If you're interested in a really special look at some of the best albums of 2006, you can visit The Tris McCall Report. You'll find that Tris has just begun to unveil the results of his annual Critics Poll. Today, he shares his thoughts on the voting results for the year's top albums. If you like what you read, check back each day this week for further commentary.
This year, surprisingly, there was a landslide winner.
I've participated in the voting in each of the last three years, I believe. And, this year, I must confess, I didn't feel up to the task. I mean, I haven't even listened to Joanna Newsom's Ys, yet. I feel almost certain that it would have made it into my top ten. Just because. Other albums that I think I would have loved if only I'd spent some time with them include:
The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America
Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coat
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies
The Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea
The Pernice Brothers: Live A Little
Mates of State: Bring It Back
Band of Horses: Everything All the Time
Grizzly Bear: Yellow House
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Letting Go
The Knife: Silent Shout
Tom Waits(!): Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
The Stills: Without Feathers
Mastodon: Blood Mountain
Nevertheless, I did my best.
Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coat
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies
The Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea
The Pernice Brothers: Live A Little
Mates of State: Bring It Back
Band of Horses: Everything All the Time
Grizzly Bear: Yellow House
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Letting Go
The Knife: Silent Shout
Tom Waits(!): Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
The Stills: Without Feathers
Mastodon: Blood Mountain
