Album of the month – December 2006

Well it’s that time of year again where we look back over the year and decide what was hot and what’s not!

2006 has been a particularly good year for new bands like the Kooks and Hot Chip ,whilst there has also been some strong returns to form from artists like Primal Scream,  The Flaming Lips and The Buzzcocks, as well as innovative new stuff from acts as diverse as Sparks, Springsteen and even Neil Diamond (he’s gone mad I hear you say!)

The annual Best of Barbs 2006 – a double CD selection of Director , Tim Barber’s choices of the year will be being distributed to Muso clients shortly. The contents of the CD can be seen below, so if you fancy a copy – email tim.barber@pcdagency.com and he’ll zoom a copy back first class

Barbadelica – Best of 2006

Disk 1

Roscoe – Midlake
His Majesty Rides – Josh Rouse
Say Hello to the Pope – James Dean Bradfield
Jackie Big Tits – The Kooks
Flat Pack Philosophy – The Buzzcocks
My Son Spells Backwards – The Victorian English Gentlemen’s Society
Dolls (Sweet Rock’n’Roll) – Primal Scream
Dance Like a Monkey – The New York Dolls
Tired of Hangin’ Around – The Zutons
Steady as She Goes – The Raconteurs
Elija – Frank Black
Hey Chicken – Loose Fur
Yell Fire – Michael Franti
Over and Over – Hot Chip
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Smile – Lily Allen
People Gonna Talk – James Hunter
Better Way – Ben Harper
Yeah,Yeah, Yeah Song – The Flaming Lips

Disk 2

I did not – Howe Gelb
Wolves – Josh Ritter
Eiree Canal – Bruce Springsteen
Shore Song – Roddy Frame
Woman of a Certain Age – The Divine Comedy
When the Mountains Were the Sea – Hawksley Workman
Kick up the Dust – Blood Meridian
Save me a Saturday Night – Neil Diamond
Herculean – The Good, the Bad & the Queen
Funny Little Frog – Belle & Sebastian
Metaphor – Sparks
Live with me – Massive Attack
Your Touch – The Black Keys
Revolver – Isobelle Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Cursed Sleep – Bonnie Prince Billy
I’m Ready – The Twilight Singers
Let it Roll – Willard Grant Conspiracy