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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
That's the spirit!

And, thanks to this friendly exchange, I now have 4 posts. This is easy.

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Originally posted by Sicnarf:

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Originally posted by Johnsofats:

First mention I've seen of these three albums. Parts and Labor is in my top 20. They are Brooklyn three piece with maybe the loudest album of the year. You have to listen to it at a high volume to fully appreciate it. Lots of squelches and squeals over roaring guitar and maniacal drumming, but with almost Celtic sounding melodies. Great.

I would challenge this. I like that Parts & Labor cd as well but the loudest album of this year has to go to The Goslings Grandeur of Hair. (which is also mighty amazing. #3 on my year end list)

while i certainly bump p&l every chance i get, ive gotta vote boris pink across the board in the "year's loudest" category

pound for pound i think jagjaguwar is one of the best indie labels out there... they put out atleast 5 stellar records this year, which i don't think you can say for matador in '06

Everyone's jumping the bit on this "loudest record of the year" comment. I was just going to leave it alone but.....

IF you haven't heard the Prurient Pleasure Ground record yet I'm pretty sure that it would be considerably louder than all of the things mentioned here. I barely had it turned up and it was mastered so hot and the frequencies so disparate (dramatically low end bass and piercing high pitched feedback) we're literally talking about a record that did physical damage to my speakers without me even having to turn it up. Compete with that.

Zatoichi final list of the 20 best albums for 2006:

1- Mastodon - Blood Mountain
2- Tv on the radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
3- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
4- Yo La Tengo - I am not afraid of you and i bet i will beat your ass
5- Herbert - Scale
6- Beck - The Information
7- The Paper Chase - Now You are One Of Us
8- Giant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
9- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
10- Mogwai - Show Your Bones
11- Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years in The Belly of a Mountain
12- Destroyer - Destroyer Rubies
13- The Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
14- Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
15- Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
16- Kasabian - Empire
17- CSS - CSS
18- Thom Yorke - The Eraser
19- Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am That´s What I am Not
20- The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

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Originally posted by jonathanbrisby:
I barely had it turned up and it was mastered so hot and the frequencies so disparate (dramatically low end bass and piercing high pitched feedback) we're literally talking about a record that did physical damage to my speakers without me even having to turn it up. Compete with that.

Is it enjoyable? Is it a pleasure-inducing pain?

I just joined, so my votes won't count, but here's my list anyway:

1. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
2. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
3. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
4. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
5. Embrace - This New Day
6. Damone - Out Here All Night
7. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
8. Nas - Hip-Hop Is Dead
9. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
10. Converge - No Heroes
11. Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes
12. The Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
13. Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
14. The Appleseed Cast - Peregrine
15. Veruca Salt - IV

Heh. So far I've found a lot of the lists that "won't count" to be more interesting than a good amount of the ones that will.

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Originally posted by m.leland:
Heh. So far I've found a lot of the lists that "won't count" to be more interesting than a good amount of the ones that will.

Maybe some of the newcomers will stick around through the year. I've seen some cool lists.

1. Decemberists – The Cranes Wife
2. Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
3. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
4. Willie Nile - Streets of New York
5. TV on the Radio - Return to Cooke Mountain
6. Thermals – The Body, the Blood, the Machine
7. Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
8. Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
9. Steve Wynn and the M3 - Tick…Tick….Tick
10. The Black Angels - Passover
11, Ray Davies – Other Peoples Lives
12.Tapes and Tapes – The Loon
13. Deadboy and the Elephantmen – We Are Night Sky
14. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I am, That’s what I’m not
15. Cat Powers – The Greatest
16. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
17. The Black Keys – Magic Potion
18. Drive By Truckers – Blessing and a Curse
19. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
20. Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:

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Originally posted by m.leland:
Heh. So far I've found a lot of the lists that "won't count" to be more interesting than a good amount of the ones that will.

Maybe some of the newcomers will stick around through the year. I've seen some cool lists.

I was wondering why we all of a sudden had so many people coming in to make lists, and then I saw that Metacritic has a link on the main site asking people to go ahead and list their favorite albums on the forums. I'm glad they did it. I'm sure some of them will stick around.

I for one plan to stick around! One of my New Year's Resolutions is to buy more new music in 2007. I think coming here will be a great help for finding artists I've never heard of, knowing when albums are coming out, and just getting excited about music in general from chatting with everyone here. I'm glad I stumbled onto this site

I was all ready to do my list and then I finally bought Liars' "Drum's Not Dead". Having been blown away by it on the first few listens, I now have to start all over with my list!!!

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Originally posted by cycleboy:
10. The Black Angels - Passover

I've heard some songs of this album today at my record store. It seems to be good, looks like Warlocks/Brian Jonestown Massacre. I may purchase it very soon.

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10- Mogwai - Show Your Bones

Finally Mogwai added some guitars to their songs...and some noises...

ahhhhh that was not a great joke..

So, anyone want to join in the "Overrated" list discussion?

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Originally posted by Musicalifragilistic:

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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.

Thanks for the tip, please excuse my not-so-worthy posts while I try to rack up my 30. I've been checking metacritic for quite a while but didn't even realize there was a message board until they put that link up. It's nice to see a community where people have good taste, rather than the nothing-but-metal attitude you find on the majority of the internet.

I'm not actually all that proud of my list to be honest...I tried to find some good albums that weren't in Pitchfork's "best" section this year, but they seemed to have all the bases covered. However, there are quite a few on other peoples' lists that I'll be checking out.

1. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
2. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
3. Shearwater - Palo Santo
4. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
5. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
6. Comets on Fire - Avatar
7. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
8. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
9. Califone - Roots & Crowns
10. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
11. The Thermal - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
12. M. Ward - Post-War
13. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
14. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
15. Tom Waits - Orphans
16. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
17. Islands - Return to the Sea
18. Boris - Pink
19. Joanna Newsom - Ys
20. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

1) justin timberlake "futuresex/lovesongs"
2) yeah yeah yeahs "show your bones"
3) tv on the radio "return to cookie mountain"
4) thom yorke "the eraser"
5) john mayer "continuum"
6) regina spektor "begin to hope"
7) beck "the information"
8) lupe fiasco "food & liquor"
9) arctic monkeys "whatever people say i am, thats what i'm not"
10) john legend "once again"

-cat power "the greatest"
-sean lennon "friendly fire"
-gnarls barkley "st. elsewhere"

1. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
3. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
4. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
5. Goldfrapp - Supernature
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. The Roots - Game Theory
8. Zero 7 - The Garden
9. Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
10. Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
11. Joanna Newsom - Ys
12. Herbert - Scales
13. Serena-Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
14. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
15. Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
16. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
17. Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
18. The Knife - Silent Shout
19. Hot Chip - The Warning
20. James Figurine - Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake