CLUAS Archive: Indie Albums reviewed in 2006

Below are reviews of albums written by CLUAS writers that were published in 2006. The albums are presented in four different categories based on the score the reviewer gave them. Also check out reviews of albums released in 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 & 1999

The 'Almost Flawless' zone...

• Simple Kid 'SK2' (9 out of 10)
• David Byrne & Brian Eno 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' (9 out of 10)
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (9 out of 10)
• Artic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (positive review, 9 out of 10, more negative review below)
• The Frank and Walters 'A Renewed Interest in Happiness' (8.5 out of 10)
• Luxembourg 'Front' (8.5 out of 10)
• Hope of the States 'Left' (8.5 out of 10)
• Islands  'Return To The Sea' (8.5 out of 10)
• OK GO 'Oh No' (8.5 out of 10)
• Goodtime John 'I'll Sing Till The Sun Turns Cold' (8.5 out of 10)

The 'Solid and Memorable' zone...

• Ray LaMontagne 'Till the Sun Turns Black' (8 out of 10)
• The Rapture 'Pieces of the People We Love' (8 out of 10)
• Mighty Stef 'The Sins of Saint Catherine' (8 out of 10)
• Charlotte Gainsbourg '5:55' (8 out of 10)
• Tapes'n Tapes (8 out of 10)
• Paul Simon 'Surprise' (8 out of 10)
• Zero 7 'The Garden' (8 out of 10)
• Gnarls Barkley 'St. Elsewhere' (8 out of 10)
• The Bleedin Bleedins 'Life Without Computers' (8 out of 10)
• Wolf Parade 'Apologies To The Queen Mary' (8 out of 10)
• The Kooks 'Inside In Inside Out' (8 out of 10)
• Ten Past Seven 'Shut Up Your Face' (8 out of 10)
• Juliet Turner 'Live' (8 out of 10)
• Motorsounds Compilation 'Blood on the Scratch Plate '65' (7.5 out of 10)
• Damien Rice '9' (7.5 out of 10)
• Phoenix 'It's never been like that' (7.5 out of 10)
• McLusky  'McLuskyism' (7.5 out of 10)
• Streets 'The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living' (7.5 out of 10)
• Kerbside 'Anything Strange' (7.5 out of 10)
• Patrick Wolf 'Wind in the Wires' (7.5 out of 10)
• Arthur Russell 'First Thought Best Thought' (7.425691 out of 10)
• Neosupervital 'Neosupervital' (7.10056 out of 10)
• Prison Love 'This Corn is Awesome' (7 out of 10)
• The Young Knives 'Voices of Animals and Men' (7 out of 10)
• Peter Bjorn and John 'Writer's Block' (7 out of 10)
• Peaches (7 out of 10)
• The Raconteurs 'Broken Boy Soldiers' (7 out of 10)
• Crayonsmith 'Stay Loose' (7 out of 10)
• Young People  'All at once' (7 out of 10)
• The Flaming Lips 'At War With The Mystics' (7 out of 10)
• Nizlopi 'Half These Songs Are About You' (7 out of 10)
• Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins 'Rabbit Fur Coat' (7 out of 10)
• Babyshambles 'Down In Albion' (7 out of 10)
• Royseven 'The Art of Insincerity' (6.9 out of 10)
• Paris Hilton 'Paris' (6.5 out of 10)
• James Dean Bradfield 'The Great Western' (6.5 out of 10)
• Scott Walker ' The Drift' (6.5 out of 10)
• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanagan 'Ballad of the Broken Seas' (6.5 out of 10)
• Regina Spektor 'Mary Ann meets the Gravediggers and other short stories' (6.5 out of 10)
• Pugwash 'Jollity' (6.5 out of 10)

The 'Should Try Harder' zone...

• Futureheads 'News and Tributes' (6 out of 10)
• The Late Cord 'Lights From The Wheelhouse' (6 out of 10)
• Republic of Loose 'Aaagh!' (6 out of 10)
• Delays 'You See Colours' (6 out of 10)
• The Crimea 'Tragedy Rocks' (6 out of 10)
• Sinead O'Connor 'Throw Down Your Arms' (6 out of 10)
• The Corrs 'Home' (5.5 out of 10)
• Clearlake 'Amber' (5.5 out of 10)
• The Immediate 'In Towers And Clouds' (5 out of 10)
• The Charlatans 'Simpatico' (5 out of 10)
• Clayhill 'Mine at last' (5 out of 10)
• Saves The Day  'Sound The Alarm' (5 out of 10)
• Embrace 'This New Day' (5 out of 10)
• Artic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (negative review, 5 out of 10, see a more positive review above)
• Dave Couse 'The World Should Know' (5 out of 10)
• Killing Joke 'XXV Gathering: Let Us Prey' (5 out of 10)

The 'Steer Well Clear' zone...

• Stellastarr 'Harmonies For The Haunted' (4.7 out of 10)
• Keane 'Under the Iron Sea' (4.5 out of 10)
• The Beautiful New Born Children 'Hey People' (4.5 out of 10)
• Jason Mraz 'Mr. A-Z' (4.5 out of 10)
• Regina Spektor 'Begin to Hope' (4 out of 10)
• Donald Fagan 'Morph the Cat' (4 out of 10)
• Cowboy Junkies 'Early 21st Century Blues' (4 out of 10)
• Dara 'Dog-eared Memories' (4 out of 10)
• Cansei De Ser Sexy (3.8 out of 10)
• Great White (3.5 out of 10)
• Jet 'Shine on' (3 out of 10)
• Josh Ritter 'The Animal Years' (3 out of 10)
• The Tyde  'Three's Co.' (3 out of 10)
• Drowsy 'Snow on Moss on Stone' (3 out of 10)
• Wonderstuff 'Suspended By Stars' (3 out of 10)
• Cute Is What We Aim For 'The Same Old Blood Rush...' (2.5 out of 10)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Stadium Arcadium' (2 out of 10)
• Placebo  'Meds' (2 out of 10)
• Van Morrison 'Pay the Devil' (2 out of 10)