The Official Best Albums of 2006 Thread..(Many merged threads)

True , but being over rated doesn`t make something bad.
It`s nowhere near as good as it`s made out to be but there is some good stuff on it.
 
I guess im alone but I liked maybe 3 CD's that came out this year. I think music is starting to unimpress me. The dresdan's grew on me, Waits obviously kicked my ass, and the augustana CD was pretty ****ing good, but all in all, it was not my year for tunes man. Did the stones put something out this year?
 
1. The Life Pursuit - Belle & Sebastian

I'm too big a fan not to pick this one. It really does take a slightly new direction and come up with some stuff I'd rank toward the top end of their catalogue. The grooves are much more prevalent ("Sukie in The Graveyard", "Blues Are Still Blue") and the hooks are dynamite ("White Collar Boy")

2. Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady

Sweeping, Epic... I have to concur with the Bruce Springsteen comparisons. But they sound more like quality Springsteen in has prime than the man himself has in years. it takes very casually ordinary events in teen/young life...and glamorizes them in that Springsteen way by going a little over the top with the description to make working-class broken dreams seem larger than life, giving them wings and making them in a way that they serve as syrabol for many of life's elements for so many of the world's people (rich, poor or in between), but by holding them up to the light...also reveals how vacuous they really are.

3. Alright, Still - Lily Allen

When a girl says to her ex-lover, "You never made me come." in a straight-ahead pop song, you know you've got something unique on your hanRAB. Catchy as the best pop from many of the years that passed before it, yet cerebral and astute, in a new-age non-intellectual sort of way. Plus... the production and her accent (so sexy)! Though...if you've heard the single "Smile"...then I didn't need to explain any of this to you.
 
NEXT by sevendust...i think it wus one of their best albums...even though they lost a guitarist, the one they replaced him with is even better. GREAT album.
 
Well worth including.
Also agree with; Suicide Bid, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream, Flaming Lips and Kasabian. Can't say I heard the others yet.

Alo...Dresden Dolls - Yes Virginia, is a great album.
 
Larab of God's "Sacrament" and Slayer's "Christ Illusion". Sacrament is a great album, but I doubt that LOG will ever make a better album than "Ashes of the Wake". as for Slayer...**** yeah! it's about time! I've been waiting since 01's "God Hates Us All" album to hear some new ****.
 
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