I have to say, i think 2007 has been a far better year in the way of new music. So many more albums have come out this year that i thought were wonderful.
I'm going to have to agree, 2007 has been fantastic so far and it's not even over yet. I found 2006 to be rather dry. I may type up a list of my 25 favorite albums from each of these two years.
Difficult. In 2006 I bought a lot of singles but not so many albums; this year I've bought far more albums than singles.
I think I'll go for 2006 because I was really paying attention to current music last year. This year I have managed to keep up to date as much as possible but I've been concentrating more on artists from the past.
I went through my library and realised how many great albums did come out this year: Page France, Radiohead, Okkervil River, Seabear, Emily Haines (ep), Devendra Banhart and so on. Such a great year.
Tool hasn't come out with a new album this year so i am going to have to say 2006. Though it was expected they wouldn't.
Plus 2006 created;
In Absence of Truth - Isis
Ashes Against the Grain - Agalloch
A Twist in the Myth - Blind Guardian
Crime Slunk Scene - Buckethead
Amputechture - The Mars Volta
Black Holes and Revelations - Muse
Emissaries - Melechesh
And a negative thing about this year would be Nightwish creating their ***est album to date.
2005 was much better than both of these years.
Use the internet for your news. It is much more reliable than the stupid tv or the radio where the people are more influenced by money.
I remeraber a thread we did last year about the best album releases. There were plenty to mention of note.
This years so far I'm struggling to count them all on the fingers of one hand.
Tough one, both were/have been good years. 2006 I discovered some great music, but tastes have changed a bit since then, and I think overall, I've enjoyed 2007's releases more, so it gets my vote.
I can see all these albums staying in my rotation well into the future:
Feist - The Reminder
Kanye West - Graduation
Jay-Z - American Gangster
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Radiohead - In Rainbows
M.I.A. - Kala
Spoon - G5
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
White Stripes - Icky Thump
there's some more I'm also, but ya, a lot of good music happened this year.
I dont know why, but i kinda like some of his music. In the right setting it sounRAB good, and lot of his beats/rhythms are kinda clever. Doesn't have a bad voice either.