Voguing to Danzig's 2006 Albums Year-in-Review: "Guarenteed to Alienate Damn Near Everybody Breathing"*

1. Various Artists Women Take Back The Noise UBUIBI
2. The Yellow Swans Psychic Secession Load
3. Sightings End Times Fusetron
4. Taylor Deupree Northern 12K
5. The Magic Markers A Panegyric To The Things I Do Not Understand Gulcher
6. Bardo Pond Ticket Crystals All Tomorrow’s Parties
7. Wolf Eyes Human Animal Sub Pop
8. The Dead C. Vain, Erudite and Stupid (Selected Works: 1987-2005) Ba Da Bing
9. Various Artists Less Self is More Self: A Benefit Compilation for Tarantula Hill Ecstatic Peace
1o. Sonic Youth Rather Ripped Geffen

11. Axolotl Way Blank Psych-o-Path
12. Coachwhips Double Death Narnack
13. Diskaholics Live In Japan Vol. 1 Load
14. Tam Tam Ecstatic Peace
15. Psalm One The Death of Frequent Flyer Rhymesayers
16. Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet Ecstatic Peace!/Universal
17. Mission of Burma The Obliterati Matador
18. Stereolab Fab Four Suture Too Pure/Beggars
19. Matmos The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast Matador
20. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti House Arrest Paw Tracks

21. Electric President Electric President Morr Music
22. Bird Show Lightning Ghost Kranky
23. Grizzly Bear Yellow House Warp
24. Ghostface Killah Fishscale Def Jam
25. First Nation First Nation Paw Tracks
26. Vampire Can’t Key Cutter Load
27. Lady Sovereign Public Warning Def Jam
28. Beck The Information Geffen
29. Sonic Youth The Destroyed Room: Rarities and B-Sides Geffen
30. Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy The Brave and the Bold Overcoat

31. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid The Exchange Session Vol. 1 Domino
32. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid The Exchange Session Vol. 2 Domino
33. Chavez Better Days Will Haunt You Matador
34. The Killers Sam’s Town Island
35. The Strokes First Impressions of Earth RCA
36. Joanna Newsom Ys Drag City
37. Jennifer O'Connor Over the Mountain, Across the Valley, and Back to the Stars Matador
38. Tool 10,000 Days Volcano
39. Espers II Drag City
40. Wolf Eyes with John Wiese Equinox Troniks

41. Pearl Jam Pearl Jam J
42. Matthew Friedberger Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School 859 Recordings
43. Excepter Alternation 5RC
44. Marble Valley Wild Yams Indikator
45. Islands Return to the Sea Equator
46. Prurient Pleasure Ground Load
47. Beach House Beach House Carpark
48. Monstrous Mother Nature's Slaves Howler
49. Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
50. Various Artists Mitten (State) Transmissions Top Quality Rock & Roll/WHFR 89.3FM
Bonus track, after the fact: 51. Clipse Hell Hath No Fury (Re-Up/Star Trak/Zomba)

*Note: the top 1 through 25 record line-up differs slightly from other published versions of my list (i.e. Jackin' Pop, Baltimore City Paper, www.staticmultimedia.com, or Pazz & Jop) simply because a few worthy contenders slipped in at the very last minute. If this post actually results in a sales uptick for any of the above artists, I'll eat my hat (without condiments).