Album of The Year - Endgame

It seems I missed the last run out, oh well.

2006 was the happiest year of my life, to date, also, what a magical year for music! Sohere it goes...

1. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That Is What I’m Not
3. Thom Yorke- The Eraser
4. Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors
5. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
6. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
9. Hot Chip - The Warning
10. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Yay, we have the same #1 spot! 💃🕺🍾🍻😍
 
spreddy updated!


i can't believe how much non-american, non-english music gets ignored...i suppose it's just the nature of the times, but i really feel like if 1978 was 2018, then a band as righteous as the saints woulda featured in the best of 78...

when it comes to 06, i'll be shocked if amy winehouse isn't #1 with a bullet...

some antipodean options you SHOULD consider from 2006:
  1. bluebottle kiss: doubt seeds
  2. sarah blasko: whatever the sea wants, the sea shall have
  3. augie march: moo, you bloody choir
  4. the drones: gala mill
  5. eddy current suppression ring: eddy current suppression ring
  6. gaslight radio: good heavens, mean times
  7. dappled cities: granddance
  8. kasey chambers: the carnival
  9. wolf & cub: vessels
  10. my disco: cancer
and five more for further considerations...
  1. angus and julia stone: chocolate and cigarettes (ep)
  2. gerling: 4
  3. howling bells: howling bells
  4. the sleepy jackson: personality
  5. something for kate: desert lights
if you haven't heard em, as molly would say, d'yrself a favour...
 
spreddy updated!


i can't believe how much non-american, non-english music gets ignored...i suppose it's just the nature of the times, but i really feel like if 1978 was 2018, then a band as righteous as the saints woulda featured in the best of 78...

when it comes to 06, i'll be shocked if amy winehouse isn't #1 with a bullet...

some antipodean options you SHOULD consider from 2006:
  1. bluebottle kiss: doubt seeds
  2. sarah blasko: whatever the sea wants, the sea shall have
  3. augie march: moo, you bloody choir
  4. the drones: gala mill
  5. eddy current suppression ring: eddy current suppression ring
  6. gaslight radio: good heavens, mean times
  7. dappled cities: granddance
  8. kasey chambers: the carnival
  9. wolf & cub: vessels
  10. my disco: cancer
and five more for further considerations...
  1. angus and julia stone: chocolate and cigarettes (ep)
  2. gerling: 4
  3. howling bells: howling bells
  4. the sleepy jackson: personality
  5. something for kate: desert lights
if you haven't heard em, as molly would say, d'yrself a favour...
I agree with your sentiment, but non-english band at 3rd place isn't bad at least. Not everyone listed the non-english version I guess. For me that Saints album was just below my HMs fwiw. Really good album.
 
  1. Joanna Newsom- Ys
  2. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
  3. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
  4. J Dilla - Donuts
  5. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I'm Dreaming...
  6. Califone - Roots and Crowns
  7. Ghostface- Fishscale
  8. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
  9. Islands - Return to the Sea
  10. Liars - Drums Not Dead
 
that's way easier!

1. Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat (one of the most underrated albums of all time)
2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
4. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
5. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
6. The Knife - Silent Shout
7. Joanna Newsom - Ys
8. The Roots - Game Theory
9. Max Richter - Songs from Before
10. Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise

11-25 (in alphabetical order):

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Clogs - Lantern
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Jarvis - Jarvis
Jóhann Jóhannsson - IBM 1401, A User's Manual
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Memories of the Future
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (hard to believe it was my indisputable #1 back in 2006)
Marissa Nadler - The Saga of Mayflower May
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Thom Yorke - The Eraser

 
Favourites Albums of 2006
  1. Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way
  2. TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
  3. J Dilla – Donuts
  4. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
  5. Cat Power – The Greatest
  6. Ray LaMontagne – Till the Sun Turns Black
  7. Corrine Bailey Rae - Corrine Bailey Rae
  8. The Decemberists – Crane Wife
  9. Tool – 10,000 Days
  10. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Honourable Mentions:
  • The Swell Season – The Swell Season
  • Drive By Truckers – A Blessing and A Curse
  • John Mayer – Continuum
  • Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
  • Thom Yorke – The Eraser
  • Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar
  • Tom Waits – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
  • Peter Bjorn and John – Writers Block
  • Girl Talk – Night Ripper
  • Amy Winehouse – Back in Black
  • Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am
  • Justin Timberlake – FutureSex / LoveSounds
  • Metal Fingers – Special Herbs, Vol. 0 – 9
  • The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
Favourite Song of 2006:

 
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2006:
1. Red - End Of Silence
2. Evanescence - The Open Door
3. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
4. Skillet - Comatose
5. Three Days Grace - One-X
6. AFI - Decemberunderground
7. Meg & Dia - Something Real
8. Slayer - Christ Illusion
9. Lacuna Coil - Karmacode
10. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
 
1 Country Teasers-The Empire Strikes back
2 Harvey Milk-Special Wishes
3 Eddy Current Suppression Ring s/t
4 Bob Dylan-Modern Times
5 Belle and Sebastian-Life Pursuit
6 Sunn/Boris -altar
7 Live Fast Die -bandana thrash LP
8 Fucked Up-Hidden World
9 Bongripper-The Great Barrier Reefer
10 Isis-in the absence of truth
11 Converge-No heroes
 
Senior year of high school for me and I was still deeply entrenched in the pop punk/emo scene haha Overall I think it's a great year for music though, I still love a lot of these albums!

1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
2. All Time Low - Put Up or Shut Up
3. The Format - Dog Problems
4. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
5. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
6. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
7. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
8. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
9. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor
10. John Mayer - Continuum

Honorable Mentions:
11. Yellowcard - Lights and Sounds
12. Saves the Day - Sound the Alarm
13. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
14. Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer
15. Jurassic 5 - Feedback
16. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
17. T.I. - King
18. The Black Keys - Magic Potion
19. Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
20. Saosin - Saosin
 
My Top Ten Albums of 2006

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Gomez - How We Operate
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Roots - Game Theory
Cat Power - The Greatest
Tom Waits - Orphans
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
J Dilla - Donuts
 
sheesh...

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That is What I'm Not
2. Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
3. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
4. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
5. The Dears - Gang of Losers
6. Black Tie Dynasty - Movements
7. Ratatat - Classics
8. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
9. Shearwater - Palo Santo
10. Magnolia Electric Co - Fading Trails

HM -
The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams
Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
Bonobo - Days to Come
Beck - The Information
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Black Keys - Magic Potion
Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge
Voxtrot - Mothers, Daughters, Sisters & Wives (EP)
The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
 
1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Ali Farka Toure - Savane
4. Adem - Love and Other Planets
5. Tomte - Buchstaben Uber Der Stadt
6. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
7. J Dilla - Donuts
8. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
9. The Roots - Game Theory
10. Beyonce - B'day
 
  1. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
  2. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
  3. Loose Fur - Born Again In the USA
  4. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America
  5. J. Dilla - Donuts
  6. John Mayer - Continuum
  7. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
  8. The Swell Season - S/T
  9. The Lemonheads - S/T
  10. Tool - 10,000 Days
Best Live Album/Compilation - My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
 
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  1. The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
  2. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
  3. The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
  4. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
  5. Islands - Return to the Sea
  6. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
  7. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
  8. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
  9. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
  10. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

Damn. this is actually a pretty decent year. I had to really dig to find albums that I liked the most because this is a drastically different list than what I found by googling "best albums of 2006" that I normally do to jog my memory.

This list is extremely "Indie Rock kid in 2006"
 
As usual, another list that won't have any impact in the final results!

1- The Gothic Archies - The Tragic Treasury
2- Sarah Blasko - What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Havd
3- Carina Round - Slow Motion Addict
4- My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse
5- Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
6- Joanna Newsom - Ys
7- Hafdís Huld - Dirty Paper Cup
8- Cerys Matthews - Never Said Goodbye
9- The Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse
10- Juana Molina - Son

Honorable mention: El Cuarteto De Nos - Raro. It's a band from Uruguay who used to make the most disrepectful music ever (they have a song about a little girl with cancer that gets pregnant from a priest who is also her father, for example). Suddenly, out of nowhere, they released this AMAZING album that is a mix of pop and rock with rapped lyrics, full of incredible rhymes. They became HUGE in Argentina after this album, and still today people dance like crazy with the singles from this album.

Edit- HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT SARAH BLASKO!!! Sorry Damien, you have to go.
 
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