PookaMacP
War Child
It seems like a long time since I purchased a truly magnificent album, one that blew me away from start to finish. The only thing that reached that this year was Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over The Sea, which was released all of ten years ago. The new (2006 release) albums I bought this year - Aphex Twin, Ali Farka Toure, Arctic Monkeys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Lambchop, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Thom Yorke, Toumani Diabate - were all good in their own small ways, but nothing has hit great. In fact, the last great albums I can remember buying were all released in 2004 or 2005 (Richmond Fontaine - the Fitzgerald, Arcade Fire - Funeral, Sufjan Stevens - Illinois, Sigur Ros - Takk...) Have I missed out on anything or does anyone have any other hidden classics that deserve to be heard - before I go and look through the obligatory end of year lists of top 50 albums....!