This award is presented to the artist; vocal and instrumental albums are considered in this category.
"Show Your Bones"- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
(Interscope Records)
Billboard Album Review- "Show Your Bones"- April 01, 2006: On an album of self-described "campfire singalongs," the trio of vocalist Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase rein in the freewheeling, larger-than-life sound that defined their early work. Much of the material on the quirky "Show Your Bones" is more intimate and, at times, tentative. Building off the success of the unexpected modern rock hit "Maps," the band shows off its sensitive side with "Cheated Hearts" and the Chrissie Hynde-meets-Sonic Youth standout "Dudley." There are flashes of the old swagger on tracks like "Phenomena" (with its nod to Liquid Liquid's immortal "Cavern") and "Honeybear." But the album's heart lies in organic rockers that build off acoustic instrumentation, the first single "Gold Lion" among them. The formula is not as immediately thrilling, but it ages well.
