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| From | "Mike Kropp" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: My Top 20 albums for 2006 |
| Date | Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:14:37 -0500 |
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not to pick nits, but wasn't the OK Go album from 2005? I could have sworn they were on my list last year - such a good disc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Winder" <rob_winder@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:14 AM
Subject: My Top 20 albums for 2006
> HI
>
> OK... I'll play... after much thought and deliberation... though it has
> to be said form 12 downwards the order could have changed on pretty
> much any day...
>
> Best of 2006
>
>
> 1 - The Damnwells - Air Stereo
> Second album from a band I first saw supporting Cheap Trick a few years
> ago in New Orleans. Great songs from start to end, a complete album.
>
> 2 - The Format - Dog Problems
> Discovered via the web - a post on Kurt's Krap that led me to their
> MySpace page. One of many albums discovered in a similar way this year.
> Power pop of the highest order.
>
> 3 - The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
> Greg Dullli continues to be one of the most consistently excellent
> songwriters out there. The ever-evolving Twilight Singers are at their
> best here.
>
> 4 - Damone - Out Here All Night
> I first heard them on The Cars tribute CD last year. In his Classic
> Rock review Geoff Barton said it was Blondie with Motley Crue guitars.
> He was just about right. Classy, catchy songs that bring back memories
> of 80's rock crossed with Avril Lavigne (we can only hope her
> forthcoming Butch Walker-produced album is this good).
>
> 5 - Under The Influence Of Giants - Under The Influence Of Giants
> Another from the web. Where Air meet Jellyfish and Scissor Sisters.
> Melodic dancey pop.
>
> 6 - Thirsty Merc - Thirsty Merc
> The best Aussie record of the year. Wolfmother may have got the
> plaudits globally, but this is a great album. One stone classic - In
> The Summertime, which I still can';t believe their label could not get
> away anywhere outside Australasia - and many other solid melodic rock
> songs. Looking forward to their next album.
>
> 7 - Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
> I haven't thought much of any Maiden album since Number Of The Beast in
> 1982. But this was special and Bruce's voice sounds great. If you
> haven't listened to Iron Maiden in 20 years this is surprisingly
> melodic.
>
> 8 - Paul Westerberg - Open Season OST
> Ok there were a few songs by other artists - and we really do not need
> to hear Talking Heads' Wild Wild Life in another cartoon animals music
> - but this was Westerberg's best collection of songs as a solo artist.
> Especially exciting were the songs with the band he had out on tour in
> 2005 - His Only Friends - hope he can get back in the studio with them
> when his hand recovers.
>
> 9 - Buckcherry - 15
> The hard, sleazy rock'n'roll album this year. Cool, catchy songs.
> Brought the fun back.
>
> 10 - Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining
> It can be worrying when bands you really like decide to reform and
> record again.That was not the case here, melodic pop-tinger rock. Up
> there with their best. It's about time they toured the UK.
>
> 11 - Butch Walker - The Rise And Fall Of Butch Walker And The Lets Go
> Out Tonites
> Taking a break from producing emo bands and pop stars, Butch's third
> solo album brings 70s-glam to power pop.
>
> 12 - Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
> The rise of Neko continues and we can only hope it continues. Great
> voice, great songs. Can't ask for more.
>
> 13 - Clearlake - Amber
> By far the best they have done. Cool and melodic,
> Brist-sixties-psychedelia meets desert-styled rock. They really should
> get Chris Goss to produce their next one.
>
> 14 - Cheap Trick - Rockford
> One of the best of their career, and that is saying something.
>
> 15 - Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol 1
> This is how a covers album should be done. Please can we have Volume 2
> soon.
>
> 16 - The Wreckers - Stand Still Look Pretty
> I never thought I'd buy an album by Michelle Branch, but this recorded
> with one of her friends brings back the early-70s LA singer-song writer
> style of Elektra, Asylum and Reprise. Full of good songs.
>
> 17 - OK-GO - Oh No
> The videos on YouTube may have brought them to a wider audience, but
> the album marks them out as one of the best power-pop acts out there.
>
> 18 - Wolfmother - Wolfmother
> Very Led Zep - but very enjoyable. Mike Patton might disagree.
>
> 19 - Tool - 10,000 Days
> Maybe not as great an album as Lateralus, but Tool still lead the way
> in intelligent art-rock, with an eye to the whole package not just the
> music.
>
> 20 - Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
> Surprising return to form. Their most consistent album since Vs. Where
> the other hard-rock super stars Red Hot Chili Peppers (should learn to
> edit, there was probably a good 45 minute album buried in there
> somewhere) and Audioslave (still not reaching the heights of either
> RATM or Soundgarden) struggled, Pearl Jam strode ahead musically, this
> is melodic classic rock and it sounds great.
>
>
> Just missing out - National Anthem - Radio On (70-s radio rock like
> Cheap Trick and Starz), Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of
> The Broken Seas (was surprised how well this worked), The Veronicas -
> The Secret Life Of The Veronicas, and My Chemical Romance - The Black
> Parade (should probably have listened to this more, touring with Green
> Day last year obviously did them good)
>
>
>
> rob
>
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