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post #51 of 68
12/15/06 at 4:05am
I was happy to see that Rolling Stone stuck by their 2-star review and ignored The Killers. I'm surprised Neil Young's LIVING WITH WAR didn't make the cut.
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post #52 of 68
12/18/06 at 2:53pm
I know collections and best-ofs are usually disqualified, but I can't stop listening to the Chavez collection Better Days Will Haunt You. It's basically everything Chavez ever recorded for Matador. And I only mention it because, I don't know how it happened, but back when they were around, Chavez totally slipped by me. Never heard them. And this was the type of stuff I was listening to back then. Guitar driven math type rock. These guys are awesome, as well as this set.
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post #53 of 68
12/18/06 at 3:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Abed
I'm surprised Neil Young's LIVING WITH WAR didn't make the cut.
I can't shake this image of the editor who compiled the list sitting nervously in Jann Wenner's office with Wenner demanding a correction to this in the next issue under the threat of having to conduct the next Lindsay Lohan interview. Considering Young's a perennial RS favorite, that's almost got to be an error, since Living With War is his best rock album in some time.
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post #54 of 68
12/18/06 at 3:06pm
lady sovereign, mew, decemberists
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post #55 of 68
12/18/06 at 6:21pm
Here's my list, in alphabetical order:

Amy Milan - Honey From the Tombs
Beck - The Information
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Cat Power - The Greatest
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
The Futureheads - News and Tributes
The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
The Hidden Cameras - Awoo
I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce You to My Friends
Islands - Return to the Sea
Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
Love is All - 9 Times That Same Song
Matthew Friedberger - Winter Women/Holy Ghost
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Nouvelle Vague - Bande à part
The Pipettes - We are the Pipettes
The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love
Ratatat - Classics
Sloan - Never Hear the End of It
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up, I am Dreaming
Swan Lake - Beast Moans
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

The choices in bold are the best of the best this year. All the other albums are those that I've really enjoyed this year, but most of them, I must admit, I probably won't be listening to them past 2007.
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post #56 of 68
12/21/06 at 5:29pm
Lots of nice lists here. My favorites included:

Johnny Cash: American V- A Hundred Highways - Rubin continues to show that he's Cash's best producer of all time. I love the stomping bass added to "God's Gonna Cut You Down", it has Johnny's last written song "Like the 309", and he still manages to craft a great album. That he was literally at death's door gives it an added compelling quality.

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale - One of Wu-Tang's best members, this is just a great solo album. Solid all the way through. If you like rap (which few here seem to), this is a great album.

Bob Dylan - Modern Times - I'm a Dylan fan, and I can't say anymore than has already been said.
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post #57 of 68
12/21/06 at 9:51pm
ST - Be Your Own Pet
The Blow - Paper Television
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
The Liars - Drums Not Dead
Boris - Pink
Tom Zé - Estudando o Pagode: Na Opereta Segregamulher e Amor
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Islands - Return to the Sea
Ryan Adams - www.ryan-adams.com
Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song
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post #58 of 68
12/22/06 at 11:37am
I just got into that Thermals album on the word of mouth it's getting and I love it. The anti-religious stuff is just what I needed to hear it seems. "Here's Your Future" grabbed me like few songs have recently.
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post #59 of 68
12/22/06 at 12:26pm
http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2006.shtml

This sums up most every website's top ten...
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post #60 of 68
12/22/06 at 10:35pm
I really regret not getting into Peter Bjorn and John earlier. The start of Young Folks really reminds me of the days when Beck was clever and really enjoyable. Overall, the album sounds much like I'm From Barcelona, but if Barcelona is aiming for more a childish sound, this one is going for the young adult.
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post #61 of 68
12/23/06 at 5:14am
Probably my 10 favorite new releases in 2006 ==>
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
The Beatles - Love
Los Lobos - Town and the City
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
Audioslave - Revelations
The Black Crowes - Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog

These were good too ==>
Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood - Out Louder
Stanton Moore - III
Pearl Jam - Live at Easy Street
Beck - The Information
Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Stranger Things
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post #62 of 68
12/23/06 at 7:04am
It's all about Neko Case this year. That CD just kicks my ass. Amy Winehouse a close second.

The list -

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Boris - Pink
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson in Crime
Black Keys - Magic Potion
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
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post #63 of 68
12/25/06 at 8:01pm
The newest Gojira album is definitely at the top of my list.
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post #64 of 68
12/26/06 at 4:18pm
First up, some honorable mentions.

Asobi Sesku-Citrus

Band of Horses-Everything All the Time

Peter, Bjorn & John-Writer's Block

Swan Lake-Beast Moans

Joanna Newsom-Ys

Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies

Neko Case-Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Lupe Fiasco-Food and Liquor

Dirty Pretty Things-Waterloo to Anywhere

Rock Plaza Central-Are We Not Horses?

Now on to the real deal.

10. Beirut-Gulag Orkestar

9. The Blow-Paper Televisions.

8. Evangelicals-So Gone

7. Tapes n Tapes-The Loon

6. Islands-Return to the Sea

5. Liars-Drums not Dead

4. Girl Talk-Night Ripper

3. Sunset Rubdown-Shut Up I Am Dreaming

2. TV on the Radio-Return to Cookie Mountain

1. The Knife-Silent Shout
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post #65 of 68
12/29/06 at 11:24am
For me only two stick out:

1.) Pet Shop Boys "Fundamental"

2.) Scissor Sisters "Ta duh"
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post #66 of 68
12/29/06 at 11:02pm
1. Sick Of It All - Death To Tyrants (these guys can do no wrong. even as "hardcore" wanes in popularity, every album SOIA puts out tops their previous efforts)
2. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (the BEST metal album in the last couple years - other than Leviathan and High On Fire's Blessed Black Wings)
3. Slayer - Christ Illusion (once saw a license plate that said fknslyr. no kidding, but I'm originally from northern Ohio, so it's not really that surprising)
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post #67 of 68
12/30/06 at 11:31pm
I find that the top 20 albums that the webmaster/artist of scarygoround posts each year to be the best reviews you can possibly get of an album.
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post #68 of 68
1/3/07 at 6:32am
1. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (GODS!! "A Method" is pure bliss)
2. Beck - The Information (Almost as good as "Sea Change")
3. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
4. Gnarles Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Tom Petty - Highway Companion
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