Taste My Kids Presents: The Best And Worst Of 2006 (Part Eight)

Cool, it's finished. Now I can finally go back to 3 month invervals between updates. I was going to write some short blurbs regarding the top 3 albums of the year, which I have done in the past, but I'm pretty burnt out from doing this and I'd like to not think about it anymore. I hope you understand. At least it's finished prior to the Village Voice P&J results, and the Oscar Nominees. Or wait, those might have been announced already.. whatever.

Top 20 Albums Of 2006 20 Secret Machines Ten Silver Drops 19 The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers 18 T.I. King 17 The Rapture Pictures Of The People We Love 16 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass 15 The Knife Silent Shout 14 Tapes �N Tapes The Loon 13 Belle And Sebastian The Life Pursuit 12 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam 11 Midlake The Trials Of Van Occupanther 10 Ghostface Killah Fishscale 09 Liars Drum�s Not Dead 08 Hot Chip The Warning 07 Thom Yorke The Eraser 06 Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds 05 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain 04 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 03 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury 02 Phoenix It�s Never Been Like That 01 C.S.S. Cansei De Ser Sexy

2006's Greatest Hits Consider these the most recommended downloads for 2006. Once again, I should state that I've noticed more and more publications doing their favorite "songs" or favorite "tracks" of the year, rather than just their favorite singles. This list is made up of everything, including b-sides, album tracks, and singles. 103 "Steady As She Goes" - The Raconteurs 102 "Barael�s Blade" - The Sword 101 "Head Home" - Midlake 100 "Artbitch" - C.S.S. 99 "Messenger" - Pinback 98 "Traces" - Built To Spill 97 "Worry About It Later" - The Futureheads 96 "Read My Mind" - The Killers 95 "Yo" - Chris Brown 94 "Do You Believe In Rapture" - Sonic Youth 93 "Valentine" - The Delays 92 "See The World" - The Kooks 91 "No Backbone" - The Lemonheads 90 "Let�s Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack" - Liars 89 "Move Along" - The All American Rejects 88 "All At Once (It�s Not Important)" - Secret Machines 87 "Yankee Bayonet" - The Decemberists 86 "Boa Vs Python" - Test Icicles 85 "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" - The Arctic Monkeys 84 "Glasgow Mega-Snake" - Mogwai 83 "I Was A Lover" - TV On The Radio 82 "The W.A.N.D." - The Flaming Lips 81 "Pushover" - The Long Winters 80 "Heart In A Cage" - The Strokes 79 "Silent Shout" - The Knife 78 "Just A Thought" - Gnarls Barkley 77 "Here Comes The Rumour Mill" - The Young Knives 76 "It Fit When I Was A Kid" - Liars 75 "L.Wells" - Franz Ferdinand 74 "Careful" - Hot Chip 73 "The Funeral" - Band Of Horses 72 "Chips Ahoy!" - The Hold Steady 71 "In The Morning" - Junior Boys 70 "Atoms For Peace" - Thom Yorke 69 "We Share Our Mother�s Health" - The Knife 68 "Dirty Money" - Clipse 67 "Province" - TV On The Radio 66 "Free Radicals" - The Flaming Lips 65 "Starlight" - Muse 64 "Hands" - The Raconteurs 63 "This Month, Day 10" � C.S.S. 62 "Harrowdown Hill"- Thom Yorke 61 "The Devil" - The Rapture 60 "Just Drums" - Tapes N� Tapes 59 "Here It Goes Again" - OK Go 58 "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" - The Arctic Monkeys 57 "World Wide Suicide" - Pearl Jam 56 "North" - Phoenix 55 "You Can Stay There" - The Capitol Years 54 "Young Folks" - Peter Bjorn And John 53 "Cowbell" - Tapes �N Tapes 52 "Running The World" - Jarvis Cocker 51 "Black Swan" - Thom Yorke 50 "The Fallen" - Franz Ferdinand 49 "Gold Lion" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 48 "Trill" - Clipse 47 "You Only Live Once" � The Strokes 46 "Napoleon Says" � Phoenix 45 "Life Wasted" - Pearl Jam 44 "Alone Jealous And Stoned" - Secret Machines 43 "Rise Up With Fists!" - Jenny Lewis 42 "Be Easy" - Ghostface Killah 41 "Solid Gold" - Eagles Of Death Metal 40 "Adventure" - Be Your Own PET 39 "Off The Hook" - C.S.S. 38 "Rally" - Phoenix 37 "Dirtywhirl" - TV On The Radio 36 "Pull Shapes" - The Pipettes 35 "The Blues Are Still Blue" - Belle And Sebastian 34 "Promiscuous Girl" - Nelly Furtado 33 "Long Time Ago" - Golden Smog 32 "Level" - The Raconteurs 31 "When You Were Young" - The Killers 30 "Boy From School" - Hot Chip 29 "Consolation Prizes" - Phoenix 28 "Unemployable" - Pearl Jam 27 "The Warning" - Hot Chip 26 "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" - Of Montreal 25 "Say It Right" - Nelly Furtado 24 "Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above" - C.S.S. 23 "Sometimes In The Fall" - Phoenix 22 "Faberge Falls For Shuggie" - Of Montreal 21 "Musk Is My Hot Hot Sex" - C.S.S. 20 "Patins" - C.S.S. 19 "Long Distance Call" - Phoenix 18 "Mr. Me Too" - Clipse 17 "Kick Push" - Lupe Fiasco 16 "S.O.S." - Rihanna 15 "Why You Wanna" - T.I. 14 "Young Bride" - Midlake 13 "Alala" - C.S.S. 12 "FutureSex/LoveSounds" - Justin Timberlake 11 "Ask Me Anything" - The Strokes 10 "Suffer For Fashion" - Of Montreal 09 "Lightning Blue Eyes" - Secret Machines 08 "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley 07 "Wolf Like Me" - TV On The Radio 06 "Over And Over" - Hot Chip 05 "The Eraser" - Thom Yorke 04 "Eleanor Put Your Boots Back On" - Franz Ferdinand 03 "What You Know" - T.I. 02 "Roscoe" - Midlake 01 "My Love" - Justin Timberlake