originally posted by Musicalifragilistic:
Thanks for the reccomendation.

Yeah, Eric. Thanks.

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hello world!

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Originally posted by ericg75:
That Islands album is doing better than I would've imagined.

It's not for me either. The indie-stinguishable vocals are a dealbreaker.

That was clever and you know it.

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I think the Islands album has some interesting moments, but like the band which spawned them, the Unicorns, they too often veer into cutesy territory for me. As an overall effort, I can't get into it.

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quote:
Originally posted by ericg75:
I think the Islands album has some interesting moments, but like the band which spawned them, the Unicorns, they too often veer into cutesy territory for me. As an overall effort, I can't get into it.

I can see how it might be hard for those of you who aren't as cute to appreciate it.

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Il Mago

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I must be really cute, because it's my #1.

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Shane MacGowan clearly hates the album.

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Il Mago

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Shane MacGowan clearly hates the album.

Like I said, I love it!

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Like I said, I love it!

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Grunge Muffin

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Here goes...

1. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Joanna Newsom - Ys
4. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (I think this is mostly new stuff)
5. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
6. The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls in America
7. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass
8. Boris - Pink
9. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
10. The Knife - Silent Shout
11. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
12. Danielson - Ships
13. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
14. Califone - Roots & Crowns
15. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
16. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
17. Subtle - for hero: for fool
18. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
19. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
20. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

21-50:
Modern Times, The World Is Gone, The Body The Blood The Machine, The Obliterati, Food & Liquor, Working for a Nuclear Free City, Beast Moans, The Drift, Fishscale, It's A Feedelity Affair, Harmony in Ultraviolet, Bitter Tea, Are We Not Horses?, The Loon, In the Absence of Truth, Get Lonely, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Skeleton, Scale, Blood Mountain, The Life Pursuit, Writer's Block, Post-War, A Hundred Miles Off, Return to the Sea, You In Reverse, Jokes & Trials, Pieces of the People We Love, The Information, & Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, in that order.

I'd say my top 25-30 are all spectacular, at least.

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I know it's early, but TV on the Radio sure is coming out swinging in our poll. Return to Cookie Mountain has about a 30 point lead on the next highest score, Liars' Drum's Not Dead.

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I predict "Return to Cookie Mountain" will run away with this thing.

As for the Islands, I thought it was a very contagious, excellent debut, but it doesn't even come close to comparing to the Unicorns' "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone". Penner and Diamond both singing lead vocals was/is pop perfection.

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