Your own belated top 2006!

1. Scott Walker – The Drift
2. Adam Green – Jacket Full Of Danger
3. Fiery Furnaces – Bitter Tea
4. Joanna Newsom - Ys
5. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
6. The Evens – Get Evens
7. Peaches – Impeach My Bush
8. King Biscuit Time – Black Gold
9. 200 - Graceland
10. Califone – Roots & Crowns

If I was doing a single CD it would look much like this give or take one or two (probably runs over 80 mins):

Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love...
Nadiya - Tous Ces Mots
Spank Rock - Backyard Betty
Akala - Shakespeare
Seeed - Ding
El Perro Del Mar - Dog
Delays - Valentine
Shirley Lites - Heat You Up, Melt You Down (Gerd 4Lux edit)
Vitalic - You Are My Sun
Jona - Yellowstone
I:Cube - Live At The Planetarium #3
The Shortwave Set - Casual Use
Kleerup ft. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
Boxcutter - Mossy
luke.envoy - Gamma
Sharon Phillips - Want 2/Need 2 (Trentemoller mix)
Cassius - 15 Again
The Pet Shop Boys - I Made My Excuses And Left
The Isles - Summer Loans
Zeigeist - Tar Heart
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health
Sol Seppy - Come Running
Niobe - None But One

Convextion 2xLP
Andrew Chalk - Goldfall / Vikki Jackman - Of Beauty Reminiscing
Af Ursin - Aura Legato
MV/EE and the Bummer Road - Mother of Thousands
Glass Organ - The Two Tapes
Zaimph - Mirage of the Other
Youngs/Neilson/Galbraith - Belsayer Time

Villalobos - 'Fizheuer Zieheuer'
Shackleton - 'Blood On My Hands'
Larry Heard presents Mr White - 'The Sun Can't Compare'
Soundstream - 'Love Jam'
Luciano + Thomas Melchior - 'Father'
Audio Werner - 'Trust'
Marc Houle - 'Bay Of Figs'
Martin Buttrich - 'Full Clip'
Oracy - 'Family Day'
Toasty - 'Cold Blooded'

Sibylle Baier - Colour Green
Emmanuelle Parrenin - Maison Rose
White Mice - both compendiums
Move D - Kuntsoff
This Heat - Out Of Cold Storage
Monoton - Blau
Maurizio Bianchi - MB Archives

1 Eyes Open - Snow Patrol 1,514,554
2 Beautiful World – Take That 1,144,521
3 Ta-Dah – Scissor Sisters 1,127,332
4 Whatever People say I am.. - Arctic Monkeys 1,112,000
5 Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks 1,104,000
6 Razorlight – Razorlight 1,076,968
7 Stop the Clocks – Oasis 909,161
8 The Love Album – Westlife 901,643
9 I'm not Dead – Pink 854,391
10 Undiscovered - James Morrison 847,135
11 In between Dreams - Jack Johnson 789,000
12 Sam's Town – The Killers 776,000
13 Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae 764,000
14 Under the Iron Sea – Keane 702,000
15 Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers 684,183
16 The Sound of – Girls Aloud 672,500
17 Love – The Beatles 672,385
18 Twenty Five – George Michael 625,929
19 18 Singles – U2 616,955
20 Siempre – Il Divo 616,000
21 Twelve Stops and Home - The Feeling 597,000
22 Back to Bedlam - James Blunt 588,000
23 Costello Music – Fratellis 560,500
24 These Streets – Paolo Nutini 559,500
25 Futuresex / Lovesounds – Justin Timberlake 550,989
26 Black Holes & Revalations – Muse 545,000
27 High Times –The Singles - Jamiroquai 544,000
28 PCD - Pussycat Dolls 536,340
29 Alright Still - Lily Allen 523,000
30 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson 506,000
31 St Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley 489,100
32 Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 489,000
33 Collected - The Best of - Massive Attack 462,000
34 Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstall 459,800
35 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward 459,700
36 Rudebox – Robbie Williams 453,000
37 Tired of Hanging Around - The Zutons 446,000
38 Keep On - Will Young 445,700
39 Loose - Nelly Furtado 444,000
40 The Very Best of - Nina Simone 442,000
41 Overloaded – The Sugababes 417,000
42 Demon Days – Gorillaz 413,000
43 Empire – Kasabian 411,500
44 Journey South - Journey South 405,000
45 A Girl like Me – Rihanna 391,000
46 Confessions on a Dancefloor – Madonna 387,500
47 Voices of the Valley – Fron Male Voice Choir 387,300
48 The Singles – Feeder 386,000
49 X&Y – Coldplay 375,000
50 The Truth about Love - Lemar 373,000
51 Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi 361,200
52 Never Forget - Take That 360,600
53 Hit Parade – Paul Weller 360,400
54 Serenade – Katherine Jenkins 357,000
55 Piece By Piece - Katie Melua 353,000
56 Back to Basics – Christina Aguilera 352,000
57 Angelis – Angelis 344,000
58 Veneer - Jose Gonzalez 340,200
59 Bright Idea - Orson 340,000
60 Amore - Andrea Bocelli 331,000
61 Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas 328,300
62 B'Day – Beyonce 327,900
63 Still the Same – Rod Stewart 321,500
64 Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 318,000
65 The Impossible Dream - Andy Abraham 315,000
66 Sanctuary - Simon Webbe 314,200
67 Bat out of Hell 3 – Meatloaf 313,700
68 Smile it Confuses People - Sandi Thom 313,200
69 Back to Black – Any Winehouse 304,000
70 Oral Fixation Vol 2 – Shakira 289,500
71 Keys to the World - Richard Ashcroft 286,800
72 Hot Fuss - The Killers 286,400
73 On an Island - Dave Gilmour 283,000
74 Trouble - Ray Lamontagne 279,000
75 The Back Room - The Editors 273,000
76 The Ultimate - Luther Vandross 272,800
77 The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance 262,000
78 Modern Times – Bob Dylan 256,000
79 American Idiot – GreenDay 254,000
80 From Under the Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy 249,900
81 The Open Door – Evanescence 249,500
82 Voice - The Best of - Beverly Knight 242,500
83 Curious George OST - Jack Johnson 237,700
84 The Voice - Russell Watson 236,500
85 Why Try Harder - Fatboy Slim 233,100
86 Two's Company – Cliff Richard 232,400
87 Taller in More Ways - The Sugababes 229,000
88 A Fever you can't Sweat Out - Panic at the Disco 220,000
89 Curtain Call - Eminem 218,500
90 Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams 215,500
91 Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters 215,200
92 This New Day - Embrace 212,600
93 Late Registration - Kanye West 212,300
94 Liberation Transmission – Lostprophets 210,000
95 All Angels – All Angels 208,000
96 Broken Boy Soldiers - Raconteurs 201,700
97 9 – Damien Rice 201,000
98 In My Own Words - Ne-Yo 197,700
99 First Impression of Earth - The Strokes 197,400
100 Piano Man – The Best of – Billy Joel 196,600

I posted both this already in the sandbox but here goes again anyhow. (also with commentary on the WFMU blog: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/12/scott_ms_top_12.html)

Top 14 list

Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar)
Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra - Plays Eric Dolphy's 'Out to Lunch' (Doubt Music)
Jazzfinger - Autumn Engines (Rebis)
Nuru Kane - Sigil (World Music Network)
Eglantine Gouzy - Boamaster (Osaka)
Marconi Notaro - No Sub Reinos Metazoarios (Time Lag)
Oxford Collapse - Remember the Night Parties (Sub Pop)
Meg Baird - Waltze of the Tennis Players 7" (Tequila Sunrise)
Maurice el Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez - Descarga Oriental (Piranha)
Takka Takka - We Feel Safer at Night
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (EMI)
Kurt Weisman - More is More 7" (Mad Monk)
Chris Corsano - The Young Cricketer (Hot Cars Warp)/ Chris Corsano - Blood Pressure (Hot Cars Warp) / Corsano/Flaherty - The Beloved Music (Family Vineyard)
Kali Z. Fasteau / Kidd Jordan - People of the Ninth (Flying Note)

Dom, do you have the singles?

nevermind, just seen them in other thread

In no order whatsoever...

1. The Dears – Gang of Losers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSDFBBlGp4

2. Beck – The Information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIPI5zhZGg

3. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94dq5cPrjts

4. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjcsRO6N7s

5. Destroyer – Rubies

6. Peter Bjorn and John – Writer’s Block
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0

7. Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Her2M_zZDEI

8. Girl Talk – Night Ripper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwYqtTkflw

9. The Roots – Game Theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tbkzK-Flg

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UiNr8T2Mrc

11. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNv02iE_9rU’

12. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfl4j3raURA

13. Mates of State – Bring it Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWl0uzoXs4

14. Blow – Paper Television
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttyRfev8wRc

15. Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBArHgZntE

16. Tom Verlaine – Songs and Other Things

17. M. Ward – Post War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToEPFDIzhNA

18. Joan as Police Woman – Real Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2Pc-Y9hgE

19. Islands – Return to the Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2SSIcG8FH4

20. The Thermals – The Body, The Blood, The Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwgNMrs-i80

Albums I've liked;
Scott Walker - The Drift
LCD soundsystem - 45.33
Phoenix - It's never been like that
V/A - Kompakt Total 7
Agalloch - Ashes against the Grain

Songs;
Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
The Lift Boys - Liftvooyzzz
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Phoenix - Long distance call (25 hrs a day mix)
Justice vs Simian - Never Be Alone
Lindstrom - Another station (Todd Terje mix)
The Killers - When you were young
Robert Babicz - Sonntag
Burial - Broken Home
Cassie - Me & U
The Knife - Marble House
Superpitcher - Tonite

In no order

1. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
2. Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
3. The Knife – Silent Shout
4. Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
5. The Sleepy Jackson – Personality
6. Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5.55
7. Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
8. The Long Blondes – Someone To Drive You Home
9. Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
10. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
11. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
12. Fujiya & Miyagi – Transparent Things
13. The Futureheads – News and Tributes
14. Sloan – Never Hear The End Of It
15. The Roots – Game Theory
16. Mates Of State – Bring It Back
17. Islands – Return To The Sea
18. The Strokes – First Impressions Of Earth
19. Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental
20. Danielson - Ships
21. Lady Sovereign – Public Warning
22. Be Your Own Pet – s/t
23. Peter Bjorn and John – Writer’s Block
24. The Brakes – Beatific Visions
25. Morrissey – Ringleader Of The Tormentors

Okay, I'm tired of waiting. These are in rank order, although they become less rank as they go down the list. It feels kind of ridiculous comparing such completely different things in some cases (really perfect but somewhat narrow in range recordng of classical Arab-Andalusian music from Lebanon vs. uneven salsa album with a few songs I really loved; wonderful modern classical/jazz solo piano vs. great pop songs in English out of Norway, etc.):

Tokyo Jihen: Adult
Michael Suart: Back to da Barrio
Rahim Al Haj: When the Soul Is Settled
Sunny Jain Collective: Avaaz
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb: Mayim Rabim
Final Fantasy: He Poos Clouds
Rachid Taha: Diwan 2
Uri Caine: Book of Angels, Vol. 6: Moloch
Marit Larsen: Under the Surface
Guayacan Orquesta: Xtremo
Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
Tego Calderon: El Subestimado
Andy Montanez: Salsa con Reggaeton
Ghada Shbeir: Al Muwashahat
El Gran Combo: Arroz con Habichuela
Rafaelito Cortijo & Ismaelito Rivera: La Nueva Generacion

Oops, Stuart not Suart.

stuff I liked this year (no particular order)

Espers II (Drag City)

Jandek - Glasgow Monday (Corwood) - the record for people who don't like him. Also his live show in Portland rocked the house.

Joanna Neswom - Ys (Drag City). Best show I saw all year as well as a great album.

The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Kill Rock Stars). Great live band, I'm very glad I saw them.

Six Organs Of Admittance - "Torn By Wolves". I was really disappointed in that album.

LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (um, Nike?)

Sparks - Hello Young Lovers (In The Red)

Robyn Hitchcock - "New York Doll" (I am lukewarm on the album)

Califone - "The Orchids"

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen). A pleasant surprise.

Nurse With Wound - Rat Tapes One and Soundpooling (United Dairies). Another great live show.

The Coup - "Head Of State" and "Assbreath". ANOTHER great live show.

Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)

Peaches - "Downtown"

AFX - Analord series

OOIOO - Taiga (Thrill Jockey)

Bird Show - Lightning Ghost (Kranky).

Bert Jansch - The Black Swan (Drag City)

Cat Power - The Greatest (Matador)

Neko Case - live show, mostly because of Kelly Hogan

Fiery Furnaces - "Benton Harbor Blues (Reprise)"

The Ovulators - S/T (Happy Mistake)

Richard Bishop - Fingering The Devil special edition CDR (SO GOOD)

Christina Carter - Electrice (Kranky). I have not yet heard the Charalambides album which is so not OK with me.

Chihei Hatakeyama - Minima Moralia (Kranky). Probably my favorite unknown artist discovery of the year.

Yo La Tengo - "The Room Got Heavy". Killer track, less enthusiastic about the full length.

Volcano The Bear - Classic Erasmus Fusion (Beta-Lactam Ring)

Tom Waits - Orphans (Anti)

White Rainbow - Box (Marriage)

Halleluwah Festival in Portland - for Michael Hurley, Vashti Bunyan, The Evolutionary Jass Band, Grouper, Birch Book, and lots more.

reissues: This Heat, Moondog, Arthur Russell, The Cravats.

1. Muse: Black Holes And Revelations
2. Keane: Under The Iron Sea
3. Bertine Zetlitz: My Italian Greyhound
4. The Feeling: Twelve Stops And Home
5. Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental
6. Margaret Berger: Pretty Scary Silver Fairy
7. Flaming Lips: At War With The Mystics
8. Beck: The Information
9. Prince: 3121
10.Morten Abel: Some Of Us Will Make It
11.Popium: The Miniature Mile
12.Number Seven Deli: Seconds
13.Scritti Politti: White Bread Black Beer
14.Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye
15.Grandaddy: Just Like The Fambly Cat
16.Orson: Bright Idea
17.Donald Fagen: Morph The Cat
18.Paul Simon: Surprise
19.Jarvis: Jarvis
20.Robbie Williams: Rudebox

And then, there are yet another 30 at http://rateyourmusic.com/list/GeirH/my_top_50_albums_of_2006

Right. Subject to changement at any given whim:

1. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
2. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
3. John Legend - Once Again
4. Ne-Yo - In My Own Words
5. The DFA - DFA Remixes, Chapter One
6. T.I. - King
7. Beyonce - B'Day
8. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
9. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
10. Nelly Furtado - Loose
11. Tego Calderon - El Subestimado
12. Too Short - Blow the Whistle
13. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
14. Andy Montanez - "Salsaton" Salsa con Reggaeton
15. DJ Quik - Greatest Hits Live at the House of Blues
16. Young Jeezy - The Inspiration
17. The Game - Doctor's Advocate
18. Cansei de ser Sexy
19. N.O.R.E. y la Familia - Ya Tu Sabe!
20. Diddy - Press Play

1. E-40 - Tell Me When to Go
2. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous Girl
3. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
4. T.I. - What You Know
5. My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
6. Killer Mike - That's Life
7. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
8. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
9. Ciara - Promise
10. Cassie - Me & U
11. Ne-Yo - So Sick
12. Justin Timberlake - Let Me Talk to You/My Love
13. Rich Boy - Throw Some D's
14. Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back to Your House
15. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around/Comes Around
16. Prodigy - Mac 10 Handle
17. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
18. Rihanna - Unfaithful
19. Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
20. Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tradedies

FINAL, as in not going to think any more about this:

01 Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles
02 Paris Hilton - Paris
03 The Knife - Silent Shout
04 Ciara - Ciara: The Evolution
05 Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
06 Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
07 Beyoncé - B'Day
08 Booka Shade - Movements
09 Cassie - Cassie
10 TI - King
11 Joanna Newsom - Ys
12 Fuckpony - Children Of Love
13 Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
14 Nelly Furtado - Loose
15 Fergie - The Dutchess
16 Rasheeda - GA Peach
17 Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor
18 Kelis - Kelis Was Here
19 Cham - Ghetto Story
20 E40 - My Ghetto Report Card

01 Ciara - Promise
02 Cassie - Me & U
03 Cassie - Long Way 2 Go
04 Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
05 Beyoncé - Irreplaceable
06 TI - What You Know
07 Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevée (Carl Craig rmx)
08 Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttonz
09 Booka Shade - In White Rooms
10 Beyoncé - Ring The Alarm
11 Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
12 Justin Timberlake ft TI - My Love
13 The Knife - Silent Shout
14 Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward (The Knife rmx)
15 Scritti Politti - The Boom Boom Bap
16 Kelis ft Too $hort - Bossy (Switch rmx)
17 Rihanna - Unfaithful
18 Jona - Tizia
19 Gabriel Ananda - Doppelwhipper
20 Amy Winehouse - Rehab
21 Ciara ft Chamillionaire - Get Up
22 The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health
23 Nelly Furtado - No Hay Igual
24 Cansei De Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love And Listen Death From Above
25 Cham ft Alicia Keys - Ghetto Story (rmx)
26 Pitbull ft Lil Jon & Ying Yang Twins - Bojangles (rmx)
27 LCD Soundsystem - 45.33
28 Henrik Schwarz, Âme & Dixon - Where We At
29 Nelly Furtado ft Timbaland - Promiscuous
30 Gui Boratto - Like You (SuperMayer rmx)

and more

1. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
2. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizzy Zizzy
3. Beyonce ft. Slim Thug - Check on It(if it's from '06?)
4. T.I. - What You Know
5. Belle and Sebastian - Every song on the album except Mornington Crescent
6. E-40 - Tell Me When to Go
7. Hot Chip - And I Was a Boy from School
8. Lucky Lucky Pigeons - N to the Ice(just got it today! par avion! how twee)
9. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side
10. Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
11. Bent - To Be Loved(the last half anyway, can't believe it hasn't been nicked for any remixes)
12. John Legend - Heaven
13. Booka Shade - In White Rooms
14. Teddybears ft. Iggy Pop - PunkRocker
15. Barbara Morgenstern - Operator
16. Clipse - Trill
17. The Fray - Over My Head(can't tell whether it's because or despite my gym pounding it into my head every day)
18. Nas ft. Jay - Black Republicans
19. Darkel - At the End of the Sky (it's kind of lazy but I like when it kicks in at the end)
20. Keane - Is it Any Wonder

1. Belle and Sebastian - Life Pursuit
2. Ricardo Villalobos - Za Za Za
3. Nelly Furtado - Loose
4. Convextion - Convextion
5. T.I. - King (keeping the hip-hop skit alive! hmmm)

i haven't heard any other albums that belong on any list except for dj mixes if they're allowed.

Rodney has a good list. R do you write about music yes/no.

If not we'll make him. (Having met him I say we need plenty more musicians/writers/open-eared fans like R.)

You people never tire of recruiting innocents into your perverse lifestyle of music writing.

It's our own special hidden agenda.

Thanks, Haiku, Ned. I write a little bit, but I'm not really looking into music writing as any serious thing. Meh. And really, the only difference between my list and anyone else's here is that I have X TIMES rap picks and X TIMES token indie picks and ONE TIMES token dance pick instead of X TIMES indie picks and X TIMES token rap picks and ONE TIMES token dance pick.

(And Ned's a liar. I have no dealings with him and his rockcrit gestapo.)

DAMN FOUND OUT.

Oh! And thanks RS for getting me to think about salsa even if I haven't dived into it.

It was only a matter of time before someone uncovered your nefarious nefariousness. (xp)

"2006" mix i made my friends for christmas. Not all '06 but they don't know the difference.

1 radio dept - pet grief
2 sa-ra - glorious
3 moodymann - shades of jae
4 teedra moses - complex simplicity
5 kelley polar - ashamed of myself
6 junior boys - double shadow
7 the advisory circle - nuclear substation
8 peter bjorn and john - young folks
9 voxtrot - mothers sisters daughters and wives
10 the pipettes - your kisses are wasted on me
11 beach house - apple orchard
12 burial - u hurt me
13 ariel pink - artifact
14 charlotte gainsbourg - 5:55
15 scritti politti - the boom boom bap
16 vashti bunyan - here before
17 joanna newsom - emily

The 2006 mix I've been giving to friends:

1 Glissandro 70 - Something
2 Sonic Youth - Incinerate
3 The Black Angels - Bloodhounds on My Trail
4 Clip'd Beaks - Messd-Up Desert
5 Psychic Ills - January Rain
6 Indian Jewelry - Come Closer
7 Brightblack Morning Light - Friend of Time
8 Benoit Pioulard - Sous la Plage
9 Mahogany - My Bed Is My Castle
10 Dabrye - Bloop
11 My My - Clean Break
12 Ellen Allien and Apparat - Leave Me Alone
13 Hot Chip - The Warning
14 Spank Rock - Bump
15 Battleship - San Francisco's Alright if You Like Metronomes
16 Yo la Tengo - I Should Have Known Better
17 The Curtains - Go Lucky
18 Grizzly Bear - Lullabye
19 Working for a Nuclear Free City - Quiet Place

10) Arctic Monkeys: 'Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not'
9) The Knife: 'Silent Shout'
8) El Perro Del Mar: 'El Perro Del Mar'
7) Ghostface Killah: 'Fishscale'
6) Guillemots: 'Through The Windowpane'
5) Justin Timberlake: 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'
4) Clipse: 'Hell Hath No Fury'
3) Gnarls Barkley: 'St. Elsewhere'
2) Burial: 'Burial'
1) Joanna Newsom: 'Ys'

One thing about my list, it's probably more indebted to ILM than any previous annual lists I've put together. I first heard about Tokyo Jihen, Final Fantasy, Marit Larsen, and even Gnarls Barkley, here, and I can easily imagine not having become interested at all in the first three without discussion here.

No specific order.
1. My My - songs for the gentle.
2. T.I. - King.
3. Liars - Drums not dead.
4. Rhythm & Sound - See mi yah remixes.
5. The Knife - Silent Shout.
6. Wolf eyes - Human animal
7. Burial - Burial.
8. Ornette Coleman - Sound grammar.
9. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer zieheuer.
10. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (ok, last two not albums, but they're long-form).

"top 2006" doesn't have to be a list only, does it. So here's a dance roundup I did for a newspaper, with a little more detail about each album, and a couple albums added at the end. "Dancestand Internationale (2006!)" http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

what the hell, i'll play make believe and act like my opinion is actually worthwhile. 25 albums, alphabetical order (ranking just isn't for me).

ellen allien & apparat - orchestra of bubbles
beach house - s/t
espers - espers ii
excepter - alternation
nathan fake - drowning in a sea of love
fujiya & miyagi - transparent things
grizzly bear - yellow house
hot chip - the warning
junior boys - so this is goodbye
the knife - silent shout
lcd soundsystem - 45:33
liars - drum's not dead
matmos - the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast
mission of burma - the obliterati
joanna newsom - ys
ooioo - taiga
scritti politti - white bread, black beer
sonic youth - rather ripped
tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain
various production - the world is gone
ricardo villalobos - fizheuer zieheuer
tom waits - orphans
scott walker - the drift
christopher willits - surf boundaries
thom yorke - the eraser

dude lex thanks for being the only other person here who digs that entire cassie record

my #2 of 06

In no particular order, off the top of my head:

Prurient - Pleasure Ground
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration
Wolf Eyes - Human Animal
Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
Ghostface - Fishscale
Zaimph - Sexual Infinity
Broadcast - The Future Crayon
The White Birch - Come up for Air
Alex Smoke - Paradolia
Seht - The Green Morning
Scott Walker - The Drift
Excepter - Alternation

The new Prurient is my recent favorite. I'm suprised no one else has mentioned it.

I wish in hindsight I had put "Dick in a Box" on my best singles list.

You are a better man than I.

For admitting it? I actually don't know if I'd like it as much without the video -- but that shouldn't disqualify it.

Ten great rock songs that were criminally overlooked in 2006:

1. James Dean Bradfield--That's No Way To Tell A Lie
2. Drive-By Truckers--Gravity's Gone
3. Pearl Jam--Unemployable
4. Cheap Trick--If It Takes A Lifetime
5. Mission Of Burma--2wice
6. The Replacements--Pool and Dive
7. The Everyothers--Dive With You
8. Wussy--Airborne (technically late 2005 but let's throw caution to the wind!)
9. Tom Verlaine--From Her Fingers
10. The Strokes--You Only Live Once

boring + belated:

1) Joanna Newsom "Ys"
2) TV On the Radio "Return to Cookie Mountain"
3) Neko Case "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
4) Yo La Tengo "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass"
5) Mission of Burma "The Obliterati"
6) Sonic Youth "Rather Ripped"
7) Built To Spill "You in Reverse"
8) The Roots "Game Theory"
9) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Show Your Bones"
10) OOIOO "Taiga"

Also, since several of us were still having trouble getting to the ballots on Idolator, and since I wanted to do more than a list, and more than the original comments, which were just about one album, I decorated my ballot with links to my reviews of entries, and posted it here, right over the dance roundup: http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/

1. The Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone (Hadouken remix)
2. Epic Man & Plan B - More is Enough (Sinden remix)
3. Cassie - Me & U
4. Uffie - Pop the Glock
5. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
6. Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
7. Cat Power - The Greatest
8. The Commodores - Easy (Tittsworth remix)
9. Trae - Real Talk
10. Chamillionaire - Ridin'
11. Christian Falk feat Robyn and Ola Salo - Dream On
12. Nelly Furtado feat Timbaland - Promiscuous
13. Justin Timberlake feat TI - My Love
14. Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake - Dick in a Box
15. Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir
16. Pet Shop Boys - I'm with Stupid
17. Hot Chip - Boy from School
18. The Knife - Silent Shout
19. Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift
20. Scanners - Lowlife
21. Sebastian - Ross Ross Ross
22. Lily Allen - Knock Em Out
23. Memphis - I'll Do Whatever You Want
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
25. Seeed - Ding
26. CSS - Alala
27. Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
28. MSTRKRFT - Work On You
29. Spektrum - Don't Be Shy (Speakerjunk remix)
30. Cornelius - Breezin'
31. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
32. Spank Rock feat Amanda Blank - Bump
33. Phoenix - Long Distance Call
34. The Strokes - Razorblade
35. The Delays - Valentine
36. Hot Chip - The Warning
37. The Klaxons - Magick
38. Junior Boys - In the Morning
39. Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
40. Jarvis Cocker - Running the World

now that's what i call spencer

1. TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
3. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
4. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
5. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
6. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
7. Sloan - Never Hear the End of It
8. Kelis - Kelis Was Here
9. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
10. Electric Six - Switzerland
11. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
12. Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyoyoyo
13. The Format - Dog Problems
14. Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
15. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
16. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
17. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and Will Beat Your Ass
18. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
19. Cat Power - The Greatest
20. Teddybears - Soft Machine
21. Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
22. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
23. Pernice Brothers - Live a Little
24. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
25. The Black Heart Procession - The Spell

Steve, I added a couple of those only after listening to tracks from your list!

tossed off real fast so i prolly forgot stuff:

1) Signal to Trust - Golden Armour
2) ft(The Shadow Government) - Guns of August
3) Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
4) Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
5) STNNNG - Fake Fake
6) Papoose - Thread and a Promise mixtape
7) Termanology - Hood Politics IV: Show and Prove mixtape
8) Belles of Skin City - You Do The Company Proud
9) The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
10) Futureheads - News & Tributes

crap - scratch the thermals and replace with Echoes of the Past by dead moon!