TOP 50 albums of 2006

my top 50 albums of 2006:

50. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain
49. Love Is All: Nine Times That Same Song
48. Cyann & Ben: Sweet Beliefs
47. The Gothic Archies: The Tragic Treasury....
46. This Will Destroy You: Young Mountain
45. Mountain Goats: Get Lonely
44. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan: Ballad of the Broken Seas
43. Islands: Return to Sea
42. Wilderness: Vessel States
41. Tapes 'n Tapes: The Loon
40. Clogs: Lantern
39. Mojave 3: Puzzles Like You
38. Cat Power: The Greatest
37. Whitey: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train
36. Oh No! Oh My!: s/t
35. Man Man: Six Demon Bag
34. One Second Bridge: s/t
33. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Etiquette
32. The Blow: Paper Television
31. Belle & Sebastian: The Life Pursuit
30. Broadcast: Tender Buttons
29. Max Richter: Songs From Before
28. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coat
27. MSTRKRFT - The Looks
26. Band of Horses: Everything All The Time
25. Bonnie Prince Billy: The Letting Go
24. Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country
23. Ratatat: Classics
22. Helios: Eingya
21. Hold Steady: Boys And Girls In America
20. Matt Elliott: Failing Songs
19. Grizzly Bear: Yellow House
18. Lindstrom: Its A Feedelity Affair
17. Ellen Allien & Apparat: Orchestra of Bubbles
16. Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther
15. Ghostface Killah: Fishscale
14. +/-: Let's Build a Fire
13. Joanna Newsom: Ys
12. M. Ward: Post War
11. Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
10. Girl Talk: Night Ripper
09. Peter Bjorn and John: Writer's Block
08. Final Fantasy: He Poos Clouds
07. Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
06. Spank Rock: YoYoYoYoYo
05. Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye
04. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
03. Lil Wayne + DJ Drama: D2
02. Hot Chip: The Warning
01. The Knife: Silent Shout

next year will be more promising. promise.
(sorry to sound so glum, but it wasn't the best year for releases)

new LCD Soundsystem will be wicked awesome (just a hunch).
also not on this list are artists that didn't have a true album release:

Justice
Uffie
Simian Mobile Disco
Erol Alkan

...check their shit out for sure!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!