Miscellaneous
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Albums of the Year
published: 22 /
11 /
2006
Our writers give their verdict on 2006 and their favourite albums of the year.
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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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