Top 5 Albums/CDs of 2006

jamestr1

What are your top 5 albums/cds of 2006?

1. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
2. Audioslave - Revelations
3. Incubus - Light Grenades
4. Buckcherry - 15
5. The Strokes - First Impressions from Earth

Honorable Mention
Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining
Gin Blossoms - Major Lodge Victory

Best Compilation/Soundtrack
The US vs John Lennon

Todd76

5) the Dears - Gang Of Losers
4) the Flaming Lips - At War With Mystics
3) Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
2) Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
1) the Decemberists - Crane Wife

Honourable Mentions

Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It
Emily Haines - Knives Dont Have Your Back
Amy Millan - Honey From The Tombs

PJ-Sin

Pearl Jam
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Helmet - Monochrome

I cant think of anymore really good albums that came out this year

clayton12

Pearl Jam
Cursive- Happy Hollow
The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America
MUSE- Blackholes and Revelations
Butch Walker- The Rise and Fall

Honerable Mentions
Damien Rice-9
My Morning Jacket- Okonokos (dosent really count but the are my fav.)
The Format-Dog Problems
Joseph Arthur-Nuclear Daydream
DBT- Blessing and A Curse

-What a great year for music overall.

transplant

1. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
2. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
4. M. Ward - Post War
5. Eric Bachmann - To the Races

hippiemom

Off the top of my head ... I'm probably forgetting something vitally important ...

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Tom Waits - Orphans
Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun
Cat Power - The Greatest
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

Tek Money

The Dears - Gang of Losers
Tool - 10,000 days
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Tragically Hip - World Container
John Mayer - Continuum

And other good ones:

Snow Patrol
Tom Waits
Pilot Speed
Sloan
Regina Spektor
Placebo

Echoes

Jesu - Silver
Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
Strappng Young Lad - The New Black
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of 12 Stars

Azwethinkweiz

1) deftones - saturday night wrist
2) incubus - light grenades
3) bob dylan - modern times
4) tom waits - orphans
5) mastodon - blood mountain

reeferchief

5 - Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4 - Revelations - Audioslave
3 - Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth
2 - S/T - Pearl Jam
1 - A Blessing And A Curse - The Drive By Truckers

honourable mentions for, Mew, The Chilis, Tool, The Lemonheads, Thom Yorke, Incubus, Placebo, Yo La Tengo, The Raconteurs, The Buzzcocks and many others it's been a good year for music.

parel jam

1. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
2. TOOL - 10,000 days
3. Placebo - Meds
4. Audioslave - Revelations
5. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist

I don't like the new Incubus so far...

London Calling

1 - Mudhoney - under a billion suns
2 - Pearl jam - pearl jam
3 - Cracker - Greenland
4 - G Love - Lemonade
5 - Nelly Furtado - Loose*


*Token pop album

thankyougrandma

1. The Dears - Gang Of Losers
2. Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
3. Malajube - Trompe L'Oeil
4. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
5. Jean "deadwolf" Leclerc - Mexico

and i've also listened a lot of:
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Yeah Yeah YEahs - Show your Bones
The Strokes - First impressions of Earth
Breastfeeders - Les Matins des Grands Soirs
G Love - Lemonade
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Islands - Return to the Sea
Eagles of Death Metal - Death By Sexy

Guilty Pleasure:
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Scissor Sisters - Ta Dah

Matt Lukin

Honourable Mention:
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
Black Keys - Magic Potion
Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
Built to Spill - You In Reverse
The Raconteurs - The Raconteurs
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
The Evens - Get Evens

5)Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
4)Thom Yorke - The Eraser
3)Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
2)TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
1)The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls in America

yosi1

I don't know if I'd say the "best" but my favorite albums from this year are:

Tool - 10,000 Days
Pearl Jam - S/T
Army of Anyone - S/T
Peter Frampton - Fingerprints
The Who - Wire and Glass

Tek Money

thankyougrandma wrote:

Scissor Sisters - Ta Dah

I love them.

dharma69

thankyougrandma wrote:

Guilty Pleasure:
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Scissor Sisters - Ta Dah

Not so guilty there...I think Wolfmother's CD is truly excellent...

As for Scissor Sisters, I don't have Ta Dah but I've a few things about it. Something about constantly making you shake your ass or something like that.

Housing Jim

1) Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
2) Whatever You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
3) Dusk & Summer - Dashboard Confessional
4) Mr Beast - Mogwai
5) Saturday Night Wrist - Deftones

PJ_46and2

1) Thom Yorke - The Eraser
2) Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
3) Tool - 10,000 Days

cant think of anymore worth a mention, =/

casper leblanc

in random order:

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Joan As Policewoman - Real Life
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You

Albums that sound very promising but that I still need to get:

Damien Rice - 9
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Tom Waits - Orphans

thankyougrandma

dharma69 wrote:

Not so guilty there...I think Wolfmother's CD is truly excellent...

As for Scissor Sisters, I don't have Ta Dah but I've a few things about it. Something about constantly making you shake your ass or something like that.

well, guilty pleasure cause around me nobody can stand these two bands, but i'm sure there's some love for both, i do love them.