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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Top 20...and more |
| Date | Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:39:54 -0600 |
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A couple of comments --
1. A lot of people have the view that the new Hold Steady is a big step up
-- why? I think the lyrics are better on Separation Sunday and the music
also more consistent. That being said, I like the expansion of their sound
and think they have a lot more great music ahead.
2. Not to knock Danger Mouse, but Cee-Lo deserves a lot of credit too.
This fall, Sony/BMG released a Cee-Lo best of that made it quite clear that
his contributions to the songwriting were very significant. Their talents
really compliment each other.
Keep those lists coming people! I'm finally tabulating!
Mike Bennett
Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
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>From: "Stupay, Robert" <Robert.Stupay@mtvn.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Top 20...and more
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:21:56 -0600
>
>1. The Hold Steady/Boys & Girls In America - I listened to this disc
>more than any other this year. A huge leap from Separation Sunday.
>2. Butch Walker & The LGOT - Fun and inspired glam rock from a great
>lyricist and an amazing performer.
>3. My Chemical Romance/The Black Parade - The best 70's concept record
>since, well, the 70's.
>4. The Strokes/First Impressions of Earth - This disc is filled with
>great songs and performances. Nick Valensi and Albert Hammod Jr. make a
>play for guitar-god status on this one.
>5. Gnarls Barkley/St. Elsewhere - Danger Mouse's talents seem limitless.
>This disc hits on rock, old-school soul, hip-hop, pop, and on and on.
>6. Damone/Out Here All Night - Crunchy pop-metal from Boston. Like it's
>1989 all over again.
>7. Jon Auer/Songs From The Year Of Our Demise - My favorite post-Posies
>release.
>9. Neko Case/Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - No other singer like her
>in the genre. Fantastic vocalist and she can bring the tunes, too.
>9. The Format/Dog Problems - Great power-pop record and a nice F-U to
>Atlantic for dropping them.
>10. Sloan/Never Hear the End of It - The full songs contained within are
>among the best Sloan has ever recorded.
>
>11. Orson/Bright Idea
>12. Roger Joseph Manning Jr./Land Of Pure Imagination
>13. Damien Rice/9
>14. Cheap Trick/Rockford
>15. Roots/Game Theory
>16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Show Your Bones
>17. Red Hot Chili Peppers/Stadium Arcadium
>18. Flaming Lips/At War With The Mystics
>19. Wolfmother/Wolfmother
>20. Rhett Miller/The Believer
>
>Best of the rest (in alphabetical order):
>Arctic Monkeys/Whatever You Say I Am...
>Beck/The Information
>Bob Dylan/Modern Times
>The Feeling/Twelve Stops & Home
>Lupe Fiasco/Food & Liquor
>Harem Scarem/Human Nature
>J. Dilla/Donuts
>Jet/Shine On
>Sonic Youth/Rather Ripped
>Tom Petty/Highway Companion
>
>And my guilty pleasure discs of 2006: Pink/I'm Not Dead & Buckcherry/15
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