1. midlake - roscoe
2. tv on the radio - wolf like me
3. tv on the radio - hours
4. muse - starlight
5. muse - knights of cydonia
6. pipettes - pull shapes
7. pipettes - it hurts to see you dance so well
8. beirut - postcards from italy
9. ghostface killa - the champ
10. gnarls barkley - crazy
11. gnarls barkley - smiley faces
12. islands - rough gem
13. RHCP - tell me baby
14. RHCP - snow (heyo)
15. thermals - a pillar of salt
16. thermals - st rosa and the swallows
17. neko case - hold on, hold on
18. neko case - star witness
19. joanna newsom - sawdust and diamonds
20. decemberists - sons and daughters
21. decemberists - the island (come and see, the landlord's daughter, you won't feel the drowning)
22. decemberists - yankee bayonet
23. bob dylan - workingman's blues #2
24. destroyer - rubies
25. outkast - idlewild blue
26. belle and sebastian - another sunny day
27. ratatat - wildcat
28. white whale - we're just temporary ma'am

1. Belle and Sebastian - "The Blues are Still Blue"
2. The Hold Steady - "Hot Soft Light"
3. The Decemberists "Culling of the Fold"
4. Destroyer - "Painter in Your Pocket"
5. Jenny Lewis - "Rise Up, With Fists!!"
6. M. Ward - "Magic Trick"
7. The Hold Steady - "First Night"
8. Midlake - "Roscoe"
9. Tom Waits - "Sea of Love"
10. Belle and Sebastian - "Suki in the Graveyard"
11. Joanna Newsom - "Cosmia"
12. Okkervil River - "O Dana"
13. The Decemberists - "O Valencia"
14. The Decemberists - "Sons and Daughters"
15. Regina Spektor - "Hotel Song"
16. Destroyer - "Watercolors into the Ocean"
17. The Society Islands - "Diner Song"
18. Beirut - "Scenic World"
19. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
20. Okkervil River - "The President's Dead"
21. Neko Case - "John Saw that Number"
22. Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
23. The Mountain Goats - "Woke Up New"
24. The Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations"
25. Belle and Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
26. Magnolia Electic Co - "Memphis Moon"
27. Belle and Sebastian - "White Collar Boy"
28. Magnolia Electric Co - "Talk to Me Devil, Again"
29. Tom Waits - "Lie to Me"
30. Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"

Lots of lists coming in fairly quickly. I'll try to get an initial tally up by the weekend.

Best Songs of 2006

Rise Up With Fists / Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat / Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins
Extraordinary Machine / Fiona Apple
Stop This Train / John Mayer
Thunder on the Mountain / Bob Dylan
Run To Me / Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs

Here comes my list :

1. Guillemots - "Made-Up Lovesong 43"
2. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
3. Jim Noir - "My Patch"
4. TV on The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
5. Thom Yorke - "Black Swan"
6. The Long Winters - "Fire Island, AK"
7. Tapes n' Tapes - "Insistor"
8. Sound Team - "Born to Please"
9. Phoenix - "Long Distance Call"
10. Peter, Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
11. Midlake - "Roscoe"
12. Man Man - "Engrish Bwudd"
13. Junior Boys - "In The Morning"
14. Hot Chip - "Colours"
15. Chad Vangaalen - "Gubbbish"
16. Beirut - "Brandenburg"
17. Band of Horses - "The Funeral"
18. The Whitest Boy Alive - "Burning"
19. Editors - "Munich"
20. Grizzly Bear - "Easier"
21. Sparklehorse - "Don't Take My Sunshine Away"
22. Under The Influence of Giants - "In The Clouds"
23. The Mystery Jets - "You can't fool me Denis"
24. The Dears - "Death Of Life We Want You"
25. Beck - "Nausea"
26. Beach House - Tokyo Witch"
27. The Pipettes - "Dirty Mind"
28. The Raconteurs - "Intimate Secratery"
29. Islands - "Human"
30. Electric President - "Insomnia"

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Hardly scientific, but 30 I loved this year, in random order:

"Rise Up With Fists!!!" by Jenny Lewis w/The Watson Twins
"Into The Open" by Heartless Bastards
"Returning To The Fold" by The Thermals
"On The Radio" by Regina Spektor
"Fidelity" by Regina Spektor
"Adventure" by Be Your Own Pet
"Sex Changes" by The Dresden Dolls
"Dirty Business" by The Dresden Dolls
"A Certain Romance" by Arctic Monkeys
"When The Sun Goes Down" by Arctic Monkeys
"Wolf Like Me" by TV On The Radio
"The Funeral" by Band Of Horses
"Insistor" by Tapes 'n' Tapes
"Stuck Between Stations" by The Hold Steady
"Chips Ahoy!" by The Hold Steady
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
"You Only Live Once" by The Strokes
"Hold On, Hold On" by Neko Case
"Sons & Daughters" by The Decemberists
"A Pillar Of Salt" by The Thermals
"Pull Shapes" by The Pipettes
"Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp
"Real Life" by Nellie McKay
"Girl In The War" by Josh Ritter
"Bored Otherwise" by Victory At Sea
"No Such Thing As Hearts" by Victory At Sea
"Dart For My Sweetheart" by Archie Bronson Outfit
"Lies Are Much More Fun" by The Grates
"We Share Our Mothers' Health" by The Knife
"Shakey Dog" by Ghostface Killah

Also, earlier this year there was some talk of a thread where we could post a playlist for an end of the year mix CD. I'm not sure if this thread makes it redundant or not, but if there's interest, let me know, and I'll start one up.

This thread is just informational right? Like, they aren't going to post this up with our "album consensus", right?

I mean, most of these lists aren't that great: album based as we indie kids are, the vast majority of these lists include songs from the most popular albums: band of horses, hold steady, tapes n tapes, etc. So really, I'd say metacritic users don't make the best "singles" lists. Plenty of albums that we dismiss as junk have one or two great songs - in fact this characterizes most of mainstream radio.

That said - metacritic users do make a damn good album list - 2005's was better than any single critic list I've seen (it's actually very close to the personal list that I made before ever visiting the metacritic site at all!)

Anyway, I like the mixtape idea. Maybe the top 15 or so songs could be tallied, and then we could have a 2006 "Metacritic Users Mixtape". That would be cool. I'll post my own official list eventually, but I'm gonna try to find singles first - besides just picking the top songs from my favorite albums. Get it?!!

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Originally posted by bonzob:
Also, earlier this year there was some talk of a thread where we could post a playlist for an end of the year mix CD. I'm not sure if this thread makes it redundant or not, but if there's interest, let me know, and I'll start one up.

I think it's probably a little redundant. After we tally the results for this, you should have enough material for two mixes.

I can probably get this posted to the Best of 2006 Mainpage. Feel free to list singles, but since I don't even know what's a single anymore, I thought songs made more sense.

I posted the compiled list in my original post on page 1. So far, I'm only through the first page of contributers (mejis - TFIF). I'll get around to the rest of you tomorrow probably. But, after 10 lists Band of Horses' "The Funeral" is a clear favorite.

the two best songs of the year = 1. Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy and 2. The Knife - We Share Our Mothers' Health.

here is a list i compiled with a little input from a friend.. in random order.

subtle - the mercury craze
tv on the radio - i was a lover
tv on the radio - blues from down here
sunset rubdown - us ones in between
grizzly bear - the knife
m. ward - requiem
beirut - postcards from italy
yo la tengo - mr. tough
ghostface killah - jellyfish
the knife - silent shout
oneida - the adversary
cat power - the greatest
belle and sebastian - white collar boy
two gallants - las cruces jail
swan lake - all fires
ratatat - wildcat
liars - let's not wrestle mt. heart attack
boris - six, three times
man man - van helsing boom box
aphex twin - boxing day
danielson - ship the majestic suffix
carbon dating service - dead dogs love us still
white whale - the admiral
neko case - maybe sparrow
gnarls barkley - crazy
shotgun and jaybird - long distance dates
tim hecker - radio spiricom
j dilla - workinonit
the roots - in the music
major stars - syntoptikon
the thermals - pillar of salt
flying lotus - 1983

Okay, here goes.

I tried to put these in order of preference so I can keep track of what gets cut when I reach #31.

1. "Save Me, Save Me" - Xiu Xiu
2. "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)" - Beirut
3. "Fallout" - The Futureheads
4. "In the Morning" - Junior Boys
5. "Wolf Like Me" - TV on the Radio
6. "Spring Heeled Jack Flies Tonight" - Tim Hecker
7. "Boy Soprano" - Xiu Xiu
8. "Drain Cosmetics" - Serena Maneesh
9. "Pink & Sour" - Califone
10. "Bullets" - Editors
11. "Critics Pass Away" - Baby Dayliner
12. "Lie To Me" - Tom Waits
13. "Coming Down the Hill" - El Perro Del Marr
14. "Starlight" - Muse
15. "Finding Solutions" - Heartless Bastards
16. "When You Wasn't Famous" - The Streets
17. "Iron God Chamber" - Masta Killa
18. "European Oils" - Destroyer
19. "Born Secular" - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
20. "On a Kneck, On a Spit" - Grizzly Bear
21. "The Father Who Must Be Killed" - Morrissey
22. "Something Isn't Right" - Herbert
23. "Roses and Teeth for Luwig Wittgenstein" - Matmos
24. "The Arctic Circle" - Final Fantasy
25. "Apocalypso" - Mew
26. "Kids Pushing Kids" - Danielson
27. "The Greatest" - Cat Power
28. "Is It Any Wonder?" - Keane
29. "Let's Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack" - Liars
30. "Elephan Gun" - Beirut

Edited for spelling.

How about:

1) Centro-matic: Calling Thermatico
2) Califone: Spider's House
3) Drive By Truckers: Good bye
4) Bob Dylan: Thunder on the Mountain
5) Neko Case: Hold on, Hold on
6) Centro-matic: The Fugitive Have Won
7) Califone: Black Metal Valentine
8) the Hold Steay: Hot Soft Light
9) the Mountain Goats: Woke up new
10) Centro-matic: Patience for the Ride


Okay, so you might be able to tell I think Centro-matic and Califone had the two best albums of the year.

I actually find this topic as interesting as best album, since their is more variance (and more candidates).

My question is do Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Tiny Mix, etc, do any of them put out a top 10 songs of the year. I know everyone puts out a top 10 albums list, but which sites or magazines put out a top 10 song list?

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Originally posted by Besttasteinmusicever:
[D]o Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Tiny Mix, etc, do any of them put out a top 10 songs of the year. I know everyone puts out a top 10 albums list, but which sites or magazines put out a top 10 song list?

Stylus is running it's week-long Best Songs of the Year list now. They count them down, 10 a day, for a week.

Thanks. Is that the only one you know of?

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Originally posted by Besttasteinmusicever:
Thanks. Is that the only one you know of?

There's others, but I can't think of the publications offhand. I'll look into it. In the meantime, here's the current Stylus list, as of Thursday, December 14. Tomorrow they're doing Nos. 1 -- 10.

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My question is do Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Tiny Mix, etc, do any of them put out a top 10 songs of the year.

Pitchfork does top singles - a little less broad then top songs, and usually not as good as their album list is.

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Originally posted by DrAwesome:
1. Belle and Sebastian - "The Blues are Still Blue"
4. Destroyer - "Painter in Your Pocket"
11. Joanna Newsom - "Cosmia"

Good songs all around. I love these ones.