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
looks like you have a good list. matt pond pa is a new find for me…i’ve really enjoyed the album. i’ll have to check out some of the others.
Comment by david — January 1, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
the saosin album blows. the album was SO over produced, but then again what else would you expect from Howard Benson. they lost the energy and urgency they once had on the translating the name ep (and this has NOTHING to do with anthony green not being in the band anymore). this record COULD have been phenomenal, instead i was disappointed by the lack of raw power that once made them so great.
other than the saosin bias throughout, its a good list.
Comment by mike — August 14, 2007 @ 3:02 pm