Best album this year(so far)

**ali2005** · 25/03/2006, 10:28 PM

For me it would have to be the arctic monkeys "whatever people say i am thats what im not" . What about the rest of ye?

**Pauro 76** · 27/03/2006, 11:45 AM

Strokes 'First Impressions of Earth' but very very early days.....

**noby** · 27/03/2006, 12:07 PM

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit.

If it is to be bettered this year then, hopefully , it will be by Morrissey's new one. Although it'll take a lot to beat it.

**finlma** · 27/03/2006, 1:49 PM

Josh Ritter's The Animal Years is a great album.

The year is only 3 months old though

**CollegeTillIDie** · 30/03/2006, 6:54 AM

Originally Posted by finlma

Josh Ritter's The Animal Years is a great album.

The year is only 3 months old though

.....and I haven't bought a single album made this century yet......

**Marked Man** · 30/03/2006, 5:55 PM

Originally Posted by ali2005

For me it would have to be the arctic monkeys "whatever people say i am thats what im not" . What about the rest of ye?

Not sure about this, but I think that's the ONLY album I've heard from this year so far. So, yeah, it's the best of the year so far. But, emm... also the worst.

Was the Strokes album only released in 06? I thought it came out at the end of 05.

**Rovers1** · 30/03/2006, 6:17 PM

first impressions of earth came out dec 28th i think but all the videos on tv say 'First.....05'

clap your hands say yeah would be my favourite,along with the strokes

**Aldini98** · 31/03/2006, 9:20 AM

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

.....and I haven't bought a single album made this century yet......

Josh Ritter makes me want to smoke crack !! Hes awful.

Then again if you like him, fair play !

**onenilgameover** · 31/03/2006, 3:56 PM

Originally Posted by noby

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit.

If it is to be bettered this year then, hopefully , it will be by Morrissey's new one. Although it'll take a lot to beat it.

Got morrissey's new one...on first listen its quite good....

**Kingdom** · 31/03/2006, 4:11 PM

Thanks to Kowalski, I heard snippets from Soulwax' new album. And it sounds de-lic-ious.

**Iorfa** · 31/03/2006, 7:07 PM

Originally Posted by noby

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit.

I agree.

**hamish** · 02/04/2006, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by onenilgameover

Got morrissey's new one...on first listen its quite good....

I've heard a good bit of it - must admit I've a soft spot for the narky old git.

**superfrank** · 03/04/2006, 11:11 AM

I'd have to say Prince's 3121 or J-Dilla's Donuts.

**onenilgameover** · 03/04/2006, 12:38 PM

Got Jack L's one too. is not what I was hoping for..I always feel let down with a 10 song album. besides theres only one or two ok songs on this new one....ah well...

**Danny** · 03/04/2006, 3:59 PM

Embrace - "This new day"... not quite as good as Out of Nothing but impressive none the less...
Number 1 in the british album charts this week...

**ken foree** · 03/04/2006, 4:50 PM

this liar's record 'drum's not dead' is good, not for the majority of tastes on this board however

**Marked Man** · 03/04/2006, 10:57 PM

Just recently heard the earlier one (They Lied So We Drowned). Not bad. A bit patchy, but the good stuff is really good.

**ken foree** · 04/04/2006, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Marked Man

Just recently heard the earlier one (They Lied So We Drowned). Not bad. A bit patchy, but the good stuff is really good.

ah cool i've read as much about that album, their 2nd i think? i don't know them but for this third album so i've only read that they moved away from the dancepunk(?) sounds of the first album to gradually deeper darker waters. you'd have to commend them at least for that coz it seems like they could've played it safe. this 3rd one at times sounds doomed, bleak, chilling, in other words a great fit for our time and space!

**Plastic Paddy** · 04/04/2006, 6:33 AM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

Thanks to Kowalski, I heard snippets from Soulwax' new album. And it sounds de-lic-ious.

This is the one I'm waiting for. Bring it on.

PP

**Marked Man** · 04/04/2006, 2:46 PM

Originally Posted by ken foree

ah cool i've read as much about that album, their 2nd i think? i don't know them but for this third album so i've only read that they moved away from the dancepunk(?) sounds of the first album to gradually deeper darker waters. you'd have to commend them at least for that coz it seems like they could've played it safe. this 3rd one at times sounds doomed, bleak, chilling, in other words a great fit for our time and space!

I don't know about the 'dance-punk' label. It's just sort of unsettling and experimental. Not unlike something The Birthday Party would have done. I checked out the album you mentioned online, and it is quite different. There's definitely more of a guitar presence on "They Lied..."