Comments on: Top Irish albums of 2006 poll: Vote!

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:09:14 +0000

What are nuts and bolts to releasing a CD
to the Irish market. As an ex-pat, stuck in
Colorado, I’m clueless. If 170 CD’s were
released this year, where d I go to see how that
was done, especially by independent means.
Cheers

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:06:32 +0000

1. Groom “All This Happened, More Or Less”
2. Northstation “Wagtail”
3. Michael Knight “Youth Is Wasted On The Young”
4. Crayonsmith “Stay Loose”
5. Redneck Manifesto “Seven Stabs”

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:33:52 +0000

si schroeder

the 1 or two others i actually heard were fairly meh

By: AstonishingSodApe

AstonishingSodApe — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:43:29 +0000

Album of the year, no question: Herv – Customer.

Also great: Director.

David Kitt’s new one’s a huge improvement too, very surprised.

By: Sinéad

Sinéad — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:46:19 +0000

Cahony, I’m sure I have your email address in my comments somewhere, but drop me a mail.

By: Cahony

Cahony — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:02:49 +0000

Sinead, that does seem quite a lot. Any chance of getting a look at this list of 170? I’ve one in mind that nobody has mentioned yet, wouldn’t mind seeing if it’s on your list. I only got it last week, so it needs more listening before I can comment on it.

By: claux

claux — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:02:15 +0000

Ann Scott
David Kitt
The Cake Sale
Miriam Ingram
Fionn Regan

By: Sinéad

Sinéad — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:45:13 +0000

Cahony, from a recent (and reliable) list I was sent about Irish albums released this year – I counted 170 on it. Staggering isn’t it?

By: Cahony

Cahony — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:39:30 +0000

Sinead/Niall, where is the figure of 170 coming from? I’m interested to see what’s counted/not counted in there.

By: Damien Rice in songwriting ripoff shocker at The High Stool

Damien Rice in songwriting ripoff shocker at The High Stool — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:28:21 +0000

[...] Yesterday I came across a blog looking for votes on the top 5 Irish albums of 2006. I duly obliged and voted, and then remembered a stack of CDs I bought in recent weeks but haven’t got a chance to listen to yet. Damien Rice’s latest offering ‘9′ (reviewed on Pitchfork, Cluas.com and RTE.ie) was one of the five Irish cds among the stack. I had managed to somehow ignore all the hype around this much anticipated release, so it was about time I gave it a listen. [...]

By: Niall

Niall — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:54:03 +0000

Sinead, you can vote anonomously through the form in the post if ya like ;) … So far there has been votes for 50 or so of those 170 albums, which is impressive!

By: Sinéad

Sinéad — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:19:44 +0000

As I’ve already told Niall, I’m not allowed to say who mine are, but believe it or not there were 170 full-length Irish albums released in 2006 alone. Scary, eh?

By: hermie

hermie — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:12:07 +0000

Crayonsmith – ‘Stay Loose’

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:20:16 +0000

avonmore – half fat cream (their band site http://www.avonmore.ie is fuckin deadly)
chivers – stawberry jelly (gets a bit sickening towards the end)
Matlows – refresher bar
Marigold – large rubber gloves (for the lady in your life)

By: darren

darren — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:39:33 +0000

si schroeder – coping mechanisms
the redneck manifesto – seven stabs
david kitt – not fade away
patrick freyne & his bad intentions – nobody ever dies(?)
oppenheimer – oppenheimer (if that’s eligible like)