Rank (or Rate) Your 2006 Albums Here: A Rolling Thread.

telescope · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:43 am

1. Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
2. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
4. The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
5. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
6. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth

Augie March is by far my fav so far, but I've liked everything else except the Strokes - they've really dropped the ball on that one. Beyond the first few songs it bores the hell out of me

This is shaping up to be such a good year

gauchebag · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:22 pm

built to spill - you in reverse
belle and sebastian - the life pursuit
loose fur - born again in the usa
calexico - garden ruin
minus 5 - gun album
flaming lips - at war with the mystics

still haven't digested : tvotr

looking forward to : radiohead, liars, red hot chili peppers, strokes, wilco, yeah yeah yeahs

Rocktavius · **Joined:** Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:17 pm **Posts:** 178

Anyone think that Tom Verlaine's albums in May are going to be good or has anyone heard them?

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:48 pm

KPH · **Posted:** Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:53 pm

KPH Wrote:

Destroyer's Rubies
Reveals something new with everything listen. Sometimes it's baffling, other times makes complete sense.

The Flaming Lips - At War...
I think it's tremendous fun.

The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off*
Easily their most cohesive and balanced record, but I suspect it will not be received well by folks who are only really fans of the Two Big Singles. Their "Minor Threat" songs give me chills.

B&S - Life Pursuit
Fun pop stuff with a bit of gravitas. But, I don't see this staying high on my list.

* as soon as I find a copy that is not copy-protected I am YSI'ng the shit out of it. Promise!

Yep, these 4 are holding things down for certain. Really, really, really like the Destroyer album this week.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

konstantinl Wrote:

2006 Konstantiranks (as of 12/04/06)

1 neko case - FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD 7.45
2 belle & sebastian - THE LIFE PURSUIT 7.31
3 nathan fake - DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE 7.30
4 jenny lewis & the watson twins - RABBIT FUR COAT 7.25
5 mogwai - MR BEAST 7.20
6 cortney tidwell - CORTNEY TIDWELL 7.17
7 the strokes - FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH 7.04
8 two gallants - WHAT THE TOLL TELLS 7.00
9 isobel campbell & mark lanegan - BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS 6.92
10 clap your hands say yeah - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH 6.85
11 cat power - THE GREATEST 6.83
12 the broken family band - BALLS 6.83
13 megan reilly - LET YOUR GHOST GO 6.80
14 the high dials - WAR OF THE WAKENING PHANTOMS 6.79
15 mystery jets - MAKING DENS 6.70
16 james roberts - EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT 6.70
17 gossip - IN THE WAY OF CONTROL 6.70
18 roots manuva - ALTERNATIVELY DEEP 6.67
19 holly throsby - ON NIGHT 6.45
20 the horror, the horror - THE HORROR, THE HORROR 6.18
21 colossal yes - ACAPULCO ROUGHS not yet rated but worst album of all time
22 semifinalists - SEMIFINALISTS not yet rated
23 fiery furnaces - BITTER TEA not yet rated

Nathan Fake goes in high at 3 with his Boards of Canada meets M82 electro genius. Mystery Jets enter at 15. CYHSY drop some points but no places (6.90 to 6.85) and Gossip also drop from 6.80 to 6.70

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:45 pm

1 belle and sebastian.the life pursuit 8.1
2 isobel campbell and mark lanegan.ballad of the broken seas 8.0
3 mogwai.mr. beast 7.7
4 calexico.garden ruin 7.6
5 cat power.the greatest 7.5
6 morrissey.ringleader of the tormentors 7.5
7 loose fur.born again in the usa 7.4
8 the strokes.first impressions of earth 7.4
9 flaming lips.at war with the mystics 7.3
10 arctic monkeys.whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not 7.2
11 yeah yeah yeahs.show your bones 7.2
12 secret machines.ten silver drops 7.1
13 drive-by truckers.a blessing and a curse 7.1
14 graham coxon.love travels at illegal speeds 7.0
15 neko case.fox confessor brings the flood 6.7
16 the concretes.in colour 6.6
17 clearlake.amber 6.6
18 tortoise & bonnie "prince" billy.the brave and the bold 6.0
19 placebo.meds 5.7
20 stereolab.fab four suture 5.4
21 prefuse 73.security screenings 5.4
22 beth orton.comfort of strangers 5.3
23 delays.you see colours 5.0
24 richard ashcroft.keys to the world 3.0

not yet ranked: hot chip, gomez, mono, josh rouse, built to spill, archie bronson outfit, twilight singers, wood brothers, raconteurs, the radio dept.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:56 pm

Of what I've bought:

1. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
2. Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
3. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
4. Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
5. Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk
6. Cat Power - The Greatest

That's one whole album added from the last time I posted this.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

you guys sure do listen to a lot of new releases.

I've heard 4 2006 releases and like two of 'em:

Norman & Nancy Blake
Witch

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:38 pm

billy g Wrote:

you guys sure do listen to a lot of new releases.

I've heard 4 2006 releases and like two of 'em:

Norman & Nancy Blake
Witch

what's the other one you didn't like (i'm assuming one is the campbell/lanegan album)?

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:44 pm

billy g Wrote:

you guys sure do listen to a lot of new releases.

I've heard 4 2006 releases and like two of 'em:

Norman & Nancy Blake
Witch

Me too. I just haven't bought any releases or CDs since some time in February. I'm going to change that tonight though.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

elephantstone Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

you guys sure do listen to a lot of new releases.

I've heard 4 2006 releases and like two of 'em:

Norman & Nancy Blake
Witch

what's the other one you didn't like (i'm assuming one is the campbell/lanegan album)?

I'm pretty lukewarm on lanegan/campbell &
darden smith

don't dislike either, just don't really like either much.

FT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:56 pm

Here's my latest and greatest ranking of 2006 releases I've heard so far...

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
3. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
4. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
5. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
6. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
7. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
8. Starlight Mints - drowaton
9. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
10. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
11. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
12. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
13. The M's - Future Women
14. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
15. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
16. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
17. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
18. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
19. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
20. Mates of State - bring it back
21. Cat Power - The Greatest
22. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sound on Sound
23. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
24. Rhett Miller - The Believer
25. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
26. The Black Angels - Passover
27. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
28. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
29. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
30. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

np: Black Sabbath - "Tomorrow's Dream"

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:21 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

04/20 update:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 the minus 5
03 "fox confessor brings the flood" neko case
04 "rabbit fur coat" jenny lewis with the watson twins
05 "kick" white rose movement
06 "born again in the usa" loose fur
07 "amber" clearlake
08 "idols of exile" jason collett
09 "subtitulo" josh rouse
10 "war of the wakening phantoms" the high dials

still giving extra spins to band of horses, ghostface killah, tapes 'n tapes, morrissey, pretty girls make graves, calexico and howe gelb. probably will DL essex green & maritime within the week and have islands in the mail.

but i've found my elec intake to be low. any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

paladisiac Wrote:

any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

I've already recommended Nathan Fake (it's number three on my 2006 list) to Aural Fixation but she baulked at the import price.

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:31 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

I've already recommended Nathan Fake (it's number three on my 2006 list) to Aural Fixation but she baulked at the import price.

i really like that nathan fake album.

also, hot chip...though not sure if it really falls under "eclectronic"?

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:36 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

I've already recommended Nathan Fake (it's number three on my 2006 list) to Aural Fixation but she baulked at the import price.

i really like that nathan fake album.

also, hot chip...though not sure if it really falls under "eclectronic"?

can anyone ysi/p2p/etc?

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:36 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

I've already recommended Nathan Fake (it's number three on my 2006 list) to Aural Fixation but she baulked at the import price.

i really like that nathan fake album.

also, hot chip...though not sure if it really falls under "eclectronic"?

can anyone ysi/p2p/etc?

i've got both on slsk...i'll fire it up tonight if you like.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:49 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

I've already recommended Nathan Fake (it's number three on my 2006 list) to Aural Fixation but she baulked at the import price.

i really like that nathan fake album.

also, hot chip...though not sure if it really falls under "eclectronic"?

can anyone ysi/p2p/etc?

i've got both on slsk...i'll fire it up tonight if you like.

that'd be cool. thx.

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:41 am

My Current Top 10 (Updated 04/27)...

01. LIARS - Drum's Not Dead
02. SONDRE LERCHE & THE FACES DOWN QUARTET - Duper Sessions
03. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - The Life Pursuit
04. PARTS & LABOR - Stay Afraid
05. MOGWAI - Mr. Beast
06. FIERY FURNACES - Bitter Tea
07. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Congotronics 2: Buzz 'N' Rumble From The Urb 'N' Jungle
08. GOTAN PROJECT - Lunatico
09. HIS NAME IS ALIVE – Detrola
10. PAPER AIRPLANE PILOTS - Western Automatic Music

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:45 am

paladisiac Wrote:

still giving extra spins to band of horses, ghostface killah, tapes 'n tapes, morrissey, pretty girls make graves, calexico and howe gelb. probably will DL essex green & maritime within the week and have islands in the mail.

but i've found my elec intake to be low. any suggestions as to your fav electronic releases of 2006? (i remember seeing beeok laud the knife.)

i'll have to expand this to a top 20 soon to keep track of these other albums, all at least solid.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:47 am

OPA! Wrote:

My Current Top 10 (Updated 04/27)...
10. PAPER AIRPLANE PILOTS - Western Automatic Music

still in my queue...

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:52 am

paladisiac Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

My Current Top 10 (Updated 04/27)...
10. PAPER AIRPLANE PILOTS - Western Automatic Music

still in my queue...

Don't misinterpret this...I've only bought and listened to 10 2006 albums so far. PA Pilots won't even be in my Top 30 by year's end. But you should still buy it in support of Ryan.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:09 pm

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
3. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
4. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
5. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
6. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
7. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
8. Starlight Mints - drowaton
9. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
10. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
11. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
12. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
13. The M's - Future Women
14. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
15. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
16. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
17. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
18. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
19. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
20. Mates of State - bring it back
21. Cat Power - The Greatest
22. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sound on Sound
23. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
24. Rhett Miller - The Believer
25. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
26. The Black Angels - Passover
27. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
28. David Gilmour - On an Island
29. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
30. A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings
31. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
32. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

np: MMJ - "X-Mas Curtain"

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:13 pm

FT Wrote:

1. Destroyer - Rubies

Is this album worth my time Bobbo?

#1 of the year so far coming from someone who's opinion I respect is big talk.

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