I know that someone created a "best bass CDs of 2006", but how about best overall?

Here are my top CDs for 2006 (in no order):

- The Mars Volta - Amputechture
- Tool - 10,000 Days
- Wolfmother - self-titled debut
- Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence

Tiki- Richard Bona .... Wow I think that's the onyl CD I bought that was released this year... Oh Alexisonfire's Crisis too.

The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Queensryche - Operation: MindCrime II

There really wasn't much this year.

Graeme

Break Out - Soulive
OUt Louder - MSM&W
Get Used to It- Brand New Heavies

IRON MAIDEN: A Matter Of Life & Death

Sparta - Threes
Kind of Like Spitting - Thrill of the Hunt
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Fear Before the March of Flames - The Always Open Mouth
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Alexisonfire - Crisis
AFI - Decemberunderground

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade



This album totally threw me off. Some of their emo/pop-sensibilites are still intact, but no doubt, this is a friggin rock album. A theatrical rock opera of sorts, and a pretty cool concept idea to boot. By far my favorite of the year.

The Format - Dog Problems (I can't listen to it without smiling. my pick for album of the year)
The Matches - Decomposer
1/2 of MCR's "Black Parade" (about half of it's great, the rest is "meh")
Weird Al - Striaght Outta Lynwood
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie
Mars Volta - Amputechture
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me (just got it. WOW!!!)

I'm sure there are more to put on the list, but it's late and I need some sleep.

Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime II
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Tenacious D - The Pcik Of Destiny :p
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Tool - 10,000 days. Totally blew away most other things that came out this year.

Although I'm eagerly awaiting the new Rush album. :D

Meatloaf - Bat out of hell III

+2 on 10,000 days.

Oh, Peeping Tom too. That was '06 right?

The Eraser.

RHCP - SD
PJ - PJ

Peeping Tom
Boris - Pink
Mars Volta - Amphetecture
The Roots - Game Theory
Isis
Swan Lake - Beast Moans

The Roots - Game Theory
The Black Keys - Magic Potion
The Colour - Devil's Got a Holda Me EP
Army of Anyone - Self Titled
Mars Volta - Amputecture

Thats about all i can think of right now

no question about it, The Mars Volta - Amputechture

wow alot of votes for Amputechture. I bought it listened to it 3ish times and forgot about it.... I really didn't think much of it, I guess I gotta give it another try....

Modern Times - Bob Dylan

Colour Haze - Tempel
The most amazing band on the planet currently put out probably their best album so far this year. This is objectively good music, if you don't like them I question your sexuality and humanity.

Tool - 10,000 Days
Their worst album ever, but still pretty damn good. Hopefully will age better with time, but I never had a Tool album fall off the radar so quickly.

Mastodon - Blood Mountain
An absolute monster.

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
The closing suite rules, the rest is highly amazing.

Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
I didn't like it at first, but I didn't like their debut much either until it really clicked. It took until seeing them perform some of this material live (with 12 other people in a nearly abandoned warehouse, METHULL) to really appreciate it.

Lots of other good stuff this year, but that was the great.

David Gilmour, On an island. Wins hands down.

^ forgot that one, its a grammy nominee, so is Joe Satrianis album

I'm also surprised at Amputechture's popularity. Granted, it seems like The Mars Volta's tightest album, but I found it to be predictable and repetitive. Not to say it was bad, since I don't dislike it. But every song seemed to have the same formula - odd timings, latin percussion, one melodic guitar and one guitar playing random scales, and Cedric Bixler's spanish wailing.

Then again, I'm probably just one of those annoying fans that loves De-Loused more than anything else :D.

Tool's 10,000 Days did a similar thing for me. After so much wait for a new Tool album, all we got was... a Tool album. It's a great CD but it's pretty much everything we expected.

I guess those are my two best CD releases of 2006 that I don't feel compelled to listen to again ;).

What I heard of Mars Volta was pretty skull-imploding (in a good way!)

Roots-Game Theory
Dave Holland-Critical Mass
Medeski,Scofield, Martin and Wood-Out Louder

Some of my favorites from 2006 include:

Mastodon - Blood Mountain - Another great album from a band that's quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Cannibal Corpse - Kill - Who would've thought Jack Owen leaving would have been a good thing for this band, but this is the best album they've done in a while.

Deicide - The Stench of Redemption - Who would've thought Jack Owen joining Deicide would have been a good thing for this band. Plus the addition of Ralph Santolla to replace the Hoffman brothers. This is the best album they've done in a long long time and Ralph's solos are amazing on this album :eek:

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death - Bruce's vocals are as strong as ever, I really liked this album.

:edit: I completely forgot one.

Slayer - Christ Illusion - The return of Dave Lombardo was a huge plus for this band, this album kicks serious ass.

Tool - 10,000 Days.

Mastodon - Blood Mountain

This band has breathed life into a tired genre.

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade



This album totally threw me off. Some of their emo/pop-sensibilites are still intact, but no doubt, this is a friggin rock album. A theatrical rock opera of sorts, and a pretty cool concept idea to boot. By far my favorite of the year.

+1!!!!
I love this album, the more I listen to it, the more I like it.

Tool- 10,000 Days, Simply because I was salivating at the prospect of another Tool album since they take forever to churn them out. And it was a solid album.

Silversun Pickups-Carnavas
OK my new favorite band Silversun Pickups, straight up good indie music for me.

I totally forgot to check out Medeski Sco, Martin & Wood, I def. need to and I'd probably add it to the list.

Decemberists - Crane Wife

The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Queensryche - Operation: MindCrime II

There really wasn't much this year.

Graeme

I remember when the first MindCrime came out; I was so into it. It was huge! They opened up for Metallica in Rochester, NY. I think it was 1989. Great show! There were some pretty serious Queensryche fans back then. I haven't heard the name "Queensryche" in a very long time. I remember back in '89 I was hanging out in the mall and a guy walked up to me (he was wearing a long black trench coat); he paused for a moment and said, "Mindcrime" in a really creepy voice and then walked away. I don't know who he was or why he did it, but (at the time) it was really cool. I was looking forward to the concert. I remember sitting in the back row of math class and counting down the hours and the minutes until that show.

After the show was over, there was this guy out in the street that dropped to his knees and screamed "Metallica!!!!". After that, he passed out. It was like a scene from the movie Platoon. Amazing show! I'll never forget it. It was in the paper as the loudest show ever performed at the War Memorial (at that time). Jason's bass solo make a metal Wendy's sign on the wall begin to crumble. I've never seen (or felt) anything like it. I remember trying to stuff Starburst wrapers in my ears during Kirk's guitar solo. I was deaf for a week!

Oh yea... Favorite CD of 2006:

Mark Egan: As We Speak (I really dig that fretless Pedulla of his).

Joe

Decemberists - Crane Wife

WOOT! My hometown Portland Heroes!
Ya that was a good album I forgot about it, even though there are some serious Decemberists haters out there...:crying:

My Favorite releases of '06:

Mastodon- Blood Mountain
Melvins- A Senile Animal
Decapitated- Organic Hallucinosis
The Sword- Age of Winters
Napalm Death- Smear Campaign
Mouth Of The Architect- The Ties That Blind
Isis- In The Absence of Truth

A bunch of other stuff too that I can't think of right now....been a great year for new music!

The Fratellis- Costello Music
RHCP-SA
dirty Pretty things-waterloo
Woolfmother-wolfmother
Muse- Black Holes

Hands down winner: http://www.jayterrien.com/photos_8.htm

;)

Iron Maiden of course!! :bassist:

mastodon - blood mountain
mars volta - amputechture
stereolab - fab four suture
RHCP - stadium arcadium
neko case - fox confessor brings the flood
aterciopelados - oye
julieta venegas - limon y sal (which i can't stop playing)

that's all i can think of now...

edit: ooo, i forgot:
don caballero: world class listening problem
gustavo cerati: ahi vamos

it was a pretty slow year for me recordwise , i had really high expectations for amputecture, but i really think it's their weakest record they're ever made, its just boring, and its like a sad attempt at fusion, it was much better live however. Blood Mountain was pretty good, and is definitely the top metal record of the year .

But the only record i was into that nobody said anything about was St. Elsewhere, its a solid record, and straight to the point, and it has a cool old school motown vibe about it that i like.

RHCP - SA
What can I say about it, they combined everything they have ever done into one massively amazing cd.

mewithoutyou - brother, sister
I had always avoided them because of the extremely emo sounding name. Then my roommate bought this cd and started playing it all the time, I was hooked. Melodic, tight, great bass lines, the spoken lyric poems grab the listeners attention and doesn't let go. Twisted through the cd lies some of the best guitar, bass and lyric work that I have heard in a long time. This is an art cd if there ever was one. If they were more well known, I am sure they would be getting several grammy nominations.

lowsound

Tool - 10,000 Days


I'm going to go against the grain on this one and say that I've always been lukewarm on Tool's albums in the past, but this one really grabbed me. I listen to it often, and always from begining to end. The complex time signatures blow me away.

Decemberists - The Crane Wife

Definitely my top pick. I saw them live last month and they were great :cool:

I didn't buy many new releases this year, so here's everything I can remember buying:

McGill/Manring/Stevens -What We Do
Les Claypool - Of Whales And Woe
Neil Young - Living With War
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Tool - 10,000 days

The only album I was disappointed with was Tool's. I've always really liked Tool, but their last effort seemed to be mostly filler.

Orphans - Tom Waits

I can't believe no one said it yet

Mastodon - Blood Mountain
An absolute monster.

+1, this is an amazing album. Any fan of metal should really check out this band. Levianthan was f'in awesome too. :cool:

I just got MASTODON - "Blood Mountain" and heard it for the first time today.

I predict it's going to be in my CD player a lot in the near future.

Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere - Sounds like nothing else, and that's a good thing.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever PSIA,TWIN - I dig the energy, rawness, and rather cool lyrics from a bunch of kids barely out of high school.

Wolfmother - debut - Yeah, I know, derivative as heck, but these guys rock, plain and simple.

Various Artists - What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves - Although this last compendium isn't new music, per se, Rhino released four discs full of body-moving goodness. Many cool basslines within, and most will probably be new to you. If you dig late 60's-mid 70's funk, this definitely deserves a few spins.

Dream Theater - Score
Slayer - Christ Illusion

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade



This album totally threw me off. Some of their emo/pop-sensibilites are still intact, but no doubt, this is a friggin rock album. A theatrical rock opera of sorts, and a pretty cool concept idea to boot. By far my favorite of the year.

I actually picked this up today based upon your recommendation. I had never listened to this band before (and it's not normally my cup o' gin), but I like this CD.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Probably "The New Black" by Strapping Young Lad, although to be honest there's been a bit of a lack of inspiration this year for me. All the ones I wanted to name were from 2005 :hmm:

Dream Theater - SCORE

I liked this one so much, I picked up both the DVD and the CD's, and I've never done that with any other live recording... still listening to it months later.

Tool - 10,000 Days

Some great songs on here, and it's my personal favorite Tool album ever. I seemed to get tired of all their other albums real fast, not the case with this one...

Army Of Anyone - self titled

Nothing ground breaking, but some solid rock songs with great vocals. I really enjoy the opening track.

Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

I thought this was their best album in 2 decades - amazing song-writing combined with some great riffs and killer vocals. "For The Greater Good Of God" still kicks my ass every time I listen to it!

Unexpect - In a Flesh Aquarium

Tom Waits - Orpheans

Tool - 10,000 Days