Friday, December 08, 2006

NPR's 10 Best CDs of 2006

National Public Radio's 10 best CDs of 2006, as chosen by a listener poll, can be found here. Tom Waits' recently released "Orphans" made the list. Listener Steve says:

"Way back in 1972 The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main St. That album was a tour through various styles and genres: blues, country, gospel, etc., but with all of them filtered through the Stones' musical identity. Well, it's taken 34 years, but someone has finally created another record of equal breadth, stylistic adventurousness and power. There's something here for everyone, and yet it's unmistakably Tom Waits. Only real artists can pull something like this off, and Waits not only pulls it off, he makes it seem easy."

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