Nov 07, 2006

Uncut gives us an early Top 50 Records of 2006


Here are the 50 best records of 2006 according to Uncut.  I know it's only the first month of November, but apparently it's never to early for a "best of list."  I guess this way Uncut can claim they were entirely original, albeit way off base, on their selections.  Let's hear what you have to say.  Give me some hate in the comments!

50) Drive By Truckers – "A Blessing And A Curse"
49) Belle & Sebastian – "The Life Pursuit"
48) Muse – "Black Holes and Revelations"
47) Gnarls Barkley – "St. Elsewhere"
46) Band of Horses – "Everything All Of The Time"
45) The Walkmen – A Hundred Miles Off
44) Kasabian – "Empire"
43) Bruce Springsteen – "We Shall Overcome"
42) Donald Fagan – "Morph The Cat"
41) Jenny Lewis – "Rabbit Fur Coat"
40) Joan As Policewomen – "Real Life"
39) Lambchop – "Damaged"
38) Lily Allen – "Alright, Still"
37) OutKast – "Idlewild"
36) Scissor Sisters – "Ta-Dah"
35) Sonic Youth – "Rather Ripped"
34) Grandaddy – "Just Like The Fambly Cat"
33) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – s/t
32) Johnny Cash – "American V"
31) Mastodon – "Blood Mountain"
30) Neko Case - "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood"
29) Oakley Hall – "Second Guessing"
28) Tom Waits – "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards"
27) Yo La Tengo – "I am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass"
26) TV On The Radio – "Return To Cookie Mountain"
25) Scott Walker – "The Drift"
24) Howlin' Rain – s/t
23) Ghostface Killah – "Fishscale"
22) Espers – "Espers II"
21) Vetiver – "To Find Me Gone"
20) Burial – s/t
19) Beck – "The Information"
18) CSS – "Cansei Der Ser Sexy"
17) Ali Fakra Tourne – "Savane"
16) The Raconteurs – "Broken Boy Soldiers"
15) Brightblack Morning Light – s/t
14) Cat Power – "The Greatest"
13) Lindsey Buckingham – "Under The Skin"
12) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – "The Letting Go"
11) The Flaming Lips – "At War With The Mystics"
10) Thom Yorke – "The Eraser"
09) Sufjan Stevens – "The Avalanche"
08) Hot Chip – "The Warning"
07) Midlake - "The Trials of Van Occupanther"
06) Arctic Monkeys – "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
05) Neil Young – "Living With War"
04) Joanna Newsom - "Ys"
03) Comets On Fire - "Avatar"
02) Scritti Pollitti – "White Bread, Black Beer"
01) Bob Dylan – "Modern Times"

And for those of you that really, really like lists...here's the Top 20 re-issues of the year. 


Re-issues

20) The Cure "Head On The Door"
19) David Crosby "Voyage"
18) Faust "Faust IV"
17) Denim "Back In Denim"
16) Wire "Pink Flag"
15) Broadcast "A A Future Crayon"
14) Lambchop "I Hope You're Sitting Down"
13) Dead Moon "Echoes of The Past"
12) David Byrne & Brian Eno "My LIfe In The Bush Of Ghosts"
11) Pulp "Different Class"
10) John Cale "Paris 1919"
09) R.E.M. "And I Feel Fine: IRS Years 1982-1987"
08) Various Artists "Anthems In Eden"
07) The Triffids "Born Sandy Devotional"
06) Gram Parsons "The Complete Recording Sessions"
05) The Jesus and Mary Chain "Psychocandy"
04) The Byrds "There Is A Season"
03) Karen Dalton "It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best"
02) Various Artists "Tropicala: A Brazilain Revolution in Sound"
01) Various Artists "Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra"

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