Top ten records of 2006

Just like last year, it’s time to take a look my favorite albums released in 2006. And the winners are…

1. Suicide Commando – Bind, Torture, Kill
2. Morrissey – Ringleader of the Tormentors
3. The Knife – Silent Shout
4. Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
5. I AM X – The Alternative
6. Frontline Assembly – Artificial Soldier
7. Strip Music – Hollywood & Wolfman
8. And One – Bodypop
9. Seabound – Double-Crosser
10. Portion Control – Filthy White Guy

The list is not fully complete yet, since a few promising albums are still to be evaluated.

Not quite making it to the list are nice albums such as

• Covenant – Skyshaper
• Hot Chip – The Warning
• Wumpscut – Cannibal Anthem
• Tactical Sekt – Syncope
• Placebo – Meds
• Thom Yorke – The Eraser
• M Ward – Post War
• Mesh – We Collide
• Adolphson & Falk – Vidare
• Laibach – Volk
• Zero7 – The Garden
• Delerium – Nuages du Monde
• Gotan Project – Lunatico
• In Strict Confidence – Where sun and moon unite
• Amduscia – From Abuse To Apostasy
• Nelly Furtado – Loose
• Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
• Camouflage – Relocated
• Welle Erdball – Chaos
• Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental
• Dub Sweden – Done With Loveless Days
• Arcana Obscura – Lies
• Erasure – Union Street
• Cat5 – Cat5
• Strokes – First impressions of Earth
• Deathstars – Termination Bliss
• Hype – Desperately Yours
• Cryo – Cryogenic
• Junkie XL – Today
• Code 64 – Departure
• Biosphere – Dropsonde
• Universal Poplab – Uprising
• Massiv In Mensch – Clubber Lang
• Gary Numan – Jagged
• Malaise – Hypnotized by Forgotten Lie
• Spektralized – Capture The Moment

That’s it for 2006. Next exciting release will be the new Skinny Puppy album “Mythmaker”, scheduled for a January 29 release. Stay tuned.