2006 - A YEAR OF MUSIC ...

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2006
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JARVIS COCKER - Jarvis (Rough Trade) 7.5/10
DAVID ARNOLD - Casino Royale (Sony / BMG) - OST 7.5/10
GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY - The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager (Atlantic) 7/10
ARAB STRAP - Ten Years Of Tears (Chemikal Underground) 6.5/10
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 5:55 (Because) 7.5/10
GWEN STEFANI - The Sweet Escape (Interscope) 2/10
WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Crap Attack (Virgin) 6.5/10
THE HUMAN VALUE - The Human Value (Big Deal Records) 8.5/10
PJ HARVEY - Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004 (BBC / Island / Universal) 7.5/10
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Voices On The Air - Peel Sessions (BBC / Universal) 8/10
MEAT LOAF - Bat Out Of Hell 3 (Mercury Records - Virgin in USA) 0.25/10
THE HUSH SOUND - Like Vines (Decaydance / Fueled By Ramen) 7+/10
BURIAL - Burial (HyperDub) 7+/10
OASIS - Stop The Clocks (Big Brother / Sony) 7/10
PRIMAL SCREAM - Riot City Blues (Columbia) 5.5/10
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - The Black Parade (Reprise) 7+/10
THE LONG BLONDES - Someone To Drive You Home (Rough Trade) 5.5/10
BAT FOR LASHES - Fur and Gold (She Bear / Echo) 8.5/10
LILIAN HAK - Love's Victory March (Steamin Soundworks) 6/10
BADLY DRAWN BOY - Born In The UK (EMI) 6.5/10
BABY BIRD - Between my ears there's nothing but music (Chrysalis) 8/10
THE DATSUNS - Smoke & Mirrors (V2) 6/10
JULIETTE & THE LICKS - Four on the Floor (Hassle) 3/10
THE KILLERS - Sam's Town (Island) 6/10
ELECTRONIC - Get The Message - The Best Of (EMI) 7.5/10
KASABIAN - Empire (BMG) 5/10
OZARK HENRY - The Soft Machine (Epic) 4.5/10
THE FRATELLIS - Costello Music (Island) 7.5/10
BOW WOW WOW - We Are The 80`s {Best of} (RCA) 7.5/10
EVANESCENCE - The Open Door (Wind-Up Records) 4/10
THE RAPTURE - Pieces Of The People We Love (Vertigo) 6/10
CAPTAIN - This Is Hazelville (EMI) 7.5/10
BASEMENT JAXX - Crazy Itchy Radio (XL Recordings) 5.5/10
ZERO 7 - The Garden (Atlantic) 7+/10
RAZORLIGHT - Razorlight (Mercury Records / Universal) 7.5/10
MARTYN BENNETT - Grit (Real World Records/Virgin) 7.5/10
AUDIOSLAVE - Revelations (Epic) 4.5/10
CAMERA OBSCURA - Let's Get Out Of This Country (Elefant Records) 7+/10
FRIGHTENED RABBIT - Sing the Greys (Fat Cat) 5/10
LADYFUZZ - Kerfuffle (Transgressive Records) 7/10
GUILLEMOTS - Through The Window Pane (Fiction Records) 6/10
MUSE - Black Holes and Revelations (Atlantic/Warners) 7.5/10
AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE - Out of the Angeles (V2) 5/10
NOUVELLE VAGUE - Bande à Part (Peace Frog/PIAS) 7/10
DIRTIE BLONDE - Dirtie Blonde (Jive/Zomba) 4.5/10
PHOENIX - It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks) 6.5/10
GRACE JONES - The Grace Jones Story (Universal/Island Records) 7.5/10
TOWERS OF LONDON - Blood, Sweat & Towers (TVT Records) 4/10
MOLOKO - Catalogue (the Best of) (Rough Trade) 7/10
THOM YORKE - The Eraser (XL Recordings) 7/10
ARLING & CAMERON – hi-fi underground (Challenge Records) 6.5/10
HOT CHIP - The Warning (EMI) 8/10
THE AUTOMATIC - Not Accepted Anywhere (B-Unique) 7/10
KEANE - Under The Iron Sea (Island) 3.5/10
THE FUTUREHEADS - News and Tributes (Warner/679/Vagrant - depending on country) 8.5/10
THE RACONTEURS - Broken Boy Soldiers (V2) 6/10
CANSEI DE SER SEXY - CSS (Sub Pop / Warners) 7.5/10
iLiKETRAiNS - Progress Reform (Fierce Panda) 7.5/10
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - Waterloo to Anywhere (Mercury) 6/10
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Virgin/EMI) 7/10
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Stadium Arcadium (Warner) 6.5/10
PANIC! AT THE DISCO – A Fever You Can`t Sweat Out (2006 – Decaydance Records) 8/10
TOOL - 10,000 Days (Volcano) 5.5/10
SNOW PATROL – Eye`s Open (2006 – Polydor / A&M Records) 6.5/10
¡FORWARD, RUSSIA! - Give Me a Wall (2006 - Dance To The Radio) 4/10
JAPAN – The Very Best Of (2006 – Virgin / EMI) 8/10
PEARL JAM – Pearl Jam (2006 – Sony / BMG) 6/10
VITALIC - OK Cowboy (PIAS) 5/10
NIGHTMARES ON WAX – In a Space Outta Sound (2006 – Warp Records) 8/10
THE CHARLATANS – Simpatico (2006 – Sanctuary Records) 5/10
MARIA RITA – Segundo (Warner Music Brazil) 7.5/10
THE STREETS – The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006 – 679 Recordings) 7/10
LIVE – Songs from Black Mountain (2006 – Sony) 5/10
PINK – I`m Not Dead (2006 – Arista Records) 2/10
FALL OUT BOY - From Under The Cork Tree (2005 - Decaydance / island records) 7/10
EMBRACE – This New Day (2006 – Independiente Records) 4/10
MORRISSEY – Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006 - Attack/Sanctuary Records) 8/10
YEAH YEAH YEAHs – Show Your Bones (2006 – Polydor) 7.5/10
MASSIVE ATTACK – Collected (2006 – Virgin Records) 8+/10
BE YOUR OWN PET – Be Your Own Pet (2006 – XL Recordings) 7/10
SKIN - Fake Chemical State (V2 Records) 3.5/10
THE KOOKS – Inside In / Inside Out (2006 – Virgin Records) 6/10
WOLFMOTHER - Wolfmother (2005 - Modular / Interscope) 3/10
PLACEBO – Meds (2006 – Hut Records/Virgin/EMI) 7.5/10
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – The Life Pursuit (2006 – Rough Trade) 8/10
ARCTIC MONKEYS – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006 – Domino Records) 8.5/10
THE STROKES – First Impressions Of Earth (2006 – Rough Trade) 7/10
TOO MUCH TEXAS - Juvenilia (2006 - New Memorabilia) 7/10
BETH ORTON – Comfort of Strangers (2006 – Heavenly Records) 7/10
INFADELS – We Are Not The Infadels (2006 – PIAS) 6.5/10
EDITORS – The Back Room (2005 – Kitchenware/PIAS) 7.5/10
BABYSHAMBLES – Down In Albion (2005 – Rough Trade) 2/10
WE ARE SCIENTISTS – With Love And Squalor (2005 – Virgin) 7/10
GOLDFRAPP – Supernature (2005 – Mute Records) 7.5/10
ROYKSOPP – The Understanding (2005 – Wall of Sound) 7.5/10
FRANZ FERDINAND – You Could Have It So Much Better… (2005 - Domino) 7+/10
DEPECHE MODE – Playing the angel (2005 - Mute Records/Venusnote Ltd) 8.5/10
RACOON - Another Day (2005 - PIAS records) 3.5/10
FIELD MUSIC – Field Music (2005 – Memphis Industries/Chrysalis) 7.5/10
KT TUNSTALL – Eye to the Telescope (2004 – Relentless/EMI) 8/10
THE DEAD 60’s – The Dead 60’s (2005 – Rough Trade) 7.5/10
THE SUBWAYS – Young For Eternity (2005 – Infectious Records) 7+/10
GORILLAZ – Demon Days (2005 – Parlophone) 7+/10
KAISER CHIEFS – Employment (2005 B-Unique/Polydor Records) 8/10
THE WHITE STRIPES – Get Behind Me Satan (2005 – XL Recordings) 7/10
NEW ORDER – Singles (2005 London Records) 9.5/10
SLIPKNOT – Live (2005 – Roadrunner Records) 2.5/10
BOARDS OF CANADA – The Campfire Headphase (2006 – Warp Records) 7/10
ARCADE FIRE – Funeral (2004 – Rough Trade) 8/10
HARD-Fi – Stars of CCTV (2005 - Necessary Records/Warner Music) 7/10







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2006 - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (the best, the worst & the most over hyped guitar orientated drivel ever to get a record released):

THE GOOD – ARCADE FIRE, KT TUNSTALL, THE FUTUREHEADS, ARCTIC MONKEYS, CAPTAIN, MORRISSEY, DEPECHE MODE, NEW ORDER, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, GOLDFRAPP, HOT CHIP, BAT FOR LASHES, BABY BIRD & FIELD MUSIC

THE BAD – KATIE MELUA, ATHLETE, GWEN STEFANI, STEREOPHONICS, JAMES BLUNT, THE DARKNESS, ANASTACIA, THE DEARS, PINK, THE OTHERS, SKIN, EMBRACE, WOLFMOTHER, ¡FORWARD, RUSSIA! & KEANE

THE UGLY – JULIETTE & THE LICKS, SLIPKNOT, DOGS, THE SHEER & BABYSHAMBLES

NOT CONVINCED YET (despite the hype!) – BLOC PARTY, KASABIAN, THE LIKE, THE MAGIC NUMBERS, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, GUILLEMOTS, THE KOOKS, HOPE OF THE STATES & THE LONG BLONDES.

Our overview with a "Best of 2006" compilation in one Play List can now be found - > HERE

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2007 - the year so far ...