Ten Best CDs of 2006

1. Big Al Anderson "After Hours"
2. Regina Spektor "Begin To Hope"
3. The Format "Dog Problems"
4. The Raconteurs "Broken Boy Soldiers"
5. Field Music "Field Music"
6. Tool "10,000 Days"
7. The Decemberists "The Crane Wife"
8. Mates Of State "Bring It Back"
9. The Futureheads "News And Tributes"
10. Ben Kweller "Ben Kweller"
11. Beck "Beck"
12. Kasabian "Empire"
13. My Chemical Romance "The Black Parade"
14. Damian Rice "9"
15. Blowoff "Blowoff"
16. Thom Yorke "The Eraser"
17. Jenny Lewis "Rabbit Fur Coat"
18. TV On The Radio "Return To Cookie Mountain"
19. The Hold Steady "Boys And Girls In America"
20. Mastodon "Blood Mountain"
Dresden Dolls "Yes, Virginia…"
Placebo "Meds"
Nellie McKay "Pretty Little Head"
The Rapture "Pieces Of The People We Love"
Lindsey Buckingham "Under The Skin"
Paul Simon "Surprise"
Feist "Let It Die"
Scissor Sisters "Ta-Dah"
Sondra Lerche "Duper Sessions"
Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not"
Art Brut "Bang Bang Rock & Roll"
Electric Six "Senor Smoke"
Destroyer "Destroyer’s Rubies"
Matt Pond PA "Several Arrows Later"
Wheatus "TooSoonMonsoon"
Eef Barzelay "Bitter Honey"
Rhett Miller "The Instigator"
Pet Shop Boys "Fundamental"
Phoenix "It’s Never Been Like That"
Pernice Brothers "Live A Little"
Justin Timberlake "Futuresex/Lovesounds"
Tenacious D "The Pick Of Destiny"
Jeremy Enigk "World Waits"
My Morning Jacket "Okonokos"
The Strokes "First Impressions Of Earth"
Gnarls Barkeley "St. Elsewhere"
Paul Westerberg "Open Season (Soundtrack)"

Best Techno CDs of 2006

Girl Talk "Night Ripper"

Best CD Reissues of 2006

1. Richard Thompson "RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson"
2. Tom Waits "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards"
3. The Art Of Noise "And What Have YOu Done With My Body, God?"
4. Daft Punk "Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005"
5. The Replacements "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best Of The Replacements"

Worst CDs of 2006

1. Chemical Brothers "London (Soundtrack)"
2. Coldcut "Sound Mirror"
3. Ashley MacIsaac "Pride"
4. Rinocerose "Schizophonic"
5. DJ Shadow "The Outsider"
Junior Boys "So This Is Goodbye"
The Killers "Sam’s Town"

Best CD Cover of 2006

1. Beck "Beck"
2. Tool "10,000 Days"
3. The Format "Dog Problems"

Worst CD Cover of 2006

1. Barenaked Ladies "Are Me"

Ten Best Movies of 2006

1. The Prestige
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. Children of Men
3. Thank You For Smoking
5. Night Watch
6. V For Vendetta
7. Brick
8. Shortbus
9. Nanny McPhee
10. Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Half Nelson
The Matador
The Science Of Sleep
An Inconvenient Truth
Hard Candy
2046
Shopgirl
Jarhead
Immortal
Serenity
The Dying Gaul

Five Worst Movies of 2006

1. Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2. Rent
3. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
4. The Break-up
5. Are You Scared?
The Libertine
The Devil’s Rejects
Casnova
Tristan & Isolde
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