Here are just a few of our contributors' top 10 favorite albums of 2006. It was pretty tough making such a short list, but these are the best of the best and will all make nice additions to your record collections…
Mark Ziemke
1. Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
2. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas
3. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
4. Boot Camp Clik – The Last Stand
5. Joanna Newsom – Ys
6. Saviours – Crucifire
7. M. Ward – Post-War
8. Katamine – Lag
9. Wolfmother – Wolfmother
10. Tool – 10,000 Days
Augustine Arredondo
1. Boris – Pink
2. The Knife – Silent Shout
3. Brightblack Morning Light – S/T
4. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
5. Exploding Hearts – Shattered
6. Joanna Newsom – Ys
7. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
8. Saviours – Crucifire
9. Destroyer – Destroyer's Rubies
10. The Sword – Age Of Winters
Scott Hirsch
1. Kelley Stoltz – Below The Branches
2. The Bats live in San Francisco 2/22 – Rickshaw Stop
3. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
4. Cat Power – The Greatest
5. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live at the Fillmore 1970
7. Bright Black – Morning Light
8. Robin Guthrie – Continental
9. The Court & Spark – Hearts
10. Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings – Freeze-Die-Come to Life
Aaron Autrand
1. The Thermals – The Body, The Blood, The Machine
2. Drones – Gala Mill
3. Phoenix – It's Never Been Like That
4. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
5. Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
6. Voxtrot – Mothers, Sisters, Daughters and Wives EP
7. Boot Camp Clik – The Last Stand
8. Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope
9. The Black Angels – Passover
10. Lily Allen – Alright, Still
Timothy Norris
1. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
2. Cold War Kids – Robber And Cowards
3. The Kooks – Inside In / Inside Out
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
5. Primal Scream – Riot City Blues
6. Editors – Back Room
7. The Fratellis – Costello Music
8. The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
9. Teddybears – Soft Machine
10. Wolfmother – Wolfmother
Jon Pruett
1. Destroyer – Rubies
2. Joanna Newsom – Ys
3. Brightblack Morning Light – S/T
4. Danielson – Ships
5. Wooden Wand – Gypsy Freedom
6. Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang
7. Liars – Drums Not Dead
8. Two Gallants – What the Toll Tells
9. Comets on Fire – Avatar
10. Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar
Ryan Hunt
1. Keane – Under the Iron Sea
2. De/vision – Subkutan
3. Tina Dico – In the Red
4. The Delays – You See Colours
5. Delerium – Nuages du Monde
6. Cazals – Poor Innocent Boys
7. Kasabian – Empire
8. Sia – Color the Small Ones
9. Kate Havnevik – Melankton
10. Lily Allen – Alright Still
Casey Lombardo
1. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That
2. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
3. The Futureheads – News and Tributes
4. The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth
5. Robert Pollard – Normal Happiness
6. The Thermals – The Body, The Blood, The Machine
7. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
8. Morrissey – Ringleader of the Tormentors
9. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
10. Keene Brothers – Blues and Boogie Shoes
Jennifer Nies
1. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That
2. Presets – Beams
3. The Whitest Boy Alive – Dreams
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
5. El Perro Del Mar – S/T
6. The Rapture – Pieces of People We Love
7. The Black Keys – Magic Potion
8. Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
9. Fujiya & Miyagi – Transparent Things
10. The Walkmen – A Hundred Miles Off
Ryan Wolfert
1. Loka – Fire Shepherds
2. Melvins – (A) Senile Animal
3. The Mackrosoft – Antonio's Giraffe
4. The Black Keys – Magic Potion
5. Roots Manuva – Alternately Deep
6. Peeping Tom – Peeping Tom
7. The Sword – Age Of Winters
8. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
9. Tool – 10,000 Days
10. Penuckle – The Sun Beckons
Julie Gerstein
Top Ten Songs that Kids in Philly Danced to in 2k6:
1. Justin Timberlake – “Sexyback.”
2. Daft Punk – Anything. Especially “Technologic” and “Robot Rock”
3. JJ Fad – “Supersonic”
4. Peter Bjorn and John – “Young Folks”
5. Justice/Simian – “We Are Your Friends.”
6. MIA – “XR2”
7. Bloc Party/Diplo – “Helicopter” Remix
8. Hot Chip – “Over and Over”
9. Spankrock – Anything
10. The Rapture – “Get Myself Into It”
Tatiana Simonian
1. TV On The Radio – Return From Cookie Mountain
2. Placebo – Meds
3. Cold War Kids – Robber And Cowards
4. The Knife – Silent Shout
5. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
6. Muse – Black Holes And Revelations
7. Jeremy Enigk – World Waits
8. Empire – Kasabian
9. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
10. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
Cinnamon Brunmier
1. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
2. Gotan Project – Lunatico
3. Califone – Roots & Crowns
4. Elvis Perkins – Ash Wednesday
5. Wolfmother – Wolfmother
6. Butch Walker – The Rise & Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites
7. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas
8. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
9. Ratatat – Classics
10. Tapes ‘N Tapes – The Loon
