Miscellaneous - Albums of the Year

  by Admin

published: 22 / 11 / 2006

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Our writers give their verdict on 2006 and their favourite albums of the year.

Malcolm Carter 1. Jefferson Pepper - Christmas In Fallujah 2. Susan Cowsill - Just Believe It 3. Neil Young - Living With War 4. Jules Shear - Dreams Don't Count 5. Tim O'Reagan - Tim O'Reagan 6. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 7. The Kennedys - Songs Of The Open Road 8. Steve Shaw - Lay This Burden Down 9. George Byrne - Foreign Water 10. Joanna Newsom - Ys Andrew Carver 1. Heartless Bastards - All This Time 2. The Drones - Gala Mill 3. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse 4. Boris/Sunn - Altar 5. David Picco - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning 6. Wooden Wand - Second Attention 7. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood 8. Danielsen - Ships 9. Ladyhawk - Ladyhawk 10. Joanna Newsom - Ys John Clarkson 1. Hey Negrita - The Buzz Above 2. iLiKETRAiNS -Progress Reform 3. Sound - Dutch Radio Recordings 4. Astrid Williamson - Day of the Lone Wolf 5. Kelman -Loneliness Has Kept Us Alive 6. Triffids -Born Sandy Devotional reissue 7. Organ - Grab That Gun 8. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Let It Roll 9. Liam Frost-Where the Spectres Dance 10. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open Daniel Cressey 1. Mclusky – Mcluskyism 2. Chicken Legs Weaver – Nowhere 3. Deadboy and the Elephantmen – We are Night Sky 4. Roots Manuva – Alternately Deep 5. Kool Keith - The Return of Dr Octagon Anthony Dhanendran 1. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar 2. Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block 3. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning 4. Pet Shop Boys - Fundamental 5. Joanna Newsom - Ys 6. Pipettes - We are the Pipettes 7. Cat Power - The Greatest 8. Beatles - Love 9. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas 10. Tunng - Comments of the Inner Chorus Dixie Ernill (In no particular order...) 1. Liam Frost – Where The Spectres Dance 2. Experimental Pop Band – For Adults Only – promo only (supplied by band) 3. Library Trust – A to Z of Mathematics 4. Boyfriends – The Boyfriends 5. New Rhodes – Songs From The Lodge 6. Jens Lekman – You’re So Silent Jens 7. Veils – Nux Vomica 8. Smoking Popes – Live at The Metro 9. Maths and Physics Club – Maths and Physics Club 10. Gullietmots – Through The Window Pane Tommy Gunnarsson 1. Decemberists - The Crane Wife 2. Don Lennon - Radical 3. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit 4. Love Is All - Nine Times That Some Song 5. Hidden Cameras - Awoo 6. Knife - Silent Shout 7. Sprites - Modern Gameplay 8. White Town - Don't Mention the War Alex Halls 1. Good Riddance - My Republic 2. Casualties - Under Attack 3. King Blues - Under the Fog 4. Strike Anywhere - Dead FM 5. NoFx - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing Benjamin Howarth 1. Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse 2. Bob Dylan - Modern Times 3. Roddy Woomble - My Secret Is My Silence 4. Gomez - How We Operate 5. Ani DiFranco - Reprieve 6. Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie 7. Shack - …the Corner of Miles and Gil 8. Jeniferever - Choose A Bright Morning 9. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass 10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit Adrian Huggins 1. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist' 2. Incubus - 'Light Grenades 3. New Found Glory - Coming Home 4. Alexisonefire - Crisis 5. Staylefish - Audible Addiction Sarah Johnson 1. Pony Up - Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes 2. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 3. Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - Show Your Bones 4. Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High 5. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit Chris Jones 1. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords 2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies 3. B Fleischmann - The Humbucking Coil 4. Goldstoned - Le Connoisseur 5. Isan - Plans Drawn in Pencil 6. Lovejoy - England Made Me 7. Mahogany - Connectivity! 8. Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives 9. Wechsel Garland - Easy 10.Welcome - Sirs Jonjo McNeill 1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 2. J Spaceman - Music From Silent Sound 3. Shack - The Corner Of Miles & Gil 4. Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner 5. Oasis - Stop The Clocks Jamie Rowland (In no particular order...) 1. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene 2. Retro Spankees - I Know You Are But What Am I? 3. Persil - Comfort Noise 4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 5. Nina Nastasia - On Leaving 6. Research - Breaking Up 7. John Peel and Sheila - The Pigs Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide 8. Erase Errata - Nightlife 9. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche 10. Lupen Crook - Accidents Occur Whilst Sleeping Mark Rowland 1. Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics 2. Pony Up! - Make Love to the Judges With Your Eyes 3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 4. Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High 5. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Hit the Floor 6. Gothic Archies - The Tragic Treasury 7. Josef K - Entomology 8. Pavement - Wowee Zowee reissue 9. Research - Breaking Up Maarten Schiethart 1. São Paulo Undergound - Sauna: Um, Dois, Tres 2. An Albatross - Blessphemy 3. Tunng - Comments of The Inner Chorus 4. Polysics - Now Is The Time! 5. Lullatone - Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous 6. Television Personalities - My Dark Places' 7. Clark - Body Riddle' 8. A Hawk and A Hacksaw - The Way The Wind Blows 9. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone- Etiquette 10.4tRECK - Je Me Promenade Dominic Simpson 1. Liars – Drums Not Dead 2. The Early Years – The Early Years 3. Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass 4. Bardo Pond – Ticket Crystals 5. Espers – Espers II 6. Alexander Tucker – Furrowed Brow 7. Growing – Colour Wheel 8. Wolf Eyes - Human Animal 9. Comets on Fire – Avatar 10. Akron / Family - Meek Warrior Olga Sladeckova 1. Primal Scream - Riot City Blues 2. The Who - Endless Wire 3. Killers - Sam's Town 4. iLiKETRAiNS - Progress Reform 5. Freeheat - Back On The Water Anthony Strutt 1. iLiKETRAiNS - Progress Reform 2. Icicle Works - Icicle Works (Remastered 3 CD Box Set) 3. Killers - Sam's Town 4. Boyfriends - Boyfriends 5. The Doors - Perception 6. Televise - Songs in A and E 7. Battle - Back to Earth 8. Hope of the States - Left 9. Lee Hazelwood - Cake or Death 10.Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors Helen Tipping 1. Howling Bells - Howling Bells 2. iLiKETRAiNS - Progress Reform 3. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever I Say I Am That's What I'm Not 4. Babar Luck - Care in the Community 5. We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor 6. Steven Cooper and the Charlies - Life in the Shallow End Denzil Watson 1. Luke Haines - Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop 2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever You Say I am, That's What I'm Not 3. Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike 4. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 5. Beangrowers - Dance Dance Baby 6. Graham Coxon - Love Travels 7. Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Bright Carvings 8. Stoney - The Scene and the Unseen

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