Michael Costello's "Top 100 Albums of 2006"

Here's my top 100 list of 2006.

100 Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra: I'm Thankful.
99 Adam Green: Jacket Full of Danger.
98 The Sleepy Jackson: Personality.
97 Jimi Tenor: ReComposed.
96 Ben Kweller: Ben Kweller.
95 Cyann & Ben: Sweet Beliefs.
94 +/-: Let's Build a Fire.
93 Annuals: Be He Me.
92 Band of Horses: Everything All the Time.
91 J Dilla: The Shining.
90 Flying Lotus: 1983.
89 Whitest Boy Alive: Dreams
88 Sean Lennon: Friendly Fire.
87 Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory: Tree Coloured See.
86 Scissor Sisters: Ta-Dah.
85 Icy Demons: Tears of a Clone.
84 T.I.: King.
83 The Awkward Stage: Heaven Is for Easy Girls.
82 Au Revoir Simone: Verses of Comfort, Assurances and Salvation.
81 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Ballad of the Broken Seas.
80 Volcano!: Beautiful Seizure.
79 Little Barrie: Stand Your Ground.
78 Man Man: Six Demon Bag.
77 Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55.
76 M. Ward: Post-War.
75 The Walkmen: A Hunderd Miles Off.
74 Morrissey: Ringleader of the Tormentors.
73 Guillemots: Through the Windowpane.
72 Ghostface Killah: Fishscale.
71 Mates of State: Bring It Back.
70 Mika Miko: C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.
69 Ratatat: Classics.
68 Mission of Burma: The Obliterati.
67 Belle & Sebastian: The Life Pursuit.
66 Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies.
65 Cat Power: The Greatest
64 James Figurine: Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake.
63 Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That.
62 The Streets: The Hardest Way To Make an Easy Living.
61 Tool: 10,000 Days.
60 The Futureheads: News and Tributes.
59 The Go! Team: Audio Assault Course: The College Radio Sessions.
58 Comets on Fire: Avatar.
57 Keith Fullerton Whitman: Lisbon
56 The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers.
55 Dirty Pretty Things: Waterloo to Anywhere.
54 Muse: Black Holes and Revelations.
53 Danielson: Ships.
52 Aluminium: Aluminium.
51 The Thermals: The Body, The Blood, The Machine.
50 Lily Allen: Alright Still.
49 Stephen Merritt: Showtunes.
48 French Kicks: Two Thousand.
47 Eluvium: When I Live by the Garden and the Sea.
46 Isobel Campbell: Milkwhite Sheets.
45 Tim Hecker: Harmony in Ultraviolet.
44 Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped.
43 The Dears: Gang of Losers.
42 Tom Yorke: The Eraser.
41 Neil Young: Living With War.
40 Bob Dylan: Modern Times.
39 The Blow: Paper Television.
38 Jim Noir: Tower of Love.
37 The Bicycles: The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly.
36 Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.
35 Clinic: Visitations.
34 Sufjan Stevens: The Avalanche.
33 Matthew Friedberger: Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School.
32 Jay Reatard: Blood Visions.
31 The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America.
30 Joanna Newsom: Ys.
29 The Mars Volta: Amputecture.
28 The Killers: Sam's Town.
27 Girl Talk: Night Ripper.
26 El Perro del Mar: El Perro del Mar.
25 Sound Team: Monster Movie.24 Soul Position: Things Go Better With RJ and Al.
23 Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum.
22 TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain.
21 The Flaming Lips: At War With the Mystics.
20 The Format: Dog Problems.
19 The Curtains: Calamity.
18 Fujiya & Miyagi: Transparent Things.
17 The Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea.
16 Bat for Lashes: Fur and Gold.
15 Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
14 Darkel: Darkel.
13 Beck: The Information.
12 LCD Soundsystem: 45:33: Nike+ Original Run.
11 Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
10 Amy Winehouse: Back to Black.
9 The Pipettes: We Are the Pipettes.
8 Albert Hammond Jr.: Yours to Keep.
7 Les Georges Leningrad: Sangue Puro.
6 The Walkmen: "Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen.
5 The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love.
4 Spank Rock: YoYoYoYoYo.
3 Panther: Yourself [12"].
2 Tom Waits: Orphans: Prawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.
1 Beirut: Gulag Orkestar.