[kj] The Only Poll That Matters - T.B.'s Favorite Albums of '06

[folk devil]

Actually, I'm looking at this list and wondering which century they're in?
LOL!



>From: "Robert Mallett" <robert at jrcardwell.fsnet.co.uk>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: "TB" <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>,"A list about all things Killing Joke 

>(the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] The Only Poll That Matters - T.B.'s Favorite Albums of 

>'06

>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 08:54:42 -0000

>

>RHCP?????? come on!!!!

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "TB" <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

><gathering at misera.net>

>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:40 AM

>Subject: [kj] The Only Poll That Matters - T.B.'s Favorite Albums of '06

>

>

> > IMO, kind of a so-so year for good albums. Nothing I can really say was 

>a

> > clear "Best Album" for '07. Still, I did and still do enjoy the 

>following

> > in

> > no real order:

> >

> > Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadia

> > Raconteurs - The Raconteurs

> > Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

> > Tool - 10,000 Days

> > The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

> > Wolfmother - Wolfmother

> > Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

> > Buckcherry - 15

> > Motorhead - Kiss Of Death (best Motorhead album in years)

> >

> > *These two following albums proved to be my biggest surprises of '07 -

> > highly recommended.....

> > The Glitterati - The Glitterati

> > Demolition Doll Rods - There Is  A  Difference

> >

> > Best reissues/remastered cds - the first two albums by The Pretenders

> >

> > Concerts I caught in '07, all in LA except where noted:

> >

> > Black Halos (Huntington Beach)

> > The Cult

> > Secret Machines

> > Pitbull Daycare / Revolting Cocks / Ministry

> > Peaches / Bauhaus / Nine Inch Nails (Irvine)

> > Raconteurs

> > The Glitterati / Circus Diablo

> > Groovie Ghoulies / Demolition Doll Rods / The Cramps

> > Guns n' Roses

> >

> > Best Show:

> > The Cramps and Demolition Doll Rods at the Hollywood House of Blues on

> > Halloween weekend followed closely by Peaches, Bauhaus and Nine Inch 

>Nails

> > in Irvine at the end of Summer make my best shows of 2006 list. I have 

>to

> > say I was very pleasantly surprised by the Guns n' Roses show I caught 

>at

> > the Universal aka Gibson Amphitheater a few weeks ago, the 2nd night of 

>a

> > 3

> > show stand. Original Izzy Stradlin joined the band for most of the last

> > 3rd

> > of the show which was a solid 2 1/2 hours long. I was really expecting a

> > trainwreck featuring the Axl Rose Ego show and it turned out to be a

> > mostly

> > solid concert with Rose in top vocal form.

> >

> > Biggest letdowns:

> >

> > The Panic Channel's debut album. It was almost a given it was gonna be a

> > big

> > dud. Still, I've always been a huge Jane's Addiction fan and hoped 

>against

> > hope that this would be something decent. However, I was floored that a

> > band

> > that is essentially 50% Jane's Addiction (or 75% depending on what you

> > think

> > of the Jane's "Strays" lineup) with a new singer came up with such a

> > bland,

> > boring and musically unadventurous album. Killing Joke's HFTBOH turned 

>out

> > to be a really lazy, poorly produced album which was a huge letdown

> > compared

> > to what I consider was their best album of their career in '03's self

> > titled

> > album. Other letdowns included Bruce Springsteen's "Seeger Sessions" 

>cover

> > song album which was an unfortunate turn towards outright hillbilly 

>music.

> > This guy wrote some great albums in the past but man, has he lost the

> > plot.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

> >


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