Best of 2006.
I hereby give you my Best of 2006 list. It’s been a long year with some great albums and a few surprises. I’ve enjoyed the music and look forward to a great year of music. I’m calling it… this year could be the best of the decade so far… well… take a look and tell me what you think.
Top Albums of 2006
25) The Appleseed Cast – Peregrine
24) Thom Yorke – The Eraser
23) underOATH – Define the Great Line
22) Thursday – A City by the Light Divided
21) Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now
20) Mates of State – Bring it Back
19) AFI – Decemberunderground
18) Brandtson – Hello, Control
17) Milosh – Meme
16) Copeland – Eat, Sleep, Repeat
15) Pete Yorn – Nightcrawler
14) +44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
13) Emily Haines & theSoftSkeleton – Knives Don’t Have Your Back
12) The Forecast – In the Shadow of Two Gunmen
11) Angels & Airwaves – We Don’t Need to Whisper
10) Hammock – Raising Your Voice… Trying to Stop an Echo
09) Headlights – Kill Them with Kindness
08) Fair – The Best Worst-Case Scenario
07) The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
06) Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
05) The Format – Dog Problems
04) New Found Glory – Coming Home
03) Brand New – The Devil and God are Raging inside Me
02) SAOSIN – Self-Titled
01) Anathallo – Floating World
Honorable Mention (albums I heard good things about, but was not able to listen to in their entirety)
Sleeping at Last – Keep No Score
Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
Danielson – SHIPS
Jeremy Enigk – World Waits *EDIT - Finally bought this album. It’s great. Could have been top 20.
Top EPs of 2006
5) Page France - Pear/Sister Pinecone
4) New Years Day – Razor EP
3) The Format – The Format Live: Exporting Insecurity
2) Sherwood – The Summer EP
1) Bosc – Bosc
Producer of the Year
1) Aaron Sprinkle
Best Newcomer
3) Fair
2) +44
1) Angels & Airwaves
Best Music Video
3) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
2) Emily Haines – Doctor Blind
1) Danielson – Did I Step on Your Trumpet?
Best Album Art/Packaging
10) Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
09) Brandtson – Hello, Control
08) Fair – The Best Worst-Case Scenario
07) New Found Glory – Coming Home
06) The Format – Dog Problems
05) SAOSIN – Self-Titled
04) Thom Yorke – The Eraser
03) Headlights – Kill Them with Kindness
02) Emily Haines & theSoftSkeleton – Knives Don’t Have Your Back
01) Anathallo – Floating World
Best Lyrics
5) Emily Haines
4) The Decemberists (Colin Meloy)
3) Thom Yorke
2) Brand New (Jesse Lacey)
1) Anathallo
Best Vocals
5) Kori Gardner/Jason Hammel (Mates of State)
4) Emily Haines
3) Aaron Marsh (Copeland)
2) Erin Fein/Tristan Wraight (Headlights)
1) Cove Reber (SAOSIN)
Best Live Shows
8) Matt Pond PA, Days Away, Mae, & others (Virginia Tech)
7) Angels and Airwaves & Taking Back Sunday (nTelos Pavilion)
6) Mates of State w/ Starlight Mints (Satellite Ballroom)
5) Mute Math w/ Shiny Toy Guns & Jonezetta (Starr Hill)
4) Matt Pond PA (The NorVa)
3) The Format w/ Anathallo (The NorVa)
2) Eisley w/ Simon Dawes & Brighten (Cat’s Cradle)
1) Anathallo w/ Page France & Shapiro (Starr Hill)
Best Songs of 2006
30) Meg and Dia – Monster
29) underOATH – Writing on the Walls
28) Emily Haines – Doctor Blind
27) hammock – I Can Almost See You
26) Milosh – The City
25) Pete Yorn – For Us
24) Band of Horses – The Great Salt Lake
23) Headlights – TV
22) The Format – She Doesn’t Get It
21) AFI – Summer Shutter
20) Muse – Knights of Cydonia
19) New Found Glory – Boulders
18) Angels & Airwaves – Distraction
17) The Decemberists – Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
16) The Format – Time Bomb
15) Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill
14) Anathallo – Hanasakajijii (four: a great wind more ash)
13) +44 – 155
12) Sufjan Stevens – Sister Winter
11) Sleeping at Last – Envelopes
10) Justin Timberlake – My Love
09) The Forecast – And We All Return to Our Roots
08) Damien Rice – 9 Crimes
07) Avril Lavigne – Keep Holding On
06) Junior Boys – In The Morning
05) SAOSIN – You’re Not Alone
04) anberlin – Haunting (previously unreleased)
03) New Found Glory – Connected
02) Brand New – Jesus
01) Fair – Unglued
Most Anticipated of 2007
5) Avril Lavigne
4) Jimmy Eat World
3) anberlin - Cities
2) Tegan and Sara
1) Eisley
