The Albums of 2006

It was a pretty anemic year for music, most of my time was spent listening to old albums, like Neil Young. Still, here’s some standouts:

My favorites:

• TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
• Tom Waits – Orphans: Bawlers, Brawlers & Bastards
• Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
• I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – Fear is on Our Side
• DFA – The DFA Remixes Chapter 1
• The Knife – Silent Shout
• Mission of Burma – The Obliterati
• The Rapture – Pieces of the People We Love

While I’m not a huge Yo La Tengo fan, their new album “I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass” had the best album title.

Albums that disapointed:

• DJ Shadow – The Outsider (apart from “Seein’ Thangs”, this album blew)
• The Streets – The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
• The Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah