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Best Albums of 2000-2004
 It
wasn't the best of times, it wasn't the worst of times. 2006 was a
year of comebacks both welcome (Cat Power) and lukewarm (Jay-Z);
vindictive triumphs (the Dixie Chicks); ambitious achievements
(Muse, My Chemical Romance); and massive, eye-opening career
retrospectives (Tom Waits). Most of all, though, 2006 was the year
we really, really thought we'd finally get to hear Guns N'
Roses' Chinese Democracy, only to be cruelly denied at the
11th hour (what are the odds?). Luckily we had lots of intriguing,
enthralling and sometimes just plain weird music to nurse us
through our crushing disappointment, from TV on the Radio to
Alejandro Escovedo to, uh, Joanna Newsom. So here's our
opinion, but what about yours? Who and what eased you through
the year that was? As always, our minds (and our mailboxes) are open. --
Kevin Forest Moreau, Editor-in-Chief |
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Muse: Black Holes and
Revelations |
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Tom Waits: Orphans |
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Tom Waits: Orphans |
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TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain |
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My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade |
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Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther |
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Drive-By Truckers: A Blessing and A Curse |
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Alejandro Escovedo: The Boxing Mirror |
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Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3: Olé! Tarantula |
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Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will
Beat Your Ass |
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The Twilight Singers: Powder Burns |
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Ghostface Killah: Fishscale |
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The Dixie Chicks: Taking the Long Way |
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Joanna Newsom: Ys |
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Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood |
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Cat Power: The Greatest |
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Eric Church: Sinners Like Me |
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Damien Jurado: And Now That I'm In Your Shadow |
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Matthew Ryan: From A Late Night High Rise |
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Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood |
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Matthew Ryan: East Autumn Grin
- U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind
- Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows
- Neko Case and Her Boyfriends: Furnace
Room Lullaby
- The Twilight Singers: Twilight as Played
by the Twilight Singers
- Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
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PJ Harvey: Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
- John Hiatt: Crossing Muddy Waters
- Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
- Ween: White Pepper
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- Radiohead:
Kid A
- OutKast: Stankonia
- PJ Harvey: Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
- Yo La
Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
- Sunny Day Real Estate: The Rising Tide
- Super Furry Animals:
Mwng
- Sigur Rós: Ágætis Byrjun
- Godspeed You Black
Emperor!: Lift Your Skinny Fists...
- Ryan
Adams: Heartbreaker
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Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One
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Nirvana: Nevermind
(Geffen, 1991)
- Radiohead: OK Computer (Capitol, 1997)
- U2: Achtung Baby
(Island, 1991)
- Freedy Johnston: Can
You Fly? (Bar/None, 1992)
- Mark Lanegan: Whiskey
for the Holy Ghost (Sub Pop, 1994)
- Steve Earle: El
Corazon (Warner Bros., 1997)
- R.E.M.: Out of Time
(Warner Bros., 1991)
- Soundgarden: Superunknown (A&M, 1994)
- Matthew Ryan: Mayday
(A&M, 1997)
- Too Much Joy: Cereal
Killers (Giant, 1991)
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Radiohead: OK Computer (Capitol, 1997)
- Tom Waits: Bone Machine (Island, 1992)
- A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End
Theory (Jive, 1991)
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My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (Sire, 1991)
- The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin (Warner
Bros., 1999)
- Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Matador, 1994)
- Neutral Milk Hotel: In An Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge, 1998)
- Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (Matador, 1993)
- Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
(Mercury, 1998)
- Björk: Homogenic (Elektra, 1997)
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U2: The Joshua Tree (Island, 1987)
- Pixies: Doolittle
(4AD/Elektra, 1989)
- R.E.M.: Murmur
(IRS, 1983)
- Prince: Purple Rain
(Warner Bros., 1983)
- The Replacements:
Tim (Sire, 1985)
- AC/DC: Back in
Black (ATCO, 1980)
- The Smiths: The
Queen is Dead (Sire, 1986)
- Echo and the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (Sire, 1984)
- The Soft Boys:
Underwater Moonlight (Rykodisc, 1980)
- Ice-T: The
Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say (Sire, 1989)
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Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (SST, 1984)
- R.E.M.: Murmur (IRS, 1983)
- Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to
Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988)
- Dinosaur Jr.: You're Living All Over Me (SST,
1987)
- The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (Silvertone,
1989)
- X: Wild Gift (Slash, 1981)
- Prince: Sign O' The Times (Paisley Park, 1987)
- Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime (SST,
1984)
- Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (Enigma, 1988)
- Pixies: Doolittle (4AD/Elektra, 1989)
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Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks (Columbia,
1975)
- Neil Young & Crazy
Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise, 1979)
- The Who: Who's Next
(MCA. 1971)
- Kiss: Destroyer
(Casablanca, 1976)
- The Rolling Stones:
Exile On Main Street (Virgin, 1972)
- Led Zeppelin: IV
(Atlantic, 1971)
- Van Halen: Van
Halen (Warner Bros., 1978)
- Pink Floyd: The
Wall (Capitol, 1979)
- Yes: Going for the
One (Atlantic, 1977)
- Elton John: Honky
Chateau (Rocket/Island, 1972)
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The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street
(Virgin, 1972)
- Patti Smith: Horses (Arista, 1975)
- Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks (Columbia, 1975)
- The Clash: London Calling (Epic, 1979)
- Van Morrison: Moondance (Warner Bros., 1970)
- Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (Motown,
1976)
- Curtis Mayfield: Superfly (Curtom, 1972)
- John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band (Capitol, 1970)
- Sly & the Family Stone: There's A Riot Going On
(Epic, 1971)
- The Stooges: Fun House (Elektra, 1970)
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The Beatles: Meet the Beatles (Capitol,
1964)
- Bob Dylan: Highway
61 Revisited (Columbia, 1965)
- MC5: Kick Out the
Jams (Elektra, 1969)
- The Rolling Stones:
Let it Bleed (London, 1969)
- The Beatles:
Revolver (Capitol, 1966)
- The Velvet
Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967)
- Johnny Cash: At San
Quentin (Live) (CBS, 1969)
- The Byrds:
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Columbia, 1968)
- Creedence Clearwater
Revival: Willy and the Poor Boys (Fantasy, 1969)
- Captain Beefheart &
his Magic Band: Safe As Milk (Buddha, 1966)
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The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol, 1966)
- Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (Columbia, 1966)
- Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia,
1965)
- The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple, 1969)
- Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: Trout Mask
Replica (Reprise, 1969)
- Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (Warner Bros.,
1968)
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James Brown: Live at the Apollo (1962) (Polydor,
1963)
- Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man The Way I
Loved You (Atlantic, 1967)
- The Velvet
Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967)
- The Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Columbia,
1968)
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