In alphabetical order...

Aloha – Mountain
Asobi Seksu – Thursday
Band of Horses – Funeral
Beach House – Apple Orchard
Beirut – Postcards From Italy
Belle and Sebastian – Sukie In the Graveyard
Brazilian Girls – Rules of the Game
Brightblack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight
Califone – The Orchids
Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
Cat Power – The Greatest
Danielson – Kids Pushing Kids
Destroyer – Painter In Your Pocket
Gomez – Hamoa Beach
Heartless Bastards – All This Time
Herbert – Something Isn’t Right
Islands – Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby
Joanna Newsom – Emily
Junior Boys – In The Morning
Lullaby Baxter - Sugar
M. Ward – Poison Cup
Maritime – Tearing Up the Oxygen
Neko Case – That Teenage Feeling
Okkervil River – The President’s Dead
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Phoenix – Long Distance Call
Sparks – Waterproof
The Dears – Ballad of Humankindness
The Essex Green – Don’t Know Why
The Fiery Furnaces – Bitter Tea
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations
The Mountain Goats – Wild Sage
The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
Victory At Sea – To You and Me
Yo La Tengo – Mr. Tough

Been checking out Beirut Live on You Tube. Wasn't sure if they could recreate it live. They do a pretty damn good job. Here's Postcards from Italy (one of the top 20 or so songs) live. The group is very young, they are going to be great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L_TRuRHs-g

Much harder than the album list...

While still not a great year for top flight albums, it was a fantastic "singles" year with a massive breadth of interesting material.

So, for today at least, these are the Thirty I would go with...half will probably change tomorrow.

Rubies - Destroyer
3,000 Flowers - Destroyer
Drain Cosmetics - Serena Meneesh
Silent Shout - The Knife
We Share our Mother's Health - The Knife
Dimension - Wolfmother
The Champ - Ghostface Killah
The Crane Wife Part 3 - The Decemberists
Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) - Beirut
Postcards From Italy - Beirut
Two Birds - The Charalambides
And I Was A Boy From School - Hot Chip
Look After Me - Hot Chip
The World Unseen - Rosanne Cash
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips
Goin' Against Your Mind - Built to Spill
SAI - OOIOO
Calm - Maritime
I Like To Move In The Night - Eagles of Death Metal
Gold Lion - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Evita's Lullaby - Alejandro Escovedo
The Farm - Howe Gelb
Chore of Enchantment - Howe Gelb
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind - Yo La Tengo
Black Flowers - Yo La Tengo
Strawberries - Asobi Sesku
The Orchids - Califone
Mansfield and Cyclops - Espers
Cossacks Are - Scott Walker
Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys

Just Missed - St. Augustine - Band of Horses; Kilo & Shakey Dog - Ghostface Killah; Honey Child What Can I Do - Lanegan/Campbell; Special Thing - Viva Voce; Good Weekend - Art Brut; The Knife - Grizzly Bear; Incinerate - Sonic Youth; Playhouses - TV on the Radio; Public Sex for James Bidewell - Matmos

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
Much harder than the album list...

Harder to tally too. There's such a variety of entries coming in. Already, I think there's something like 470 different songs that have been named.

I think I'm going to try to devise a different system for this next year. Maybe a two tiered method where we have nominations, then a final vote.

We still have time to do that this year, especially since I'll be gone between Christmas and New Year's.

I'm still working on my 30 posts, but what the hell, here's a shot.

Needless self-imposed rule: No repeat artists. (I probably could have had three songs each from Dylan, Destroyer, and Neko Case.)

Counting down from thirty to one.

30. "Seventeen Dirty Magazines" - Modern Skirts
29. "Let Down" - RadioDread, Easy Star All-Stars
28. "Tangerine" - David Mead
27. "Brandenburg" - Beirut
26. "See the World" - Gomez
25. "Starlight" - Muse
24. "The Greatest" - Cat Power
23. "Not Too Late" - Lindsey Buckingham
22. "Black Lexus" - Joseph Arthur
21. "Another Galaxy" - Paul Simon
20. "Black Swan" - Thom Yorke
19. "Pink and Sour" - Califone
18. "The Night Belongs to Mona" - Donald Fagen
17. "Strange Apparition" - Beck
16. "Let Me Hold You" - The Figgs
15. "Right in the Head" - M. Ward
14. "Dick in a Box" - Andy Samberg & Justin Timberlake, see www.nbc.com
13. "Anywhere on Earth You Are" - Alan Jackson
12. "Don't Download This Song" - Weird Al Yankovic
11. "Sweet Samsara Pt. 2" - Miho Hatori
10. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
9. "Roscoe" - Midlake
8. "Emily" - Joanna Newsom
7. "Rise Up With Fists!!" - Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins
6. "Hours" - TV on the Radio
5. "Girl in the War" - Josh Ritter
4. "Sons and Daughters" - The Decemberists
3. "Star Witness" - Neko Case
2. "European Oils" - Destroyer
1. "Thunder on the Mountain" - Bob Dylan

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26. "See the World" - Gomez

Really like this choice...never was a huge Gomez fan, but was surprised by how much I love the top three or four songs on How We Operate, and your choice is IMHO the best of that bunch.

Mountain Goats' "Woke Up New" is so, so good.

I listed my 30 upthread, and I'll stick with them. But I wanted to note a fantastic song that I just heard: Rani, from Rachid Taha's album Diwan 2. I can't say enough about it: The rhythm is hypnotic, the beat ridiculous, and the lyrics passionate and alive (the English translations are on his website).

In fact, Taha's whole album is great, and its moving fast up my Best Of 2006 List. Late-year surprises like Diwan 2 are why I'm waiting to post my Best Of list until early 2007.

The Strokes: You Only Live Once
Flaming Lips: Free Radicals
Flaming Lips: The W.A.N.D.(The Will Always Negates Defeat)
Placebo: Meds
Destroyer: 3000 Flowers
Tool:Wings For Marie
Tool: Right In two
Tool: The Pot
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Wet Sand
Morrissey: Life is a Pigsty
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Gold Lion
Calexico: Roka
Massive Attack: Live With Me
The Decemberists: The island, come and see...
Muse: Exo polotics
Tv on the radio: Playhouses
Gnarls Barkley: Crazy
The Roots: Here I Come
Mars Volta: Viscera Eyes
Thom Yorke: Harrowdown Hill
Destroyer: Rubies
The Decemberists: Summersong
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Torture me
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Originally posted by crabsody:

Flaming Lips: Free Radicals

This is the first time I've seen this song on a list. I really like it, too.

Top five:

"Death of the Party", The Keene Brothers

"The Fugitives Have Won", Centro-matic

"Conventional Wisdom", Built to Spill

"In my dream", His Name is Alive

"Ain't that Strange", Rhett Miller

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Originally posted by ericg75:
Harder to tally too. There's such a variety of entries coming in. Already, I think there's something like 470 different songs that have been named.

I think I'm going to try to devise a different system for this next year. Maybe a two tiered method where we have nominations, then a final vote.

What, aren't we paying you enough?!?

01. M. Ward - Chinese translation
02. The Decemberists - The crane wife 1 and 2
03. The Flaming Lips - My cosmic autumn rebellion
04. Glissandro 70 - Bolan muppets
05. The Album Leaf - Always for you
06. Sonic Youth - Do you believe in rapture?
07. Sean Lennon - Dead meat
08. Thom Yorke - Skip divided
09. Sparklehorse - Dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain
10. Peeping Tom - Celebrity Death Match
11. Amy Millan - Wayward and parliament
12. Grandaddy - Rear view mirror
13. The Shins - Sleeping lessons
14. Yo La Tengo - Pass the hatchet, I think I'm goodkind
15. Matthew Friedberger - Hialeah
16. Built To Spill - Goin' against your mind

If I had to choose one

1. Justin Timberlake My love (DFA remix)

But here are 29 more

TVOTR - Wolf like me
Hot Chip - Over and over
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
6. Dudley Perkins - Funky Dudley
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're dead
Wolfmother - The Joker and the Thief
Jay Dee ft Common and D'Angelo - So far so good
Buck 65 Kennedy killed the hat (MSTRKRFT rock remix)
11. Mark Ronson - Just
Peaches - Boys wanna be her
The Roots - Here I come
The Futureheads - Skip to the end
Phoenix - Long distance call
16. Opgezwolle - Hoedenplank
Lee Fields - Honeydove
Junior Boys - Count souvenirs
The Knife - Neverland
Fujiya and Miyagi - Collarbone
21. Ellen Allien and Apparat - Do Not Break
Amy Winehouse - Back to black
Gossip - Standing in the way of control (Soulwax nite version)
Goose - British mode
Tahiti 80 - Big day (Booka Shade mix)
26. The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy
Arctic Monkeys Dancing shoes
Snow Patrol - Headlights
Ghostface Killah - Be easy
Sparklehorse - Dont take my sunshine away

1 - Malajube – Pâte Filo
2 – The Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes
3 – Malajube – Montréal –40°C
4 – Pierre Lapointe – 27-100 Rue des Partances
5 – Patrick Watson – Drifters
6 - The Camaromance – 28 Balloons
7 – The Album Leaf – Always For You
8 – The Hold Steady – Chillout Tent
9 – Malajube – La Russe
10 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow
11 – Sébastien Lafleur – Terre
12 – A.F.I. - Love Like Winter
13 – Pierre Lapointe – Deux Par Deux Rassemblés
14 – Dumas – Nébuleuse
15 – Islands – Rough Gem
16 – Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School
17 – Sufjan Stevens – Sister Winter
18 – A.F.I. – Miss Murder
19 – Low – Monkey
20 – Harvee – Father Was A Gambler
21 - Islands – Swans (Life After Death)
22 – Belle & Sebastian – Another Sunny Day
23 – Decemberists – The Crane Wife, Pt.3
24 – Tokyo Police Club – Be Good
25 – The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Station
26 – Dumas – La ville s’éveille
27 – Oxford Collapse – Please Visit Your National Parks
28 – Justin Timberlake – Sexy Back
29 – Xiu Xiu – Boy Soprano
30 – Cursive – Dorothy Dreams of Tornados
31 – Sébastien Lafleur – L’Irakien Moyen
32 – Love Is All – Busy Doing Nothing
33 – Jean Leclerc – Horrible Fool
34 – Xiu Xiu – Save Me Save Me
35 – The Knive – Marble House
36 – Tokyo Police Club – Nature of the Experiment
37 – Cursive – Dorothy At Forty
38 – Hot Chip – Careful
39 – Basement Jaxx - Hush Boy
40 – Harvee – Hiding Julia
41 - Beck – Nausea
42 – Emily Haines – Our Hell
43 – A.F.I. – The Killing Lights
44 – The Knife – Silent Shout
45 – The Hold Steady – Hot Soft Light
46 – Harvee – No One Here
47 – TV on the Radio – Province
48 – Hot Chip – Look After Me
49 – The Blow – True Affection
50 – Joanna Newsom – Emily

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quote:

Originally posted by ericg75:
Harder to tally too. There's such a variety of entries coming in. Already, I think there's something like 470 different songs that have been named.

I think I'm going to try to devise a different system for this next year. Maybe a two tiered method where we have nominations, then a final vote.

That's why the most polls are limited to singles only. It gets a little fuzzy at times with what counts as a single and what year it should be considered but in the end it's a lot easy to tally.

edit:
And here's my singles list from another board with the top 30 edited to only include songs from 2006 (as opposed to 2005 songs released as singles in 06...)

1. T.I. - What You Know
2. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
3. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
4. Guillemots - Trains to Brazil
5. Sound Team - Born to Please
6. Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives EP (if this is ineligible count it as just "Rise Up in the Dirt")
7. Antennas - Adapt!
8. The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
9. Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
10. Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back to Your House

11. Peter John and Bjorn - Young Folks
12. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
13. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
14. Midlake - Roscoe
15. Ne-Yo - So Sick
16. As Fast As - This Time
17. Nelly Furtado - Say it Right
18. Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - My Love
19. Band of Horses - The Funeral
20. T.I. - Top Back

21. CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen Death From Above
22. Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha
23. Augie March - One Crowded Hour
24. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
25. Gomez - How We Operate
26. Christian Falk ft. Robyn and Ola Salo - Dream On
27. Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
28. Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
29. As Fast As - Florida Sunshine
30. Hot Chip - Over and Over

The rest (numbering is off from the songs I had to remove):
35. Tapes N' Tapes - Insistor
36. Marit Larsen - Only a Fool
37. Teddybears - Kobrastyle
38. UGK - Stop-N-Go / The Game Belongs to Me
39. Rogue Wave - Publish My Love
40. The Roots - In the Music / Here I Come

41. Neko Case - Star Witness
42. Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
43. The Pippettes - Pull Shapes
44. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Fransisco
45. The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt
46. Ghostface ft. Trice - Be Easy
47. Guillemots - Made Up Love Song #43
48. Cassie - Me & U
49. Clipse ft. Pharrel - Mr. Me Too
50. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous

51. Chamillionaire ft. Krazie Bone - Ridin'
52. M. Ward - Chinese Translation
53. Secret Machines - All at Once (It's Not Important)
54. Delays - Valentine
55. T.I. ft. UGK - Front & Back
56. Hot Chip - Boy From School
57. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise up With Fists
58. Lily Allen - LDN
59. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline
60. Hello Saferide - The Quiz

61. Long Blondes - Once and Never Again
62. Rhymefest ft. Kanye West - Brand New
63. The Roots - Don't Feel Right
64. The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy
65. The Killers - When You Were Young
66. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
67. Love is All - Busy Doing Nothing
68. Ghostface Killah ft. Ne-Yo - Back Like That
69. Kleerup ft. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
70. Rhymefest - Dynomite (Going Postal)

71. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
72. Midlake - Young Bride
73. Antennas - Always on my Mind
74. Cat Power - The Greatest
75. Puffy AmiYumi - Tokyo I'm On My Way
76. Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake
77. Old Crow Medicine Show - Down Home Girl
78. Trae ft. Pimp C, HAWK, and Fat Pat - D Swang
79. Alesha - Lipstick
80. Kanye West ft. Paul Wall & GLC - Drive Slow

81. Lilix - Sweet Temptation
82. My Robot Friend ft. Antony - One More Try
83. The Research - Lonely Hearts Still Beat the Same
84. Clipse ft. Slim Thug - Wamp Wamp
85. Sonic Youth - Incinerate
86. We Are Scientists- Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
87. Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
88. Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
89. The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me
90. Turbulence - Notorious

91. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
92. E-40 ft. Keak da Sneak - Tell Me When To Go
93. The Concretes - On the Radio
94. Drive-by Truckers - Feb. 14th
95. Paul Westerberg - Love You in the Fall
96. El Perro del Mar - God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get)
97. Junior Boys - In the Morning
98. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
99. Klaxons - Magick
100. Teddybears - Punkrocker

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Here are my best songs of 2006, numbered only to make sure I had thirty--except for the number one song which is head and shoulders above anything else this year:

1. Gnarls Barkley- “Crazy”


2. Destroyer- “Watercolors into the Ocean”
3. Joanna Newsom- “Emily”
4. --“Monkey and Bear”
5. TV on the Radio- “Wolf like Me”
6. Tom Waits- “If I Have to Go”
7. J Dilla- “Dime Piece”
8. The Strokes- “You Only Live Once”
9. --“Vision of Division”
10. The Roots- “Atonement”
11. Thom Yorke- “Analyse”
12. Muse- “Starlight”
13. Ghostface Killah- “Shakey Dog”
14. --“Whip You with a Strap”
15. Beck- “Nausea”
16. The Knife- “Marble House”
17. The Killers- “Bones”
18. --“When You Were Young”
19. The Decemberists- “O Valencia!”
20. Outkast- “Morris Brown”
21. M. Ward- “Rollercoaster”
22. Cat Power- “The Greatest”
23. Clipse- “Mr. Me Too”
24. --“Nightmares”
25. John Legend- “Save Room”
26. Islands- “Swans (Life after Death)”
27. Neko Case- “Star Witness”
28. --“Hold On, Hold On”
29. Lupe Fiasco- “I Gotcha”
30. Yo La Tengo- “The Room Got Heavy”

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Originally posted by dano:
92. E-40 ft. Keak da Sneak - Tell Me When To Go

Oh man, this is unquestionably top 10-20 material for me.

quote:

Originally posted by FragileKidA:
12. Muse- “Starlight”

You are pretty much guaranteed to like most of Muse's catalog if you enjoyed this more than, say, Assassin. Absolution is full of songs that are about this mellow, and Origin of Symmetry would probably be a good buy for you as well.

(I'm assuming you haven't bought any of these in the few weeks since you said you hadn't. )