henke on 30/8/2007 at 13:29

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pssst, top 5 albums of 2006.

But anyway, since I couldn't make up my mind last December here's my 2006 top 5.

Tom Waits - Orphans
Todd Snider - The Devil You Know
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy

Honorable mentions:
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Aimee Mann - Another Drifter in the Snow

Man, 2006 was a slow year for music, but 2007 is shaping up nicely.

henke on 30/8/2007 at 19:07

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What?

I'm not talking about the necroing. I don't give a shit about the necroing. I was just pointing out that this thread is about listing your top 5 albums from 2006. "Mule Variations" is from 1999. I don't know the release dates for the rest of them but I doubt they're all from 2006.

Rug Burn Junky on 30/8/2007 at 20:25

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What? Jimi didn't come out with Are You Experienced? in 2006? That was a fucking great album. I can't wait for First Rays of the New Rising Sun. ;)

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I didn't respond to this at the time, because, quite frankly, I was MIA on music for almost all of last year, which I didn't even realize until this thread came up, and I couldn't come up with a single worthy title. But I did pick up two albums this spring that would have made my list, had I been timely:

Peeping Tom - S/T: I'm pretty much a whore for Mike Patton, and don't know how I missed this release when it came out, especially since I'd been waiting for it since I first heard about it three years ago. It's a collaborative album, much like the spotty but occasionally brilliant General Patton vs. the X-Ecutioners from '05, but it's supposed to be his "pop" album, and has a far wider range of artists involved, with Dan the Automator, and Norah Jones both taking turns. I'm hooked, it's the best thing I've heard from him since Angel Dust.

The Black Keys - Magic Potion (and Chulahoma): Again, I've been on these boys like white on rice since I first heard them a few years ago, and totally missed both of these releases. They took a while to grow on me, compared to the bombast of their previous albums, they're much more understated, but the hooks are fucking solid. I found myself on vacation this spring, rolling around Miami, top down in a mustang, smoking a cigar, and just lapping this shit up.

I'll throw Lily Allen - Alright, Still on there, even if it is unadulterated pop, but only because it's been on my little flash MP3 player at the gym, and it's been part of my routine for about 8 months now.

Oh, and speaking of cheese, I grabbed Bob Marley - The Reggaeton Mixes a couple of weeks ago (needed a few CDs for the rental, since I couldn't jack in my iPod). Some of the songs are just atrocious, but a couple ("Fussing and Fighting" and "Stand Alone") have already earned rotation in my five-star driving mix on my iPod.

Vivian on 31/8/2007 at 15:12

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Because dubstep is fucking boring.

Scots Taffer on 3/9/2007 at 08:29

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A sleeper hit for me of 2006 turned out to be Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye, I also fell in love with Death Cab for a Cute - Plans a bit late ('05 release).

Futuresex/Lovesound became one of my tops after a month or so of listening. There's really only one or two tracks of filler on there, the rest are really solid pop songs. On the flip side of the coin, I barely listen to Black Holes... anymore. It really wore out its welcome with me after a few months, now I can really only bear the first four tracks followed by City of Delusion and Knights of Cydonia... it somehow became a "great if they cut out the filler" album.