Rank   Artist   Album Total Points Votes
67   Matt Mays   When Angels Make Contact 17 2
This is Mays’ second solo CD, and he keeps expanding his range with each release. This CD is the soundtrack to a movie that Mays has written but not filmed (yet?). It is easy to picture the movie that Mays is imagining when you listen to the world created in his lyrics. Tracks like “The Past,” “Never Saw It Comin’,” and “Spoonful of Sugar” make this CD a must have. - Late Night Conversation - (9)

It sneaks up on you. - Denim - (8)

 

 

 

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Rank   Artist   Album Total Points Votes
67   The Wailin' Jennys   Firecracker 17 2

The most charming record of the year. The harmonies are outstanding and the songs top-drawer. I was taken by one song Bob Harris played "Prairie Town", it is an outstanding track, but there are many other highlights. A real find from three women who write their own songs and sing their own lead vocals as the others lend their superb harmonies to the mix. I've never heard of any of the musicians who back them so beautifully. - G-Man - (9)

Another discovery for me in 2006. First class rootsy instrumentation (yeaps fiddles and banjos!) and harmonies to die for. The initial prettiness of their voices belies the tough underbelly, and three women who are on top of their craft. They sound best when they’re all involved in the vocals. And it’s a grower. which just edged out The Be Good Tanyas. - Loon Rider - (1)

 

 

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67   The Wave Pictures   Sophie 17 1

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Rank   Artist   Album Total Points Votes
72   Eric Bachmann   To The Races 16 2
So I thought that Bachman was fading until I heard this album, then I decided that he's the real thing.                           - Matt Mett - (10)

Raving Lunating (6)

 

 

 

 

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(Larry Hooper - Rust, Mindy Smith - Long Island Shores, 

Patty Hurst Shifter - Too Crowded On The Losing End, The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun)