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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
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synthfreek
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Thomj I think you'd like these as my list crosses over with yours quite a bit:
Band Of Horses-Everything All The Time-Sub Pop
Tom Verlaine-Around-Thrill Jockey
philefreak
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I agree with Thom y's list and here's some more:
Carrie Rodriguez "seven angels on a bicycle"
Tres Chicas "bloom,red,and the ordinary girl"
Greg Brown "The evening call"
The be good tanyas "hello love"
Crooked Still " shaken by a low sound"
dgarretson
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& Tom Verlaine's "Songs & Other Things"
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magpie802
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dgarretson
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I lately discovered Chris Whitley's posthumous 2006 release "Dislocation Blues." This together with "Soft Dangerous Shores"(2005) testify to the artist's compositional power & Hendrix-like guitar work, filtered through the electric steel National guitar. An amazing career arc since the early 90's (high points include "Living with the Law," "Din of Ecstasy", and "Rocket House"), cruelly cut short by filterless cigarettes.
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