January 6, 200719 yr Author 2. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 12700 points 40 votes highest rank from Ergf (1), Jenjie (1), Martin the Warrior (1), RadCold (1), CoLdPlAyRoX (1), Chris015 (2), emilien88 (2), RTButt18 (2), twistedlogic149 (2), Black Shadows (3), Loretin (3), sniggirb (3), staring elf (3) and Rev (3) Reviews: Metacritic overall: 65/100 The Guardian: 8/10 Stylus Magazine: B+ Q: 8/10 Pitchfork: 6.6/10 NME: 6/10 Rolling Stone: 3/5 PopMatters: 4/10 Quotes: Eyes Open is composed of broad' date=' obvious songs with broad, obvious hooks, aimed straight for the hearts of as many people as the band can manage. All of this would be bad, horrible even, if it didn't work. But it does.[/quote'] If Eyes Open lacks the vivacity of its breakthrough predecessor' date=' it remains an assured example of a band still paying more than lip service to the notion of rock music as a vital pop form.[/quote'] Snow Patrol's hungry rock sound only gets bigger and better this time around. Eyes Open is far from a horrible album. It’s easy to listen to' date=' it’s melodic, and it’s well-read. But you’re a strong (or naïve) listener if you can get past the calculation, the number-crunching, the crassness with which Lightbody has taken aim at the MySpace demographic.[/quote'] Eyes Open dives headfirst into mainstream waters' date=' hoping the strength of its intentions will be visible through the glossy bombast. It is, but it takes some surface-scratching to reach it.[/quote'] Eyes Open hardly furthers Snow Patrol's rote one guitar attack' date=' and repetition exposes Lightbody's interpretations of love's little hiccups as a tiring experience.[/quote'] Over 45 minutes' date=' it feels monotonous and preposterously self-pitying, but in controlled doses, it bests all the rest of the U.K.'s current wave of post-Coldplay bedwetters.[/quote'] YouTube: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars [media=320,240]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4p_QvmEiJuE[/media]
January 6, 200719 yr I so much prefer Final Straw to Eyes Open. They really sold out with the 4th album to appeal more to the masses (and it worked).
January 6, 200719 yr Author 1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 13835 points 34 votes highest rank from Azor (1), Black Shadows (1), bonita (1), Cirrus Minor (1), Cr7Ish (1), i heart chris martin (1), julimp92 (1), linnea (1), Loretin (1), markos (1), twistedlogic149 (1), whiteshadows (1), winnie (1), Zeoir (1), .sally. (2), *Sarah* (2), sniggirb (2), Martin the Warrior (2), fudge (2), Ergf (2), anna111 (2), dreamergirl (2), talisman (3), mariapeinazo (3) and emilien88 (3) Reviews: Metacritic overall: 75/100 Q: 10/10 (2nd best album of the year) NME: 9/10 (3rd best album of the year) tinymixtapes: 8/10 Stylus Magazine: B Playlouder: 3.5/5 Rolling Stone: 3.5/5 Pitchfork: 4.2/10 cokemachineglow: 40% Quotes: Black Holes and Revelations is probably the least restrained album of 2006' date=' which for some is a blessing, for others a pretentious annoyance. It is, however, a focused album.[/quote'] This is the band's most autopiloted effort yet' date=' a hacked-up last-gen rehash of said space jams, only now with greater emphasis on glitz and glam. Somehow Muse, always loveably lame, have managed to take a turn for the lamer.[/quote'] Muse impresses' date=' and continues to impress on Black Holes, not only because they have the Romantic classical harmony-fueled huge stadium sound down pat, but in the details that show a band mature and talented.[/quote'] The work of three individuals arriving at the peak of their powers' date=' it’s likely to be the band’s OK Computer, their Music For The Jilted Generation, their Dark Side Of The Moon – the record that everything they produce subsequently is immediately unfairly rated against, ‘til time’s own sands sit still.[/quote'] Unfortunately' date=' it seems the group is more interested in refining, rather than re-defining, their craft, whose torpid mechanics bear no mystery, no guts behind all that glamour.[/quote'] Muse have made a ridiculous' date=' overblown, ambitious and utterly brilliant album, with more thrills than their previous three put together.[/quote'] That’s not to say the album is a disappointment (it isn’t) or not great (it is' date=' mostly), but after hitting their creative and commercial peak with Absolution and its subsequent breakthrough stateside, Black Holes and Revelations clearly reveals itself to be a transition record.[/quote'] YouTube: Muse - Starlight [media=320,240]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qwkbxh-0k0w[/media]
January 6, 200719 yr Yep, everybody say Thank you to Nik for running this album of the year contest. The result wasn't really that surprising relating to the nature of the music fans on this forum, but it was a good read :D Cheers Nik :)
January 6, 200719 yr Author for statistics... 01 Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 13835 02 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 12700 03 Thom Yorke - The Eraser 9790 04 Keane - Under the Iron Sea 8525 05 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 8475 06 The Killers - Sam's Town 8300 07 The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out 6260 08 Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium 6225 09 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth 5980 10 Razorlight - Razorlight 4900 11 Damien Rice - 9 3620 12 Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit 3150 13 Dirty Pretty Things - From Waterloo to Anywhere 2980 14 Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World 2880 15 Placebo - Meds 2595 16 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers 2480 17 Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche 2205 18 David Gilmour - On An Island 2150 19 Guillemots - Through The Windowpane 2105 20 The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics 1930 21 Beck - The Information 1810 22 Gnarls Barkley- St. Elsewhere 1750 23 The Zutons - Tired of Hangin' Around 1705 24 Kasabian - Empire 1610 25 John Mayer - Continuum 1600 26 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 1585 27 TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain 1525 28 Mando Diao - Ode to Ochrasy 1500 29 Bob Dylan - Modern Times 1475 30 Justin Timberlake- Future Sex/ Love Sounds 1465 31 Wolfmother - Wolfmother 1435 32 Hot Chip - The Warning 1245 33 Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah 1200 34 Jet - Shine On 1100 35 Nelly Furtado - Loose 1055 36 Beirut - Gulag Orkestar 1000 37 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade 925 38 The Fray - How To Save A Life 900 39 Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam 880 40 Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That 875 41 Joanna Newsom - Ys 875 42 Take That - Beautiful World 860 43 James Morrison - Undiscovered 850 44 Liars - Drum's Not Dead 850 45 Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope 835 46 Paolo Nutini - These Streets 795 47 The Veils- Nux Vomica 730 48 Scott Walker - The Drift 655 49 Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds 650 50 The Fratellis - Costello Music 640 51 Jay-Z - Kingdom Come 630 52 Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards 625 53 Blackbud - From The Sky 625 54 Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors 595 55 Audioslave - Revelations 590 56 Sam Roberts - Chemical City 575 57 Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours To Keep 570 58 Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds 565 59 Incubus - Light Grenades 550 60 Badly Drawn Boy - Born In the UK 535 61 The Feeling - 12 Stops & Home 525 62 Sia - Colour the Small One 515 63-68. Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In 500 63-68. Josh Rouse – Subtitulo 500 63-68. Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse 500 63-68. Nicky Wire - I Killed The Zeitgeist 500 63-68. Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh 500 63-68. Switchfoot - Oh! Gravity 500 69 Neil Young - Living With War 480 70 M.Ward - Post-War 470 71 Lilly Allen - Alright, Still 465 72 Pilot Speed - Sell Control for Life Speed 460 73 Katatonia - The Great Gold Distance 450 74 Bell X1 - Flock 440 75 Guster - Ganging Up On The Sun 430 76-79. Milburn - Well Well Well 425 76-79. Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots 425 76-79. Sparta - Threes 425 76-79. Barenaked Ladies- Barenaked Ladies Are Me 425 80. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis 420 81. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse 410 82. Cat Power - The Greatest 405 83. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home 400 84. Mogwai - Mr.Beast 395 85-86. James Dean Bradfield - The Great Western 390 85-86. Matt Costa - Songs We Sing 390 87. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped 385 88-92. Archive - Lights 375 88-92. Forward Russia - Give Me A Wall 375 88-92. Mute Math - Mute Math 375 88-92. Paul Simon - Surprise 375 88-92. Zero 7 – The Garden 375 93. Tenacious: D - The Pick of Destiny 360 94. The Knife - Silent Shout 360 95. Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun 340 96. Morning Runner - Wilderness is Paradise Now 335 97. Embrace - This New Day 330 98. Vega4 - You And Others 330 99. Danielson - Ships 330 100. Delays - You See Colours 325 101-107. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 325 101-107. CSS - Cansei de ser sexy 325 101-107. Director - We Thrive On Big Cities 325 101-107. Oh No! Oh My! - Oh No! Oh My! 325 101-107. Silversun Pickups - Carnaval 325 101-107. The Rifles - No Love Lost 325 101-107. Thomas Dybdahl - Science 325 108-115. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time 300 108-115. Breaking Benjamin - Phobia 300 108-115. Iain Archer - Magnetic North 300 108-115. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye 300 108-115. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops 300 108-115. The Long Winters-Putting the Days to Bed 300 108-115. Third Day - Wherever You Are 300 108-115. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones 300 116. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat 295 117-118. Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae 285 117-118. Under the Influence of Giants - Under The Influence of Giants 285 119-125. Alexi Murdoch-Time Withought consequence 275 119-125. Clark - Body Riddle 275 119-125. Evanescence - The Open Door 275 119-125. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther 275 119-125. Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire 275 119-125. Tool - 10000 Days 275 119-125. Weird Al Yankovic- Straight Outta Lynwood 275 126. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager 255 127-132. Camera Obscura-Let's get out of this Country 250 127-132. Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code 250 127-132. Sondre Lerche - Duper Sessions 250 127-132. The Blizzards - A Public Display of Affection 250 127-132. The Blood Arm - Lie Lover Lie 250 127-132. The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done 250 133. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 230 134-139. Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 230 134-139. Howling Bells - Howling Bells 230 134-139. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas 230 134-139. Murder By Death - In Boca Al Lupo 230 134-139. The Futureheads - News & Tributes 230 134-139. The Roots - Game Theory 230 140. Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics 225 141-148.Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday 210 141-148.Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back 210 141-148.Gossip - Standing in the way of control 210 141-148.Hello Saferide - Introducing...Hello Saferide 210 141-148.Hoobastank - Every Man For Himself 210 141-148.Hope Of The States - Left 210 141-148.Portugal. The Man - Waiter. Your Vultures 210 141-148.Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain 210 149-151. Magyar Posse - Random Avenger 200 149-151. The Sounds-Dying to Say This to You 200 149-151. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living 200 152-156. Alexisonfire- Crisis 190 152-156. Jeremy Camp - Beyond Measure 190 152-156. Mars Volta - Amputechture 190 152-156. Rocco DeLuca and the Burden - I Trust You To Kill Me 190 152-156. The Pipettes - We are the Pipettes 190 157-159. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death 180 157-159. The Beautiful South - Superbi 180 157-159. The Frames - The Cost 180 160-163. Infadels- We Are Not the Infadels 170 160-163. The Album Leaf - Into the Blue Again 170 160-163. The Young Knives - Voices Of Animals & Men 170 160-163. Tunng - Comments of The Inner Chorus 170 164-166. John Legend - Once Again 160 164-166. The Dears - Gang Of Losers 160 164-166. The Magic Numbers - Those the brokes 160 167-171. Matt Mays - When the Angels Make Contact 150 167-171. Ray Lamontagne - 'Til the Sun Turns Black 150 167-171. Squarepusher - Hello Everything 150 167-171. The All American Rejects - Move Along 150 167-171. The Game - Doctor's Advocate 150 172-174. Lost Prophets - Liberation Transmission 145 172-174. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon 145 172-174. The Upper Room - Other People's Problems 145 175-177. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies 140 175-177. Jets Overhead - Bridges 140 175-177. Lady Sovereign - Public Warning 140 178-181. Darkel - Darkel 135 178-181. Islands - Return To The Sea 135 178-181. Koop - Koop Islands 135 178-181. That Fucking Tank - Day of Death By Bono Adrenalin Shock 135 182-186. Cursive - Happy Hollow 130 182-186. Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose 130 182-186. Pink - I'm Not Dead 130 182-186. Ratatat - Classics 130 182-186. The Jimmy Swift Band - Weight Of the World 130 187-192. Billy Talent - Billy Talent II 125 187-192. Cathead - Ricochet 125 187-192. Orson - Bright Idea 125 187-192. The Concretes - In colour 125 187-192. The Tragically Hip - World Container 125 187-192. Widespread Panic - Earth to America 125 193. Rocky Votolato - Makers 120 194-195. Robbie Williams - Rudebox 115 194-195. The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High 115 196-197. Elton John - The Captain and The Kid 110 196-197. Joshua Radin - We Were Here 110
January 6, 200719 yr Author excel file with all the votes http://rapidshare.com/files/10537063/2006albums_UK-US_release_.xls.html
January 6, 200719 yr Author welcome guys! :) hope to make this list next year, as well. with more votes, of course ;)
January 6, 200719 yr that was great Nik! :kiss: thanks. too bad there are so many disapointments on the list. it makes me feel kinda arogant by willing for this forum to finally have some kinda of wider listening. dont know. i couldnt even force myself to listen muse's BH's. as for Thom...i think it worked out cus its kinda a mellow version if RH that you get use to much quicker than to RH and that's the main reason why not many ppl here like RH or think Coldplay is miles infront of them. the second explination seems to fit better these last couple of days.
January 6, 200719 yr GO THOM YORKE! vbmenu_register("postmenu_1939690", true); dajrekshn I agree with you, Radiohead takes a lot of getting used to, and some people don't really want to commit to trying to get used to them... and then they miss out on an awesome band.
January 6, 200719 yr 1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 13835 points 34 votes highest rank from Azor (1), Black Shadows (1), bonita (1), Cirrus Minor (1), Cr7Ish (1), i heart chris martin (1), julimp92 (1), linnea (1), Loretin (1), markos (1), twistedlogic149 (1), whiteshadows (1), winnie (1), Zeoir (1), .sally. (2), *Sarah* (2), sniggirb (2), Martin the Warrior (2), fudge (2), Ergf (2), anna111 (2), dreamergirl (2), talisman (3), mariapeinazo (3) and emilien88 (3) Reviews: Metacritic overall: 75/100 Q: 10/10 (2nd best album of the year) NME: 9/10 (3rd best album of the year) tinymixtapes: 8/10 Stylus Magazine: B Playlouder: 3.5/5 Rolling Stone: 3.5/5 Pitchfork: 4.2/10 cokemachineglow: 40% Quotes: YouTube: Muse - Starlight http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qwkbxh-0k0w YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!
January 6, 200719 yr I had an idea. How about a "Best of 2006: The Banned Albums", which will include just the banned albums, Greatest Hits, Best-Ofs, Live Albums, Remix albums, re-issues. But writing it now, it doesn't look to be a good idea, so please ignore me.
January 7, 200719 yr I had an idea. How about a "Best of 2006: The Banned Albums", which will include just the banned albums, Greatest Hits, Best-Ofs, Live Albums, Remix albums, re-issues. But writing it now, it doesn't look to be a good idea, so please ignore me. There just wouldn't be that many choices.
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