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December 26, 2006
Posted by Kyle
I was anticipating a lot of CDs coming into the new year - many of these CDs, however, didn't make it into my top 10. Here are 10 of those CDs:
Guster - While it had my favorite opening of a Guster CD yet, as well as a fantastic closing song, "Ganging Up On the Sun" just didn't grab me like "Keep It Together" did. The first have of the CD has grown on me, but it just didn't make it to the top 10.
Josh Rouse - "Subtitilo" was a good album and it even had a couple of songs that would make it onto a personal "Best of Josh Rouse" compilation if I decided to make one (Quiet Town, Summertime). But that is a far leap from how obsessed I was with Nashville and 1972.
Ray LaMontagne - I loved loved loved "Trouble," and the first Ray show I saw still ranks as one of my favorite concerts ever. Until the Sun Turns Black just didn't do it for me though. It has a couple of songs I liked, and I was glad to finally have a studio version of "Can I Stay" but otherwise it is a background listen for me.
Keane - "Hopes and Fears" was one of my top CDs the year it came out, but I just didn't love "Under the Iron Sea." I really didn't like the single "Is It Any Wonder?" and the songs seemed flat live. Maybe I just was tired of the guitarless format of their music? The lead singer made me uncomfortable to look at, sweaty and with an air of pompousness that infected the music. I was not surprised when he went into rehab. But I think the real problem was that even the best of the songs on the CD (Hamburg song comes to mind) doesn't come close to my favorite songs from H&F or even many of their b-sides (including my alltime favorite Keane song, "The Way You Want It" which I still have yet to see live.
The Killers - Like with Keane, The Killer's "Hot Fuss" was one of my favorite albums of the year. It transcend the hype and was track for track one of the most fun CDs in my collection. I'm not sure how I feel about "Sam's Town" as I haven't even listened to it yet. I look forward to trying it out though.
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COMMENTS What about the new Teitur album? You trashed that pretty well before I had listened to it. Kyle, If there was a sixth spot it would have been for the Teitur CD. Didn't like it. |
