Califone - Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey) Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City) J Dilla - Donuts (Stones Throw) The Knife - Silent Shout (Mute) Subtle - for hero: for fool (Astralwerks) Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You (Thrill Jockey) Acid Casuals - Omni (Placid Casual) El Perro Del Mar - S/T (Control Group) Milosh - Meme (Plug Research) The Rhombus - Margins (self-released)
ten other albums that could have easily made the top tenFlying Lotus - 1983 (Plug Research) Swan Lake - Beast Moans (Jagjaguwar) Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (Jive) Cat Power - The Greatest (Matador) Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies (Merge) TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope) Biosphere - Dropsonde (Touch) Life Force Trio - Living Room (Plug Research) Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (Drag City) Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen)
other 2006 albums i listened to and enjoyed a lot or i didn't listen to and enjoy them a lot but i admired them in some way or otherMatmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador) Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Matador) Beach House - S/T (Carpark) Scott Walker - The Drift (4AD) Carla Bozulich - Evangelista (Constellation) Some Tweetlove - Cafard Mondial (Matamore) Espers - Espers II (Drag City) Xiu Xiu - The Air Force (5RC) Brightblack Morning Light - S/T (Matador) Vetiver - To Find Me Gone (Dicristina Stair) Jarvis Cocker - S/T (Rough Trade) The Roots - Game Theory (Def Jam) Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You (4AD) Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks) The Singleman Affair - Let's Kill the Summer (Poptones) Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun (self-released) Boxhead Ensemble - Nocturnes (Atavistic) Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (Bella Union) Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus Project - The House of Apples & Eyeballs (Graveface) Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming (Absolutely Kosher) Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA (Drag City) Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (Astralwerks) M. Ward - Post-War (Merge) Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada) Hot Chip - The Warning (Astralwerks) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (Atlantic) The Advantage - Elf-Titled (5RC) Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (Warp) Ratatat - Classics (XL) Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (Lost Highway)
compilations & reissuesMarc Moulin - Placebo Years 1971 - 1974 (Blue Note) Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Nonesuch) Neil Young - Live at the Fillmore East 1970 (Reprise/WEA) John Cale - Paris 1919 (WEA) Cocteau Twins - Lullabies to Violaine (4AD) Various Artists: Tropicália - A Brazilian Revolution In Sound (SoulJazz) Black Devil Disco Club - 28 After (Lo Recordings) Broadcast - The Future Crayon (Warp)
some favorite albums released in 2005 that i didn't hear until 2006Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees (Temporary Residence) Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf) Efterklang - Tripper (Leaf) Isolée - We Are Monster (Playhouse) Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T. (Compare Notes) The Dirty Projectors - The Getty Address (Western Vinyl) The Books - Lost and Safe (Tomlab) Songs of Green Pheasant - S/T (FatCat) Okay - Low Road (Absolutely Kosher) [I still gotta get ahold of High Road, the other half of Okay's under-appreciated double-album] Dengue Fever - Escape From Dragon House (Birdman Recording Group)
- COMING UP: MY PLAYLIST OF SOME FAVORITE SONGS OF 2006, THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO COMMENT WILL RECEIVE CD COPIES OF THE PLAYLISTS (IF THEY WANT 'EM), MIXED DJ-STYLE W/ CROSSFADES BETWEEN TRACKS & SHIT, STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
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me!!! (unless I'm too late, in which case, nevermind)
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Kent, do I win? Do I win?
(It doesn't matter, awesome list...I liked that Milosh record, too, though I'd sort of forgotten about it by November/October.)
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The El Perro Del Mar record was first released in Spring 2005 in Sweden, which is a pity because it would be pretty high up for me as well. Lullabies To Violaine is from 2004 or 2005. That John Cale reissue made the top of my reissue list.
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To be precise, although the two double-disc general release sets came out in March 2006, the limited edition box set of Lullabies To Violaine was released in November 2005 (according to the 4AD website).
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dammit dammit dammit, you put howe gelb in yr top 10 and now I have to pay attention to yr entire list. (my own top ten acquisitions of 2006 would almost all be from the 90s or something.) maybe i should just print this, cross out the 2 or 3 i already have, and tell my family it's my christmas list.
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hi kate, hi jenny! you win! you win!
hi chainsaw, did you comment just to fact-check or do you want a CD too? if you, you win!!!
i included el perro del mar according to its US release and, yeah, i wasn't aware of the limited edition cocteau twins set, so i'm including the general release double-disc that didn't appear in my world until 2006...
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Yeah, I'm torn about this release date thing. For clarity's sake, I tend to go by original release and it's just too bad if I discovered a record only later. Note that the general release of Lullabies To Violaine comes in separate Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, each of them individually a double disc.
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heya rob! i have pretty eclectic tastes, so i can't guarantee you'll dig all of my top ten just 'cause it includes howe gelb... you were the fourth to comment, but... if you mogmail me your mailing address i'll send you the compilations and you can decide which you like?
chainsaw: right, i meant the quadruple disc set! i'll confess, i drooled over a friend's copy but don't actually own it, all four discs are on my ipod and since cocteau twins are pretty much my most-listened to band ever i thought i'd include 'em... i respect you keeping things clear--i actually thought about just saying to hell with it to release dates and just list stuff i really dug this year, but i went ahead and made a somewhat sloppy 2006 list...
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I wish I had a copy of the box set. But I missed out on it and had to content myself with Vols. 1 and 2. (I did get them for $10 a piece, so that relieves the sting a little.)
Another reason why I'm torn about the release date thing is that caring about it in a finicky way is a ticket to a dateless future. I'll shut up now...
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oh dear, Kent, you must be in my head. lovely list, i could have written it myself. But you do deserve a bit of a smack for ranting and then making a bunch of lists anyway. so . . . punk!
There. I feel better.
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I totally deserved to be smacked for that ridiculous about face. I'm sorry you chose to read my rant but I'm glad that you feel better after punking me. Here's to you.