BEST MUSIC OF 2006

Is it too early to do this list? Maybe. Maybe not. This is not definitive and not necessarily in order of best to worst or worst to best. But here are some of the songs from 2006 that made an impact on me (as well as on my wallet thanks to iTunes).

1. "Lloyd I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" - Camera Obscura (pictured above)
2. "The Greatest" - Cat Power
3. "Rise Up With Fists!!" - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
4. "Whisper Pitch" - Stereolab
5. "Think Long" - Mates of State
6. "In the Future When All's Well" - Morrissey
7. "Cheated Hearts" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. "Another Sunny Day" - Belle and Sebastian
9. "It's a Hit" - We Are Scientists
10. "Throw It All Away" - Zero 7
11. "Promiscuous" - Nelly Furtado and Timbaland
12. "Liar" - Built to Spill
13. "All of My Days" - Alexi Murdoch
14. "Hearbeats" - Jose Gonzalez
15. "The Eraser" - Thom Yorke
16. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
17. "Wolf Like Me" - TV On The Radio
18. "Incinerate" - Sonic Youth
19. "Young Folks" - Peter Bjorn and John
20. "Pittsburgh" - The Lemonheads
21. "Burning" - The Whitest Boy Alive
22. "Smile" - Lily Allen
23. "You Made It" - DJ Shadow and Chris James
24. "Phantom Limb" - The Shins
25. "Everybody" - Basement Jaxx
26. "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae
27. "Star Witness" - Neko Case
28. "Publish My Love" - Rogue Wave
29. "Stars Above Us" - Saint Etienne
30. "Ageless Beauty" - Stars
31. "Sweatshop" - Brazilian Girls
32. "Swimmers" - Broken Social Scene (this came out in 2005 but I listened to it a billion times this year)