Scott Weber

[Scott Weber]

The Best Albums of 2006:

30) Much the Same – Survive
29) The Decemberists – Crane Wife
28) Owen – At Home with Owen
27) The Lawrence Arms – Oh, Calcutta!
26) This Providence – This Providence
25) Unearth – III: In the Eyes of Fire
24) Jeremy Enigk – World Waits
23) Tenacious D – The Pick of Destiny
22) Set Your Goals – Mutiny
21) Anti-Flag – For Blood and Empire
20) Moneen – The Red Tree
19) Every New Day – Even in the Darkest Places
18) Portugal. The Man – Waiter! You Vultures
17) Sparta – Threes
16) He is Legend – Suck Out the Poison
15) Action Reaction – 3 is the Magic Number
14) Ryan’s Hope – Apocalypse in Increments
13) Brandtson – Hello, Control
12) Fear Before the March of Flames – The Always Open Mouth
11) Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside of Me
10) Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage
09) Ignite – Our Darkest Days
08) Dead Poetic – Vices
07) Forgive Durden – Wonderland
06) No Trigger – Canyoneer
05) Fair – The Best/Worst Case Scenario
04) Rocky Votolato – Makers
03) Gatsbys American Dream - Gatsbys American Dream
02) mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
01) Saves the Day - Sound the Alarm

Honorable Mention:
Retaliate - Coup D’Etat
Damien Rice – 9
The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
Scarlet – This Was Always Meant to Fall Apart
Billy Talent – Billy Talent II
The Format - Dog Problems
As Tall as Lions - As Tall as Lions
Burns Out Bright - Save Yourself a Lifetime
Transition - Get There
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Park - Building a Better ____

Best EPs of 2006:

05) Lakes - Photographs
04) Cavalier - Your Honest Answer
03) Saves the Day - Bug Sessions
02) Sherwood - The Summer EP
01) David Bazan - Fewer Moving Parts

The Worst Albums of 2006:

05) The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, Lord Has Left Us
04) Plain White T's - Every Second Counts
03) A Change of Pace - Prepare the Masses
02) Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires!
01) Punchline - 37 Everywhere

Best Album of 2005 that I didn't get into until 2006:

01) Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift

Best Lyrics of 2006:

03) Saves the Day
02) mewithoutYou
01) David Bazan

Best TV Shows of 2006:

10) 30 Rock
09) Prison Break
08) Project Runway
07) Lost
06) 24
05) Dexter
04) The Office
03) Entourage
02) Top Chef
01) Heroes

Best Video Games of 2006:

05) Lego Star Wars II
04) College Hoops 2k7
03) Madden 07
02) Fifa 07
01) Final Fantasy XII

Best AP Staff Member:

01) Gabe Gross

Next Big Thing in 2007:

Man Without Wax (http://myspace.com/manwithoutwax)

[X__inhope]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought Fewer Moving Parts was the best ep of the year.

[Burnout2888]

Bazan released an EP this year? Where the fuck was I?

[Scott Weber]

Bazan released an EP this year? Where the fuck was I?
Not reading AP, because I reviewed it and posted news about it several times, haha. Go get it!

[losethegirl]

The only place you lost me was with giving Punchline worst album of the year. I mean come on... Punchline?!?!?! Not to mention Cute Is What We Aim For not even making that list.

I am going to have to say that these guys (aside from Sherwood) are the hardest working band out there. They promote their asses off and put on one hell of a live show. IMO this album was the next logical step for them and fits in nicely with their body of work.

[Scott Weber]

The only place you lost me was with giving Punchline worst album of the year. I mean come on... Punchline?!?!?! Not to mention Cute Is What We Aim For not even making that list.

I am going to have to say that these guys (aside from Sherwood) are the hardest working band out there. They promote their asses off and put on one hell of a live show. IMO this album was the next logical step for them and fits in nicely with their body of work.
I think Punchline's music is absolutely terrible...and that has nothing to do with how hard they work or how nice of guys they are.

[Gabe Gross]

Yay me!

[AcousticCrush]

It's about time Saves the Day got some love.
Good list.

[Chriz2z]

I love the top 5.

Good list Scott, although, I was surprised how high Dead Poetic is on that list. Maybe I do need to pick that CD up.

[Scott Weber]

I love the top 5.

Good list Scott, although, I was surprised how high Dead Poetic is on that list. Maybe I do need to pick that CD up.
my suprise CD of the year.

[dekdog11]

i really like your list scott, especially your top 5. i enjoyed those 5 a lot.

[hxchairstylist]

Good work Scott. I had a good time talking music with ya when you came in for the haircut last month. I wish you all the best with your upcoming endeavors! Looking forward to hearing what you got in-store!

-Jake

[Dirty Ernie]

It's about time Saves the Day got some love.
Good list.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[devinmcgrath]

how did the fold's new cd not make any list? i think its great.

in other news...

03) A Change of Pace - Prepare for the Masses Dinosaurs!

LOL YOU GOT IT WRONG!

[MattRM]

Man Without Wax sound really good. Looking forward to hearing more from them.

[Scott Weber]

how did the fold's new cd not make any list? i think its great.

in other news...

03) A Change of Pace - Prepare for the Masses Dinosaurs!

LOL YOU GOT IT WRONG!
what the hell? somebody added that as a joke... I definitely didn't write that.

[preppyak]

The Worst Albums of 2006:
05) The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, Lord Has Left Us

true story

[Chris Fallon]

Punchline is your worst album of the year? Damn, that's lame.

I will say this though, you have one of the most vast lists I've seen. Lots of good, some bad and some shit I haven't heard. Word up, though. I like it.

[eclipsegts1]

pretty good list Mr. Weber...haha you're so famous too me. just cause of that daphne thing you did.

[Scott Weber]

pretty good list Mr. Weber...haha you're so famous too me. just cause of that daphne thing you did.
hah. my little college radio show!

[PoisonInMyVeins]

Good call with the Bug Sessions.
And it makes me really happy to see Sound the Alarm as #1.
Lots of my friends have been giving that album shit.

[remoteCONTROL]

u r a qt

[lucasfcosta]

good list... just 2 thoughts about it

punchline is definitely not the worst of the year (for me, obviously)

and the fifa series will never be as good as PES (specially PES6) :D you make that switch in your list and that would be my perfect top3 games in 2006 ;-)

[blane]

good list ; )

[themostdeplete]

my suprise CD of the year.

crazy. i liked it a lot at first, but the staying power isn't there (more recently, it was on my top 40 of the year anyhow.)

[NameTaken69]

awesome that saves the day gets some love.

[Craftsy21]

Billy Talent gets honorable mention, but you think Punchline's music is absolutely terrible?

You're obviously not against the genre... i have to say, I don't get your take on this one at all. I think you have a very solid top 30 list there, and I can completely understand leaving Punchline off altogether - maybe even labelling their latest album a slight disappointment... but to have it as your worst album of the year?

Christ - they are one of the tightest, most talented bands in the pop-punk genre right now... even if they don't appeal to you, how can you HATE them?

Again - not saying the album was great, but it wasn't the worst album of the year in anyone's mind except yours - which makes zero sense considering some of your other favorites... and a lot of people think it's pretty damn good.


Anyways - it's your opinion I guess... it's just an odd, sort of ironic one.

[Scott Weber]

Billy Talent gets honorable mention, but you think Punchline's music is absolutely terrible?

You're obviously not against the genre... i have to say, I don't get your take on this one at all. I think you have a very solid top 30 list there, and I can completely understand leaving Punchline off altogether - maybe even labelling their latest album a slight disappointment... but to have it as your worst album of the year?

Christ - they are one of the tightest, most talented bands in the pop-punk genre right now... even if they don't appeal to you, how can you HATE them?

Again - not saying the album was great, but it wasn't the worst album of the year in anyone's mind except yours - which makes zero sense considering some of your other favorites... and a lot of people think it's pretty damn good.


Anyways - it's your opinion I guess... it's just an odd, sort of ironic one.
I'm not the only one who hates Punchline. In fact, almost all the people I play the band to agree with me...actually I've never found anybody who likes punchline. at all. People on the east coast tend to love that band more than the west coast, for some reason. It's incredibly basic, boring, and out of tune pop-punk with no heart or originality. So there's my opinion. And yes, I hate their music. They're not "tight" - they're sloppy. My opinion, my list. You should look up the definition of the word irony.

[Craftsy21]

I'm not the only one who hates Punchline. In fact, almost all the people I play the band to agree with me...actually I've never found anybody who likes punchline. at all. People on the east coast tend to love that band more than the west coast, for some reason. It's incredibly basic, boring, and out of tune pop-punk with no heart or originality. So there's my opinion. And yes, I hate their music. They're not "tight" - they're sloppy. My opinion, my list. You should look up the definition of the word irony.


Sloppy HOW exactly? Have you ever seen them perform live? They have one of the tightest sounding shows of any pop-punk band I've ever seen... and I've seen them 4 or 5 times now over the last 4 years or so.

It's one thing to have an opinion - but when you base it off facts that simply aren't true, you just make yourself look silly.

Out of tune? Somehow I doubt it - they aren't the London symphony orchestra, granted - but c'mon, there are enough tools out there to make sure a band isn't out of tune even if they tried to be. You're reaching here.

Basic? Sure - they are what they are. Never argued that.

Boring? Matter of opinion I suppose. The point isn't whether or not they're the best band, but more, how you can possibly rate them the WORST band when there is a bunch of shit out there which is undoubtedly worse in both our opinions. Seems like you have some sort of axe to grind here.

And lastly - no heart or originality? They write their own songs... what more do you want? I tend to think their songs are very personal, and therefore original by default. Maybe their music doesn't relate to you or something - but it seems to me there's more to this story than you're letting on.

As already mentioned - you like the genre, at least a moderate amount - how you can badmouth a band like punchline and then praise some of the other bands in the same type of music is just beyond me.

It's completely different to leave a band off the list, than to put their album as the absolute worst when it sounds very similar to shit you have made a point to praise.

Listen to whatever you want - just don't expect to be taken very seriously with a "worst of" list contrasting with your "best of" so poorly.

[Scott Weber]

Sloppy HOW exactly? Have you ever seen them perform live? They have one of the tightest sounding shows of any pop-punk band I've ever seen... and I've seen them 4 or 5 times now over the last 4 years or so.

It's one thing to have an opinion - but when you base it off facts that simply aren't true, you just make yourself look silly.

Out of tune? Somehow I doubt it - they aren't the London symphony orchestra, granted - but c'mon, there are enough tools out there to make sure a band isn't out of tune even if they tried to be. You're reaching here.

Basic? Sure - they are what they are. Never argued that.

Boring? Matter of opinion I suppose. The point isn't whether or not they're the best band, but more, how you can possibly rate them the WORST band when there is a bunch of shit out there which is undoubtedly worse in both our opinions. Seems like you have some sort of axe to grind here.

And lastly - no heart or originality? They write their own songs... what more do you want? I tend to think their songs are very personal, and therefore original by default. Maybe their music doesn't relate to you or something - but it seems to me there's more to this story than you're letting on.

As already mentioned - you like the genre, at least a moderate amount - how you can badmouth a band like punchline and then praise some of the other bands in the same type of music is just beyond me.

It's completely different to leave a band off the list, than to put their album as the absolute worst when it sounds very similar to shit you have made a point to praise.

Listen to whatever you want - just don't expect to be taken very seriously with a "worst of" list contrasting with your "best of" so poorly.
I'm done with you. Punchline sucks. The fact is that they still manage to be vocally poor WITH all the tools that are out there to make sure they aren't. And that's just sad.

The category of "worst albums" is relative to the scene. I don't listen to stuff like Nickelback, so how could I call it the worst album of the year? "Worst" is only relative to what I've listened to this year with some shred of hope that the album will be at least somewhat redeeming. The 5 that were listed resulted in monumental failures - in my mind (which you still can't comprehend.)

You're bringing your own personal tastes into your argument, and calling them facts. Foolish. Originality is relative too, you know. Of course everyone writes their own songs - but who cares if they sound like every one of their peers - but worse. Now I have nothing against Punchline as people - in fact, I hear they're really nice guys - I just think their music is terrible. There is no vendetta. Just me thinking an album is god awful while people like you praise it (and others even more so than you) leaves me in absolute shock.

Go ahead and be in disbelief. You probably like Day at the Fair too - there's something wrong with people's ears in the northeast part of the USA. Give it up. I hate the album, as hard as that may be for you to believe - I really don't care, since it's my list and not yours. It stands as the worst album I heard this year. Learn to deal with opinions that are different than yours.

[Craftsy21]

I'm done with you. Punchline sucks. The fact is that they still manage to be vocally poor WITH all the tools that are out there to make sure they aren't. And that's just sad.

The category of "worst albums" is relative to the scene. I don't listen to stuff like Nickelback, so how could I call it the worst album of the year? "Worst" is only relative to what I've listened to this year with some shred of hope that the album will be at least somewhat redeeming. The 5 that were listed resulted in monumental failures - in my mind (which you still can't comprehend.)

You're bringing your own personal tastes into your argument, and calling them facts. Foolish. Originality is relative too, you know. Of course everyone writes their own songs - but who cares if they sound like every one of their peers - but worse. Now I have nothing against Punchline as people - in fact, I hear they're really nice guys - I just think their music is terrible. There is no vendetta. Just me thinking an album is god awful while people like you praise it (and others even more so than you) leaves me in absolute shock.

Go ahead and be in disbelief. You probably like Day at the Fair too - there's something wrong with people's ears in the northeast part of the USA. Give it up. I hate the album, as hard as that may be for you to believe - I really don't care, since it's my list and not yours. It stands as the worst album I heard this year. Learn to deal with opinions that are different than yours.


Just one or two final things from me and then I'll stop bugging you about this.

You say that you consider Punchline's album to be a monumental failure, but you said you never liked them to begin with... what the hell did you expect?

Also - i'm not sure I understand why you're hating on their vocals - I don't think Steve is going to try out for the three tenors or anything, but there are far worse singers (jesse lacey anyone?) on your list -- if you just want to say you don't like his voice, that's fine -- but I think you'll find a lot of people who feel he has a very decent voice.

I have no problem with you having a different opinion than me - to be honest, this is probably one of the only things I will disagree with you about on your whole list -- I think the rest of it is very justifiable - probably the only reason I'm bothering to type any of this out at all.. I like your taste for the most part, and can't figure out how you're so down on P-Line.

Whatever - only other thing worth mentioning is that WE >>>>>>>>>> Fifa. That's another story altogether though.

Bye now.

[Scott Weber]

Just one or two final things from me and then I'll stop bugging you about this.

You say that you consider Punchline's album to be a monumental failure, but you said you never liked them to begin with... what the hell did you expect?

Also - i'm not sure I understand why you're hating on their vocals - I don't think Steve is going to try out for the three tenors or anything, but there are far worse singers (jesse lacey anyone?) on your list -- if you just want to say you don't like his voice, that's fine -- but I think you'll find a lot of people who feel he has a very decent voice.

I have no problem with you having a different opinion than me - to be honest, this is probably one of the only things I will disagree with you about on your whole list -- I think the rest of it is very justifiable - probably the only reason I'm bothering to type any of this out at all.. I like your taste for the most part, and can't figure out how you're so down on P-Line.

Whatever - only other thing worth mentioning is that WE >>>>>>>>>> Fifa. That's another story altogether though.

Bye now.
With all the praise the Punchline album was receiving, I expected an improvement. Duh. Plus, I try to give just about everything a fair chance. You don't have to understand why I hate the band - and I don't have to understand why you like them. Haha, you're "I can't figure it out" complex is hilarious. It's like this is really bothering you. Who cares - it's opinion.

And once WE gets licenses, we'll talk. I want to be able to play with any Italian or English team I want. And Fifa 07 for regular xbox is better gameplay than any of the WE games (for the first time it surpassed it) - but Fifa is ass on 360. I do agree that the WE series has better gameplay than all the Fifa games previous to 07.

[3eb23]

I'm loving the Saves The Day love. And A Change of Pace...hahaha that's exactly what I pictured when I was thinking about worst album of the year. Well, that and Cute Is What We Aim For.

[OhYuhImFierce]

If you forget about the lyrics list and the fact that you forgot Brand New, this was defnitely the best list I've read.