Observer's 50 Best Albums of the Year [2006]

Entertainment: Music Observer Music Monthly

## 1. Arctic Monkeys (Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not) ## 2. Ali Farka Toure (Savane) ## 3. Tom Waits (Orphans) ## 4. Lambchop (Damaged) ## 5. Amy Winehouse (Back To Black) ## 6. Bob Dylan (Modern Times) ## 7. Joanna Newsom (Ys) ## 8. Ghostface Killah (Fishcale) ## 9. Jarvis Cocker (Jarvis) ## 10. Lily Allen (Alright Still) ## 11. the Killers (Sam's Town) ## 12. K'Naan (The Dusty Foot Philosopher) ## 13. Mastodon (Blood Mountain) ## 14. Bellowhead (Burlesque) ## 15. Michael Wollny ([EM] II) ## 16. Cat Power (The Greatest) ## 17. The Feeling (Twelve Stops and Home) ## 18. Burial (Burial) ## 19. The Young Knives (Voices of Animals and Young Men) ## 20. Bruce Springsteen (We Shall Overcome) ## 21. Morrissey (Ringleader of the Tormentors) ## 22. Acoustic Ladyland (Skinny Grin) ## 23. the Flaming Lips (At War With the Mystics) ## 24. Gnarls Barkley (St Elsewhere) ## 25. Toumani Diabate's Symettric Orchestra (Boulevard de 'independence) ## 26. Scott Walker (The Drift) ## 27. Spank Rock (Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo) ## 28. Hot Chip (The Warning) ## 29. The New York Dolls (One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This) ## 30. Thom Yorke (The Eraser) ## 31. The Raconteurs (Broken Boy Soldiers) ## 32. The Streets (The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living) ## 33. Neil Diamond (12 Songs) ## 34. Scritti Politti (White Bread Black Beer) ## 35. Beyonce (B-Day) ## 36. Beirut (The Gulag Orkestar) ## 37. Free Hole Negro (Superfinos Negros) ## 38. Basement Jaxx (Crazy Itch Radio) ## 39. Scissor Sisters (T-Dah) ## 40. The Gossip (Standing in the Way of Control) ## 41. Muse (Black Holes and Revelations) ## 42. Pet Shop Boys (Fundamental) ## 43. Micah P Hinson (The Opera Circuit) ## 44. Tunng (Comment on the Inner Chorus) ## 45. Jay-Z (Kingdom Come) ## 46. Vetiver (To Find Me Gone) ## 47. Justin Timberlake (Futuresex/lovesounds) ## 48. Sway (This Is My Demo) ## 49. Primal Scream (Riot City Blues) ## 50. The Beatles (Love) **** Missing: * 2 Ali Farka Toure * 4 Lambchop * 7 Joanna Newsom * 12 K'Naan * 14 Bellowhead * 15 Michael Wollny * 16 Cat Power * 17 Feeling * 18 Burial * 19 Young Knives * 22 Acoustic Ladyland * 25 Toumani Diabate's Symettric Orchestra * 26 Scott Walker * 27 Spank Rock * 28 Hot Chip * 36 Beirut * 37 Free Hole Negro * 40 Gossip * 43 Micah P Hinson * 44 Tunng * 46 Vetiver

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