My favorite albums from 2006:

1. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
2. Drive By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
3. Bobby Bare, Jr. - The Longest Meow
4. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
5. Cat Power - The Greatest
6. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
7. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
8. TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
9. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
10. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
11. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
12. Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
13. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
14. Scott Carney & Heavy Things - Black & Endless Night
15. M.Ward - Post-War
16. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
17. Super Numeri - The Welcome Table
18. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth
19. Los Lobos - The Town and the City
20. Boris - Pink

Honorable mention:
since I didn't include live releases in my Shmoo poll picks:
Neil Young - Live @ Fillmore East
MMJ - Okonokos
The Sadies - In Concert Vol.1

and since I didn't hear much electronic music this year (my fault):
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles

ugh, I can't stand that Destoyer disc. I have come to the conclusion that Neko is the only contributor of goodness to the New Pornographers.

Why is there two Minus 5 entries in the post? I believe they are the same album.

wha?

In the post? What post?

Oh, you mean poll. Sorry, got confused because "post" actually made some sense.

Anyway, I think Minus 5 released two albums this year. They're separate on AMG.

Hmmm... upon closer inspection, I am wearing loafers. Er, I mean, you're right, they are the same. I'll fix you, er it.

Hey Aaron,

I thought of something else you could do (add) to improve the poll.

Could you make a save option for creating our top 20? Having this feature would allow us to save and edit it, so it can be submitted only once and stuff.

Love,
-Tim

I expect that'll require a lot more memory. That's also getting one step closer to just having the internet run the whole thing. Not that I really mind.

My shitty list:

Top albums of 2006:

the black angels - passover
TV on the radio - return to cookie mountain
the black keys - magic potion
sonic youth - rather ripped
Wolfmother - wolfmother
norman and nancy blake - back home in sulfur springs
nina nastasia - on leaving
my morning jacket - okonokos
thom yorke - the eraser
the decemberists - the crane wife
solomon burke - nashville
the riverboat gamblers - to the confusion of our enemies
the melvins - a senile animal
johnny cash - american V
neko case- fox confessor brings the flood
liars - drums nor dead
drive by truckers - a blessing and a curse
boris - pink
m. ward - post war
girl talk - night ripper

1. The Format - Dog Problems
2. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
4. Tapes n Tapes - The Loon
5. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat
6. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
7. M.Ward - Post-War
8. The Stills - Without Feathers
9. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
10. Lucero - Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers
11. Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelerium
12. Danielson - Ships
13. The Brother Kite - Waiting For The Time To Be Right
14. Brand New - the devil and god are raging inside me
15. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
16. The Drams - Jubilee Dive
17. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
18. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
19. Murder By Death - In Bocca Al Lupo

Aaron's always asking us for ways we can consume more of his free time so he can do more work making the board more meaninglessly useful for us.

1. Paper Airplane Pilots - Western Automatic Music
2. The Editors - The Back Room
3. Nikki Sudden - The Truth Doesn't Matter
4. Supraluxe - Supraluxe
5. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
6. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
7. Built to Spill - You In Reverse
8. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth
9. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
10. Tapes n Tapes - The Loon
11. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
12. Head Like A Kite - Random Portraits of the Home Movie
13. The Killers - Sam's Town
14. Tom Petty - Highway Companion
15. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
16. Willie Nile - Streets of New York
17. TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
18. M.Ward - Post-War
19. Heartless Bastards - All This Time
20. The Brother Kite - Waiting For The Time To Be Right

Deadline passed. This thread can now be un-stickied. Feel free to replace with the rolling movie thread, rolling sports thread, and rolling TV thread.

Special bonus news for people who read this thread: Due to ties, for the first time ever (5 years) there will be 21 albums in the top 20 this year.

Special bonus news for people that read this thread, my top 20:

1. TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
2. Stuart A. Staples - Leaving Songs
3. The Drones - Gala Mill
4. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
5. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
6. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
7. The Sleepy Jackson - Personality (One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird)
8. thom yorke - the eraser
9. You Am I - Convicts
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I actually think you're missing some stuff.

The second half is for ambient albums and free jazz.

"That Swedish one, with the droney noises"

Mine shook out like this...I hadn't realized that the Deadstring was being considered an 06 release, and, there were a few albums I couldn't find on the list (dirty pretty things, young jeezy) and y'all KNOW I ain't addin anything. Especially not whence doing my list drunk and under the gun. Anyway:

1. T.I. - King
2. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth
3. Deadstring Brothers - Starving Winter Report
4. Lucero - Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers
5. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome
6. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos: Live
7. Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
8. The Format - Dog Problems
9. La Rocca - The Truth
10. Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
11. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
12. Willie Nile - Streets of New York
13. Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
14. Drive By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
15. M.Ward - Post-War
16. Bobby Bare, Jr. - The Longest Meow
17. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
18. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
19. Solomon Burke - Nashville
20. Beach House - Beach House

its not a 06 release. Someone probably f'ed up and entered the wrong year.

I was the one who entered in the charts. For the longest time I too, thought it was a 2005 release. That is, until I spoke with my friend over at Bloodshot who said it was released domestically in February, 2006. As a result it was in my Top 10 of the year.

damn..i guess AMG was wrong then...It would have made my list too. Its pretty hard to keep these release dates right. I think I've seen a few leaks of 2007 albums on people's personal lists too.

Mine ended up like this.

1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
2. Snowman - Snowman
3. Tapes n Tapes - The Loon
4. Bluebottle Kiss - Doubt Seeds
5. The Grates - Gravity Won't Get You High
6. The Knife - Silent Shout
7. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
8. thom yorke - the eraser
9. TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
10. You Am I - Convicts
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
12. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
13. Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
14. Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
15. Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
16. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
17. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
18. The Brother Kite - Waiting For The Time To Be Right
19. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
20. Sarah Blasko - What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have

Last few spots were difficult though. Only got the Sarah Blasko a couple of days before the deadline, and already I want to move it up several places

Maybe we should have voted for 21 to break this tie.