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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)