Top albums 2006

Yeah OK so it's a little bit late, but at least it's here.

1. Tom Waits - Orphans: bastards, brawlers and bawlers
A new Tom album, let alone a three disc Tom, is likely to go quite well in my top10 list, and this is great. I wasn't that hooked on Real Gone, but Tom back in form is great.
2. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
I'm not convinced this is as good as Absolution, but it's still great ...
3. Pure Reason Revolution - The dark third
And this is their debut LP, bloody hell. It's stunning. Beautiful melodies, harmonies, mildly proggish tunes. Just great. Go buy it.
4. Pineapple Thief - Little Man
5. Samuel Flynn Scott - the hunt brings us life
Yay NZ music!! Great stuff, kinda alt-country. Both the Phoenix Foundation lads released solo albums this year, and Luke's "Special Surprise" just missed my top10. But Sam's was the better, great tunes, music, quirky lyrics.
6. Snow Patrol - Eyes open
After the potential on the previous album, which was a bit patchy, SP came through with this one. I got to feel superior having had it long before Grays Anatomy...
7. Thom Yorke - The eraser
8. Dimmer - There my dear
Back after a 'fits tour which added a more rock, alternative vibe to the new Dimmer album.
9. Wolverine - Still
Combine mindcrime era queensryche and some other hair metal bands, and it shouldn't work. But this does. And I don't know why I like it so much, but it's great.
10. Bass Communion - Loss DVD 5.1 mix
Spooky, atmospheric, relaxing.

Notable mentions:
The Mountain Goats - Babylon Spings
Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan - ballad of the broken seas (think Tom Waits meets Belle and Sebastian)
Dredg - Live at the fillmore

Big disappointments:
Spocks Beard - Spocks beard (yawn)
David Gilmour - On an island (not even yawn worthy, but its good to send you to sleep)
Keane - under the iron sea (not really bad, just not nearly as good as the debut)

Me x