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

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 2:07 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

Robert Pollard - from a compound eye
Drive-by Truckers - a blessing and a curse
Calexico - garden ruin
Tim Easton - ammunition
Loose Fur - born again in the u s a
The Minus 5 - the gun album
Norman & Nancy Blake - back home in sulphur springs
Centro-matic - fort recovery
Espers - espers II
The Flaming Lips - at war with the mystics

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:50 am

bump

mcaputo Wrote:

Espers - espers II

and i eventually need to hear this

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:55 am

paladisiac Wrote:

06/23 update, my first 2006 top 20:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 the minus 5
03 "rabbit fur coat" jenny lewis with the watson twins
04 "fox confessor brings the flood" neko case
05 "idols of exile" jason collett
06 "kick" white rose movement
07 "subtitulo" josh rouse
08 "born again in the usa" loose fur
09 "fishscale" ghostface killah
10 "garden ruin" calexico

11 "return to sea" the islands
12 "amber" clearlake
13 "war of the wakening phantoms" the high dials
14 "elan vital" pretty girls make graves
15 "cannibal sea" the essex green
16 "the loon" tapes 'n tapes
17 "under the iron sea" keane
18 "ringleader of the tormentors" morrissey
19 "black holes and revelations" muse
20 "pick a bigger weapon" the coup

my elec intake is still low. any other 2006 recommendations outside of nathan fake??

bort · **Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:12 pm

i'll passively continue to pimp the albums in my sig. i just heard the new riverboat gamblers album yesterday and it rocks pretty good.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:35 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

my elec intake is still low. any other 2006 recommendations outside of nathan fake??

YES! This is feckin' brilliant from start to finish:

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:33 pm

MY TOP ALBUMS of 2006

01. BEIRUT - Gulag Orkestar
02. THE WALKMEN - A Hundred Miles Off
03. ISLANDS - Return To The Sea
04. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - The Life Pursuit
05. CESARIA EVORA - Rogamar
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06. LIARS - Drum's Not Dead
07. NEKO CASE - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
08. FIERY FURNACES - Bitter Tea
09. THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION - The Spell
10. MOGWAI - Mr. Beast
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11. SONDRE LERCHE & THE FACES DOWN QUARTET - Duper Sessions

BEST OF THE REST:
12. SUNSET RUBDOWN - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
13. HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Detrola
14. STARLIGHT MINTS - Drowaton
15. CHEIKH LO - Lamp Fall
16. PARTS & LABOR - Stay Afraid
17. GOTAN PROJECT - Lunatico
18. TILLY AND THE WALL - Bottoms Of Barrels

E.P. OF THE YEAR:
DEVOTCHKA - Curse Your Little Heart

COMPILATION OF THE YEAR:
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Congotronics 2

NEED MORE LISTENS:
SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME - Sound On Sound
THE BASEMENT BOYS - The Basement Boys Present Mudfoot Jones

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:38 pm

MiceElf Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

my elec intake is still low. any other 2006 recommendations outside of nathan fake??

YES! This is feckin' brilliant from start to finish:

noted. i've only heard 1 song & liked that. any ysi p'aps?

FT · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:11 pm

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

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

1 - m. craft SILVER AND FIRE
2 - neko case FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
3 - belle & sebastian THE LIFE PURSUIT
4 - nathan fake DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE
5 - jenny lewis & the watson twins RABBIT FUR COAT
6 - mogwai MR BEAST
7 - cortney tidwell CORTNEY TIDWELL
8 - two gallants WHAT THE TOLL TELLS
9 - isobel campbell & mark lanegan BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS
10 - the strokes FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH
11 - roddy frame WESTERN SKIES
12 - the fiery furnaces BITTER TEA
13 - cat power THE GREATEST
14 - clap your hands say yeah CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
15 - morrissey RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTED
16 - the broken family band BALLS
17 - megan reilly LET YOUR GHOST GO
18 - el perro del mar EL PERRO DEL MAR
19 - the late chord LIGHTS FROM THE WHEELHOUSE
20 - matmos THE ROSE HAS TEETH IN THE MOUTH
21 - the high dials WAR OF THE WAKENING PHANTOMS
22 - the meligrove band PLANETS CONSPIRE
23 - gossip IN THE WAY OF CONTROL
24 - mystery jets MAKING DENS
25 - james roberts EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT
26 - roots manuva ALTERNATIVELY DEEP
27 - holly throsby ON NIGHT
28 - the horror, the horror THE HORROR, THE HORROR
29 - semifinalists SEMIFINALISTS
30 - jolie holland SPRING TIME CAN KILL YOU

A rather symmetrical bunch of new entries this week. Jolie Holland is bottom, Morrissey enters straight down the middle (15 from 30) and we have a new number one. M Craft displaces Neko Case at top spot.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:24 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

MiceElf Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

my elec intake is still low. any other 2006 recommendations outside of nathan fake??

YES! This is feckin' brilliant from start to finish:

noted. i've only heard 1 song & liked that. any ysi p'aps?

heard 1 song & don't understand how this qualifies as idm? it's good, just not what i was expecting.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:32 pm

That new Futureheads is slowly starting to grow on me...

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. Frank Black - Fast Man Raider Man
3. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
4. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
5. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
8. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
9. Starlight Mints - drowaton
10. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
11. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
12. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
13. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
14. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
15. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
16. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
17. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
18. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
19. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
20. The M's - Future Women
21. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
22. Calexico - Garden Ruin
23. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sound on Sound
24. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
25. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
26. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
27. Ronnie Spector - The Last of the Rock Stars
28. Cheap Trick - Rockford
29. Mates of State - bring it back
30. Cat Power - The Greatest
31. Paul Simon - Surprise
32. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
33. Zero 7 - The Garden
34. Rhett Miller - The Believer
35. The Black Angels - Passover
36. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions
37. Neil Young - Living With War
38. David Gilmour - On an Island
39. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
40. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
41. A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings
42. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
43. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

The new Futureheads has impressed me. Converted fan now. Miles ahead of the last, mind you they have admitted themselves that the first album was 'gimmicky' and they just wanted songs to help them get signed. They have shown some decent talent to write some good melodies imo.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Killing time until the football.

Woods in a number two, love it so much. Comets On Fire is really growing on me.

1 Television Personalities - My Dark Places
2 Woods – How To Survive In The Woods
3 Alex Fergusson - Castle
4 Catfish Haven – Please Come Back
5 The Bitter Springs – That Sentimental Slush
6 The Legendary Pink Dots – Your Children…
7 Todd – Comes To Your House
8 Faun Fables - The Transit Rider
9 Venetian Snares – Calvacade Of Glee…
10 Comets On Fire - Avatar
11 Park Attack - Half Past Human
12 Karl Blau - Beneath The Waves
13 Scott Walker - Drift
14 Black Time – Midnight World
15 Candi Staton - His Hands
16 Mission Of Burma - Obliterati
17 The Black Angels - Passover
18 12Twelve - L'Univers
19 Shonen Knife – Genki Shock
20 Country Teasers – The Empire Strikes Back
21 Howling Rain – S/t
22 Ramona Cardova – The Boy Who Floated Freely
23 M Ward – Post War
24 M.Craft – Silver & Fire
25 The Broken Family Band – Balls
26 Kazumasa Hashimoto – Gilla
27 Leafcutter John – The Forest And The Sea
28 Seawhores – Forest
29 Lily Allen – Allright Still
30 The Pipettes - We Are THe Pipettes

Borg166 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:22 pm

1) Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2
2) T.I. - King
3) Nelly Furtado - Loose
4) Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
5) Prince - 3121
6) Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
7) Saul Stokes - Vast
8) Snog - Vs. The Faecal Juggernaut Of Mass Culture
9) Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World
10) Juvenile - Reality Check
11) Booka Shade - Movements
12) Paul Simon - Surprise
13) J Dilla - Donuts
14) Dudley Perkins - Expressions
15) Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
16) Coldcut - Sound Mirrors
17) Five Deez - Kommunicator
19) Tool - 10,000 Days
20) Skin - Fake Chemical State

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:00 pm

I'm just gonna leave #1 blank for now. We're all losers in this race.

Just purchases:

1.
2. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
3. Danielson - Ships
4. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
5. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
6. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
7. Boris - Pink
8. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
9. Cat Power - The Greatest
10. Jesu - Silver
11. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
12. Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:26 pm

01. The M's - Future Women
02. Deadboy & the Elephantmen - We Are Night Sky
03. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
04. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
05. Eagles of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
06. Tool - 10,000 Days
07. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up, I Am Dreaming
08. The Sword - Age of Winters
09. SOUND Team - Movie Monster
10. Six Organs of Admittance - Sun Awakens
11. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
12. Pearl Jam - Self-titled
13. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
14. Young People - All At Once
15. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
16. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
17. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
18. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
19. Pearls & Brass - Indian Tower
20. Birdmonster - No Midnight
21. Be Your Own Pet - Self-titled
22. Young and Sexy - Panic When You Find It
23. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
24. Frank Black - Fast Man Raider Man
25. His Name is Alive - Detrola
26. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
27. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
28. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
29. Drive-By Truckers - Blessing and a Curse
30. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Pete C-rouch Wrote:

Killing time until the football.

1 Television Personalities - My Dark Places

I finally bought this. I'm a huge Television Personalities fan, but I gotta say, this album blows huge chunks. Disappointing, nay, embarassing.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:05 pm

Billzebub Wrote:

Pete C-rouch Wrote:

Killing time until the football.

1 Television Personalities - My Dark Places

I finally bought this. I'm a huge Television Personalities fan, but I gotta say, this album blows huge chunks. Disappointing, nay, embarassing.

Yeah, I couldn't get through the first four tracks.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:03 pm

[bump]

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:00 pm

01. The M's - Future Women
02. The Decemberists - Crane Wife
03. Deadboy & the Elephantmen - We Are Night Sky
04. Eric Bachmann - To the Races
05. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
06. Gomez - How We Operate
07. M. Ward - Post-War
08. Sound Team - Movie Monster
09. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
10. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up, I Am Dreaming

11. Islands - Return to the Sea
12. The Format - Dog Problems
13. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
14. The Sword - Age of Winters
15. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
16. Eagles of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
17. Six Organs of Admittance - Sun Awakens
18. Tool - 10,000 Days
19. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
20. Jon Auer - Songs from the Year of Our Demise

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:49 pm

Quote:

08/29/2006:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 the minus 5
03 "rabbit fur coat" jenny lewis with the watson twins
04 "fox confessor brings the flood" neko case
05 "cannibal sea" the essex green
06 "kick" white rose movement
07 "idols of exile" jason collett
08 "garden ruin" calexico
09 "subtitulo" josh rouse
10 "fishscale" ghostface killah

11 "the crane wife" the decemberists
12 "the loon" tapes 'n tapes
13 "born again in the usa" loose fur
14 "elan vital" pretty girls make graves
15 "2005 pitchfork music festival sampler" various artists
16 "the animal house" josh ritter
17 "get lonely" the mountain goats
18 "return to the sea" the islands
19 "pick a bigger weapon" the coup
20 "night ripper" girl talk

21a "let's get out of this country" camera obscura
21b "post-war" m.ward

thanks for bumping this -- i had a helluva time not finding this

FT · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:56 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

16 "the animal house" josh ritter

A remake of the Stephen Bishop theme from the film of the same name, no doubt?

DO THE BLUTO, COME ON BABY, DANCE WITH ME...

paladisiac · **Posted:** Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:04 pm

[bump -- lets keep this where i can see it]

any updates?

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:19 pm

there hasent been one record that has stood head and shoulders above the rest as of aug 28th...wolfmother i guess? mogwai?

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:34 pm

Quote:

09/06/2006:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 the minus 5
03 "rabbit fur coat" jenny lewis with the watson twins
04 "the crane wife" the decemberists
05 "fox confessor brings the flood" neko case
06 "cannibal sea" the essex green
07 "kick" white rose movement
08 "idols of exile" jason collett
09 "garden ruin" calexico
10 "the animal house" josh ritter

11 "fishscale" ghostface killah
12 "subtitulo" josh rouse
13 "the loon" tapes 'n tapes
14 "get lonely" the mountain goats
15 "born again in the usa" loose fur
16 "elan vital" pretty girls make graves
17 "return to the sea" the islands
18 "2005 pitchfork music festival sampler" various artists
19 "pick a bigger weapon" the coup
20 "night ripper" girl talk

21 "the eraser" thom yorke

i keep having to reslot this list with more listens of recent albums. (three-way #21 tie broken.) youth group, sound team, yo la tengo and my brightest diamond are recent listens that also have a shot.

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