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

paladisiac · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:03 pm

FT Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

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

Check yo PM.

i'm interested too.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:09 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

FT Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

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

Check yo PM.

i'm interested too.

CHKYRPMPLSKTHX

mcaputo · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:06 pm

FT Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

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

Check yo PM.

tanks'

gauchebag · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:29 am

loose fur
belle and seb
built to spill.

most listened to and best so far.

harry · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:48 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

B. Fleischman's The Humbucking Coil

I am adding Donal Fagen. Much, much better than I had hoped, and I had high hopes.

Destroyers.... I hear Prefab Sprout all through this...

FT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:03 pm

At the risk of infuriating Dri, I've gotta give a major thumbs-down to that new Built To Spill, as it's nothing but wall-to-wall mind-numbing wankery. Now, I did like the new TVOTR much better, and imagine it will be a grower like their first album was.

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

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

B. Fleischman's The Humbucking Coil

I am adding Donal Fagen. Much, much better than I had hoped, and I had high hopes.

Destroyers.... I hear Prefab Sprout all through this...

hmmm...I didn't like the one destroyer song from the new one that I've heard but love some prefab sprout unless you're saying the whole thing reminds you of farmyard cat.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:23 pm

FT Wrote:

At the risk of infuriating Dri, I've gotta give a major thumbs-down to that new Built To Spill, as it's nothing but wall-to-wall mind-numbing wankery.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:59 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

FT Wrote:

At the risk of infuriating Dri, I've gotta give a major thumbs-down to that new Built To Spill, as it's nothing but wall-to-wall mind-numbing wankery.

I'll give it a few more spins, but my first impression is there's a lot of guitar playing for the sake of guitar playing (if that makes any sense).

Hegel · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:58 pm

1. Band of Horses
2. Neko Case
3. Mono
4. Mogwai
5. The Appleseed Cast

NOTE: Built to Spill did not even make the list. I am with you so far FT. It has been completely uninteresting for me. However, as happened with their previous three albums, it took me a long time and repetetive listens to really get into all the subtle things. I think at first, to most, they kind of just sound like a lot of noise. But, for me, after many listens I start noticing all the things that make them a much enjoyed band by me...if that makes any sense.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:31 pm

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

I think at first, to most, they kind of just sound like a lot of noise. But, for me, after many listens I start noticing all the things that make them a much enjoyed band by me...if that makes any sense.

That's certainly plausible, and such potential (however remote) is why I will keep listening a few more times.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:03 am

DumpJack Wrote:

The Strokes - First Impression of Earth
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and A Curse
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
Stereolab - Fab Four Suture
The Delays - You See Colours
Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors

Updated

k · **Posted:** Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:05 pm

contradiction Wrote:

albums i like this year:

Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom

(bold being favorites, obv.)

Good lord this is a great album. Maybe the demise of Polyamory will turn out to be a good thing as apparently dude decided to focus on this record and not get sidetracked putting out 10 cassettes a month. Easily my favorite this year thus far.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:11 pm

quick thought 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 "born again in the usa" loose fur
06 "amber" clearlake
07 "kick" white rose movement
08 "idols of exile" jason collett
09 "subtitulo" josh rouse
10 "everything all the time" band of horses

FT · **Posted:** Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:10 pm

Latest update...

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. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
9. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
10. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
11. The M's - Future Women
12. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
13. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
14. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
15. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
16. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
17. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
18. Mates of State - bring it back
19. Cat Power - The Greatest
20. Rhett Miller - The Believer
21. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
22. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
23. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
24. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

theloafca · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:45 pm **Posts:** 25

I am mostly still catching up from last year, so my 2006 records have been limited. But of what I own or have heard,

The Awsome:
Appleseed Cast "Peregrine" (hypnotizing)
Neko Case "...Fox Confessor" (that voice, those songs)
Band of Horses "Everything all the time" (not original, but damn the songs kick ass)

The Good:
Islands "Return to the Sea" (a lot of fun - the postmodern Graceland)
Belle and Sebastian "Life pursuit" (enjoyable as always)
Art Brut "Bang, Bang Rock and Roll" (again, a lot of fun...very addictive)
Mogwai "Mr. Beast" (best in since ep+2)

The Bad:
Flaming Lips "AWWTM" (hard pressed to find 2 songs that I can listen to all the way through - and I LOVE the lips)
Elbow "Leaders of the Free World" (see above)

mcaputo · **Posted:** Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:29 pm

Quote:

1 - Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye
2 - Drive-by Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
3 - Calexico - Garden Ruin
4 - Minus 5 - Gun Album
5 - Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
6 - Eef Barzelay - bitter honey
7- The Flaming Lips - at war with the mystics

djdan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:16 pm

theloafca Wrote:

The Bad:
Flaming Lips "AWWTM" (hard pressed to find 2 songs that I can listen to all the way through - and I LOVE the lips)

With you on the love for the Lips and with you again on this record. It's awful.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:49 pm

djdan Wrote:

theloafca Wrote:

The Bad:
Flaming Lips "AWWTM" (hard pressed to find 2 songs that I can listen to all the way through - and I LOVE the lips)

With you on the love for the Lips and with you again on this record. It's awful.

yes. comparatively awful. a couple good tracks, mostly maudlin, middlin meh.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:00 pm

Wolfmother
Mogwai
Pearls & Brass
Queensryche
Neko Case
Pink Mountaintops
Aereogramme
Ghostigital
Drive By Truckers

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

konstantinl Wrote:

2006 Konstantiranks (as of 03/04/06)

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 7.04
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 megan reilly - LET YOUR GHOST GO 6.80
13 gossip - IN THE WAY OF CONTROL 6.80
14 the high dials - WAR OF THE WAKENING PHANTOMS 6.79
15 james roberts - EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT 6.70
16 roots manuva - ALTERNATIVELY DEEP 6.67
17 holly throsby - ON NIGHT 6.45
18 the horror, the horror - THE HORROR, THE HORROR 6.18
19 mystery jets - MAKING DENS not yet rated
20 colossal yes - ACAPULCO ROUGHS not yet rated but worst album of all time
21 nathan fake - DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE not yet rated

not much change but one new entry (Megan Reilly) and two altered scores (Strokes, High Dials) which don't change their positions.

puma · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:08 pm

pumachik Wrote:

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

let me add:
elf power- back to the web
radio 4- enemies like this
black angels- passover

currently just got:
the concretes- in colour
phoenix- it's never been like that

FT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:15 pm

Up-to-the-minute:

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

Even though we're only into April, I'd have to say that this has been a VERY good year for music so far, given that I REALLY like the top 16 on the above list, and only openly dislike the bottom three.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:17 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

04/06 update:

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

[just underneath: "fishscale" ghostface killah, the high dials]

FT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:19 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

04/06 update:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 the minus 5
04 "born again in the usa" loose fur
09 "subtitulo" josh rouse
10 "everything all the time" band of horses

Well done, Robert Rockey.

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