The Nu-ILX Thread for Publication Year End Lists

New Releases Top 10
1 Branford Marsalis Braggtown Marsalis Music
2 Soweto Kinch A Life In The Day Of B19 Dune
3 EST Tuesday Wonderland ACT
4 Tomasz Stanko Lontano ECM
5 The Bennie Maupin Ensemble Penumbra Cryptogramophone
6 Finn Peters Su-Ling Babel
7 Joe Lovano Streams of Expression Blue Note
8= Kenny Garrett Beyond the Wall Nonesuch
8= Andrew Hill Time Lines Blue Note
10 John McLaughlin Industrial Zen Verve

Reissues & Archive Top 10
1 Miles Davis Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Prestige
2 Weather Report Forecast Tomorrow Columbia Legacy
3 Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 Sony/BMG
4 Gil Evans Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions Blue Note
5 Mike Westbrook Citadel/Room 315 BGO
6 John Coltrane Fearless Leader Prestige
7= Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Riverside
7= Steve Reich Phases Nonesuch
8= Ray Charles Pure Genius Rhino/Atlantic
8= Jelly Roll Morton Complete Library of Congress Recordings Rounder

Individual writers lists in the new issue of Jazzwise now on sale.

On their promo website they have already listed the OMM 20 best albums of the year. [Strange, why have they reduced it to only a best 20 when last year they did a top 100. How the heck can you scope a year with only 20 selections !] List presented below:

OMM - best 20 albums of the year

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say...
2. Ali Farka Toure - Savane
3. Tom Waits - Orphans
4. Lambchop - Damaged
5. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
6. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
7. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
8. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
9. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
10. Joanna Newsom - Ys
11. The Killers - Sam’s Town
12. K’naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
13. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
14. Bellowhead - Burlesque
15. Michael Wollny - [em] II
16. Cat Power - The Greatest
17. The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home
18. Burial - Burial
19. The Young Knives - Voices of Animals and Men
20. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome

30 Acid Mothers Temple - Starless & Bible Black Sabbath
29 Jazkamer - Metal Music Machine
28 Jamie Saft & Merzbow - Merzdub
27 Oxbow - Love That's Last
26 Grief - Alive
25 Ghostdigital - In Cod We Trust
24 OOIOO - Taiga
23 The Residents - Tweedles
22 Unearthly Trance - The Trident
21 Made Out Of babies - Coward
20 Yellow Swans - Psychic Secession
19 Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky
18 Slayer - Christ Illusion
17 Wizardzz - Hidden City
16 Boris - Pink
15 Subtle - For hero, For Fool
14 Wolf Eyes - Human Animal
13 Whitehouse - Ascetici-sts
12 Converge - No Heroes
11 Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
10 Isis - In The Absence Of Truth
09 Jesu - Silver
08 Liars - Drum's Not Dead
07 Zombi - Surface To Air
06 Dub Trio - New heavy
05 John Zorn - Moonchild
04 Othrelm - Behold The Arctopus
03 Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
02 Sunn O))) & Boris - Altar
01 Melvins - (A) Senile Animal

Decibel Albums Of the Year

1. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
2. Battle Of Mice - A Day of Nights
3. Converge - No Heroes
4. Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
5. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
6. Jesu - Silver
7. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
8. Enslaved - Ruun
9. Tragedy - Nerve Damage
10. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
11. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
12. Burst - Origo
13. Isis - In the Absence of Truth
14. Akercocke - Words...
15. Taint - The Ruin of Nova Roma
16. Craft - Fuck the Universe
17. The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
18. Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
19. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Mercy
20. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
21. Suffocation - s/t
22. Fucked Up - Hidden World
23. Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
24. Jucifer - If Thine Enemy Hunger
25. Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
26. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
27. Unearthly Trance - Trident
28. Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse
29. Scott Walker - The Drift
30. Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth
31. Made Out of Babies - Coward
32. Engineer - Reproach
33. Lamb of God - Sacrament
34. Boris - Pink
35. Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth
36. Protest The Hero - Kezia
37. Cretin - Freakery
38. The Sword - Age of Winters
39. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
40. First Blood - Killafornia

NME Albums Of Year

50 The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out
49 Absentee - Schmotime
48 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – The Chronicles of A Bohemian Teenager
47 Wolfmother – s/t
46 Semifinalists – s/t
45 Bob Dylan – Modern Times
44 Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan – Ballard of The Broken Seas
43 Beck – The Infromation
42 The Automatic – Not Accepted Anywhere
41 The Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control
40 Midlake – The Trials Of Van Occupanther
39 The Young Knives – Voices Of Animals and Men
38 Metric – Live It Out
37 Be Your Own Pet – s/t
36 Datarock – Datarock Datarock
35 Forward Russia – Give Me A Wall
34 Albert Hammond Jr – Yours To Keep
33 The Bronx – s/t
32 Lily Allen – Alright, Still
31 The Sunshine Underground – Raise The Alarm
30 Cat Power – The Greatest
29 The Spinto Band – Nice and Nicely Done
28 Morrissey – Ringleader of The Tormentors
27 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – s/t
26 Jarvis – That Jarvis Cocker Record
25 Mogwai – Mr Beast
24 Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops
23 The Knife – Silent Shout
22 The Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics
21 The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
20 The Streets – The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
19 The Longcut – A Call And Response
18 The Rapture – Pieces of The People We Love
17 The Futureheads – News and Tributes
16 Amy Whinehouse – Back To Black
15 Thom Yorke – The Eraser
14 TV on the Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
13 PANIC! at the disco – A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
12 The Killers – Sam's Town
11 Howling Bells – s/t
10 My Chemical Romance – Welcome To The Black Parade
09 Kasabian – Empire
08 The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth
07 The Long Blondes – Someone To Drive You Home
06 Gnarls barkley – St. Elsewhere
05 CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
04 Hot Chip – The Warning
03 Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
01 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

WAHT

1. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
2. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
3. Comets On Fire – Avatar
4. Joanna Newsom – Ys
5. Neil Young – Living With War
6. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
7. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
8. Hot Chip – The Warning
9. Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
10. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
11. Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics
12. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go
13. Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin
14. Cat Power – The Greatest
15. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
16. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Solders
17. Ali Farka Toure – Savane
18. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
19. Beck – The Information
20. Burial – Burial
21. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
22. Espers – Espers II
23. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
24. Howlin’ Rain – Howlin’ Rain
25. Scott Walker – The Drift
26. TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
27. Yo La Tengo – I’m Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
28. Tom Waits – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards
29. Oakley Hall – Second Guessing
30. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
31. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
32. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
33. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
34. Granddaddy – Just Like The Fambly Cat
35. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
36. Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
37. Outkast – Idlewiled
38. Lilly Allen – Alright, Still
39. Lambchop – Damaged
40. Joan As Policewoman – Real Life
41. Jenny Lewis – Rabbit Fur Coat
42. Donald Fagen – Morph The Cat
43. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome
44. Kasabian – Empire
45. The Walkman – A Hundred Miles Off
46. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
47. Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
48. Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
49. Belle & Sebastian – The Life Persuit
50. Drive-By Truckers – A Blessing And A Curse

MOJO:End of Year Lists: 2006

Albums

1. Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
3. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
4. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: Seeger Sessions
5. Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang
6. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
7. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
8. James Hunter – People Gonna Talk
9. Midlake – Trials of Van Occupanther
10. Cat Power – Greatest
11. Morrissey – Ringleader of the Tormentors
12. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
13. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
14. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
15. Young Knives – Voices of Animals & Men
16. De Rosa – Mend
17. Who – Endless Wire
18. David Gilmour – On an Island
19. Beatles – Love
20. Joanna Newsom – Ys
21. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
22. Espers - II
23. Bert Jansch – Black Swan
24. Kelley Stoltz – Below the Branches
25. Belle & Sebastian – Life Pursuit
26. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
27. New York Dolls – One Day it Will Please Us to Remember Even This
28. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad of the Broken Seas
29. Comets on Fire – Avatar
30. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
31. Graham Coxon – Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
32. Fionn Regan – End of History
33. Elton John – Captain & the Kid
34. Bonnie Prince Billy – Letting Go
35. Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing
36. Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin
37. Zutons – Tired of Hanging Around
38. J Dilla [Jay Dee] – Donuts
39. Guillemots – Through the Windowpane
40. Thom Yorke – Eraser
41. TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain
42. Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World
43. Kasabian – Empire
44. Ali Farka Touré – Savane
45. Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
46. Simple Kid – 2
47. Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics
48. Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
49. Lily Allen – Alright, Still…
50. Amp Fiddler – Afro Strut

Reissues

1. Various Artists – Complete Motown Singles Vol 5: 1965
2. Various Artists – Forever Changing: Golden Age of Elektra
3. [Fania reissue series]
4. Jam – All Mod Cons: Deluxe Edition
5. Arthur Russell – First Thought, Best Thought
6. Wire – Chairs Missing
7. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
8. Jake Thackray – Jake in a Box: EMI Recordings 1967-1974
9. David Axelrod – The Edge: 1966-1970
10. Gil Evans – Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
11. Triffids – Born Sandy Devotional
12. Captain Beefheart – Doc at the Radar Station
13. Bert Sommer – Road to Travel
14. Karen Dalton – In My Own Time
15. REM – And I Feel Fine: Best of the IRS Years 1982-1987
16. John Cale – Paris 1919
17. Darondo – Let My People Go
18. Big Youth – Screaming Target
19. Johnny Cash – Personal File
20. Vince Martin – If the Jasmine Don’t Get You… the Bay Breeze Will

World

1. Ali Farka Touré – Savane
2. Vinicio Capossela - Ovunque Proteggi
3. K’Naan – Dusty Foot Philosopher
4. Dengue Fever – Escape from the Dragon House
5. Lobi Traoré Group – Lobi Traoré Group
6. Rachid Taha – Diwan 2
7. Holden (Chile) - Chevrotine
8. Dominique A – Horizon
9. Toumani Diabaté – Boulevard de l’Indépendance
10. Etran Finatawa – Introducing…

Reggae Reissues

1. Various Artists – Life Goes in Circles
2. Sound Dimension – Jamaica Soul Shake: Vol 1
3. Horace Andy – Natty Dread a Weh She Want
4. Various Artists – More Pressure: Straight to the Head
5. Various Artists – Studio One Scorcher: Vol 2
6. Stanley Motta, Ivan Chin & Ken Khouri – Take Me to Jamaica: Story of Mento
7. Various Artists – Ska Bonanza: Studio One Ska
8. Prince Far I – Silver & Gold: 1973-1979
9. Various Artists – Dynamite! Dancehall Style
10. Augustus Pablo – Meets Lee Perry & the Wailers Band: Rare Dubs 1970-1971

Americana

1. Howe Gelb – Sno’ Angel… Like You
2. Greg Brown – Evening Call
3. Hayes Carll – Little Rock
4. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
5. Kelly Joe Phelps – Tunesmith Retrofit
6. Josh Ritter – Animal Years
7. Handsome Family – Last Days of Wonder
8. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
9. Johnny Dowd – Cruel Words
10. OX - Dust Bowl Ballads

Folk

1. Bellowhead – Burlesque
2. Tim Van Eyken – Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves
3. Waterson-Carthy – Holy Heathens & the Old Green Man
4. Tunng - Comments of the Inner Chorus
5. Nic Jones – Game, Set & Match
6. Seth Lakeman – Freedom Fields
7. Téada – Inné Amárach (Yesterday Tomorrow)
8. Jim Moray – Jim Moray
9. Jackie Oates – Jackie Oates
10. Show of Hands – Witness

Soundtracks

1. Bruno Spoerri – Glücks Kugel
2. Miklos Rozsa / Walter Schumann – Lost Weekend / Night of the Hunter (2 on 1)
3. Ennio Morricone – Chi l’Ha Vista Morire?
4. Brian Easdale – Red Shoes
5. Sven Libaek – Inner Space: Lost Film Music of…
6. Chico Hamilton – Film Music of…
7. Jean Yatove – Girl in the Bikini
8. Bruno Nicolai - Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte
9. Richard Thompson – Grizzly Man
10. Clint Mansell – The Fountain

Urban

1. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
2. Roots – Game Theory
3. Ghostface – Fishscale
4. HKB Finn – Spoken Herbs
5. John Legend – Once Again
6. OutKast – Idlewild
7. Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
8. Blade – Guerilla Tactics
9. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Keep Reachin’ Up
10. E-40 – My Ghetto Report

Blues

1. Watermelon Slim - & the Workers
2. Various Artists – Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
3. Michael Powers – Prodigal Son
4. Guy Davis – Skunkmello
5. Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials – Rattleshake
6. Joe Louis Walker – Playin’ Dirty
7. Otis Spann – Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
8. Little Junior Parker – 1952-1955
9. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Man
10. Boo Boo Davis – Drew, Mississippi

Jazz

1. Wolfgang Muthspiel – Bright Side
2. Alcyona – Around the Sun
3. Martijn van Iterson – Whole Bunch
4. Benjamin Herman – The Itch
5. Tony Kofi – Future Passed
6. Triosk – Headlight Serenade
7. Scott Hamilton & Alan Barnes – Zootcase
8. Finn Peters – Su-Ling
9. Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau – Metheny/Meldau
10. Neil Cowley – Displaced

Underground

1. Wolf Eyes – Human Animal
2. Om – Conference of the Birds
3. Whitehouse – Asceticists 2006
4. Alexander Tucker – Furrowed Brow
5. Yellow Swans – Psychic Secession
6. Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voices – Gipsy Freedom
7. Xasthur / Leviathan - Xasthur / Leviathan [split CD]
8. Hototogisu –Chimärendämmerung
9. Growing – Color Wheel
10. Jazkamer – Metal Music Machine

DVD of the Year: Devil & Daniel Johnston

Track of the Year: Gnarls Barkely – Crazy

Woman of the Year: Amy Winehouse

Trend of the Year: YouTube

OMG and then I saw the Q list :-(

those Mojo spotlight genre lists are selected by individuals and not aggregated

1) The Secret Machines - TSD (great!)
2) Isis - ITAOT (great!)
3) The Mars Volta - Amputechture (great!)
4) The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea (pretty damn good!)
5) Jesu - Silver (pretty damn good!)
6) Mogwai - Mr. Beast (horribly disappointing!)

are the only albums from this year that I've thoroughly dissected, analysed, and judged. A more interesting list would be my top PURCHASES of the year, now that'd take some real thinking...

This doesn't mean that I've heard little of the other releases. Thing is, almost everything from, say, the upper reaches of the Q list that I have heard has been diabolical.

Stuff from this year that I still really want to buy because I WILL think it is awesome: Mastodon's album, that Boris album, maybe TV On The Radio...and doubtless a load of stuff that'll crop up in years to come.

Yes, 'At The Soundless Dawn' was bought a month ago...and wonderful it is too! Cheers for the tip!

Best track = erm, probably the 11-minute one in the middle.

btw Louis you might like Rock-A-Rolla
Also if you like Isis/Neurosis check out the Cult Of Luna album(s)

I doubt there will be much great on the Kerrang/Metal Hammer/Rock Sound lists also.
Perhaps Comets On Fire will make it on the Kerrang one, lets hope Stevie has an influence.

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=61::6%3CHP

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/12/omms_50_best_albums_of_the_yea.html

In the new Observer Music Monthly, the magazine's critics make their pick of the 30 best albums of 2006. Here's that list, plus the 20 bubbling under, a list of the 10 best compilations of the year, and the names of those critics.

OMM's 50 best albums

1. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

2. Savane - Ali Farka Toure

3. Orphans - Tom Waits

4. Damaged - Lambchop

5. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

6. Modern Times - Bob Dylan

7. Ys - Joanna Newsom

8. Fishcale - Ghostface Killah

9. Jarvis - Jarvis Cocker

10. Alright Still - Lily Allen

11. Sam's Town - the Killers

12. The Dusty Foot Philosopher - K'Naan

13. Blood Mountain - Mastodon

14. Burlesque - Bellowhead

15. [EM] II - Michael Wollny

16. The Greatest - Cat Power

17. Twelve Stops and Home - The Feeling

18. Burial - Burial

19. Voices of Animals and Young Men - The Young Knives

20. We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen

21. Ringleader of the Tormentors - Morrissey

22. Skinny Grin - Acoustic Ladyland

23. At War With the Mystics - the Flaming Lips

24. St Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley

25. Boulevard de 'independence - Toumani Diabate's Symettric Orchestra

26. The Drift - Scott Walker

27. YoYoYoYoYo - Spank Rock

28. The Warning - Hot Chip

29. One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This - The New York Dolls

30. The Eraser - Thom Yorke

31. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs

32. The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living - The Streets

33. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond

34. White Bread Black Beer - Scritti Politti

35. B-Day - Beyonce

36. The Gulag Orkestar - Beirut

37. Superfinos Negros - Free Hole Negro

38. Crazy Itch Radio - Basement Jaxx

39. Ta-Dah - Scissor Sisters

40. Standing in the Way of Control - The Gossip

41. Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

42. Fundamental - Pet Shop Boys

43. The Opera Circuit - Micah P Hinson

44. Comment on the Inner Chorus - Tunng

45. Kingdom Come - Jay-Z

46. To Find Me Gone - Vetiver

47. Futuresex/lovesounds - Justin Timberlake

48. This Is My Demo - Sway

49. Riot City Blues - Primal Scream

50. Love - The Beatles

The 10 best compilations
1. Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-'37 - Various

2. Kitsune Maison Vol 3 - Various

3. African Pearls 1: Congo, Rumba on the River - Various

4. Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys - Various

5. Strange Folk - Various

6. London Is The Place For Me 3 - Various

7. North By North West: Liverpool & Manchester from Punk to Post-Punk & Beyond 1976-1984 - Various

8. Pop! Justice 100% - Various

9. From the Closet to the Charts: Queer Noises 1961-'78 - Various

10. Like A Daydream - Various

1. Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll
2. Lily Allen, Alright, Still
3. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
4. The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
5. Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
6. Grandaddy, Just Like the Fambly Cat
7. Neil Young, Living with War
8. Peaches, Impeach My Bush
9. The Dresden Dolls, Yes, Virginia…
10. Rhymefest, Blue Collar
11. Cursive, Happy Hollow
12. Beck, The Information
13. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat
14. Van Hunt, On the Jungle Floor
15. The Raconteurs, Broken Boy Soldiers
16. Mission of Burma, The Obliterati
17. Tom Petty, Highway Companion
18. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
19. Secret Machines, Ten Silver Drops
20. Album Leaf, Into the Blue Again

Greg Kot's Best of 2006

1. TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
2. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury
3. Mission of Burma, The Obliterati
4. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat
5. Midlake, The Trials of Van Occupanther
6. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale
7. Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll
8. Girl Talk, Night Ripper
9. Parts and Labor, Stay Afraid
10. Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor
11. M. Ward, Post-War
12. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
13. Love is All, Nine Times that Same Song
14. Rhymefest, Blue Collar
15. The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
16. Mastodon, Blood Mountain
17. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
18. Tom Waits, Orphans
19. Lily Allen, Alright, Still
20. Cursive, Happy Hollow

TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say That I Am, That's What I'm Not
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Cat Power - The Greatest
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Beck - The Information
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Hot Chip - The Warning
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
T.I. - King
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
Editors - The Back Room
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Licquor

SPIN's Top 20 Singles of 2006

"Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
"When You Were Young" - The Killers
"Ain't No Other Man" - Christina Aguilera
"Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance
"Wolf Like Me" - TV on the Radio
"Hustlin'" - Rick Ross
"Ridin'" - Chamillionaire feat. Krazie Bone
"Steady as She Goes" - The Raconteurs
"Smile" - Lily Allen
"Rise Up with Fists!" - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
"Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - The Artic Monkeys
"Cheated Hearts" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Notorious" - Turbulence
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters
"Vans" - The Pack
"The Funeral" - Band of Horses
"Silent Shout" - The Knife
"Trains to Brazil" - Guillemots
"Be Gentle with Me" - The Boy Least Likely To

1. crazy - gnarls barkley
2. steady as she goes - the raconteurs
3. ridin' - chamillionaire
4. what you know - t.i.
5. vans - the pack
6. thunder on the mountain - bob dylan
7. smile - lily allen
8. wamp wamp (what it do) - clipse with slim thug
9. dimension - wolfmother
10. ooh la la - goldfrapp
11. world wide suicide - pearl jam
12. read my mind - the killers
13. free radicals - flaming lips
14. ghetto story - cham
15. miss murder - AFI
16. you only live once - the strokes
17. welcome to the black parade - my chemical romance
18. ain't no other man - christina aguilera
19. get myself into it - the rapture
20. the long way around - dixie chicks
21. sexyback - justin timberlake
22. tell me baby - red hot chili peppers
23. fidelity - regina spektor
24. how can a poor man stand such times and live - bruce springsteen
25. when the sun goes down - arctic monkeys
26. province - tv on the radio
27. capillarian crest - mastodon
28. level - the raconteurs
29. smiley faces - gnarls barkley
30. over & over - hot chip
31. the clock - thom yorke
32. do it to it - cherish
33. chill out tent - the hold steady
34. when you were young - the killers
35. summersong - the decemberists
36. SOS - rihanna
37. strange apparition - beck
38. gin & milk - dirty pretty things
39. dance, dance - fall out boy
40. incinearte - sonic youth
etc etc...

(also, does *anyone* actually care about end of year lists, other than as an excuse to go "woah, the collective writers of every magazine ever are a bit dull and pander to their readers a bit"?)

if so, your band is aces, chris.

people are just fascinated by lists esp. music lists. but i'm not seeing much constructive discussion/criticism following the lists so far, not that i'm sure there could really be any anyway. but i could be being far too cynical here. it would seem weird for there to be no EOY-list acknowledgement on ILM at all given circumstances.

i'd be theoretically interested, at least temporarily, in collation of numerous polls to form one mega poll...except we know the results would be fairly tedious unless you ignored the mainstream rock press, and that their lists are all more or less the same.

Jackin' Pop seems more interesting by design (as does/did P&J) and the discussion around that might be better depending on who is involved and the range of electorate (in terms of location, tastes, agendas, politics etc.), and if enough excitement/enthusiasm comes through in the documentation/presentation (which i think it will tho it may be hard for some to relate to of course, being critic-led as it is). i assume most people are more curious about this than the magazine lists?

Not that that's a bad thing.

*also probably on my list

Have you seen any country music lists?

I don't think Songlines put their list out yet.

What kind of list could someone make that WOULDN'T be ripped to shreds by some major segment of the ILM population? Too exotic, too bland, too esoteric, too tokenist, too rockist, too popist...

I don't know Shearwater from Kalefa Sanneh's list.

Sanneh and Ben Ratliff both listed Alan Jackson. Ratliff also listed
TENGIR-TOO: ‘MOUNTAIN MUSIC OF KYRGYZSTAN’ (Smithsonian Folkways) which ain't exactly a Pitchfork-style selection. He also likes his jazz pianists--Bebo Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba both made his list.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/arts/music/24ratl.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/arts/music/24pare.html?ref=arts

Pareles' lone non-English language release was a Marisa Monte effort, and his lone rap cd was Ghostface Killa's.

1) Victor Manuelle - Decision Unanime

2) El Gran Combo / Gilberto Santa Rosa - Asi Es Nuestra Navidad

3) Oscar D'Leon - Fuzionando

4) India - Soy Diferente

5) Charlie Cruz - Mas De Mi

6) Andy Montanez - Salsa Con Reggaeton

7) Tito Nieves - Hoy, Manana Y Siempre

8) Son De Cali - Mas De Mi

9) Gilberto Santa Rosa - Directo Al Corazon

10) Tiempo Libre - Lo Que Esperabas

he better -- he's the jazz critic. (well him and nate chinen, but ratliff's a staffer, so he's basically the jazz beat guy.)

and that tengir-too disc really is pretty great. i got a promo copy of that smithsonian set, and the other two are good too, but that's the highlight.

1. Ali Farka Touré, "Savane

2. Patricia Barber, "Mythologies."

3. Kekele, "Kinavana."

4. Mina Agossi, "Well You Needn't." Backed by just drums and bass, the Paris-based, French-African singer distills standards and her own quirky compositions to a rhythmic rare essence. A powerful stage presence, she makes deconstruction funky.

5. Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra, "Boulevard de l'Indépendance."

6. Heather Headley, "In My Mind." A striver's ethic pervades in Headley's songs of love, loss, and spirituality; this is grown-folks R&B
7. Cassandra Wilson, "Thunderbird."

8. Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri, "Simpático."

9. Kudu, "Death of the Party." East Village... electro-pop... collage.

10. Sean Jones, "Roots." ...gospel side of jazz... from a young New Orleans-raised trumpeter

I am not going to copy the names out, because anyone not interested enough to click on the link will not be interested.

not that I would know
the difference between WOW
and just MEH or EW

problem with this music: i have never actually SEEN any of it at any store I go to, and i ain't got the scratch to be buying it online, and i ain't never seen any editors getting it for me to try to write about. actually, that is more a problem for me/

I've heard the PEDRO LUIS FERRER which is acoustic, sorta-folky but still rhythmic and poppy...But I do not know most of the salsa listed, especially by the other Descarga writer

8 Y MÁS!: Juega Billar (Haven't heard it. Audio clips sounds okay, but it's more of the same New York retro cover stuff that I tend to avoid these days)
BENEDICT & THE MAGIC BAND: Swing Sabor 3 (Bought it. Didn't really like it very much, though it's okay and it does kind of remind one of an early 70s Willie Colon sound at times.)
ALBERTO CAICEDO: La Voz De Colombia - Gerardo Rosales Presents: Alberto Caicedo (Don't know it.)
MAMBORAMA: Directamente Al Mambo (Haven't liked the other Mamborama I've heard, and didn't like the samples or sample tracks or whatever that I heard from this--BUT, as I've said ad nauseum, I don't like timba very much, and that's basically what this band does.)
OCHÚN: En El Año De Ochún (Don't know it. Don't like the samples I checked out.)
LEFTY PÉREZ: Salseros Unidos (Haven't heard it, don't really know him. Have heard some not so pleasant things about him.)
REAL CHARANGA: Real Charanga (I think I checked some samples from this and said nah, but it's charanga after all and I tread carefully in that style.)
LITTLE JOHNNY RIVERO "PEQUEÑO JOHNNY": Pasos (Bought it. Wanted to like it, tried to like it, ultimately found I didn't like it.)
ROBERTO ROENA Y SU APOLLO SOUND: Sr. Bongó (Haven't heard or really heard much about. Roena has to compete with his own reissued Fania albums. I think I would rather get those before trying something like this, although I wouldn't mind hearing it. He's made some great music in the past.)
TELMARY: A Diario (Don't know it.)
AFRICANDO: Ketukuba (This didn't really sound like my thing from the millisecond clips I checked, but I would like to hear it. I don't think the African artists involved do music I would ordinarily be that interested in.)
LOS ASES DE LA TIMBA: Aquí Están Los Ases (More timba. I'm hoping someone will eventually hook me up with a copy of this, since it's one of the more talked about timba releases this year, and maybe I would find something I'd like--but I'm not about to just buy it.)
IGNACIO BERROA: Codes (I think I checked some of this out and it was too jazzy.)
DESCEMER: Siete Rayo (Don't know it.)
MIGUEL ANGA DIAZ: Echu Mingua (One of my favorite albums from the last few years, as mentioned before.)
PEDRO LUIS FERRER: Natural (I'm not interested in this. I suspect this is a case where knowing Spanish is more of a necessity.)
PEDRO GIRAUDO: Desconsuelo (Don't know it.)
EL GRAN COMBO: Arroz Con Habichuela (Bought it. I really like the title track and "No Te Detengas A Pensar." Still kind of making my mind up about it.)
HAYDÉE MILANES: Haydee (Don't know but the audio clips sound nice, if more Matt's territory than mine.)
FRANCISCO MELA: Melao (Don't know it.)
GOZA PEPILLO: Inter-Activo (Don't know it. I think I managed to track down some audio samples and it was nothing like the description in descarga.com, but I might be imagining that since I can't remember what it did sound like.
GONZALO RUBALCABA: Solo (Haven't heard. Won a Lammy. I think maybe the only album on this list that did.)

x-post:

I have to admit that I'm a little worried abou the whole political thing about Cuban salsa [see also: Pitbull's El Mariel]

What do you mean?

http://www.staticmultimedia.com/content/music/features/feature_1167281582?info=music

Miami definitely has a history of really extremist activity (including violence, threats of violence, and vandalism) from some elements of the anti-Castro crowd of Cuban exiles. There was a pretty famous/infamous Los Van Van show there in the 90s where anti-Castro crowds just pelted attendeees with bottles and whatnot.

i also dont know how political salsa dance music is ever going to be

furthermore, we've already made more of this than it's worth, sorry for the bandwidth crime

Agreed (though at least it's a change from posting goddam lists lists lists! not that I don't enjoy that).

RS, Have you heard that Eddie Palmieri duo disc with someone whose name I've forgotten that made the Jazz Times poll??

Alright I'm out the door...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122800338.html

http://www.nodepression.net/blogs/grant/

Now there's a shit list. Editor Hickman prescribes an enema for indie rock, and then goes to list Secret Machines as number 26. Maybe he should have spent less time with Howard Stern and more seeking out something better. Instead he found Nelly Furtado. She made my list too . . . at #421.

10. Alejandro Sanz, "El Tren de los Momentos." Sanz is so eager to prove he's a real artist that he's getting edgier than some alternative acts. His duet with Shakira is even more satisfying than "La Tortura," and his collaboration with Residente Calle 13 with Juanes on guitar is destined to become a progressive pop
classic.

http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-fflatin5030895dec31,0,5664992.story?coll=ny-features-print

The new El Gran Combo is pretty good and there is some shifting around going on. In particular, the vocals seems exceptionally strong on this. I think it's a better album overall than their last one, but there's no track that's quite as classic as "El Matrimonio." At least, I don't think so--although the title track has really insinuated itself into my consciousness.

(You may be right about the Sergio Mendes album. I have no idea what it sounds like.)

i dont know about Groove but De:Bug only does individual writers lists (not all of which are about music) and a reader poll

More importantly, is there any politics to Cuban-American salsa music?

And it shouldn't be a problem at all for Cuban music released on labels outside of Cuba.

Brainwashed: Current 93, lol. Then again, I haven't heard it and maybe I should.

I never actually saw the Metal Hammer/Rock Sound lists.