Topic: QC Forums Top 25 of 2006 (Read 28894 times)

Skittish · « **on:** 26 Aug 2006, 21:13 »

I was thinking that doing a "Questionable Content Top 25 of 2006" would be a cool idea. There seem to be a good number of knowledgable posters when it comes to the subject of music and I think it'd be fun to do. If there's enough interest, I'd be happy to organize it and it would go into effect sometime in December. I'd tally up the votes and make the list. When the time comes, we could possibly make a webspace for the list with blurbs from certain posters who particularly enjoyed each album. Feel free to add on, comment or criticize here.

Here is the wiki page:
http://www.questionablewiki.com/index.php/Top_25_Albums_of_2006

Updates will be made to this thread and the page as necessary.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Aug 2006, 21:54 »

If you do it, you should put it on the http://www.questionablewiki.com">QC Wiki.

jcknbl · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Aug 2006, 22:20 »

If you're looking for votes, I say do it.

Will · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 01:04 »

good idea...i too say go for it!

Skittish · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 06:06 »

Quote from: greenMonkey

If you do it, you should put it on the http://www.questionablewiki.com">QC Wiki.

I'm not sure how to add a page.

Jenno · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 06:16 »

http://www.questionablewiki.com/index.php/Top_25_Albums_of_2006">

You make a new page by just using the title of the new page in the url.

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 06:31 »

Do it. I think you'll get plenty of interest.

Skittish · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 06:37 »

Quote from: Jenno

http://www.questionablewiki.com/index.php/Top_25_Albums_of_2006">

You make a new page by just using the title of the new page in the url.

Ah okay. Thanks a lot.

Joseph · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 12:06 »

So, are we not going to wait until 2006 is over then?

EDIT: Nevermind, actually bothered to read the wiki.

Skittish · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 Aug 2006, 12:52 »

Quote from: Dark Flame

So, are we not going to wait until 2006 is over then?

EDIT: Nevermind, actually bothered to read the wiki.

Yeah, I just want to give everyone a heads up now so people can start keeping in mind albums they enjoy.

Skittish · « **Reply #10 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 06:14 »

You guys ready for this? PM me your top 10 lists.

Rules:
1) Album was released in 2006
2) No live albums
3) No compilations/greatest hits, etc.

Post questions in the thread. PM me the lists.

Skittish · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 06:37 »

Why's it matter?

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 07:52 »

I haven't even bought 25 albums released in 2006 yet. I've bought quite a few, but not 25. I've still got, what, 50+ years of other music to try to catch up on...

Also I'm a spoil sport and dislike year end lists that rank albums that are completely disparate experiences. For instance, I love the Liars, Mogwai, Destroyer, TV On The Radio, and Yo La Tengo albums released this year. But how the hell do I rank them?? It would come down to personal preference...

Spinless · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 14:50 »

To 'rank' the album, ask yourself these questions...

How many albums has the band had out?
Do they have a good track record?
How does it compare to previous albums?
Is this new album something of an accomplishment for the band, or have you seen it all before?
Which band has the better music? Most talent? Nice production?
Choose little bits of each album that you don't like. Compare these to the little bits of the other albums you don't like.

I do think it's possible to 'rank' albums, and I think doing it well is a skill.
It's easy to put your favourite album at the top of a list, but is it REALLY the best album you've heard that year?

Maybe we should call it 'favourite 25 of 2006'?

Misereatur · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 17:40 »

I'd love to do this but I can't log in to the QC wiki for some time now.

valley_parade · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 18:12 »

Lawrence Arms had an album out this year.

Thread over.

Spinless · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 19:25 »

Of Course it is.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 20:03 »

Quote from: Spinless on 15 Dec 2006, 14:50

To 'rank' the album, ask yourself these questions...

How many albums has the band had out?
Do they have a good track record?
How does it compare to previous albums?
Is this new album something of an accomplishment for the band, or have you seen it all before?
Which band has the better music? Most talent? Nice production?
Choose little bits of each album that you don't like. Compare these to the little bits of the other albums you don't like.

I do think it's possible to 'rank' albums, and I think doing it well is a skill.
It's easy to put your favourite album at the top of a list, but is it REALLY the best album you've heard that year?

Maybe we should call it 'favourite 25 of 2006'?

I don't think ranking albums is a skill because it is subjective as can be. What does 'best album of the year' mean?? What does 'best' alone even mean?? The album I listened to most, the album I think will last the test of time, the album I think would most recommend to others, etc.?? All those questions have very different answers to me.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Dec 2006, 21:05 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 15 Dec 2006, 20:03

I don't think ranking albums is a skill because it is subjective as can be. What does 'best album of the year' mean?? What does 'best' alone even mean?? The album I listened to most, the album I think will last the test of time, the album I think would most recommend to others, etc.?? All those questions have very different answers to me.

... there is no good, there is no evil, it's all one big continuous ... oh ... nevermind.

Let them have their fun.

Johnny C · « **Reply #19 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 02:22 »

Checking the list of what I think were the best releases of 2005 I have...

26.

Shit.

Skittish · « **Reply #20 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 02:44 »

I could have sworn I posted this in the original thread. My bad. Anyway, the lists will only be top 10 for submissions. The top 25 votegetters will be in the final list.

Kai · « **Reply #21 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 04:21 »

Quote from: Spinless on 15 Dec 2006, 19:25

Of Course it is.

make believe = love

Storm Rider · « **Reply #22 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 06:36 »

I'd participate this if I hadn't already learned from the Battle of the Bands that my opinion is pretty much entirely irrelevant in comparison to the larger habits of the forum.

Spinless · « **Reply #23 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 07:33 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 15 Dec 2006, 20:03

I don't think ranking albums is a skill because it is subjective as can be. What does 'best album of the year' mean?? What does 'best' alone even mean?? The album I listened to most, the album I think will last the test of time, the album I think would most recommend to others, etc.?? All those questions have very different answers to me.

To me the 'best' is the one that's considerred the biggest achievement. That's why I ask myself all those questions. There are a lot of factors I have to take into consideration, not just how much I enjoy the music.
Actually, the more I think about my argument, the more I realise how silly it is.

Remember kids, trying to pull all nighters while running off a packet of jaffa cakes does not work. And Gryff is right.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #24 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 08:18 »

Truth be told, I used to be obsessed with ranking albums and making various lists (and that was before I read High Fidelity). But since 2006 was the first year I really kept up with new albums coming out as much as I could, I found myself listening to fantastic albums almost every month, and at the end of the year--having finally purchased Joanna Newsom's Ys two days ago--I feel like ranking albums would be an exercize in futility because I have about 5 or 6 albums from 2006 that I would say were the album of the year. Depending on my mood, the direction of the wind, and whether I'm drunk or not, the top spot keeps changing hands.

Skittish · « **Reply #25 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 09:52 »

So I guess no one wants to do this now..

Johnny C · « **Reply #26 on:** 16 Dec 2006, 23:20 »

I do. It'll be interesting if nothing else. However we'll talk about it again in a week or so.

moley · « **Reply #27 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 02:57 »

why do they have to be ranked? couldn't it just be an unordered list of albums that are considered by most here to be an excellent example of what was put out in 2006.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #28 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 03:18 »

Only if it includes Black Ships Ate the Sky, A Matter of Life and Death and Ashes Against the Grain.

Otherwise I am going to have to rape and kill shit.

Joseph · « **Reply #29 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 03:25 »

I've ranked my albums of the year due to complete boredom, and two of those happen to be in the top ten. Haven't heard the Maiden yet.

ForksOfSalvation · « **Reply #30 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 03:35 »

Is it wrong that I am angry about Agalloch getting the "hipster seal of approval" by pitchfork and what have you? I've liked them for a few years now.

Gryff · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 03:51 »

It must be a bummer for you that someone else likes them?

Quote from: Spinless on 16 Dec 2006, 07:33

Remember kids, trying to pull all nighters while running off a packet of jaffa cakes does not work. And Gryff is right.

I think my favourite album this year was Yo La Tengo. Or TV on the Radio.

Thread over?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #32 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 04:14 »

Quote from: ForksOfSalvation on 18 Dec 2006, 03:35

Is it wrong that I am angry about Agalloch getting the "hipster seal of approval" by pitchfork and what have you? I've liked them for a few years now.

Me too. Jokes on the hipsters though, I don't think they're going to do another album. It's not like it means hipsters understand black metal anyway. Play 'em Ulvers Nattens Madrigal and they'd still run crying to their mummys. It'll be like it always is, one metal band gets name-dropped for a while, then everyone forgets about them. I'm only going to really get annoyed when Pitchfork starts namedropping Crown of Autumn or Wyrd.

And that will never happen, so I'm cool.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 05:36 »

It was Opeth for a while.

And wait, Agalloch is breaking up? Because if so, I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 05:54 »

Quote from: moley on 18 Dec 2006, 02:57

why do they have to be ranked? couldn't it just be an unordered list of albums that are considered by most here to be an excellent example of what was put out in 2006.

Didn't I just argue this for half of this thread??

Gridgm · « **Reply #35 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 06:45 »

meanwhile i still think that the ellora demo that i picked up at one of the shows they played support at is the best album i've heard released this year and they're not even signed to a label so it's kindof hard to comparativly rank it since other people can't judge

KharBevNor · « **Reply #36 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 07:28 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 18 Dec 2006, 05:36

And wait, Agalloch is breaking up? Because if so, I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

I'm preeetty sure they are not planning on making another record.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #37 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 08:47 »

The Top 25 Albums of 2006!!

1) Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP
2) Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP
3) Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP
4) TV On The Radio...no wait, Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP
5) Destroyer....Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP
5 through 25) Deerhoof's Free, Untitled EP

The End.

Kai · « **Reply #38 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 08:49 »

I like the way you are thinking

Storm Rider · « **Reply #39 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 09:45 »

Kai, Agalloch.

Seriously, you're a fucking traitor.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #40 on:** 18 Dec 2006, 20:40 »

ON TODAY'S EPISODE OF MYTHBUSTERS....
Is ScrambledGregs just an alternate account for Tommy??

: Tee hee hee, I'm eye candy for geeky indie rock men!! Watch me bend over this computer while I look up Greg's account info...

: Kari's search didn't turn up anything, so I decided to check Greg's user stats on last.fm. It turns out he has never listened to a band from the Dischord record label.

: CHECK IT OUT DUDES!! I totally set up an account on last.fm and kept messaging him about Fugazi. He said he means to check them out but doesn't own anything by them.

: Tee hee hee!! Myth busted??

: Well, I think we can safely say...myth busted.

: CLANG EXPLODE GRIND ETC

Johnny C · « **Reply #41 on:** 19 Dec 2006, 22:38 »

Guys, I'm reading Pitchfork's list and I'm wondering if there's any way we can kind of do what they do with theirs, i.e. write a little bit about each album that makes the list. Also, to everyone saying "why can't this be unordered?" I have responses:

1) This is fun.
2) With the diverse musical tastes of this forum, it's likely that every participating forumite's top ten will cover some different ground. You won't get an unordered list but no two lists will be the same - for example, Eyeball Kid's list is likely to include the Hold Steady and not Beach House. My list will probably include Beach House but not the Hold Steady. I see this being true for a lot of folks, like Khar, Will, Tommy, Darryl, Storm and Kai. Having these lists which are all over the map will provide a fairly comprehensive review of music, but ranking allows for some harmless fun and majority rule.

Kai · « **Reply #42 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 02:40 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 18 Dec 2006, 09:45

Kai, Agalloch.

Seriously, you're a fucking traitor.

Agalloch are totally on my little mental list that I haven't even written out though

so

GET IN THE GROUND

Felix_ · « **Reply #43 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 03:42 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 18 Dec 2006, 04:14

Quote from: ForksOfSalvation on 18 Dec 2006, 03:35
Is it wrong that I am angry about Agalloch getting the "hipster seal of approval" by pitchfork and what have you? I've liked them for a few years now.

Me too. Jokes on the hipsters though, I don't think they're going to do another album.

They will continue to record.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #44 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 04:25 »

I was pretty sure Agalloch weren't going to be doing anything significant after this album. I may have confused them with another band but I don't think so. I'll search out the interview.

EDIT: No, I'm thinking of someone else. Agalloch might possible hiatus for a bit in a few years whilst Don Anderson does his PhD, but that's it as far as I can see.

That's cool! I had been thinking for ages that this would be their last release. Yay!

Skittish · « **Reply #45 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 04:42 »

Quote from: moley on 18 Dec 2006, 02:57

why do they have to be ranked? couldn't it just be an unordered list of albums that are considered by most here to be an excellent example of what was put out in 2006.

They have to be ranked because the list will be based on how many points each album receives. A #1 album, for example, will receive 10 points, #2 9 and so on to #10. The top 25 point-getters will make up the list.

Also, rankings are more fair, says I, the one organizing this. And finally, there wouldn't be enough members to simply take the albums with the "most votes".

Skittish · « **Reply #46 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 04:52 »

I've received one PM thus far. Come on, people.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #47 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 05:39 »

I can literally only think of four things released this year that I have heard and enjoyed, and one of those is DI6's 'Free Tibet' ffs.

Johnny C · « **Reply #48 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 11:10 »

My list did not in fact include Beach House.

Skittish, question: are you going to be revealing each participant's list at the end? It would be cool to see what individual forumites pick. Maybe a separate wiki page or section for it?

Also guys, I wholeheartedly support this idea. Rather than a thread in which everyone just posts their favourite albums and no discussion occurs, this ought to get us talking about, reviewing and reconsidering music from 2006. I happen to apparently be in some kind of slight minority with my opinion that 2006 was actually quite a strong year for music insofar as the quality of the best albums released was pretty darned high. I would like very much for this view to be the majority and that's not going to happen if we don't have any discourse.

Scytale · « **Reply #49 on:** 20 Dec 2006, 15:05 »

I think 2006 was a pretty good year as well.

Really enjoyed albums by Agalloch, Summoning, Ihsahn and Borknagar.

Psycroptic's "Symbols of Failure" is one of the best Death Metal albums I've heard in years, its brutal, technical, well written and has some fucking excellent riffs. Oh and the Album Artwork is excellent as well

The Mars Volta (I know a lot of people hate them on this board) put out a very solid album. Iron Maiden and Queensryche prooved they still have it with very strong albums.

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