UPDATE SEPTEMBER 16TH : TOP 90 PRELIMINARY BEST OF 2006
TO THE USUAL UPDATED LISTS FROM 'METACRITIC', 'RATE YOUR MUSIC','FASTNBULBOUS','MUSIK EXPRESS','SPEX','MU-SIC BOX' AND 'ROBERT CHRISTGAU' HAVE BEEN ADDED THIS MONTH ALSO THE SCORES FROM 'DUSTED','COKEMACHINEGLOW'
AND 'SHAKINGTHROUGH'
1 ( 1) TV ON THE RADIO 'RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN'
2 ( 2) YEAH YEAH YEAHS 'SHOW YOUR BONES'
3 ( 4) ARCTIC MONKEYS 'WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY...'
4 ( 5) GHOSTFACE KILLAH 'FISHSCALE'
5 ( 3) JOHNNY CASH 'AMERICAN V - A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS'
6 ( 7) SONIC YOUTH 'RATHER RIPPED'
7 ( 6) GNARLS BARKLEY 'ST.ELSEWHERE'
8 ( 8) THOM YORKE 'THE ERASER'
9 (10) CAT POWER 'THE GREATEST'
10 ( 9) FLAMING LIPS 'AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS'
11 (17) NEKO CASE 'FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD'
12 (16) HOWE GELB 'SNO ANGEL LIKE YOU'
13 (11) SCOTT WALKER 'THE DRIFT'
13 (14) RACONTEURS 'BROKEN BOY SOLDIER'
15 (15) JENNY LEWIS & WATSON TWINS 'RABBIT FUR COAT'
16 (13) HERBERT 'SCALE'
17 (19) BELLE & SEBASTIAN 'THE LIFE PURSUIT'
18 (21) NEIL YOUNG 'LIVING WITH WAR'
19 (18) MOGWAI 'MR.BEAST'
20 (22) ESPERS 'ESPERS II'
21 (12) GRAHAM COXON 'LOVE TRAVELS AT ILLEGAL SPEED'
22 (--) YO LA TENGO 'I AM NOT AFRAID OF...'
23 (30) MISSION OF BURMA 'THE OBLITERATI'
24 (27) BUILD TO SPILL 'YOU IN REVERSE'
24 (20) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 'STADIUM ARCADIUM'
26 (23) TWILIGHT SINGERS 'POWDER BURNS'
27 (25) EELS 'WITH STRINGS LIVE AT TOWN HALL'
28 (24) MORRISSEY 'RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS'
29 (--) BOB DYLAN 'MODERN TIMES'
30 (31) CALEXICO 'GARDEN RUIN'
36 (29) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'WE SHALL OVERCOME'
36 (--) JUNIOR BOYS 'SO THIS IS GOODBYE'
38 (46) ISLANDS 'RETURN TO THE SEA'
39 (41) DIRTY PRETTY THINGS 'WATERLOO TO ANYWHERE'
40 (47) PAUL SIMON 'SURPRISE'
41 (--) LAMBCHOP 'DAMAGED'
42 (43) HOT CHIP 'THE WARNING'
43 (49) ROSANNE CASH 'BLACK CADILLAC'
44 (--) COMETS ON FIRE 'AVATAR'
45 (39) SECRET MACHINES 'TEN SILVER DROPS'
46 (40) GRANDADDY 'JUST LIKE THE FAMBLY CAT'
47 (38) GUILLEMOTS 'THROUGH THE WINDOWPANE'
48 (33) COSTELLO/TOUSSAINT 'THE RIVER IN REVERSE'
49 (--) KNIFE 'SILENT SHOUT'
50 (52) LIARS 'DRUM'S NOT DEAD'
51 (34) LILY ALLEN 'ALRIGHT, STILL'
52 (59) SUFJAN STEVENS 'AVALANCHE'
53 (--) GRIZZLY BEAR 'YELLOW HOUSE'
54 (35) STREETS 'HARDEST WAY TO MAKE AN EASY LIVING'
55 (75) DESTROYER 'DESTROYER'S RUBIES'
56 (71) CAMERA OBSCURA 'LET'S GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY'
57 (44) JOSH RITTER 'THE ANIMAL YEARS'
58 (42) COUP 'PICK A BIGGER WEAPON'
59 (RE) MATMOS 'THE ROSE HAS TEETH IN THE MOUTH'
60 (49) TWO GALLANTS 'WHAT THE TOLL TELLS'
61 (64) KOOKS 'INSIDE IN/INSIDE OUT'
62 (70) DONALD FAGEN 'MORPH THE CAT'
63 (45) MARS VOLTA 'AMPUTECHTURE'
63 (66) CAMPBEL/LANEGAN 'BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS'
65 (--) PET SHOP BOYS 'FUNDAMENTAL'
66 (48) PIPETTES 'WE ARE THE PIPETTES'
67 (69) BE YOUR OWN PET 'BE YOUR OWN PET'
68 (57) STROKES 'FIRST IMPRESSION OF EARTH'
69 (53) DIVINE COMEDY 'VICTORY FOR THE COMIC MUSE'
70 (59) PRINCE '3121'
71 (56) RON SEXSMITH 'TIME BEING'
72 (54) PHOENIX 'IT'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT'
73 (61) SHACK 'THE CORNER OF MILES AND GIL'
74 (RE) PEARL JAM 'PEARL JAM'
74 (63) KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 'THIS OLD ROAD'
76 (60) FUTUREHEADS 'NEWS AND TRIBUTES'
77 (51) CANDI STATON 'HIS HANDS'
78 (32) SEEPY JACKSON 'PERSONALITY'
79 (62) KELLEY STOLTZ 'BELOW THE BRANCHES'
80 (--) BEIRUT 'GULAG ORKESTAR'
81 (74) BETH ORTON 'COMFORT OF STRANGERS'
82 (--) M. WARD 'POST-WAR'
83 (55) PEACHES 'IMPEACH MY BUSH'
84 (--) ONEIDA 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'
85 (--) ROBERT POLLARD 'FROM A COMPOUND EYE'
86 (--) THERMALS 'THE BODY, THE BLOOD, THE MACHINE'
87 (68) TOOL '10000 DAYS'
88 (--) WOLFMOTHER 'WOLFMOTHER'
89 (--) HANDSOME FAMILY 'LAST DAYS OF WONDER'
90 (65) FEELING 'TWELVE STOPS AND HOME'
THE HIGH RE-ENTRY OF APHEX TWIN/AFX IS BECAUSE LAST MONTH I CALCULATED IT AS TWO DIFFERENT ALBUMS.
