Continuing my look at the albums of 2006…

Sometimes I have to throw up my arms and admit that I just don’t get something. Sometimes the critics call an album the best of the year and one of the best of all-time and I can barely make it through even once.

That’s the case with Joanna Newsom’s Ys, the sophomore release by the chamber folk artist. Reading the effusive praise for this album, I can’t help but wonder if it’s all an elaborate prank.

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