Top 10 Albums of the Year Podcast
Frodo and Caspian, the huge music nerds they are, have recorded a special holiday treat for you. We bring you the Weekly Geek Top Ten Albums of 2006 Podcast! In it, we discuss our picks, why we picked them, and play cuts from each. If you like the regular old vanilla Weekly Geek podcast, you'll love the double-fudge with sprinkles Weekly Geek Top Ten Albums of 2006 Podcast.
Download it here (41mb), and hit the jump for the list and links to where you can grab our picks on iTunes.
Songs Featured in the Podcast:
- (6:14) Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche - No Man's Land
- (11:49) Beck - The Information - Think I'm In Love
- (15:31) Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon - Cowbell
- (19:27) Band of Horses - Everything All the Time - The Great Salt Lake
- (23:27) My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse - Disappear
- (27:58) The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics - The W.A.N.D.
- (32:54) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere - Gone Daddy Gone
- (37:33) Optimus Rhyme - School the Indie Rockers - LEDs
- (40:56) The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed - Pushover
- (44:16) Joanna Newsom - Ys - Emily link
- (48:11) Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther - Roscoe
- (52:08) Blue Scholars - s/t - The Ave
- (55:45) The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics - Mr. Ambulance Driver
- (57:59) Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche - Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught In His Hair
- (1:00:31) Band of Horses - Everything All the Time - The Funeral
- (1:03:11) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere - Crazy
- (1:05:52) The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - Sons and Daughters
- (1:08:46) My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse - Something of an End
- (1:13:55) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Star Witness
- (1:15:02) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - That Teenage Feeling
- (1:19:30) The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - The Island, Come and See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel the Drowning
- (1:23:37) Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels - Sing Songs Along
- (1:24:36) Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels - Rainbows in the Dark
- (1:27:24) TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain - Wolf Life Me i
Caspian's top ten
- 10 Sufjan Stevens The Avalanche
- 9 Tapes N' Tapes The Loon
- 8 My Brightest Diamond Bring Me The Workhorse
- 7 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere
- 6 The Long Winters Putting The Days To Bed
- 5 Midlake Trials of Van Occupanther
- 4 Flaming Lips At War With The Mystics
- 3 Band of Horses Everything All The Time
- 2 Decemberists The Crane Wife
- 1 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Runner-Ups
- 11 Beck The Information
- 12 Blue Scholars Blue Scholars
- 13 Tilly & The Wall Bottoms of Barrels
Frodo's top ten:
- 10.beck- the information
- 9.band of horses - everything all the time
- 8.the flaming lips -at war with the mystics
- 7.optimus rhyme - school the indie rockers
- 6.joanna newsom - ys
- 5.the blue scholars - s/t
- 4.sufjan stevens - the avalanche
- 3.gnarls barkley - st elsewhere
- 2.my brightest diamond - bring me the workhorse
- 1. the decemberists - the crane wife
honorable mentions:
- tilly and the wall - bottoms of barrels
- midlake - the trials of van occupanther
What were your picks of 2006? Post them in the comments!
What say you?!