Back to 2006 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists) • Page 3

re: Mute Math, what happened there is the original release was in 2006 on Teleprompt (essentially the band's own label) and then they signed to Warner Bros for a 2007 re-release of the same album. It's important to note that the two albums actually differ and I MUCH prefer the original version. Two great songs got removed, two songs got cut down by almost 2 minutes each (Break The Same, You Are Mine), a few other minor changes, and the addition of "Control" from their first EP. Overall it's a very prevalent example of a label taking the band's original intented piece of work and changing it drastically for wide release.

re: Gym Class Heroes, I unfortunately agree. I still can enjoy the band for the most part, but over the years it's certainly faded a lot.

 

Shouts out Pete Wentz and Panic! in this video. Oh my god what a throwback lmao

 

This will forever be the pivotal GCH song, such a moment in time

 

big true, just spun the vinyl last weekend. so many all-timer tracks. simonize!

 

I love this re-ranking series. Really enjoy your perspective going back and digging into how things have changed for you.

I’m happy for Dog Problems and I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child, but I expected Put Your Ghost to Rest to be re-ranked higher.

 

i still like PYGTR a fair amount, as reflected in my list, but it's a pretty uneven record. kind of a theme with kevin.

 

"Life on a Chain" should have been a hit!

 

was it not? That's the only song of his I know

 

yeah i'm pretty sure it was a "hit," albeit a minor one. that, "crystal village" and "strange condition" all had moments.

 

Yeah, I guess it went number one Adult Alternative, but never really crossed over.

 

Without thinking too hard:
Brand new - Devil and God
John Mayer Continuum

gap

Senses Fail Still searching
RHCP - Stadium Arcadium

gap

NFG - Coming Home
Yellowcard - Lights and Sounds
The Killers - Sams Town

 

he had a ton (more than i expected) of songs that did the rounds on melodramatic tv shows too

 

The Devil and God meant everything to me and would undoubtedly be at #1 on any year prior to the revelation. Now I don't return to it but felt like I needed to mention this because completely ignoring this album would be like ignoring a part of my life, it just wouldn't make sense. Moving on:

1. The Format - Dog Problems
2. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
3. Set Your Goals - Mutiny!
4. Moneen - The Red Tree
5. The Early November - The Mother, the Mechanic and the Path
6. Underoath - Define the Great Line
   
7. Spitalfield - Better Than Knowing Where You Are
8. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
9. Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
10. Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
11. Copeland - Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
12. New Found Glory - Coming Home
13. Thursday - A City by the Light Divided
14. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
15. Saosin - Saosin

There were a few very successful albums from that year on which I love a few particular songs vs the album as a whole:
Sam's Town, Whatever People Say I Am, Continuum, The Sufferer and the Witness, Begin to Hope and Black Holes and Revelations

 

man. all due respect but that hellogoodbye album is doodoo to me

 

OK there might have been a nostalgia factor involved here! Also some of those songs have aged badly... But I still enjoy most of them if they come on shuffle at the right time.

 

2006 was the year I graduated high school and left for college so I have a lot of weird, nostalgic, bittersweet memories tied to many of these albums.

Spring/ Graduation time was all about TBS, AvA, and Thursday.

first semester of college was all about Senses Fail, NFG, My Chem, and BN.

the most interesting thing for me while looking to the album list is that the two albums I listen to the most today are The Hold Steady and MO, which were both bands I had not listened to until years later.

 

I definitely remember a few of them showing up on Smallville.

 

And all the best songs from that album have better demos

 

Surprised by how much on this one and the last one I've never listened to. Lots to check out.

Need to throw out some love for Wonderland by Forgive Durden that came out in 2006 though.

 

Yep. I return to that album on occasion and always am amazed at how good that album is.

 

My two favorite albums from 2006 are marred by terrible people, Devil & God and Coming Home. Still don't know what to do with that tbh.

 

You rank them 1 and 2.

 

Terrific list. I didn't love 2006 as much as 2005, but now that I'm looking back there were some really great records and a few really fantastic ones (including maybe my favorite album of all-time).

1. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
2. John Mayer - Continuum
3. MuteMath - MuteMath
4. Underoath - Define the Great Line
5. Andrew Osenga - The Morning
6. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
7. Switchfoot - Oh! Gravity.
8. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
9. Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin, Losing a Child
10. Keane - Under the Iron Sea
11. Brand New - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me
12. Jars of Clay - Good Monsters
13. The Killers - Sam's Town
14. Anathallo - Floating World
15. Leeland - Sound of Melodies
16. Dead Poetic - Vices
17. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
18. The Classic Crime - Albatross
19. Fair - The Best-Worst Case Scenario
20. Starflyer 59 - My Island

Dang, did i love Tooth & Nail records back then...

 

always nice to see some Chad Perrone love!