The best of 2006 according to Efe Eme staff has been published in Efe Eme 85 in January 2006. With this #85 this magazine begins a distribution exclusively online (for a free subscription), not being available yet in stores.
The best international albums were:
1. BOB DYLAN “Modern Times”
2. TOM WAITS “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards”
3. LILA DOWNS “La cantina’”
4. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”
5. ELVIS COSTELLO & ALLEN TOUSSAINT “The River in Reverse”
6. ARCTIC MONKEYS “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
7. DONALD FAGEN “Morph the Cat”
8. VINCENT DELERM “Les piqûres d’araignée”
9. DOMINIQUE A “L’horizon”
10. SOLOMON BURKE “Nashville”
11. ELTON JOHN “The Captain & the Kid”
12. OUTKAST “Idlewild”
13. HENRI SALVADOR “Révérence”
14. THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND “What’s Going On”
15. PET SHOP BOYS “Fundamental”
16. NEIL DIAMOND “12 Songs”
17. DAYNA KURTZ “Another Black Feather”
18. CAMERA OBSCURA “Let’s Get Out of This Country”
19. PRINCE “3121”
20. JERRY GONZÁLEZ “Music for Big Band”
21. MARK KNOPFLER/EMMYLOU HARRIS “All the Roadrunning”
22. JJ CALE & ERIC CLAPTON “The Road to Escondido”
23. GOTAN PROJECT “Lunático”
24. JOE VASCONCELLOS “Banzai”
25. TEGO CALDERÓN “The Underdog / El subestimado”
26. DR. JOHN “Mercernary”
27. CHRISTINA AGUILERA “Back to Basics”
28. NEIL YOUNG “Living with War”
29. CORINNE BAILEY RAE “Corinne Bailey Rae”
30. NOUVELLE VAGUE “Bande à part”
And the best Spanish albums of 2006:
1. FRANCISCO NIXON “Es perfecta”
2. ANDRÉS CALAMARO “El palacio de las flores”
3. GECKO TURNER “Chandalismo ilustrado”
4. JORGE DREXLER “12 segundos de oscuridad”
5. RODRIGO GARCÍA BLANCA “El jefe”
6. MARTÍN BUSCAGLIA “El evangelio según mi jardinero”
7. OJOS DE BRUJO “Techarí”
8. EDWIN MOSES “The Gospel African Years”
9. ARTURO SORIANO “45 R.P.M.”
10. PLASTIC D’AMOUR “Nicolás”
11. JOSÉ MARÍA GRANADOS “Ciencia ficción”
12. KIKÍ D’AKÍ “Villa Flir”
13. CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE “Continental 62”
14. BUNBURY & VEGAS “El tiempo de las cerezas”
15. DOCTOR DIVAGO “Revuelta elemental”
16. SR. CHINARRO “El mundo según”
17. ARIEL PRAT “Luna del Pilar”
18. SERRAT “Mô”
19. GERMÁN COPPINI “Las canciones del limbo”
20. G5 “Tucaratupapi”
21. FON ROMÁN “Silencio cómodo en un jardín descuidado”
22. GRUPO DE EXPERTOS SOLYNIEVE “Alegato meridional”
23. SON DE LA FRONTERA “Cal”
24. LOS ACUSICAS “Yo maté a Kennedy”
25. LOS VENGADORES “Sí”
There's also Top 10 style or country specific lists from individual writers. The number ones were:
• Flamenco: MIGUEL POVEDA “Tierra de calma”
• Argentina: ANDRÉS CALAMARO “El palacio de las flores”
• France: DOMINIQUE A “L’horizon”
• Brazil: VARIOUS “Trilha sonora do filme Vinicius”
• Soul: SOLOMON BURKE “Nashville”
• Jazz: TRIO BEYOND “Saudades”
• Ethnic: ALI FARKA TOURÉ “Savane”
• Country: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON “This Old Road”
• Reggae: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS “Africa Unite: The Singles Collection”
• Blues: BUDDY GUY with JUNIOR WELLES “Everyday We Have the Blues”
In my opinion, they're too much devoted to the classic untouchable names being or not in their best musical moment. But at least this list is very different of others indie-based lists.
