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

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

My current top twenty.

1. m craft SILVER AND FIRE
2. neko case FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
3. belle & sebastian THE LIFE PURSUIT
4. peter, bjorn & john WRITERS BLOCK
5. nathan fake DROWINING IN A SEA OF LOVE
6. jenny lewis & the watson twins RABBIT FUR COAT
7. sonic youth RATHER RIPPED
8. cortney tidwell CORTNEY TIDWELL
9. mogwai MR BEAST
10. vetiver TO FIND ME GONE
11. camera obscura LET'S GET OUT THIS COUNTRY
12. roddy frame WESTERN SKIES
13. two gallants WHAT THE TOLL TELLS
14. isobell campbell & mark lanegan BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS
15. the strokes FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH
16. the fiery furnaces BITTER TEA
17. the late chord LIGHTS FROM THE WHEELHOUSE
18. cat power THE GREATEST
19. the meligrove band PLANETS CONSPIRE
20. clap your hands say yeah CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH

bort · **Posted:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:18 pm

my latest favorite has to be the new ben kweller. probably sitting in the # 15 slot right now.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:33 pm

Bright Light Fever || The Evening Owl

came outopf nowehre and may make my top 5

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:42 pm

15 worth mentioning:

1. M. Ward - Post-War
2. Danielson - Ships
3. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
4. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
5. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go
6. Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
7. NOMO - New Tones
8. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
9. Comets on Fire - Avatar
10. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
11. Uzeda - Stella
12. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
13. Islands - Return to the Sea
14. Boris - Pink
15. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo

P-Spot · **Joined:** Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:30 am **Posts:** 291

Top Ten:
1. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
2. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
4. Black Heart Procession - The Spell
5. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
6. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
7. Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
8. Islands - Beneath The Sea
9. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
10. Cat Power - The Greatest

wenchlette · **Posted:** Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:13 pm

In no particular order as of this very moment...

Josh Ritter - Animal Years
M. Ward - Post War
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Ray LaMontagne - Til the Sun Turns Black
Mates of State - Bring it Back
Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
Submarines - Declare a New State
Roots - Game Theory

edit: that's the first time I've even thought about this and it was completely off the top of my head, so I'm sure I'm missing a lot.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:20 am

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

At the moment.

1- Television Personalities - My Dark Places
2- Melvins - A Senile Animal
3- Bardo Pond - Ticket Crystals
4- Comets On Fire - Avatar
5- Grails - Black Tar Prophecies
6- Harvey Milk - Special Wishes
7- Solar Anus - Skull Alcoholic: The Complete Solar Anus
8- Six Organs Of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
9- Oneida - Happy New Year
10-Legendary Pink Dots - Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves

paladisiac · **Posted:** Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:33 pm

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09/12/2006:

01 "the life pursuit" belle & sebastian
02 "the crane wife" the decemberists
03 the minus 5
04 "rabbit fur coat" jenny lewis with the watson twins
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.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:43 pm

I've snagged a lot of new stuff in recent weeks, so I finally had to hunker down and reconnoiter my ranking:

Everything from 1-38 gets a solid thumbs-up.
Stuff between 39-59 is OK, I guess.
Anything from 60 on is no bueno.

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
3. Frank Black - Fast Man Raider Man
4. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
6. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
7. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
8. The Black Keys - Magic Potion
9. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
10. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
11. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
12. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
13. David Bazan - Fewer Moving Parts
14. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
15. Jim Noir - Tower of Love
16. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
17. French Kicks - Two Thousand
18. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
19. Sound Team - Movie Monster
20. M. Ward - Post-War
21. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
22. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
23. Robert Pollard - Normal Happiness
24. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
25. Starlight Mints - drowaton
26. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
27. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
28. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
29. Keene Brothers - Blues and Boogie Shoes
30. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
31. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
32. The M's - Future Women
33. Glossary - For What I Don't Become
34. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
35. Lucero - Rogues, Rebels and Sworn Brothers
36. Calexico - Garden Ruin
37. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sound on Sound
38. The Drams - Jubilee Dive
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39. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
40. Tom Petty - Highway Companion
41. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
42. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
43. Tommy Keene - Crashing the Ether
44. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
45. Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift
46. Ronnie Spector - The Last of the Rock Stars
47. Cheap Trick - Rockford
48. Mates of State - bring it back
49. Cat Power - The Greatest
50. Grant Lee Phillips - nineteeneighties
51. Shearwater - Palo Santo
52. Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
53. Paul Simon - Surprise
54. Zero 7 - The Garden
55. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
56. The Black Angels - Passover
57. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions
58. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
59. Rhett Miller - The Believer
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60. Neil Young - Living With War
61. David Gilmour - On an Island
62. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
63. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
64. Eric Bachmann - To the Races
65. A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings
66. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:59 pm

Here's everything I've bought, good to not-so-good:

1. M. Ward - Post-War
2. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
3. Danielson - Ships
4. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
5. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
6. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
7. Mouse on Mars - Varcharz
8. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go
9. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
10. Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
11. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
12. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
13. NOMO - New Tones
14. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
15. Comets on Fire - Avatar
16. Magnolia Electric Co. - Fading Trails
17. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
18. Uzeda - Stella
19. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
20. Islands - Return to the Sea
21. Boris - Pink
22. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
23. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
24. Black Heart Procession - The Spell
25. Cat Power - The Greatest
26. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
27. Jesu - Silver
28. Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk

Still need more listens to rank Junior Boys, OOIOO, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, and I'll be buying Akron/Family and Wolf Eyes next week. This will probably change pretty drastically over the next month or so.

e-stone · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:01 pm

Drinky Wrote:

8. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go

is this available on vinyl only?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:03 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

8. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go

is this available on vinyl only?

Yeah, but the CD is included. It costs the same as buying a CD.

e-stone · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:07 pm

Drinky Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

8. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go

is this available on vinyl only?

Yeah, but the CD is included. It costs the same as buying a CD.

cool...just saw that on the secretly canadian website too. thanks.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:41 am

paladisiac Wrote:

10/03/2006:

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

11 "fishscale" ghostface killah
12 "subtitulo" josh rouse
13 "the loon" tapes 'n tapes
14 "night ripper" girl talk
15 "dog problems" the format
16 "born again in the usa" loose fur
17 "get lonely" the mountain goats
18 "elan vital" pretty girls make graves
19 "2005 pitchfork music festival sampler" various artists
20 "the eraser" thom yorke

21 "return to the sea" the islands

crane wife now #1.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:45 pm

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Timis · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:51 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

05 "the animal years" josh ritter

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

We have a new leader. Nina Nastasia also enters the Top Twenty.

1 m. ward POST WAR
2 m. craft SILVER AND FIRE
3 neko case FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
4 belle & sebastian THE LIFE PURSUIT
5 peter, bjorn and john WRITERS BLOCK
6 nathan fake DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE
7 jenny lewis & the watson twins RABBIT FUR COAT
8 sonic youth RATHER RIPPED
9 cortney tidwell CORTNEY TIDWELL
10 mogwai MR BEAST
11 vetiver TO FIND ME GONE
12 camera obscura LET’S GET OUT THIS COUNTRY
13 roddy frame WESTERN SKIES
14 nina nastasia ON LEAVING
15 two gallants WHAT THE TOLL TELLS
16 isobel campbell & mark lanegan BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS
17 the strokes FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH
18 the fiery furnaces BITTER TEA
19 the late chord LIGHTS FROM THE WHEELHOUSE
20 cat power THE GREATEST

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:08 pm

If only M. Gira had put out a solo album this year. You'd have a solid top 3.
:wink:

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

petecockroach Wrote:

At the moment.

1- Television Personalities - My Dark Places

I need to spend more time with this one, but so far it has done nothing for me. It seems pretty mediocre. What am I missing?

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

Stone Wrote:

petecockroach Wrote:

At the moment.

1- Television Personalities - My Dark Places

I need to spend more time with this one, but so far it has done nothing for me. It seems pretty mediocre. What am I missing?

I never give links to album reviews but i'm bored of explaining and this sums it up for me. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/television_personalities_my_dark_places/

You'll either love it or fucking hate it, but it's the most accomplished TVP to date. More experimental but it really brings out the frail and dark childlike Dan Treacy. My Ex-girlfriend club is the most fucked up but awesome song.

Mediocre. No, your thinking of Destroyer, Placebo, The Strokes or for me, the HUNDREDS of albums listing in this thread.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:54 pm

Timis Wrote:

paladisiac Wrote:

05 "the animal years" josh ritter

haha. dimmit, i like "animal house" better!

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:36 pm

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FT · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:58 pm

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
3. Frank Black - Fast Man Raider Man
4. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
6. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
7. The Minus 5 - The Gun Album
8. Bobby Bare, Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League - The Longest Meow
9. The Black Keys - Magic Potion
10. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
11. Pernice Brothers - Live a Little
12. Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
13. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
14. The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
15. David Bazan - Fewer Moving Parts
16. Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It
17. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
18. Jim Noir - Tower of Love
19. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
20. French Kicks - Two Thousand
21. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
22. Sound Team - Movie Monster
23. M. Ward - Post-War
24. The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls in America
25. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
26. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
27. Robert Pollard - Normal Happiness
28. Radio 4 - Enemies Like This
29. Starlight Mints - drowaton
30. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
31. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
32. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
33. Keene Brothers - Blues and Boogie Shoes
34. Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
35. Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
36. The M's - Future Women
37. Glossary - For What I Don't Become
38. Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat
39. Lucero - Rogues, Rebels and Sworn Brothers
40. Calexico - Garden Ruin
41. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sound on Sound
42. The Drams - Jubilee Dive
43. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
44. Tom Petty - Highway Companion
45. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
46. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
47. Tommy Keene - Crashing the Ether
48. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
49. Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift
50. Ronnie Spector - The Last of the Rock Stars
51. Cheap Trick - Rockford
52. Mates of State - bring it back
53. Cat Power - The Greatest
54. Grant Lee Phillips - nineteeneighties
55. Shearwater - Palo Santo
56. Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
57. Paul Simon - Surprise
58. Zero 7 - The Garden
59. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
60. The Black Angels - Passover
61. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions
62. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
63. Rhett Miller - The Believer
64. Neil Young - Living With War
65. David Gilmour - On an Island
66. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
67. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
68. Eric Bachmann - To the Races
69. A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings
70. Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World

(Still need more listens before ranking: Beck, Portastatic, Solomon Burke, Sufjan Stevens, Damien Jurado, Scissor Sisters)

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:22 pm

Everything I've bought so far:

1. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
2. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
3. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
4. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
5. M. Ward - Post-War
6. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
7. Danielson - Ships
8. Wolf Eyes - Human Animal
9. Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
10. Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go
11. Sightings - End Times
12. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
13. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
14. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
15. NOMO - New Tones
16. Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
17. Magnolia Electric Co. - Fading Trails
18. Comets on Fire - Avatar
19. Mouse on Mars - Varcharz
20. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
21. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
22. Uzeda - Stella
23. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
24. Growing - Color Wheel
25. Boris - Pink
26. Islands - Return to the Sea
27. Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
28. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
29. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
30. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
31. OOIOO - Taiga
32. Black Heart Procession - The Spell
33. Cat Power - The Greatest
34. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
35. Jesu - Silver
36. Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk
37. Excepter - Alternation

Planning on picking up the new Califone today.

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