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

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

2006 Konstantiranks (as of 24/03/06)

1 neko case - FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD 7.45
2 belle & sebastian - THE LIFE PURSUIT 7.31
3 jenny lewis & the watson twins - RABBIT FUR COAT 7.25
4 mogwai - MR BEAST 7.20
5 cortney tidwell - CORTNEY TIDWELL 7.17
6 the strokes - FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH 7.07
7 two gallants - WHAT THE TOLL TELLS 7.00
8 isobel campbell & mark lanegan - BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS 6.92
9 clap your hands say yeah - CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH 6.90
10 cat power - THE GREATEST 6.83
11 the broken family band - BALLS 6.83
12 gossip - IN THE WAY OF CONTROL 6.80
13 the high dials - WAR OF THE WAKENING PHANTOMS 6.71
14 james roberts - EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT 6.70
15 roots manuva - ALTERNATIVELY DEEP 6.67
16 holly throsby - ON NIGHT 6.45
17 the horror, the horror - THE HORROR, THE HORROR 6.18
18 mystery jets - MAKING DENS not yet rated

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:22 pm

Kon sponsored by Volvic Wrote:

2006 Konstantiranks (as of 24/03/06)

1 neko case - FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD 7.45
2 belle & sebastian - THE LIFE PURSUIT 7.31
3 jenny lewis & the watson twins - RABBIT FUR COAT 7.25

never thought we'd be this close... if you popped the new minus 5 in there, we'd be kissin' buddies

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i dont really like that jenny lewis all that much - its ok - but i just cant get into it. i'm a little suprised at all the love for it.

puma · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:39 pm

okay here's my breakdown on 2006 so far:

1. built to spill- you in reverse
2. tv on the radio- return to cookie mountain
3. hot chip- the warning
4. wolfmother- s/t
5. sunset rubdown- shut up i'm dreaming
6. mates of state- bring it back
7. the strokes- first impressions of earth
8. belle & sebastian- the life pursuit
9. ghostland observatory- paparazzi lightning
10. arctic monkeys- whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not

list could change at any given time. but i am diggin the hell out of the bts, tvotr & hot chip albums. oh. my. goodness.

i'm really anticipating on '06 releases from: voxtrot, radiohead (dear please god), corinne bailey rae, the stills, radio 4 (hopefully it will be better than their last one!!!).

my 2006 guilty pleasure so far is: kt tunstall

so far most disappointed by yeah yeah yeahs- show your bones. sons of bitches.

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:54 pm

albums i like this year:

Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
Wilderness - Vessel States
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelirium
T.I. - King
Sway - This Is My Demo
Shogun Kunitoki - Tasankokaiku
Roseanne Cash - Black Cadillac
Psychic Ills - Dins
Prince - 3121
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Ne-Yo - In My Own Words
Mudhoney - Under A Billion Stars
Mountains - Sewn
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Miwon - Pale Glitter
Matthew Shipp - One
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anenome With Copper Tongue
Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
Jessi Colter - Out Of The Ashes
Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Furcoat
Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of Broken Seas
Islands - Return To Sea
I'm Not A Gun - We Think As Instruments
Hank Williams III - Straight To Hell
Guitar - Tokyo
Ghostface - Fishscale
Espers - Espers II
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles
The Elected - Sun Sun Sun
Durutti Column - Keep Breathing
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage
Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive
Clogs - Lantern
Cat Power - The Greatest
Candi Staton - Candi Staton
Cadence Weapon - Breaking Kayfabe
Buzzcocks - Flat-Pack Philosophy
Boris - Pink
Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

(bold being favorites, obv.)

puma · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:00 pm

giddity, i'm looking forward to the new radio 4. review from astralwerks' e-mail blast from their performance at sxsw:

Quote:

After a quick changeover, Brooklyn’s one and only Radio 4 came with a blistering set that included a generous selection of songs from their staggering forthcoming album, “Enemies Like This”. The band have really pulled out all the stops on this one and we can’t wait for you to hear what the boys have cooked up for you. A return to the raw naked power of “Gotham”, these songs are going to finally get Radio 4 the attention they deserve.

let's hope so.

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

We are nearly 1/4 though the year and I've heard exactly 2 2006 new releases. I like one of them.

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:00 am

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat 7.0
The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun 7.0
Ester Drang - Rocinate 6.0
The Violet Burning - Drop Dead 4.0
Liars - Drum's not Dead (not sure yet)
Prince - 3121 (not sure yet)

Technically came out last year but are 2006 for the U.S....

Editors - The Back Room (not sure yet)
The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity 6.0
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World 7.5
Goldfrapp - Supernature 7.0

Everything else I have bought this year is pre-2006.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:19 am

Cat Power-The Greatest--5
JDilla-Donuts--7
Destroyer-Destroyer's Rubies--8
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, I'm Not--7
Donald Fagen-Morph The Cat--8
Ace Frehley-Greatest Hits Live--7
Glenn Kotche-Mobile--9
Mogwai-Mr. Beast--8
Nine Black Alps-Everything Is--5
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders-s/t--6
Liars-Drum's Not Dead--9
Prince-3121--7
Loose Fur-Born Again In the USA--8
Scott Reeder-Tunnelvision Brillance--6

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

1. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
2. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
3. Destroyer - Rubies
4. Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells
5. VA - I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey
6. Built To Spill - You In Reverse
7. The National Trust - Kings & Queens
8. Strokes - First Impressions
9. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
10. DBT - A Blessing And A Curse

Off the list (for now)

Neko Case - Fox Confessor
Wilderness - Vessel States
Liars -Drums Not Dead

About 80 others I havent listened to yet...I gotta keep up this year.

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

1 - Television Personalities
2 - Karl Blau
3 - The Extraordinaires
4 - The Kooks
5 - Liz Durett
6 - Varttina
7 - The Research
8- The Buzzcocks
9 - Lampshade
10- Pearls & Brass
11- Bobtail Yearlings
12- His Name is Alive
13- Shoplifting
14- Semifinalists

It could all change. Also enjoying mudhoney, isobel & Lanegan, Adam green, The Like Young, Destroyer, Bibio, The Vines, Danielson, Voices & Organ, Hassle Hound, Bright Channel, Starlight mints, The lovely Feathers,

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

petecockroach Wrote:

1 - Television Personalities

Anyone want to do a YSI swap for this? Id like to hear it.

harry · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:46 pm

1. Tapes N Tapes The Loon
2. Destroyers Rubies
3. Mogwai The Beast
4. J Dilla Donuts
5. Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers

Disappointments: Neko Case (too sweet, too middle of the road, way boring) The rabbit fur coat mess - this year's anthony and the johnsons...

I kept thinking that Beth Orton sounded exactly like a singer I loved, and I couldn't remember who. It was driving me crazy. Yesterday as I drove past the Moss Landing powerplant it hit me, she sounds like Beth Orton. I crack myself up.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:41 pm

Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood poontang
Roseanne Cash Black Cadillac - aching loins
The Drive-by Truckers A Blessing And A Curse - pine tree
The Strokes First Impressions of Earth - measles

The new *improved* Radcliffe rating scale (in no particular order):

Pine tree
Lexus
Aching loins
Skid mark
Measles
Poontang
Facial wart
Skinny chicken
Tuba spit
Black splotch

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:40 pm

The top 10 so far (and dammit I wish I had more to go on)

1. Drive By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse
2. Belle And Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earf
4. Minus 5 - The Gun Album
5. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
6. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
7. Cat Power The Greatest
8. Roseanne Cash - Black Cadillac
9. Loose Fur - Born Again In The USA
10.Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

I probably could have predicted the top 3 (and 4 when you include the new BTS that I havent even listened to yet) before the year even started, but otherwise its just a bunch of *shrugs*.

The Bob Pollard aint really grabbing me either.

bort · **Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:45 am

01. Hunchback - Ugly On The Outside
02. Chumbawamba - A Singsong And A Scrap
03. Built To Spill - You In Reverse

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:14 pm

now using the billy g scale*:

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 cat power.the greatest 7.5
5 loose fur.born again in the usa 7.5
6 the strokes.first impressions of earth 7.4
7 flaming lips.at war with the mystics 7.3
8 graham coxon.love travels at illegal speeds 7.2
9 arctic monkeys.whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not 7.2
10 drive-by truckers.a blessing and a curse 7.1
11 neko case.fox confessor brings the flood 6.8
12 the concretes.in colour 6.6
13 clearlake.amber 6.6
14 tortoise & bonnie "prince" billy.the brave and the bold 6.2
15 placebo.meds 5.9
16 stereolab.fab four suture 5.4
17 prefuse 73.security screenings 5.4
18 beth orton.comfort of strangers 5.3
19 delays.you see colours 5.1
20 richard ashcroft.keys to the world 3.5

not yet ranked: calexico, secret machines, hot chip, morrissey, gomez, twilight singers, gomez, mono, josh rouse, built to spill, archie bronson outfit, yeah yeah yeahs

*10: One of the best records of all-time; listmania quality
9: Not a top 100, but still a stone cold classic
8: Maybe not an all-time classic, but would be #1 in most recent years
7: A Very Good Record
6: A Good Record, But One with Questionable Staying Power
5: I Don't Mind Hearing It, but I don't Need to Own It
4: Not Very Good, nothing really stands out even if its not bad
3: Pretty Bad
2: Even Worse
1: Absolutely Awful
0: No Redeeming Quality What So Ever

harry · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:22 pm

harry Wrote:

1. Tapes N Tapes The Loon
2. Destroyers Rubies
3. Mogwai The Beast
4. J Dilla Donuts
5. Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers

I've been listening this week to B. Fleischman's The Humbucking Coil

Def one of my favorite of the year so far... re: the recent Eno threads... this sounds like the child of Eno and The Notwist. RIYL: Aphex Twin, Lantana, Loren Connors...

FT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:26 pm

Updated to include my most recent listens:

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. Starlight Mints - drowaton
7. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
8. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
9. The M's - Future Women
10. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
11. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
12. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
13. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
14. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
15. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
16. Mates of State - bring it back
17. Cat Power - The Greatest
18. Rhett Miller - The Believer
19. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
20. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
21. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

is the minus 5 album really that good. damnit you always make me spend too much money.

puma · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:43 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

8. Roseanne Cash - Black Limosine

you mean black cadillac right?

FT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:54 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

is the minus 5 album really that good. damnit you always make me spend too much money.

Remember the 100% good vs. 75% great/25% crap thread I started earlier this week? The Minus 5 falls into the 100% good camp. Not a clunker in the bunch. Not sure whether any individual tracks are transcendent enough to be considered "great," but there is not a single bad note on this album. As an added bonus, Colin Meloy sings lead on one track, and it's actually NOT a sea shanty about gymnastic chimney sweeps!!!

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:14 pm

1 - From A Compound Eye - Robert Pollard
2 - Normal Happiness - Robert Pollard
3 - Drive-by Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
4 - Minus 5 - Gun Album
5 - Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA

If anyone would like to PM the 'BAND OF HORSES' I would be much obliged.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:54 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

If anyone would like to PM the 'BAND OF HORSES' I would be much obliged.

Check yo PM.

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