Tom Waits, Orphans...
Centro-matic, Fort Recovery
Los Lobos, The Town and the City
Black Keys, Chulahoma
Built to Spill, You in Reverse
Robert Pollard, Normal Happiness
Drive-by Truckers, A Blessing and a Curse
Rhett Miller, The Believer
Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways
The Keene Brothers, Blues and Boogie Shoes
Sparklehorse, Dreamt For Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
Solomon Burke, Nashville
Band of Horses, Everything all the Time
Semion, Help Me I Work in an Office
Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Black Keys, Magic Potion
Steve Wynn and Miracle Three, Tick... Tick... Tick
The Takeovers, Turn to Red
Radio Birdman, Zeno Beach
Cracker, Greenland

Sorry I just discovered this forum. I'd appreciate it if you'd see your way clear to counting my ballot, but if not, I understand, I guess. Thanks for all your ballots, I always enjoy reading other folks' lists.

1. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
3. Islands - Return to the Sea
4. Joanna Newsom - Ys
5. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
6. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
7. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
10. Danielson - Ships

Worst year for music of this decade...you could not possibly argue that.

seriously, how many of these albums will you truly care to listen to in the years to come much less in 2007.

Liars: Drum's Not Dead
Beirut: Gulag Orkestar
Number three fill in the blank...tie between Beach House, Subtle, Tv on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, and Spank Rock...hell even the new LCD Soundsystem, hey it leaked in 06.

I am curious, static bandit: what does Pitchfork's brainwashing dungeon look like from the inside?

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Worst year for music of this decade...you could not possibly argue that.

I'm pretty sure that since taste is fairly subjective in nature that not only could we all argue against that, but also win. This is one of the most erroneous statements I have seen on this site. Not because you aren't entitled to your opinion, by all means, but because it isn't possible to prove. Post your list and let us pick it apart if you're brave enough.

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Originally posted by VittorioE:
1. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
3. Islands - Return to the Sea
4. Joanna Newsom - Ys
5. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
6. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
7. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
10. Danielson - Ships

Hey VittorioE, great name, I love that track. The harmonies are great. Anyway, that's a good list (yes 7 of 10 are on my list). Make sure between now and Jan 15 that you get at least 30 posts so your list can count. Let RavingLunatic know once you've got 30 and he'll count it.

Mr.Natural, same goes for you.

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Originally posted by jonathanbrisby:
Post your list and let us pick it apart if you're brave enough.

*ducking for cover* - Static Bandit, you are in trouble. Brisby works in a record store. You will be shredded.

I agree that it's a ridiculous statement Static made. Probably the dumbest thing I've heard all year. Even if it was the worst year for music, it couldn't be argued.

However, IMO, it is not the worst year for music. I was pleasantly surprised numerous times. I thought there weren't any groundbreaking electronica albums (that I heard anyway), but otherwise, I thought most genres were represented well.

Static Bandit, I'm going to borrow a word from EricG and say what you said was pretty "douchey".

1. M. Ward - Post-War
2. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
3. Shack - ...The Corner of Miles and Gil
4. Pernice Brothers - Live A Little
5. Cat Power - The Greatest
6. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
7. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
8. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
9. Andy Partridge - Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album
10. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
11. Micah P. Hinson - Micah P. Hinson And The Opera Circuit
12. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
13. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
14. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
15. Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
16. The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
17. Hot Chip - The Warning
18. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
19. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
20. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics

I just realised there is a "Top 10" link to this forum on the main page. No wonder people are putting lists as their first posts. Anything to be done there?

20. The Long Blondes-"Someone To Drive You Home"
19. Comets On Fire-"Avatar"
18. Maritime-"We, The Vechiles
17. Cold War Kids-"Robbers & Cowards"
16. mewithoutYou-"Brother & Sister"
15. Bob Dylan-"Modern Times"
14. Cursive-"Happy Hollow"
13. Destroyer-"Destroyer's Rubies"
12. Regina Spektor-"Begin To Hope"
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-"Show Your Bones"
10. Forward, Russia!-"Give Me A Wall"
9. Moros Eros-"I Saw The Devil Last Night..."
8. The Blood Brothers-"Young Machetes"
7. Brand New-"The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me"
6. Ben Kweller-"Ben Kweller"
5. The Thermals-"The Body, The Blood, The Machine"
4. TV on The Radio-"Return To Cookie Mountain"
3. The Decemberists-"The Crane Wife"
2. Tom Waits-"Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards"
1. The Hold Steady-"Boys And Girls In America"

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Originally posted by My Taste In Music Sucks:

15. Joanna Newsom-"Ys"

11. Destroyer-"Destroyer's Rubies"
10. Regina Spektor-"Begin To Hope"

3. The Decemberists-"The Crane Wife"
2. Tom Waits-"Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards"
1. The Hold Steady-"Boys And Girls In America"

Were you copying off me?

My best of the year, hands down, is "Return to Cookie Mountain" by TV on the Radio. Coming in second was a bit of a surprise, but I can't get enough of what has turned out to be one of the coolest recording projects I've seen - "Songs for Christmas" by Sufjan Stevens.

- S.

I thought 2006 was a fairly weak year for music, but thanks to this board and a few others, I've found enough music to make it worthwhile.

And to everyone new on this page: your lists won't count unless you have 30 or more posts! Keep that in mind.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
I thought 2006 was a fairly weak year for music, but thanks to this board and a few others, I've found enough music to make it worthwhile.

2006 has been my favorite year in quite some time. Since 2002 maybe.

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Originally posted by static bandit:
seriously, how many of these albums will you truly care to listen to in the years to come much less in 2007.

All of the the several hundred I bought from this year. Wouldn't keep them otherwise.

Here's mine:

1. Thom Yorke - Eraser
2. Joanna Newsom - Ys
3. TV on Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
4. Plan B - Who Needs Actions
5. Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
6. Decemberists - Crane Wife
7. Hold Steady - Boys and Girls
8. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
9. Roots - Game Theory
10. Subtle - For Hero For Fool
11. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
12. Chamillionaire - Sound of Revenge
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
14. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
15. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

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Originally posted by whoshotsam:

9. Andy Partridge - Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album

What's this like?

1. Ys - Joanna Newsom
2. Drum's Not Dead - Liars
3. The Eraser - Thom Yorke
4. Return to the Sea - Islands
5. Skeleton - Figurines
6. Ships - Danielson
7. Be He Me - Annuals
8. Writer's Block - Peter Bjorn & John
9. Yellow House - Grizzly Bear
10. Trompe L'Oeil - Malajube
11. Pull Her Polar - Harvey
12. Seeds of Devastation - Death Ships

1. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
3. Hot Chip - The Warning
4. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
5. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
6. Islands - Return To The Sea
7. The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
8. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
9. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
10. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
11. Joanna Newsom - Ys
12. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
13. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Furcoat
14. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
15. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
16. Born Ruffians - Born Ruffians EP
17. The Black Keys - Magic Potion
18. Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
19. The Knife - Silent Shout
20. The Beatles - LOVE

1.Liars - Drum's Not Dead
2.Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
3.The Roots - Game Theory
4.TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
5.The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
6.Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
7.I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends
8.Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
9.The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine
10.Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
11.Anyway - Dead End
12.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
13.The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
14.My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse
15.Jarvis - Jarvis
16.Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
17.Mono - You Are There
18.Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
19.Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
20.Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones