5 music related lists to summarise 2006 for me

30th Dec 2006

I wrote a long spiel to go with these lists but I realised they pretty much speak for themselves.

Top Albums

  • AFX - Chosen Lords
  • Aim - Flight 602
  • Alex Smoke - Paradolia
  • Anthony Rother - Super Space Model
  • Audio Bullys - Generation
  • Beck - The Information
  • Camping 2 - Bpitch Control Compilation
  • Clark - Body Riddle
  • Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
  • Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
  • Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles
  • Gotan project - Lunatico
  • Grandaddy - Just Like The Fambly Cat
  • Her Space Holiday - Past Represents The Future
  • James Holden - The Idiots are Winning
  • Hystereo - Corporate Crimewave
  • Isolee - Wearemonster
  • Jamie Lidell - Multiply
  • Jenny Wilson - Love and Youth
  • Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
  • Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
  • The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads
  • Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
  • Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix
  • Miss Kittin - Live at Sonar
  • Modeselektor- Hello Mum
  • Peaches - Impeach My Bush
  • Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003)
  • Rekid - Made In Menorca
  • Repeat Repeat - Squints
  • Silicone Soul - Save Our Souls
  • Ursula Rucker - Ma At Mama
  • Trentmoller - The Last Resort
  • The Knife - Silent Shout
  • Royksopp - Royksopps Night Out EP Live
  • Worm is Green - Automagic

Top Compilations

  • Ame - ...mixing
  • Cut Copy - Fabric
  • DJ Face Off series - Audiofly - Steve Lawler
  • DJ Face Off series - Dan Ghenacia and Jennifer Cardini
  • Evil Nine - Fabric
  • James Holden - At the Controls
  • Kompakt - total 7
  • Mandy - At The Controls
  • Michael Mayer - Immer 2
  • Wall of Sound - PIAS Wall of Sound Vol 1
  • Wall of Sound - PIAS Wall of Sound Vol 2

Top Songs

  • Till West & Dj Delicious - Same Man (Original House Mix)
  • Gotan Project - Epoca
  • Nathan Fake - Outhouse (main mix)
  • Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
  • Modeselektor - Hasir
  • Peace Division - Club Therapy
  • Scsi-9 - Senorita Tristeza
  • Oxia - Domino
  • Madonna - Hung Up
  • Royksopp - What else is there? (Trentemoller remix)
  • The Egg - Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix)

Top Classics

  • Ada - Blondie
  • Annie - Anniemal
  • Aphex twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  • Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
  • Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
  • Camping - Bpitch Control Compilation
  • Freestylers - Fabric Live (19)
  • Her Space Holiday - Manic Expressive
  • Lamb - What Sound
  • The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
  • Miss Kittin - Radio Caroline
  • Miss Kittin and the Hacker - First Album
  • Radioactive Man - Fabric (8)
  • Royksopp - Melody AM
  • Suzanne Vega - Greatest Hits
  • Vince Watson - Moments in Time

Disappointing albums

  • Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase
  • Bonnie Prive Billy - The Letting Go
  • John B - Electrostep
  • The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
  • Plastikman - Musik