Top Ten Two Thousand and Six

I was invited to submit my favourite ten albums of 2006 for a music blog survey and since I heard heaps of recently released records while working in retail, I couldn't resist. Plenty has been written and blogged about most all of the artists I've selected so their inclusion in this list says enough about how I feel about their music for now. The Devastations are the only band I know personally but I have seen many of them perform live, like the Yeah Yeah Yeah's (see above).

Ys : Joanna Newsom - Sawdust And Diamonds
The Greatest : Cat Power - Love & Communication
Savane : Ali Farka Toure - Savane
Son : Juana Molina - Micael
Silent Shout : The Knife - Neverland
Return To Cookie Mountain : TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
Show Your Bones : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
Coal : Devastations - The Night I Couldn't Stop Crying
Below The Branches : Kelley Stoltz - Memory Collector
The Letting Go : Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Love Comes To Me

Music Blog Top 100 Albums 2005
Music Blog Top 100 Albums 2006