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Best "album" of 2006

I know we are only 6 weeks into 2006, but what are your best albums of 2006. I remember in the past, certain print magazines claiming Wilco YFH and Bright Eyes I'm wide awake ... were the best albums of those years as early as January. So, for fun ... what 2006 CD or LP is constantly rotating in your system.

For me, NME has finally got it right... the Arctic Monkeys are living up to their hype ... great CD ... between the 17 feet of new snow in Whistler during January and the Arctic Monkeys playing inside my Giro Fuse helmet, I couldn't erase the smile off my face.

Other good early albums:
Cat Power ... the greatest
Belle & Sebastian The Life Pursuit
Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers
Jenny Lewis with the Watson twins Rabbit Fur Coat

I need to slow down on my CD purchases ... THere is not enough time to listen to my older CD's from 2005.
thom_y
tagyerit
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kate bush aerial was the best 2005 lp by a long shot. arctic monkeys best pure pop for now people.
so far for 2006? cat power, beth orton, fagens' morph the cat, the new paul simon...all strong contenders. morph might take it for me because the sound quality is so damn good. and i love the fact that despite that it's digitally recorded, they managed to master and press the vinyl so well that it is even better than the cd. GREAT sonics!!!

gotta say Ray Davies solo is a major bon bon, and live in NYC about 6 weeks ago his was the best live show I've seen in years, one of the best I've ever seen.
thom_y OP
195 posts
 
Raconteurs is definitely going to make the top 50 lists.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
>>kate bush aerial was the best 2005 lp<<

I purchased the vinyl a few weeks ago; the material, performance, and sonics are wonderful. Highly recommended.
dgarretson
2,599 posts
 
Stretching a few mos. back '06 into '05, best 10 pop are:

Rosanne Cash- Black Cadillac
David Gilmour- On An Island
Tom Verlaine- Songs & Other Things
John Prine- Fair & Square
Pearl Jam
Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan- Ballad of the Broken Seas
Ray Davies- Other People's Lives
T-Bone Burnett- The True False Identity
Calexico- Garden Ruin

The most beautiful female voice and masterful understated guitar work in '05 is "Petra Hayden & Bill Frisell". You've just got to hear Frisell work over Coldplay's Yellow.

Dave
dgarretson
2,599 posts
 
Forgot to add Foo Fighters "In Your Honor".

Most hilarious sonic miscarriage: Paul Simon with Brian Eno.

Dave
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