Favorite Albums of 2006

[bmurphyfl]

List 'em if you got 'em!

[Ringo]

1. Buckcherry -- 15
2. Towers of London -- Towers of London
3. The Darkness -- One way ticket to hell ... and back
4. Kasabian -- the new one, the name escapes me.

[Spartak]

Empire, Kasabian

[bmurphyfl]

My Favorite of the Year

http://www.betterpropaganda.com/images/artwork/I_Am_Not_Afraid_of_You_and_I_Will_Beat_Your_Ass-Yo_La_Tengo_480.jpg

A few tunes from the album:
Pass the Hatchett, I Think I'm Goodkind (http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/yo_la_tengo/ylt_hatchet.mp3)
Beanbag Chair (http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/yo_la_tengo/yo_la_tengo_beanbag.mp3)
I Feel Like Going Home (http://www.moistworks.com/media/YoLaTengo_IFeelLikeGoingHome.mp3)
The Room Got Heavy (http://filexoom.com/files/2006/10/28/39818/Yo%20La%20Tengo%20-%20The%20Room%20Got%20Heavy.mp3)

[Anteaters FC]

No particular order:

TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You...
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
Soul Sides - Soul Sides presents, Volume 1
Congotronics, Volume 2

[sch2383]

Off the to of my head
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls

There are more than that, but I can't think this late on a Friday.

[Crimen y Castigo]

My Favorite of the Year



Gotta be the best album title of the year by a longshot:

"I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass"

[MLS SupaStr3]

Sam's Town by The Killers is one of my favorites. I can't think of anymore right now though!

[nancyb]

I felt like I struck out with just about every new release I got this year.

[snowfx2]

Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Killswitch Engages - As Daylight Dies
All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death

Still waiting for the new Dillinger Escape Plan out later this month.

[SirManchester]

The new Muse album is great.

[MLS SupaStr3]

Sam's Town by The Killers is one of my favorites. I can't think of anymore right now though!

O also another one! "The Information" by Beck.

[kuhnscoot]

The new Brand New album
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/bnsite-cover.jpg

[Ringo]

Jet's second album was much better than its first and quite enjoyable.

same can be said for the Scissor Sisters. I enjoyed both very much.

I would say, however, about 75 percent of the albums I bought this year were new to me but necessarily new to 2006.

[Sachsen]

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[Sachsen]

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[Sachsen]

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[scaryice]

Arctic Monkeys has to be #1. My top ten in alpha order:

Angels & Airwaves - "We Don't Have To Whisper"
Arctic Monkeys - "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
Basement Jaxx - "Crazy Itch Radio"
Gnarls Barkley - "St. Elsewhere"
Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape" (preemptively listing this one)
Justin Timberlake - "Futuresex/Lovesounds"
Lupe Fiasco - "Food & Liquor"
Paul Oakenfold - "A Lively Mind"
Robbie Williams - "Rudebox"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Show Your Bones"

[YanksFC]

I felt like I struck out with just about every new release I got this year.

I was underwhelmed, too. I think the best that I can come up with is Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out Of This Country.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FFJ8CG.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65933314_.jpg

[bmurphyfl]

In general, I was also disappointed by the new releases this year. Lots of half-baked albums. However, I think a bit of my displeasure was because the last two years had been so good for music. 2004 & 2005 make 2006 look bad in comparison.