New England Music News

Top 10 local CDs

For the week of January 1 (compiled from Newbury Comics)

By | January 24, 2006

Staind 1_ Dane Cook, Retaliation [Comedy Central]

2_ Dane Cook, Harmful If Swallowed [Comedy Central]

3_ Loren & Wally, Best of Loren & Wally [WROR]

4_ Ray LaMontagne, Trouble [RCA]

5_ Staind, Chapter V [Atlantic]

6_ Ray LaMontagne, Live from Bonaroo 2005 [Junket Boy]

7_ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [self-released]

8_ Dropkick Murphys, The Warrior’s Code [Hellcat]

9_ Lightning Bolt, Hypermagic Mountain [Load]

10[tie]_ Dresden Dolls [8 Foot Records]

10[tie]_ Dropkick Murphys, Blackout [Hellcat]

Comments

[ 11/29 ] "Night Song" @ St. John's Episcopal Church

[ 11/29 ] Wynonna @ MGM Grand @ Foxwoods

[ 11/29 ] Mountain Goats + Final Fantasy @ Wilbur Theatre

[ 11/29 ] Phish @ Cumberland County Civic Center

[ 11/29 ] John Fogerty @ Orpheum Theatre

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