Most Overrated Albums of 2006

I'd put my vote in for Margot & The Nuclear So & So's. I picked it up to finish up this month's eMusic haul, and it's boring me to tears.

Any others?

I agree…EVERYONE was really hyping that album.
Such a disappointment…ruined my entire year.

Among the albums I bought and have been disappointed by:

Mastodon - no fun

Muse - loved their first three albums, just don't like this one.

Islands - Everytime I put this on, I get bored and figure if I want yowly "epic" indie, I'll just listen to Arcade Fire.

Iron Maiden - My intense love for these guys is firmly entrenched in their 80s output.

And it's early (just got it the other day) but I'm not seeing the brilliance of Hot Chip yet.

Well here are the highest rated albums on metacritic:


1 Savane by Ali Farka Toure 2006 94
2 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits 2006 91
3 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 91
4 Ys by Joanna Newsom 2006 89
5 Modern Times by Bob Dylan 2006 89
6 Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio 2006 89
7 Fishscale by Ghostface Killah 2006 88
8 For Hero: For Fool by Subtle 2006 87
9 Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer 2006 87
10 The Town And The City by Los Lobos 2006 87
11 Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé 2006 86
12 'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb 2006 86
13 Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady 2006 86
14 Taiga by OOIOO 2006 86
15 The Drift by Scott Walker 2006 85
16 The Crane Wife by The Decemberists 2006 85
17 I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo 2006 85
18 Serena-Maneesh by Serena-Maneesh 2006 84
19 Nashville by Solomon Burke 2006 84
20 Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash 2006 84
21 Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case 2006 84
22 The Letting Go by Bonnie "Prince" Billy 2006 84
23 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys 2006 83
24 Someone To Drive You Home by The Long Blondes 2006 83
25 Donuts by J Dilla aka Jay Dee 2006 83
26 Game Theory by The Roots 2006 83
27 Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson 2006 83
28 Pretty Little Head by Nellie McKay 2006 83
29 Love by The Beatles 2006 83
30 The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals 2006 83


Of their top 30, only one will make my top 10. Though I quite liked Nellie McKay's debut, I thought her new one was a rambling mess. The recrod company was right in wanting to pare it down.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I'd put my vote in for Margot & The Nuclear So & So's. I picked it up to finish up this month's eMusic haul, and it's boring me to tears.

Wow. I was just about to finish out my emusic haul with this album…

I would've never guessed OOIOO's new album would be in the top 30, let alone the top 30.

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:

14 Taiga by OOIOO 2006 86

I totally agree with the Arctic Monkeys album, too much hype for just one song… (which is pretty good, I must say)

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Of their top 30, only one will make my top 10.

let me guess:

3 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 91

what do i win?!

Did U2 or Radiohead release anything this year?

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Of their top 30, only one will make my top 10.

let me guess:

3 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 91

what do i win?!

That album's borderline fuckin' amazin'. Making you feel empathy for someone that moves yay is a new emotion in hip-hop . . . .

Maybe it's my poor reading comprehension skills, but I have no idea what you just said.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Of their top 30, only one will make my top 10.

let me guess:

3 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 91

what do i win?!

That album's borderline fuckin' amazin'. Making you feel empathy for someone that moves yay is a new emotion in hip-hop . . . .

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Did U2 or Radiohead release anything this year?

Haha! Why yes…

Kid B:
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And another greatest hits:
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Did U2 or Radiohead release anything this year?

Thom Yorke did, but i dont think it was overrated. his solo album seemed to come and go without much notice…though i enjoy it thoroughly!

Originally posted by le sonick:
Thom Yorke did, but i dont think it was overrated.

it was fairly universally panned, so it must have been REALLY shitty to have been overrated

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by le sonick:
Thom Yorke did, but i dont think it was overrated.

it was fairly universally panned, so it must have been REALLY shitty to have been overrated

If by "fairly universally panned," you mean "given generally favorable reviews," then yeah…

Originally posted by nkotb:
I'd put my vote in for Margot &amp; The Nuclear So &amp; So's. I picked it up to finish up this month's eMusic haul, and it's boring me to tears.

Any others?

Who besides Brennser and myself are talking this album up? For me it's a solid four star record that isn't going to change the world, but the song writing and arrangements are solid. It's also one of those that takes a couple times to sink in records…. Besides nkotbie is a Andrew W.K. fan so what do you expect ;)

My overrated choice is The Raconteurs… It's just not a good as it could have been.

Originally posted by amnesiac:
If by "fairly universally panned," you mean "given generally favorable reviews," then yeah…

touche, i remembered reading a lot of shitty ones for some reason

Stadium Aracadium - RHCP… I am done with this band.. finished..

Nobody else, I guess. But based on some of the conversation on here, I was expecting a sleeper hit.

Of course, this should be an indication of what kind of esteem I hold you both in :D .

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Who besides Brennser and myself are talking this album up?

Originally posted by nkotb:
Nobody else, I guess. But based on some of the conversation on here, I was expecting a sleeper hit

there was definitely a lot of talk about the band on here this year, not sure if it was about the album