By Stone Martindale Dec 29, 2006, 3:32 GMT
Author Stephen King is known mostly for his horrific tales, usually set in and around the New England area where he calls home. In a recent Entertainment Weekly, King mused on his favorite top ten songs and albums in the year 2006, that moved the maestro of macabre:
11/30/2006 - Bob Seger - Bob Seger on Face The Promise Tour - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL, United States -Still has some good tunes in him according to King....© Adam Bielawski / Photorazzi
1. The Animal Years-Josh Ritter - "maybe the best album in the last five..Mysterious, melancholy, melodic..and those are only the M's "
2. God's Gonna Cut You Down-Johnny Cash - "You could argue Cash saved the best for last..The entire album is a masterpiece.."
3. Hey, Valerie-The Derailers - "Best country single of the year.." from the album Soldiers of Love.
4. Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol - "I love this song.."
5. Zoysia-The Bottle Rockets - "America's premier bar band...Primo cuts are 'Better than Broken' and 'Feeling Down.' "
6. Snake Farm-Ray Wylie Hubbard - "a double wide load of blues guitar and sly humor.."
7. I'm A Rat-Tower of London - "There is something to be said for pure puke on your Dingo boots rock & roll..."
8. Face the Promise-Bob Seger / Real Mean Bottle-Bob Seger & Kid Rock - "these tracks are magnificent.."
9. Over My Head (Cable Car) -The Fray - "Old School pop for me.."
10. Drunk All Around This Town-Scott Miller & the Commonwealth/ My Drinkin' Problem-Hank Williams III (TIE) - "I love songs about boozing, and these are beauts..bursting with the rhythm of the damned.."
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