Thursday, December 20, 2007

( NEWS ) RECAP: TOP TENS OF 2006

That's right -- these are our top tens of last year. 2007 to come!

( LLOYD )
01. J DILLA Donuts
02. EXTRA GOLDEN Ok-Oyot System
03. COMETS ON FIRE Avatar
04. GRIZZLY BEAR Yellow House
05. ORNETTE COLEMAN Sound Grammar
06. CORNELIUS Sensuous
07. CAT POWER The Greatest
08. GNARLS BARKLEY St. Elsewhere
09. BOB DYLAN Modern Times
10. NOMO New Tones


(( FOREST ))
01. J DILLA Donuts
02. JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches
03. SCOTT WALKER Scott 4
04. ARIEL PINK House Arrest
05. TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
06. SOM IMAGINARIO Som Imaginario
07. MADLIB Movie Scenes Vol. 1&2
08. TUSSLE Telescope Mind
09. SUNN0))) & BORIS Altar
10. SCOTT WALKER The Drift


((( JOHN )))
01. BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY The Letting Go
02. CHICO BUARQUE Carioca
03. MOSQUITOS III
04. SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE The Sun Awakens
05. CSS Cancei De Ser Sexy
06. YO LA TENGO I Am Not Afraid Of You And I WIll Beat Your Ass
07. KIMYA DAWSON Remember That I Love You
08. TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
09. STARLING ELECTRIC Clouded Staircase
10. ARIEL PINK House Arrest


(((( WILL ))))
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 Ole! Tarantula
CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country
GNARLS BARKLEY St. Elsewhere
MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS Under the Covers, Volume 1
BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit
NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
RAY DAVIES Other People's Lives
JENNY LEWIS & THE WATSON TWINS Rabbit Fur Coat
LLOYD COLE Antidepressant
DEF LEPPARD Yeah
SPARKS Hello Young Lovers
LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM Under The Skin
TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards

REISSUES:
THE BEE GEES The Studio Albums 1967-1968
COMSAT ANGELS Waiting for a Miracle
COMSAT ANGELS Sleep No More
COMSAT ANGELS Fiction
PRETENDERS Pretenders
MATTHEW SWEET Girlfriend (Legacy Edition)
THIS HEAT This Heat
JUDEE SILL Abracadabra: The Asylum Years
JONA LEWIE On The Other Hand...There’s A Fist
ORANGE JUICE The Glasgow School
MOTT THE HOOPLE Mott
BETTYE LAVETTE Child of the Seventies
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Ice Cream for Crow
BRIAN ENO / DAVID BYRNE My Life in the Bush of Ghosts


((((( SCOTT )))))
01. PETER, BJORN, & JOHN Writer's Block
02. CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country
03. FOURTET Remixes
04. GNARLS BARKLEY St. Elsewhere
05. BAND OF HORSES Everything All the Time
06. LOVE IS ALL Nine Times the Same Song
07. LADY SOVEREIGN Public Warning
08. LUPE FIASCO Food & Liquor
09. BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit
10. TAPES 'N' TAPES The Loon