Saturday, December 16, 2006

2006: AN AURAL RETROSPECTIVE

My twenty albums of the year, in alphabetical order:

Ten Years of Tears - Arab Strap
Fur and Gold - Bat for Lashes
The Life Pursuit - Belle and Sebastian
Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Victory For the Common Muse - The Divine Comedy
Yes, Virginia - The Dresden Dolls
The Tragic Treasury - The Gothic Arches
Gravity Won't Get You High - The Grates
Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop - Luke Haines
Awoo - The Hidden Cameras
Under the Crooked Moon - The Hot Puppies
The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads
Someone to Drive You Home - The Long Blondes
Live It Out - Metric
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Writers Block - Peter, Bjorn and John
We Are the Pipettes - The Pipettes
White Bread Black Beer - Scritti Politti
Show Your Bones - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs

3 comments:

Will said...

Candylion's not out till January, you gunslinging hipster...

Darren said...

You're right of course. I hate the fact I get to hear albums so far before everyone else. It truly sucks.

Luckily I forgot about the Camera Obscura album, which is a peach.

Will said...

Heard the Young Knives album? Had a listen over the weekend, it's a cracker.