Best Singer/Songwriter Albums of 2006

By Michael Metivier

Dry lyrical wit, verbal playfulness, and somber epiphanies for the reluctantly mature: they're all part of Michael Metivier's best singer/songwriter albums of the year. [20 December 2006]

Lambchop: OH (ohio)

By Matthew Fiander

This might be the best country record of 2008. Or maybe it's the best soul record of 2008. Or the best folk record. Who knows? Lambchop has never cared much for genres. [6 October 2008]

Lambchop: Damaged

By Michael Lomas

Lambchop have long been one of America's greatest bands, and Damaged is their greatest achievement. [30 August 2006]

Lambchop: The Decline of Country & Western Civilization Part II: The Woodwind Years

By Jason MacNeil

Aside from the occasional clunker, this album of b-sides, rarities, alternate takes, and unreleased tracks shows that Lambchop should be remembered primarily as a fine alt.country community, not some sock the late Shari Lewis wore on her hand. [21 July 2006]

Lambchop: Aw Cmon / No You Cmon

By Adrien Begrand

It took some guts, but Kurt Wagner’s confidence in his wealth of material has yielded two of Lambchop’s strongest albums to date, and the band has regained the form they showed in the late ‘90s and 2000.

Lambchop

By Adam Weight

Lambchop: Is a Woman

By Andrew Gilstrap

It’s a difficult album, despite its warm and friendly feel, and it doesn’t stand a chance in seven hells of yielding anything remotely resembling a hit.

Lambchop: Tools in the Dryer

By Kevin Mathews

A mixed bag? Surely that was the intention all along. You’ve got to love a band that defies easy categorization, if any at all. Now for that eagerly anticipated sixth album!

Lambchop: Nixon

By Fred Kovey

Nixon is an excellent record and proof that Lambchop is no longer just a talented or interesting band but a good one.