Who The Hell’s 2006 Wrap-Up: Part 6 – Top Voted Acts
So this is the final wrap up and final post for the year. When we sent out this poll, we asked for the top five aussie releases and they could be albums, eps, singles, downloads, or streams. But it’s obvious the majority of the industry still relate releases as traditional albums. I like listening to albums as entire work of art, how each song relates to a unifying theme and mood. But producing such a body of work requires experience that only comes after a few albums’ work. Out of the top ten, three are sophomore albums and only one is a third album release (Augie March’s). One EP made it and that is Midnight Juggernauts’. I wouldn’t want to see the end of albums as the music listening world changes, but if we’re still around by end of next year I’m hoping that we’ll get a good mix of albums, eps and singles in the top 10. I hope that as broadband usage spreads people will actually make more of an effort to listen to music beyond what publicists, media writers and both major and independent labels put out.
Thanks for reading, we’re taking a bit of a break so see you in mid-January.
Top 10 Releases of 2006
1. Dappled Cities Fly - Granddance
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2. Gotye – Like Drawing Blood
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3. Macromantics – Moments In Movement
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3. Sleepy Jackson – Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird)
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5. Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir
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5. Snowman – Snowman
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7. Wolf & Cub – Vessels
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8. The Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High
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10. Ground Components – An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick
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10. Midnight Juggernauts – Secrets Of The Universe EP
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I’m obviously missing something in the Dappled Cities Fly record… it just doesn’t do it for me, and I’m not entirely sure why as I generally like an epic pop album.
On the other hand Gotye and The Midnight Juggernauts are a revelation!
I find it interesting that the album deemed by Triple J as the Album of the Year features nowhere in here, and on hardly any picks from anyone we surveyed…