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

[Robert Mallett]

yeah, it's a bit trad eh?
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> 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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