Top Albums of 2006 Heard in 2005

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we're off to an amazing start...

1. Cat Power - The Greatest
2. Mates of State - Bring it Back
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
5. Islands - Return to the Sea
6. Weather Machines, The - The Sounds of Pseudoscience
7. Electric President - Electric President
8. East River Pipe - What Are You On
9. Elected, The - Sun, Sun, Sun
10. Ms. John Soda - Notes and the Like

Happy New Year!

― Tim NYC, Saturday, 31 December 2005 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

oh dear

― a, Saturday, 31 December 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oink to thread!
1. cat power - the greatest
2. destroyer - destroyer's rubies
3. islands - return to the sea
4. the ms - future woman
5. nellie mckay - pretty little head
6. belle & sebasian - the life persuit
7. the strokes - first impressions of earth
8. liars - drums not dead
9. the elected - sun sun sun
10. ms john soda - notes and the like

― Stephen C (ihope), Saturday, 31 December 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno about that Strokes album.

― Erock Lazron, Saturday, 31 December 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it's so so. i also found the new cat power to be really boring sadly as that I really like her.

― worst, Saturday, 31 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

The Strokes album isn't great, but being that I've only heard 15-20 albums from 2006 it makes the cut.

― Stephen C (ihope), Saturday, 31 December 2005 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

1. Destroyer - Rubies
2. Cat Power - The Greatest
3. Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
4. Ms. John Soda - Notes and the Like
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
6. Ester Drang - Rocinate
7. Liars - Drums not Dead
8. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
9. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
10. The M's - Future Woman

― J Fischer (j fischer), Saturday, 31 December 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Excellent use of not inluding the Strokes on there, Fischer. I salute you !

Nobody's mentioned the new "Man Man" yet though. Surely it's better than the strokes is.

- e

― Erock LAzron, Saturday, 31 December 2005 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

The Islands, Cat Power and Nellie Nckay records are disappointing. Strokes, Elected, Ms John Soda, Liars and Mogwai are good.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Saturday, 31 December 2005 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

built to spill (but my leak has this guy saying "who's mike jones" 100 times in it.....)

― shushu, Saturday, 31 December 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

ya the "mike jones" Built to Spill leak is hilarious. The album sounds promising. Fischer's list is like a copy of mine in a slightly different order with marginally worse choices. Double Ugh.

― Stephen C (ihope), Saturday, 31 December 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

Where's the love for "Rabbit fur coat" from Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis?
It's a brilliant album!

― Lorne, Saturday, 31 December 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

I started a "Rabbit Fur Coat" thread a while back. I can't say I love the album, but its got some interesting songs.

― Stephen C (ihope), Saturday, 31 December 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

what is the built to spill called?

― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Saturday, 31 December 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't heard the Pet Shop Boys or Travis ones yet, so too early to tell.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 31 December 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

What the? I LOVE the Cat Power!!!

I'd say the Destroyer is my favorite, with Cat Power a close second. The Mogwai is growing on me fast.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Sunday, 1 January 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Not sure if new Built to Spill has an name yet. I think it does but I dont remember and the album is unlabeled. Basically theres some Built to Spill forum I guess and they leaked it to there, and from there it got out. New cat power is g-reat.

― Stephen C (ihope), Sunday, 1 January 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

Also, the BtS is great. But like every minute the phrase "Who is Mike Jones?" is mixed in, which is funny but frustrating.

― Stephen C (ihope), Sunday, 1 January 2006 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned We Are Scientists, With Love and Squalor. It might not constitute as completely "new" because it's been released in the UK already, but it definitely hasn't been here.

― Grace A, Sunday, 1 January 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously, this is my favorite thread ever. Thank you ILM.

― elgin again (golf and games), Sunday, 1 January 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

love is all - 9 times that same song
young people - young people
nellie mckay - pretty little head

― maura (maura), Sunday, 1 January 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

Updated: new Gossip is awesome! At least so far - I'm halfway through.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Sunday, 1 January 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

The, the Gossip record is a blast.

Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
Cat Power - The Greatest (I was originally pretty cold on this one, but I was rewarded after putting in some effort)
Psychic Ills - Dins
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (the opposite of Cat Power... started out loving it, but it has diminishing returns)

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 1 January 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

er... Yeah, the Gossip record is a blast.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 1 January 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Cousteau - Nova Scotia ('06 stateside release)
Matthew Shipp - One
Adrian Belew - Side Three
Prefuse 73 - Security Screening
Cold Cut - Sound Mirrors
Anjali - *title yet unknown*
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Blues

― Cliftonb, Sunday, 1 January 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Cougars "Pillow Talk"

It's out in Europe already but it doesn't come out in the US til February.

― digestion (digestion), Sunday, 1 January 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

The prefuse album leaked??

― Stephen C (ihope), Sunday, 1 January 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

Quasi - When the Going Gets Dark

― meshgearfox, Monday, 2 January 2006 08:20 (nineteen years ago)

Where's the love for "Rabbit fur coat" from Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis?
It's a brilliant album!

YES IT IS.

Also, Beautiful New Born Children.

I had no idea there were new Coxon/Case albums on the way. How exciting.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 2 January 2006 08:24 (nineteen years ago)

Tiga - Sexor

not a top album... just the only one I've heard that qualifies! I deleted it :/

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 2 January 2006 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

Clearlake - Amber

― zeus (zeus), Monday, 2 January 2006 11:42 (nineteen years ago)

Kayo Dot
Belong
The Advantage (sorry, i love this band)

― deadair (deadair), Monday, 2 January 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

I've only heard a bunch of my friend's albums that will be out in '06, but they're all great.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 2 January 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Susheela Raman, Music for Crocodiles (split between English and Indian vocals, poppier and sexier than ever before)
Patty Hurst Shifter, Too Crowded on the Losing End (like the dBs if Peter Holsapple listened to the Replacements)
Pepito, The New World (a bit weak so far, moving to Europe might not have been that great an idea for them)
Carrie, Honey Blue Star (Guadalajara singer songwriter, opening track is called "Ass-Fi," produced by Ruben Tamayo a.k.a. Fax, complicated techno-folk)

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 2 January 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

band of horses - everything all the time

― peterleung, Monday, 2 January 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

I thought that Carrie album came out in '05. I've had since like July or something.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

who has the Quasi?

― juno crunch, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

carrie U.S. release thru static discos : feb 2006

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

Someone mention "Man Man".

― Erock Lazron, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 05:42 (nineteen years ago)

Man Man is great. I have not seen the Quasi anywhere.

― Stephen C (ihope), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 05:57 (nineteen years ago)

Thank you for mentioning Man Man

― Erock Lazron, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

josh ritter - the animal years

― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

Since it's now 2006, does this thread serve a purpose anymore?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)

Shut up and obey the commands of Destroyer!

― Freud Junior, Third Cousin to Chuck Norris (Freud Junior), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

prefuse leaked?

and yeah tiga's album is pretty lame and cat power's is a grower.

― jmeister (jmeister), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

where are you kids finging the nellei mckay. i've scoured and come up empty.

― ollie wants to be a scientist (ollie wants to be a scientist), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

There is only 1 answer ELECTRIC PRESIDENT - ELECTRIC PRESIDENT

― My ding-a-ling, Monday, 9 January 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

#1 Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
#2 Loose Fur - Born Again in the U.S.A.
#3 Liars - Drum's Not Dead
#4 Danielson Famile - Ships
#5 Man Man - Six Demon Bag
#6 Clogs - Lantern
#7 The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
#8 Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
#9 Pink Mountaintops - Axis of Evol
#10 Mogwai - Mr. Beast
#11 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest [Paw Tracks]
#12 Shoplifting - Body Stories
#13 Castanets - What Kind of Cure?
#14 Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
#15 Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom
#16 Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk
#17 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette
#18 Islands - Return to the Sea
#19 Glissandro 70 - Glissandro 70
#20 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear Is on Our Side
#21 Cat Power - The Greatest
#22 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
#23 P.O.S. - Audition
#24 Wilderness - Vessel States
#25 Young People - Turned Loose
#26 Electric President - S/T
#27 Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
#28 Ms. John Soda - Notes and the Like

― ricky, Sunday, 19 February 2006 03:02 (nineteen years ago)

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