[kj] The Only Poll That Matters - T.B.'s Favorite Albums of '06

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Tool, the Raconteurs, and Pearl Jam? Wow, that sucks.

-Oliver




TB wrote:

> IMO, kind of a so-so year for good albums. Nothing I can really say was a 

> clear "Best Album" for '07. Still, I did and still do enjoy the following in 

> no real order:

>

> Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadia

> Raconteurs - The Raconteurs

> Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

> Tool - 10,000 Days

> The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

> Wolfmother - Wolfmother

> Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

> Buckcherry - 15

> Motorhead - Kiss Of Death (best Motorhead album in years)

>

> *These two following albums proved to be my biggest surprises of '07 - 

> highly recommended.....

> The Glitterati - The Glitterati

> Demolition Doll Rods - There Is  A  Difference

>

> Best reissues/remastered cds - the first two albums by The Pretenders

>

> Concerts I caught in '07, all in LA except where noted:

>

> Black Halos (Huntington Beach)

> The Cult

> Secret Machines

> Pitbull Daycare / Revolting Cocks / Ministry

> Peaches / Bauhaus / Nine Inch Nails (Irvine)

> Raconteurs

> The Glitterati / Circus Diablo

> Groovie Ghoulies / Demolition Doll Rods / The Cramps

> Guns n' Roses

>

> Best Show:

> The Cramps and Demolition Doll Rods at the Hollywood House of Blues on 

> Halloween weekend followed closely by Peaches, Bauhaus and Nine Inch Nails 

> in Irvine at the end of Summer make my best shows of 2006 list. I have to 

> say I was very pleasantly surprised by the Guns n' Roses show I caught at 

> the Universal aka Gibson Amphitheater a few weeks ago, the 2nd night of a 3 

> show stand. Original Izzy Stradlin joined the band for most of the last 3rd 

> of the show which was a solid 2 1/2 hours long. I was really expecting a 

> trainwreck featuring the Axl Rose Ego show and it turned out to be a mostly 

> solid concert with Rose in top vocal form.

>

> Biggest letdowns:

>

> The Panic Channel's debut album. It was almost a given it was gonna be a big 

> dud. Still, I've always been a huge Jane's Addiction fan and hoped against 

> hope that this would be something decent. However, I was floored that a band 

> that is essentially 50% Jane's Addiction (or 75% depending on what you think 

> of the Jane's "Strays" lineup) with a new singer came up with such a bland, 

> boring and musically unadventurous album. Killing Joke's HFTBOH turned out 

> to be a really lazy, poorly produced album which was a huge letdown compared 

> to what I consider was their best album of their career in '03's self titled 

> album. Other letdowns included Bruce Springsteen's "Seeger Sessions" cover 

> song album which was an unfortunate turn towards outright hillbilly music. 

> This guy wrote some great albums in the past but man, has he lost the plot.

>

> T.B. 

>

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