(1)As Last year’s (2005) the 5 star’s Kanye West, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., amongst other good ones were allover chosen to be the albums of the year, most likely if not in the first place, surely on the top 20’s of 2005 best, 2006 was, however in my point of view, a poor year in terms of quality, but the least ones chosen, are the proof that the artists and bands have still a lot to give and amaze in all genres and fusions, like the new born stars in the mainstream : Artic Monkeys, CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy), The Knife, Tv on the Radio, etc, as well as the established ones like Tom Yorke of Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers… Not to mention a lot more.
So, just for curiosity… I have been crawling, navigating and exploring around through many music websites, blogs, newspapers, etc, to witness which albums were voted the best of 2006… My conclusion: a diverse and wide range of choices, still there were some listed in all (or most of all) tops. I haven’t heard some of these in full to fulfill my joys or to share a concrete and conscious opinion, so I can’t list and share my concrete critical opinion but just a personal taste + statistics to make my humble top 10 alive without any criticism or hype associated… and with no special order.
Here they go:
- The Knife
Silent Shout (Mute U.S.)
- Hot Chip
The Warning (Astralwerks)
- CSS
CSS (Sub Pop)
- Tv On The Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain (4AD)
- Beck
Information (Interscope/Universal)
- Thom Yorke
The Eraser (XL)
- Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
- Spank rock
YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)
- DFA
The DFA remixes (1 & 2) (DFA / Emi)
- Lady Sovereign
Public Warning (Def Jam)
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