you listed Mountain Goats twice.

what? no love for Scissor Sisters, The Gothic Archies, Peaches, or Andrew WK??

I think Smut by Sure Juror could of made it up there

i actually think doing it that way makes a lot of sense in some ways, when you really consume so much music.

I admire any music fan who creates end-year lists. It's terribly subjective and as BV infers above, so aligned to time and space. My pal Mike wrote once about 'scrolling to a particular song on his pod to paint an appropriate hue on the situation he was walking through...' or something to that effect. Good music fits different moods.

OK, you gave props to ISIS. Phew.

BV, yours is the only list I trust and listen to whole heartedly. Your passion for music inspires me to seek out these records I have yet to hear!

grow a pair

yay listmania continues

Werrrrrd
nice list buddy

i'm quite surprised there are more albums i haven't heard in your top ten than any other ten section. I've got some listening to do.

Well done, Mr. Vegan.

I'm still waiting for your list from 2005. Don't think I haven't forgotten.

the futureheads

Oakley Hall (both) and Awesome Color

Morrissey?

oakley hall is terrible

groups of ten is a nice idea

glass handed kites came out october '05 though..

midlake... man man

wah.

Where is Man Man?

BV does not share an affinity for Man Man. I've flogged him enough times in the past for this.

Raconteurs? Cmon BV, you're better than that.

how the hell did albert hammond jr didnt make it and grizzly bear is number 1...stupid hipsters...that music is garbage compared to albert hammond jr

I love me some Califone. I wish Cento-matic's album was up there. It is for me

Man I wish more folks liked Wilderness. It is lonely here in the...Wilderness.

you forgot earl greyhound and vietnam........

"how the hell did albert hammond jr didnt make it and grizzly bear is number 1...stupid hipsters...that music is garbage compared to albert hammond jr"

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

why is everyone shafting OOIOO's taiga?

where the hell is Lucero?

Grizzly Bear! Destroyer! Lupe Fiasco! Hot Chip!!

Man,with those three in your top 20 I confirm I won't stop reading this site tho. See you in 2007.

"how the hell did albert hammond jr didnt make it and grizzly bear is number 1...stupid hipsters...that music is garbage compared to albert hammond jr"

oh miss modernage

dude thank you for putting silversun on there.. how it's not on more lists is beyond me..

NOT BAD, BV!

the albert hammond jr album blew. such a let-down.

but there's no excuse for making a list of 40+ albums that came out this year and not mentioning Jeffrey + Jack Lewis.

Delete this once, shame on you. Delete this twicek, shame on...

The Sword - "Age of Winters" belongs. That is all. Thanks.

Pitchfork made a list and now i think i should make a list!

I like you're list alot....I'm not sure if you yourself, living in Brooklyn, haven't yet heard of fellow New Yorkers The Epochs, whose debut they self-released last month and decided not to include it on your best of list, (which is the case with most publications), or actually know of them and passed, which would seem crazy. Anyways, just wanted to alert you to what I saw as a glaring omission.

Love the blog....make sure to keep searching for new music on your own...think outside the Pitchfork!

Keep up the good work!

Tim.

Neko Case?

Come on, dude! Don't be such a hipster! Yellow House is not a great record. It's really not. Thank you for not giving TV on the Radio a slot in the top 10 either...but still, GB? uggghhh....People's standards have seriously dropped recently. We need Radiohead to come back and show all these bands, AND especially critics, who so quickly forget, what a great record is.

i know the epochs, didnt' they have some major label deal in the works? Did it die? are you their manager or something?
best of luck to them

anon 5:54, you are an idiot
you obviously aren't listening carefully if you think Yellow House is a poor album

You have many of my personal favorites on there, I'm glad that you included J Dilla as well. Peace.

"Delete this once, shame on you. Delete this twicek, shame on...

"The Sword - 'Age of Winters' belongs. That is all. Thanks."

Brian, BV didn't delete your prior mention of The Sword's album; you posted it on a different BV entry, the one about Pitchfork's Best Albums of 2006: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/12/pitchforks_best.html

"anon 5:54, you are an idiot
"you obviously aren't listening carefully if you think Yellow House is a poor album"

Anon 5:54 is an idiot for giving BV grief for BV's inclusion of Neko Case, as well.

Hey hipsters and non hipsters,

People like what they like. No one needs a taste-nazi making people feel like shit for the music they like or dislike.

You can't argue what music is good and what music is bad.

I bet you liked William Hung's album, KK.

YAY! NO THE KNIFE!

you list devours pitchforks!!

What, no Black Angels? No Brother Kite? No Justin Timberlake? (jk)

I still don't understand the Knife. Or Tapes n' Tapes.

I'm real happy to see Mew on there though. Pitchfork totally ignored them even though they gave them a rave review (8.4).

What, no Black Angels? No Brother Kite?

I still don't understand the Knife. Or Tapes n' Tapes.

I'm real happy to see Mew on there though. Pitchfork totally ignored them even though they gave them a rave review (8.4).

Um... Where is "Fishscale" on the list?
How could you possibly omit what is far and away the best rap album of '06? And the new Clipse? Were there two better rap tracks then "Shakey Dog" and "Trill" released this year?

And come on, the Timberlake LP has to be on here - pop album of the year.

What about the MCR LP? Hate on Emo all you want, this album was kickass.

Also, what about Klaxons "Xan Valleys EP"?

This list is so relentlessly indie blogsnob it makes me want to puke.

Who is the woman in the lower left corner...in the photo collage?

Hi~

I too know The Epochs and have been listening to their record alot lately. Yeah, it's weird how they were overlooked but I guess that record came out pretty recently so I don't blame people for not putting it on their lists.

I really love this list, actually though... more than Pitchfork's. The inclusion of Begin to Hope made me really really happy! Regina rules!

Thank you

No, i'm not their manager, I just saw them play at Bowery Ballroom last month, listened to their record on their website and was blown away and have been spreading the good word about the epochs. i actually don't think they have management yet, or a label.

Sadly, you forgot:

Thom Yorke's The Eraser
Bob Pollard's From a Compound Eye
Mission of Burma's The Obliterati

Yes, I am old. But I'm also right.

i love how people assume if it's not on the list, the list maker "forgot" about those albums

Thanks for reminding us Grumpy Old Man!!!

I've never heard of Thom Yorke, I'll go check it out right now!

come on now, where is With Love And Squalor?

that was 2005 anon

This list is totally disposable, like the vast majority of music today. Are there more than 2 or 3 albums on this list that anyone will still be listening to 5 years from now, let alone 10 or 20? To prove my point, revisit any hipster "top albums of the year" list from 5 or 10 years ago and think about how many of the entries retain any meaning outside of the moment in time they were created. Of those few that you haven't long ago pawned at the local used CD store, how many do you actually listen to for enjoyment, not just to trot out when you want to get all nostalgic for a meaningful moment or event in your life, like your first lay or that raging party the summer of your senior year? Why would you think the class of '06 will be any different? Where are the albums that at the very least take us somewhere we haven't already been? It's not enough to sound like 1979 or 1980 in 2006. It's been done. And yet the blurbs that usually accompany the entries on these lists (*cough*Pitchfork*cough*) make them sound like magnificent artistic creations that have changed the world. Let's face it, we're living is really shitty times for music and it's not getting any better. It's a joke to believe there are 40 albums that deserve recognition in the past year. I wish it wasn't so. Most of my friends don't listen to anything that was recorded after they were born, let alone this year. That's sad, but it's hardly an anomaly. It's happening all over the country. You're not supposed to listen to the same music your parents listened to, but if you want to hear the good stuff that's what you do. The bar has been set so low these days that anything that doesn't completely suck appears to shine like gold. Sorry, but it's all fool's gold. Enjoy your little nuggets.

are you done masturbating yet?

fucking idiot

i've been thinking about it and the way you constructed your list is horseshit, the whole point of making a year end "top (however many)" is to show favoritism and to let people know what you like and how it ranks against the other stuff that you like.

put those albums in order, god damn!

Craig, STFU. Word on the street is that you're a pedophile.

Anonymous, you are right: The Thom Yorke album is WAY worse than "He Poos Clouds." Way, way worse, and doesn't deserve mention. Not that I think "Eraser" is the best album of all time or anything. It's just so obviously more listenable than half the crap on this list.

Who is this anonymous moron who drops a little turd in every single thread just to hear himself say "fuck?". What are you, 12? Grow some pubes.

"what? no love for Scissor Sisters,"

my biggest disappointment of the year :(

"I think Smut by Sure Juror could of made it up there"

haven't given it much of a chance yet really, and wasn't sure where their first album fit in. Really I love them, but they confuse me so I didn't put them in the top 40.

"i actually think doing it that way makes a lot of sense in some ways, when you really consume so much music"

thank you

"i've been thinking about it and the way you constructed your list is horseshit..."

thank you

"...the whole point of making a year end 'top (however many)' is to show favoritism and to let people know what you like...."

says who? at least I made a list...

"I'm still waiting for your list from 2005. Don't think I haven't forgotten."

see what I mean

"how the hell did albert hammond jr didnt make it and grizzly bear is number 1..."

technically grizzly bear is not #1. see above.

"stupid hipsters...that music is garbage compared to albert hammond jr"

anonymous 'albert hammond' / 'strokes new album' / 'you're all hipsters' commenter strikes again

"Pitchfork made a list and now i think i should make a list!"

so make one

"Um... Where is 'Fishscale' on the list? How could you possibly omit what is far and away the best rap album of '06? And the new Clipse?"

Stay tuned for Wes' best hip hop list.

"where the hell is Lucero?"

In Tennessee?

"Who is the woman in the lower left corner...in the photo collage? "

Britta Persson

"Sadly, you forgot: Thom Yorke's The Eraser"

I didn't forget it. I just never really got that into it. I'm listening to it right now though and probably could have - just didn't happen this year.

"Anonymous, you are right: The Thom Yorke album is WAY worse than 'He Poos Clouds.' Way, way worse, and doesn't deserve mention. Not that I think 'Eraser' is the best album of all time or anything. It's just so obviously more listenable than half the crap on this list."

I never said anyting was better than anything else. I did listen to Final Fantasy a bunch though.

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thanks all!

Now for my two bob... =)
But seriously everyone's entitled to their own likes, dislikes and OPINIONS! It's what makes the world such an interesting place.

Glad to see that The Blow got a mention but my list would put Paper Television as number one without a fleck of doubt. Anyone who hasnt heard them, get to it. Absolute brilliance...

Cold War Kids?

thank you for listing phoenix.

What about MUSE?

Great list, but no Dylan? That's crazy to me. Modern Times was amazing. Ahh well...

If interested you can check out my "Best of 2006" over at Mirr World. I have best albums, songs, concerts, movies, YouTubes and blogs. Brooklynvegan was definitely one of my favs! Cheers and Happy New Year all!

Great list, but no Dylan? That's crazy to me. Modern Times was amazing. Ahh well...

If interested you can check out my "Best of 2006" over at Mirr World.

http://mirrworld.blogspot.com

I have best albums, songs, concerts, movies, YouTubes and blogs. Brooklynvegan was definitely one of my favs! Cheers and Happy New Year all!

"Great list, but no Dylan? "

dylan is on there

And The Islands have been completely ignored... AGAIN

it is weird how listening to Neil Diamond's 12 Songs makes the albums I do own from the list sound shallow and empty by comparison.Older artists in their 60's sound so much more real when singing about heartbreak then 20 somethings.I think that bands today could learn a lot from both Diamond and Dylan's new albums.That real coolness comes from not giving a sheet and being yourself.Not being hipster posers like many bands today.

No mention of New York Dolls. Intentional or unintentional omission?

What?! No, Death Cab For Cutie?

hi~

just wanted to say i really liked your responses to all those people's quetions, BV! I think people get a bit too aggressive, but you responded with humor and grace! I like this website even more now!

Now, I must say...after reading the list above, I DO THINK THOM YORKE'S ALBUM was awesome and should have been on here. SAME WITH THE EPOCHS...actually, I just found out about them now...read about them on here and went to their site and listened. That record should be on here, I think...maybe it will be next year?

Oh, and I THINK GRIZZLY BEAR RULES! What is everyone talking about? That album will be around for a long time! It ain't no disposable garbage!

Ok...I'm getting a bit too emotional here.

Thanks for your list, and for running an awesome site!!

Are you guys smokin' crack again? or is it cool to list TV On The Radio anywhere except #1.

cheers

yes it's very cool to list it anywhere but number one.

that record sucks. in a year, no one will listen to it. i can't believe so many smart people are thinking it's a good record.

it's not that its a TERRIBLE record, it's just one that should have been completely ignored, maybe you heard about the band releasing a new record, but thats about it....it shouldn't have gone anywhere. it's a sad state that its topping anyone's lists.

James (up in FLAMES)

THE DECEMBERISTS.

"why is everyone shafting OOIOO's taiga?"

I second that emotion. For me, that was the most exciting release this year. I would reccomend it to anyone who enjoys adventurous music and is sick of poo-throwing arctic monkeys.

ummmm....Ratatat? Jesus christ, poor memory.

emily haines in the left corner

whhhat
about
mogwai

Am i the only person on the planet who really enjoyed Detrola (his name is alive)?
I've loved that record since the day i heard it, and it is certainly in my top 40 records of the year, if not the top 10.

Just finished my year-end lists, check em' out (top 10 shows, top 10 performers, top 10 singles, top 10 albums, top 10 videos)

http://indiedanceparty.blogspot.com

Y'all make me feel like drinking!

At61 no longer terminally hip i'm listening to Frank sinatra The best of the columbia years, The cream of Helen Forrest And the Liltin Miss Tilton by martha Tilton.. All music that was on the radio as I first heard music From Age on to age five. For you young Hipsters out there I recommend this As sort of an aural antidote to anxiety. The forties music is Great with very little excess emo

WOLFMOTHER!!!!

I like the list (for the most part) but this is about the fifth or sixth best of list I have seen and none have ISLANDS on it. That is a beautiful record. If you like Graceland, buy Islands. It's the kids from the unicorns.

Brooklyn Vegan, have you heard this record?

kudos on; Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Destroyer, Tapes 'n Tapes

new jeff/jack lewis sucked. i love them. but it blew.

The Essex Green "Cannibal Sea" was one of my favorites of the year. Maybe not Top 10, but it's an album I've enjoyed throughout the year. I think it might be another one that people forgot about since it came out in early '06).

BooBooBear is a fucking moron. Not everything is that great - see joanna newsom - but a lot of it is. Unless bearfaggot has some plans to solve his bad music problem, he should go shut the fuck up.

Stefan,

Brilliant response. You really nailed it. Mom must be really proud of her little dumbass.

BearFaggot