The Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2006 is outright laughable. Seriously. The Knife (Silent Shout) as #1 Album of 2006? Really? Has someone sliced their collective medulla oblongata? No offense, but the best thing on that album sounds like the intro music to Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. I’m no aficionado, but anyone with ears can tell you that there’s something genuinely wrong with those Pitchfork people.
To counteract their foul list, I feel obliged to share my top 10 favorite albums of 2006.
But before the actual list, I should site two albums that are wild cards: two I've just recently started listening to, both of which are mesmerizing:
NOW THEN...
number TEN
number NINE
number EIGHT
number SEVEN
number SIX
number FIVE
number FOUR
number THREE
number TWO
number ONE
posted by christopher higgs | 12/21/2006
5 Comments:
Nice list. Many of the albums are still on my wishlist - and now I want them more.
Great site, by the way. Keep up the nice work.
Bought too many albums last year to truly appreciate some which I know I will love if I listen to them enough - Jolie Holland's Springtime is one of those.
And you're right about the pitchfork people - they're beyond a joke at this stage - I don't give their reviews any credence any more.
Thankfully someone else feels the same way as me about The Knife. What IS all the fuss about them? Tssh.
I scrolled down your list and when it got to number four I shook my fist in the air and said yes. Rabbit Furcoat is one damn good record.
The Knife a.k.a. Fischerspooner...when a slightly artistic electroclash album ranks #1, not to mention all the Justin Timberlake talk on Pitchfork...all respect is lost
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