Top 10 albums of 2006

[mellowfellow]

2006 is almost over. Here is my top 10 albums that i enjoy listening to the most. Most of them are indie pop, electronic and top 40 hits. What are yours?

01 The radio dept: Pet grief
02 Junior boys: so this is goodbye
03 Nouvelle Vague: bande de part
04 Hot chip: The Warning
05 Mew: and the glass handed kites
06 Pornopop: and the slow songs..
07 Jarvis: Jarvis cocker
08 Koop: Island blues
09 EPs: Professor murder + Voxtrot + Maps
10 Air: Late night finals

Top 40 hits singles

01 Ciara: Promise/Get up
02 Nelly Furtado: Promiscuous Girl/Say it right/Man Eater
03 Justin timberlake: Sexyback
04 Akon: Smack that/I wanna Luv U/Ghetto Story with cham
05 Clipse: Trill/Mr Me too
06 Lil John: Snap ya fingers
07 Busta Rhymes: Touch it
08 Young Yuc: Going down
09 Ludacris: Money maker/Girls gone wild
10 Cassie: Me and you
+++

[ahk1979]

hey Pet Grief and So this is Goodbye are my 1 and 2 albums of the year as well!! thats nuts!

3. Legends- Facts and Figures
4. Loveninjas- Secrets of the Loveninjas
5. Loveninjas- I wanna be like Johny C EP
6. Marry Onettes- Lost EP
7. Cats on Fire- Pull in the Reins EP
8. Camera Obscura- Lets get out of this Country
9. Sambassaduer- Costal Affairs EP
10. Le Sport- Euro Deluxe Dance Party

[Carl]

i was bad about music this year...i dont even know why either.

I cant even make a top 10 so ill just list the ones i enjoyed.


Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
Pernice Brothers - Live A Little
Built To Spill - You In Reverse
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Neko Case - Foxconfessor Brings The Flood
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped


i cant even do 10...how lame...i didnt search at all for new music this year

[youngluc]

in no particular order, but albums i definitely enjoyed a lot

deftones - saturday night wrist
the hope conspiracy - death knows your name
converge - no heroes
shook ones - facetious folly feat
crime in stereo - the troubled stateside
pale horse - amongst the flock
some girls - heavens pregnant teens

theres more but thats what came to my mind first

[swisloc]

a lot of those already listed would make up my list, but here's a few more i really liked.

Jens Lekman, "Oh You're So Silent, Jens" (but maybe that was really late last year, can't remeber...
The Hold Steady, "Boys and Girls in America"
Grizzly Bear, "Yellow House"
Islands, "Return to the Sea"
Ghostface, "Fishscale"

but i really can't stop listening to the Junior Boys album... it's so good for so many situations...i really like the Clipse album, too. "Trill" is excellent, and so is "New World"

[beefcake]

uhm...
tingsek - world of its own
sikth - death of a dead day
salem al fakir, hasn't released a full album yet but will in feb. - ep and singles kicking my ass so i list it.
the bronx - the bronx (II)

cant think of any more...

[ianpalermo]

1. Cursive "Happy Hollow"
2. Tilly and the Wall “Bottoms of Barrels”
3. These Arms are Snakes "Easter"
4. The Loved Ones “Keep Your Heart”
5. Blood Brothers “Young Machetes”
6. The Hold Steady “Boys and Girls in America”
7. Hot Snakes “Thunder Down Under”
8. Ghostface Killah “Fishscale”
9 Eagles of Death Metal “Death by Sexy”

What I still need to hear

Form of Rocket “Men”
Sonic Youth “Rather Ripped”
Don Cab. “Whatever the new one is titled”

[mwrenchd]

Already did this on another forum --


Here are my top 15 2006 releases based on # of listens & the fact that I purchased all but 2, in alphabetical order:

Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
Boris - Pink
Comets on Fire - Avatar
Detachment Kit - +
Giddy Motors - Do Easy
Indian Jewelry - Invasive Exotics
Jamie Saft - Trouble
John Zorn / Mark Feldman / Sylvie Courvoisier - Maplhas: Book of Angels, vol. 3
O'Death - Head Home
Raccoo-oo-oon - Is Night People
Scott Walker - The Drift
Sun O))) & Boris - Altar
Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
William Elliott Whitmore - Song of the Blackbird
Witch - Witch

Honorable Mentions:
The Coughs - Secret Passage
John Zorn / Uri Caine - Moloch: Book of Angels, vol. 6
Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

There are probably 10 or so more that are worthy of mention but this list is already too long. It's been a good year.

[Kwing]

Razorlight - Razorlight
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
Babyshambles - The Blinding EP
Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere
Beck - The Information
The Rakes - Capture/Release
Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
Hot Chip - The Warning
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Guillemots - Through The Windowpane

[cultpop 0217]

i did very little in the way of searching out new stuff this year. basically i just listened to whatever landed in my lap or my friends had around

liars-drums not dead
the horrors-sheena is a parasite ep
islands-return to the sea
css-tired of being sexy
mstrkrft-the looks
yeah yeah yeahs-show your bones
thom yorke- the eraser
lightning bolt-hypermagic mountain
ladytron-witching hour
byop-byop
wolf eyes-human animal (thanks tg)

[youngluc]

the bronx - the bronx (II)


add that to mine as well

[Carl]

Jens Lekman, "Oh You're So Silent, Jens" (but maybe that was really late last year, can't remeber...

Yeah, that was last year...but still, a fucking amazing album.

[swisloc]

Yeah, that was last year...but still, a fucking amazing album.

any idea when his next one is coming out? i feel like pitchfork posted a few months back that it was set to be released early 2007...

he's like a quirkier (if possible) scandanavian version of stephen merrit...

[polishmike]

in no particular order

Kompakt Total 7
SCSI-9 - The Line of Nine
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles
Betty Botox - Betty Botox Presents G4 Faggot
Max Richter - Songs From Before
Hot Chip - The Warning
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
Klimek - Music To Fall Asleep
Kaito - Hundred Million Love Years

[simsays]

In no order whatsoever...

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
The Futureheads - News & Tributes
Emily Haines - Knives Don't Have Your Back
Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere
The Stills - Without Feathers
The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
Ghostface - Fishscale
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Dresden Dolls - Yes Virginia
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

Not really 10 and not really from 2006..
Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
..but I listened to these probably more than anything else on my list and they did come out in North America in 2006.

[pugsfly]

At War With the Mystics by Flaming Lips
The Warning by Hot Chip
Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes
Mr. Beast by Mogwai
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds by Graham Coxon
Wolfmother by Wolfmother
Magnificent City by Aceyalone with RJD2
Worm by Leslie Low (Singapore!)
Viceversa by Funkstorung (Not really 2006, but I just discovered this...)

[cultpop 0217]

In no order whatsoever...

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Dresden Dolls - Yes Virginia
The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
.

First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes
Mr. Beast by Mogwai

Wolfmother by Wolfmother


cosign.....

[merzbot]

merzbow - houjoe box
keith rowe & toshimaru nakamura - between
aaron dilloway - asset stripping lp
government alpha - blast furnace
religious knives - s/t lp
incapacitants & sewer election - split lp
wolf eyes - human animal
the skaters & axolotl - split lp
ashtray navigations - strawberries and ice
afternoon penis - in the evening cs
incapacitants - Pariah Tapes box

choking in shit and decadence

[Sauce]

Pete Philly and Perquisite- Mind.state

[chrishilton]

ferry corsten: loud electronic ferocious.
the best.

[RedHeadedStranger]

Bob Dylan-Modern Times
Neko Case-Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Tom Waits-Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
The Wailin Jennys-Firecracker
Decemberists-The Crane Wife

[a_slew_of_mice]

Rough draft... It's a near coinflip for first. I think Justice might be too high for just a three song EP; but I'll be damned if I didn't listen to them 100 times a day.

1. Tanakh - Ardent Fevers
2. MSTRKRFT - The Looks
3. Max Richter - Songs From Before
4. Justice - Waters Of Nazereth
5. The Album Leaf - Into The Blue Again
6. Owen - At Home With
7. Besnyo - Look Alive
8. Aim - Flight 602
9. Para One - Epiphanie
10. Hypnolove - Eurolove
11. Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell
12. Alden Tyrell - Times Like These
13. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
14. The Black Heart Procession - The Spell
15. Crime in Choir - Trumpery Meiter
16. The Human Abstract - Nocturne
17. Damien Rice - 9
18. Helms - Secret Doors
19. Citay - Citay
20. Tiga - Sexor

[sean_]

i thought jens went crazy and quit recording or something a while ago?

anyways no order

clipse - hell hath no fury
blood brothers - young machetes
hawksley workman - treeful of starling

i honestly dont know anything else i really liked that came out this year
maybe ill think harder later

[jo3 b]

i'd like to add john legend's once again to the list. but thats just me.

[shoreman1782]

Did this on sF. My standard mid-20s rockist list:

1. Hold Steady -- Boys and Girls in America. I loved Separation Sunday when it came out, and this drops some of the forced-theme of that one, which maybe tried too hard. Best song: Massive Nights.

2. Mountain Goats -- Baylon Springs (e.p.). Their album this year was kind of a downer, but this e.p. makes the list on the strength of "Alibi."

3. Thermals -- The Body, the Blood, the Machine. Rockin! Political! But not immature! Some of it is kind of same-y, but you could call that coherence!

4. Hot Chip -- The Warning. Though I admit I really didn't get it until I saw them live. Which means it's probably not a great album.

5. Man Man -- Six Demon Bag. Crazy good. As in crazy, and good.

Here's where I start betraying my objectivity with albums I wanted to like (and did! and did!)
6. Phoenix -- It's Never Been Like That. Not as good as I'd hoped, but still better than a lot of crap.

7. The Lemonheads -- The Lemonheads. Seriously. It's good. The band behind Dando is the guys from the Descendents, and J Mascis shreds on a few tracks. Liking it makes me feel old, not only because Evan Dando is old, but this really is an adult album alternative kind of album, and I'm sad that it appeals to me.

Hon mentions. Haven't really had a chance to sink my teeth into Tom Waits new one. Only recently, after listening to the Lon Gisland thing, did I start to get Beirut (only six months late on teh coolness!). I think the Long Winters album, Putting the Days to Bed, was really underrated. I thought the Rapture album was great. I really like the Elvis Perkins album I have, but I'm not sure when it came out/comes out. I have a soft spot for any Guster/Twilight Singers/Radiohead-related/ album. MMJ's Okonokos is pretty fricking amazing, but it's a live album. The reissue of Wowee Zowee is awesome, but similarly disqualified. I'm sure I've forgotten something.

Disappointments: Raconteurs (I like everything Brendan Benson and Jack White have done separately more than this). Pernice Brothers (meh). Tapes n' Tapes (everyone told me this was awesome). Decemberists (just wasn't in the mood). Beck (same). TVOTR (liked this a lot when it came out. Very fresh. But I haven't listened to it much lately). Rhett Miller (too treacly). No hip hop really grabbed me this year. Sorry. (I'll revise this last part--was lent the "white-guy-approved" hip hop discs of the year, Ghost and the Clipse, and they're both really strong, all the way through.)

[asuzano]

in no particular order...

1. liars - drums not dead
2. justice - waters of nazareth
3. girl talk - night ripper
4. the klaxons - xan valleys
5. soulwax - nite versions (maybe late 2005?)
6. akron family - meek warrior
7. thom yorke - the eraser
8. babyshambles - the blinding
9. mstrkrft - the looks
10. boys noize releases

[machineo]

not a full list, just shooting off the top of my head:
thom yorke- eraser
killers- sam's town
muse- black holes & revelations
strokes- first impressions of earth
arctic monkeys- whatever people
cat power- the greatest

realized i dont even get that many albums a year. totally forgot the flaming lips had a new one though.

[sean_]

i really and honestly forgot about return to cookie mountain, what a fucking great album

i think i like this 'be your own pet' band too

[mike lowrey]

The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Hot Chip - The Warning
Beck - The Information
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
The Killers - Sams Town
The Zutons - Tired of hangin around
The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out
Ghostface - More Fish
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
The Roots - Game Theory

[dystaind]

god, i seriously can't rank these things:

T.I. - King
MSTRKRFT - The Looks
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Trae - Restless
The Melvins - (a) Senile Animal
The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
Rise and Fall - Into Oblivion

[LanceP]

I can't come up with 10, but the ones that come to mind right now (in no order)...

Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Converge - No Heroes
The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Scott Walker - The Drift

... I'm sure more will come to me later.

[inter]

Land of Talk - Applause Boo Hiss Cheer - Easily my favorite EP/Album of the year!
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives/Your Biggest Fan
MSTRKRFT - The Looks
Math and Physics Club - Math and Physics Club
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Cansei De Ser Sexy
Hot Chip - The Warning
Koop - Koop Islands

[docnbhd]

Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Boris - Pink
Decemberists - Crane Wife
Boris & Sunn0))) - Altar
Thom Yorke - Eraser
Jeremy Enigk - World Waits
Swan Lake - Beast Moans

[Indifferent]

I only bought one album from 2006, so it's in my Top 10 by default:
Owasu and Hannibal - Living with Owasu and Hannibal.

[Pin]

Only got two new ones this year:

Bugz In The Attic - Back In The Dog House
Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold

Bat For Lashes is utterly amazing, the kind of stuff you want other people to listen to but at the same time hope your enthusiasm falls on tuneless ears so you can keep her for yourself.