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Pitchfork's top 50 albums of the year

alrighty [Edit] [Delete] 40 replies 16:03, 19 December '06

50. Booka Shade - Movements
49. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles
48. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
47. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast
46. M. Ward - Post-War
45. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
44. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
43. Sonic YouthRather Ripped
42. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
41. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
40. Tapes 'N Tapes - The Loon
39. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
38. J Dilla - Donuts
37. DJ Drama & Lil Wayne - Dedication 2
36. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
35. Herbert - Scale
34. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
33. Mission Of Burma - The Obliterati
32. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
31. Danielson - Ships
30. Belle And Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
29. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
28. Cat Power - The Greatest
27. Califone - Roots & Crowns
26. Hot Chip - The Warning
25. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
24. Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block
23. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
22. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
21. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
20. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
19. T.I. - King
18. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
17. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
16. Beach House - Beach House
15. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
14. Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet
13. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
12. Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
11. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
10. Scott Walker - The Drift
09. Boris - Pink
08. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
07. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
06. Liars - Drum's Not Dead -
05. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
04. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
03. Joanna Newsom - Ys
02. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
01. The Knife - Silent Shout

certainly a lot better than NME/Uncut/Mojo/Q/Rolling Stone/Spin, pretty much any music magazine

excited to see Knife at #1 and grizzly bear in top 10
someday they will catch on more in the UK

until then, you will have the kooks

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  • the Hold Steady are sosososo bad

    it's like the whole rappers and phil collins thing

    i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Dec '06, 16:06 | X
    • They are really bad.

      I'm surprised to see that so high.

      Apart from that it's a good top 10 actually.

      The 'guest' list thing is always more interesting though, I like those.

      http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/40018/Guest_List_Guest_List_Best_of_2006

      homesick_alien @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Dec '06, 16:09 | X
      • ...

        I like Fat Bobby's best

        Placid_Casual @homesick_alien | 19 Dec '06, 16:12 | X
      • yeah

        i always like reading those.

        charalambides' list is tops.

        i always get the feeling that pitchfork lists are designed to give them that bit of 'internet cool', because they're always full of the bloggers' choices and a lot of the lesser hyped records they gave good reviews to are conspicuously absent. most of these are fairly big releases, and yet there's no sign of say, that Charalambides record. is that really worse than the Pipettes?

        i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @homesick_alien | 19 Dec '06, 16:14 | X
    • i just cant stand the guys voice.

      sharp_yet_blunt @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Dec '06, 16:10 | X
    • agreed

      hold steady are the worst thing about that top 10

      TERRIBLE

      alrighty @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Dec '06, 16:42 | X
  • yeah

    how come grizzly bear haven't been reviewed on here yet? surely a top 10 album in all good lists. cant believe they missed off subtle though, my fav of 06

    cumulous_nimbus | 19 Dec '06, 16:08 | X
    • i once

      started a thread about them not reviewing it and they wrote me and said they never received it in the mail

      :\

      highly unlikely

      alrighty @cumulous_nimbus | 19 Dec '06, 16:46 | X
  • Really surprised to see The Knife at numer one...

    But happy with the list, mostly.

    TheWildSon | 19 Dec '06, 16:08 | X
  • ...

    I own five of those, and have downloads of four more. It doesn't really excite me, its exactly what I would expect from Pitchfork

    Placid_Casual | 19 Dec '06, 16:11 | X
  • Fujiya & Miyagi

    Seen the name pop up on a few lists. Any they any good then?

    MoonMonkey | 19 Dec '06, 16:14 | X
    • it's a good record

      but the lyrics put me off, they're awful.

      i love the hold steady album though, so my opinion might be invalid :(

      great to see the thermals so high, that's a real result!

      joe_totale @MoonMonkey | 19 Dec '06, 16:31 | X
  • this^

    roastthemonaspit @Arrid | 19 Dec '06, 16:35 | X
    • The DiSers Top 50 will be best

      Although the top 10 will be remarkably similar to Pitchfork's (minus Ghostface Killa, natch).

      JohnM @roastthemonaspit | 19 Dec '06, 16:38 | X
      • m. ward

        is snoozeville

        alrighty @Arrid | 19 Dec '06, 16:41 | X
        • I think this is my favorite

          Rocksounds list was really good as well.

          Annoying_person @alrighty | 19 Dec '06, 17:00 | X
        • What?

          Transfiguration of Vincent is ace, as is Post War. Easily one of the best singer-songwriters of the decade

          karl @Arrid | 19 Dec '06, 18:53 | X
        • I'm really not impressed

          by that list !

          lyle | 20 Dec '06, 05:08 | X
        • wait..

          where the hell is beirut?
          i mean, seriously!

          fishplums | 20 Dec '06, 05:15 | X
          • i was thinking that

            jp100 @fishplums | 20 Dec '06, 05:21 | X
            • Lebanon?

              suimasen @jp100 | 20 Dec '06, 05:39 | X
              • ho ho

                Last year's top 50 was far more recognisable (to me) if I remember rightly. I'm really suprised that Pheonix's album is in the list at all, nevermind number 13.

                Dill @suimasen | 20 Dec '06, 05:42 | X
                • well

                  well, here in the states this is fairly representative

                  beirut/midlake got a lot of blog love

                  and while beirut managed to really traslate that into record sales/sold out shows

                  midlake however didn't

                  that said, both albums just aren't solid through and through

                  they each have a handfull of great tracks

                  but on a whole just don't cut it

                  then again I hate the hold steady and think joanna is gargabe so what do I know

                  alrighty @Dill | 20 Dec '06, 05:45 | X
                  • Really tried to get into 'Ships'

                    but couldn't do it.

                    Dill @spm1327 | 20 Dec '06, 07:09 | X
                  • I'm just happy

                    that someone else sees the beauty in the new Thermals record. ACES.

                    bamos | 20 Dec '06, 09:03 | X
                    • the hold steady

                      album is fantastic, way better than their previous albums.
                      give it a serious listen, his voice is a lot better this time and the tunes are fantastic.
                      good to see Peter, bjorn & John, band of Horses and Destroyer in there....no Howe Gelb there, still love that album 6 months on

                      Ringo77 @bamos | 20 Dec '06, 09:19 | X
                      • Well his voice put me off so much on the previous album

                        it just completely ruined it. Is his voice ACTUALLY listenable this time?

                        Dill @Ringo77 | 20 Dec '06, 09:23 | X
                        • a lot more

                          listenable, he even sings some songs.
                          the big difference is a lot more backing vocals.
                          If you love the Boss & E street band you will love the new album!

                          Ringo77 @Dill | 20 Dec '06, 10:10 | X
                          • A bit odd...

                            That they somehow managed to ignore almost evey other hip-hop record this year, yet Fishscale rides so high on its lonesome...no Roots, Mr Lif, Jel or Darc Mind, non monsieurs?

                            Hugo_A_GoGo @Ringo77 | 20 Dec '06, 10:23 | X
                            • Well, they have writers who specialise in hip-hop

                              and you can read their lists in the individual lists here:

                              http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/40124/Staff_List_2006_Individual_Albums_Lists

                              I guess Fishcale and Clipse were the only hip-hop albums that managed to cross-over into other writers lists.

                              bobbygeorge @Hugo_A_GoGo | 20 Dec '06, 10:27 | X
                  • Not one British act in the top-25

                    Does that indicate it was a bad year for British music?

                    bobbygeorge | 20 Dec '06, 10:15 | X
                    • No.

                      But i'm a bit busy to back that up with any kind of argument...watch this space. No, not that one, this one.

                      Reckoning @bobbygeorge | 20 Dec '06, 10:26 | X
                      • No Manilow remasters either...

                        what are these lads on?

                        Hugo_A_GoGo @Reckoning | 20 Dec '06, 11:00 | X
                        • does anyone else find it weird...

                          ...that Mastodon are this accepted by Pitchfork? I mean, this is the website which thought 'Relationship Of Command' was brainless thrashing.

                          Effloresce_Sean @gobstopper | 20 Dec '06, 15:26 | X
                          • that's cos it is

                            jp100 @Effloresce_Sean | 20 Dec '06, 15:27 | X
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