Friday, December 29, 2006

History Of The Music World 2006

Goodness, after a subpar couple years 2006 brings us the most albums reviewed in this decade. Take a look.

1.   The Coral-The Invisible Invasion (Deltasonic 39:52)  B+
2.   Best Of The Mississippi Sheiks (Legacy 63:53) B+
3.   The Strokes-First Impressions Of Earth (RCA 52:17) C
4.   Neil Morse ? (Metal Blade 56:28) B
5.   Blue Rodeo-Are You Ready (Rounder 51:06) B+
6.   A Cellerful Of Motown 2 (Universal) A-
7.   Blind Boys Of Alabama-Atombomb (Realworld 35:24) B+
8.   Train-For Me It's You (Columbia 48:11) B+
9.   Ray Scott-My Kind Of Country (Warner Brothers 46:15) A-
10. Foghat-Covered By Foghat (Sterling/Rhino 44:32) A-

11. Cat Power-The Greatest (Matador 44:17) A-
12. Jamie Oldaker-Mad Dogs And Oakies (Concord 63:03) B+
13. Ray Davies-Other People's Lives (V2 61:03) B+
14. Rhett Miller-The Believer (Verve Forecast 43:28) A-
15. Nine Black Alps-Everything Is (Interscope 35:28) A-
16. Teddy Thompson-Seperate Ways (Verve Forecast 48:01) B+
17. David Gilmour-On A Island (Columbia 51:33) B+
18. The Little Willies (EMI 43:31) B+
19. Neko Case-Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Anti 35:49) B
20. Donald Fagen-Morph The Cat (Reprise 52:33) B

21. Willie Nelson-You Don't Know Me (Lost Highway 39:35) B+
22. The Go! Team-Thunder Lightning Strike (Columbia 40:54) B-
23. Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime Two (Rhino 57:08) B-
24. Yayhoos-Put The Hammer Down (Indpendent 48:56) A-
25. My Morning Jacket-Z (ATO 47:03) B+
26. Tommy Kenne-Crashing To The Either (Eleven Thirty 44:25) C+
27. Northy/Valenzuala (The Cab 45:25) B+
28. Built To Spill-You In Reverse (WB 54:23) B+
29. Drive By Truckers-A Blessing And A Curse (New West 48:00) B+
30. Belle & Sebastian-The Life Pursuit (Matador 49:20) A-

31. Evans Blue-Melody And Enerjetic Nature Of Volume (Hollywood 45:09)D+
32. Arctic Monkeys-People Say I Am That's Not What I'm Not (Domino 41:02)A-
33. Howard Tate-Live (Shout Factory 55:00) B
34. Secret Machines-Ten Silver Drops (Reprise 45:43) B+
35. Killing Joke-Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell (Cooking Vinyl 62:04)A-
36. Les Paul & Friends American Made World Played (Capitol 65:16) B-
37. Goo Goo Dolls-Let Love In (WB 42:06) C
38. Ministry-Rio Grande Blood (13th Planet 51:25) B+
39. Charlantans UK-Simpatico (Cerole/Sanctuary 44:24) B+
40. Rebel Meets Rebel (Big Vin 40:25) B-

41. Pearl Jam (J 49:39) B
42. Neil Young-Living With War (Reprise 41:35) B+
43. Paul Simon-Surpise (WB 45:10) A
44. Snow Patrol-Eyes Open (Fiction 45:08) C+
45. Ranconteurs-Broken Toy Soldiers (Third Man 35:43) B+
46. McFly-Just My Luck (Universal 42:50) B+
47. Bullets & Octane-In the Mouths Of Young (RCA 40:16) B
48. Less Than Jake-In With The Out Crowd (Sire 40:53) B-
49. Gomez-How We Operate (ATO 51:44) B
50. Mission To Burma-The Obliterati (Matador 51:47) B

51. Al Anderson-After Hours (Legacy 45:44) B-
52. Bottle Rockets-Zoysia (Bloodshot 52:45) B+
53. George Thorogood-The Hard Stuff (Eagle 56:40)B-
54. Wolfmother (Interscope 54:21) B+
55. Guster-Ganging Up On The Sun (Reprise 48:52) B-
56. Johnny Cash-American V A Hundered Highways (American 42:46)B+
57. Cracker-Greenland (Cooking Vinyl 63:09) B+
58. Roger Clyne-Live At Billy Bob's (Smith Music 72:23) B+
59. Derailers-Soldiers Of Love (43:34) B+
60. Bo Ramsey-Stranger's Blues (Bo Ramsey Music 47:25) B

61. Pure Prairie League-All In Good Time (45:13) B+
62. The Living End-State Of Emergency (Adeline 52:25) B
63. Chris Knight-Enough Rope (Drifter's Church 51:00) B+
64. Outfield-Any Time Now (Sidewinder 51:29) B+
65. Black Stone Cherry (Roadrunner 46:35) B+
66. Helmet-Monocrome (Fontana 42:05) C
67. Golden Smog-Another Fine Day (Lost Highway 64:16) B+
68. The Format-Dog Problems (Nettwerk 47:10)B+
69. Jessi Colter-Out Of The Ashes (Shout Factory) A-
70. Foreinger-Extended Versions (CMG 66:35) B

71. Crucial Reagge-Summer Jam (Trojan 35:32)B+
72. Crucial Reagge-Funk Party (Trojan 44:40) B
73. Tom Petty-Highway Companion (American 43:56) B+
74. Pink Spiders-Teenage Graffiti (Geffen 40:08) C+
75. Tapes And Tapes-The Loon (XL 41:25) B-
76. Widespread Panic-Earth To America (Sanctuary 62:02) B
77. Todd Snider-The Devil You Know (New Door 39:38) A-
78. The Elms-The Chess Room (Universal South 38:39) B+
79. Gin Blossoms-Major Lodge Victory (Hybrid 49:06)B-
80. Primal Scream-Riot City Blues (Columbia 52:09) A-

81. Wisbone Ash-Clan Destiny (Eagle Rock 48:07) B+
82. The Lost Trailers (BNA 40:26) C+
83. Bob Dylan-Modern Times (Columbia 62:46) A-
84. The Roots-Game Theory (Def Jam 47:16) B+
85. Motorhead-Kiss Of Death (Sanctuary 46:16) B+
86. Carbon Leaf-Love Loss Hope Repeat (Vanguard 47:47) C+
87. Elton John-The Captain And The Kid (Interscope 46:05) B+
88. Gov Mule-High And Mighty (ATO 72:03) B+
89. The Killers-Sam's Town (Island 44:08) C+
90. Jet-Shine On (Atlantic 55:10) C+

91. Damwells-Air Stereo (Zoe 62:40) C
92. Peter Gammons-Never Slow Down Never Give Up (Rounder 42:15) B+
93. Bob Seger-Face The Promise (Capitol 43:13) B+
94. Alejardro Escovedo-Boxing Mirror (EMI 48:10) B
95. The Drams-Jubilee (New West 67:39) A-
96. Randall Bramlett-Rich Someday (New West 57:14) B
97. UFO-Monkey Puzzle (SPV 46:14) C
98. Sister Hazel-Absoluetly (Rock Ridge 55:45) B-
99. The Essensial Jimmy Thackery (Blind Pig 61:17) B+
100. Primus-They Can't Be All Zingers (Interscope 76:13) A-

101.  Jerry Lee Lewis-Last Man Standing (Artists First 66:26) C+
102.  Robyn Hitchcock-Ole Trantula (Yep Roc 40:38) B+
103.  Marty Casey & Lovehammers (Epic 38:33) B
104.  Sting-Songs From The Labyrinth (Universal 48:56) B
105.  Montgomery Gentry-Some People Change (Columbia 53:04) B
106.  The Who-Endless Wire (Universal Republic 59:00) B
107.  The Staple Singers-Stax Profiles (Concord 55:25) A-
108.  JJ Cale/Eric Clapton-The Road To Escondido (Reprise 57:10)A-
109.  Peter Frampton-Fingerprints (A&M 55:42) B
110.  Alabama-Songs Of Inspiration (RCA 49:40) B-

111.  Keith Urban-Love Pain And The Whole Crazy Thing (Capitol 62:24)B+
112.  TV On The Radio-Return To Cookie Mountain (Interscope 65:58) B-
113.  The Beatles-Love (Apple 78:55) B
114.  Oasis-Stop The Clocks (Columbia) B+
115.  Ozark Mountain Daredevils-Rhythm And Joy (Varese Fontana 67:46)B-
116.  Incubus-Little Granades (Epic 47:44) B
117.  Electric Prunes-Just Good Old Rock And Roll (CCM 37:33) C-
118.  Darren Smith-Last Drive (Crafty 48:25) B
119.  Rembrants Greatest Hits (ATCO/Rhino 79:17) C+
120.  The Hold Steady-Boys And Girls In America (Vagrant 40:16) A-
121.  Depeche Mode-Best Of (Mute/Reprise 74:50) A-