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Ah, best of the year lists. Don't you love best of the year lists? The only problem with them is that you need to take the subjectivity factor into consideration. Not so with the TwangTrust Best Of The Year list. We here at the TwangTrust each year carefully compile a list of the actual best music released over the course of the year. This is not merely our opinion - it is fact. Your opinion may differ from our facts, and we don't hold that against you or think any legal action should be taken (usually) but if you find this is the case with your musical selections, please spend some time studying the list below and try thinking straight. Thank you.
2007 Albums of the Year
1 - Danny & Dusty – Cast Iron Soul (Blue Rose)
2 - Steve Earle – Washington Square Serenade (New West)
3 - Patty Griffin – Children Running Through (ATO)
4 - Ian Hunter – Shrunken Heads (New West)
5 - Chuck Prophet – Soap and Water (New West)
6 - Ridley Bent – Buckles and Boots (Maple Music)
7 - Wussy – Left For Dead (Shake It)
8 - Nathan – Key Principles (Nettwerk)
9 - C.R. Avery – Magic Hour Sailor Songs (Bongo Beat)
10 - Tommy Womack - There, I Said It (Cedar Creek)
Top 5 Gigs of 2007
1 ) C. R. AVERY
Sept. 22 @ Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club
2 ) JOHN FOGERTY
July 26 @ MTS Centre
3 ) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
October 6 @ Wachovia Center, Philidelphia, PA
4 ) CROWDED HOUSE
Sept. 8 @ Centennial Concert Hall
5 ) ELLIOTT BROOD
Oct. 27 @ WECC
TWANG TRUST BEST OF 2006
2006 TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1 - Bob Delevante – Columbus and the Colossal Mistake (Relay)
2 - The Twilight Singers – Powder Burns (One Little Indian)
3 - Joan Jett – Sinner (Blackheart)
4 - The Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love (Nettwerk)
5 - Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Mint)
6 - Bruce Springsteen – The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
7 - Romi Mayes – Sweet Somethin’ Steady (Indie)
8 - Leeroy Stagger – Depression River (Boompa)
9 - The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
10 – Jeffrey Dean Foster – Million Star Hotel (Angel Skull)
RUNNERS UP
Willard Grant Conspiracy & Telefunk - In The Fishtank 8
Ox - American Lo-Fi
Kevn Kinney's S.T.A.R. - Comin' Round Again
Barney Bentall – Gift Horse (True North)
The Drams - Jubilee Drive (New West)
The Yayhoos - Put The Hammer Down (Lakeside Lounge)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (New West)
The Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way (Columbia)
Ronnie Spector - Last of the Rock Stars
TOP 33 SONGS OF 2006 In No Particular Order
Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males - Drunk On Election Night
Bob Delevante - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Dixie Chicks - Lullaby
Bob Delevante - Circles Around Me
Jeffrey Dean Foster - The Summer of the Son of Sam
Allison Moorer - Fairweather
Kevn Kinney - Thought By Now
The Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae
Joan Jett - Riddles
Joan Jett - A.C.D.C.
Neko Case - John Saw That Number
The Little Willies - Lou Reed
Be Good Tanyas - For The Turnstiles
Romi Mayes - Bible
Ox - Surrender
The Drams - Hummalong
The Drams - Unhinged
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Different Drum
Tommy Keene - Warren In The '60's
Bruce Springsteen - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
Neko Case w. The Sadies - Jason Fleming
Willard Grant Conspiracy & Telefunk - Dig a Hole In The Meadow
Paul Kelly - They Thought I Was Asleep
Danny Michel - Midnight Train
New York Dolls - Dance Like A Monkey
Bruce Springsteen - Buffalo Gals
Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy - Thunder Road
Steve Earle - Rednecks
Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock'n'Roll
The Shalitas - Shalitas Chant
Tom Waits - Danny Says
Dustin Bentall - Crash Hard
The Hazy Pilgrims - High and Angry (demo)
TOP 5 LIVE SHOWS
1 - THE SADIES w/ GREG KEELOR, Times Changed High & Lonesome Club, Oct. 18
2 - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, XCL Energy Center, Minneapolis, June 11
3 - THE DIXIE CHICKS, MTS Centre, August 19
4 - DANNY MICHEL, West End Cultural Centre, September 14
5 - ELLIOTT BROOD, Times Change High & Lonesome Club
TWANG TRUST BEST OF 2005
2005 TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1 - Elliott Brood – Ambassador (Six Shooter Records)
2 - James McMurtry – Childish Things (Compadre)
3 - NQ Arbuckle - The Last Supper In A Cheap Town (Six Shooter Records)
4 - Marty Stuart – Souls’ Chapel (Superlatone)
5 - Bruce Springsteen – Devils and Dust (Columbia)
6 - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)
7 - Son Volt – Okemah and the Melody of Riot
8 - Ridley Bent – Blam (Maple Music)
9 - Carolyn Mark – Just Married (Mint)
10-Romi Mayes and the Temporarily Employed – Living Room Sessions
RUNNERS UP
Wussy - Funeral Dress
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
Paul Kelly – Foggy Highway (True North)
Marah – If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry
Various Artists – Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham
Kathleen Edwards : Back To Me (Rounder)
Loudon Wainwright III – Here Come The Choppers
Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
BEST SONGS of 2005
Amy Rigby – Dancing With Joey Ramone
James McMurtry – We Can’t Make It Here
Bruce Springsteen – Devils and Dust
The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Kathleen Edwards – Back To Me
Kathleen Edwards and Jim Bryson – Somewhere Else
NQ Arbuckle – Cheap Town
Ridley Bent – Fruitpickers
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder
Sharon Jones – This Land Is Your Land
A Band of Bees – Chicken Payback
Agriculture Club - Johnny To Your June
Robbie Fulks - Fountains of Wayne Hotline
Mary Gauthier - Wheel Inside The Wheel
TOP 5 LOCAL LIVE SHOWS
1 - Elliott Brood – Times Changed, Nov. 23
2 - Heavy Trash/The Sadies/The Fiftymen – Pyramid, Nov. 5
3 - Emmylou Harris – Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 10
4 - Sharon Jones & the DAP Kings - Jazz Winnipeg Festival, June 23/24
5 - Evan Dando – W.E.C.C., July 23
BEST OUT-OF-TOWN LIVE SHOWS
Bruce Springsteen – Northrop Aud., Minneapolis, Oct. 12
Son Volt – First Avenue, Minneapolis, Oct. 13
BEST DEBUT ALBUM
1 - Elliott Brood – Ambassador (Six Shooter Records)
2 - Ridley Bent – Blam (Maple Music)
3 – Scott H. Biram - The Dirty Old One Man Band (Bloodshot)
BEST VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM
1 Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham
2 Guess Who’s Home
BEST REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM
1 Green On Red – Here Come The Snakes (Belle Sound)
2 June Carter – Keep On The Sunny Side: Her Life In Music (Sony)
3 The Morells – Anthology Live (Almeron Records)
4 The Smithereens – Mega Box Set (self)