Rough Trade's Top 100 Favorite CDs of 20006

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Top 100 of 2006

Rough Trade Shops favourite albums of 2006 - Based on sales and staff votes

1 beirut the gulag orkestar Ever heard what sounds like a Balkan gypsy orchestra, only DIY-bedroom produced by a 20 year-old fella from the US of A? Here's your chance... simply unmissable.

2 gossip standing in the way of control Right about now. The punk soul sister. Check it out now.

3 css cansei de ser sexy A vibrant testament to that age-old adage that sex sells... Brazilian-punk style.

4 allen, lily alright, still West London's very own 'Marmite' (love or hate) pop persona delivers more astute wit and musical charm than the rest of the national charts put together.

5 brakes the beatific visions Returning with more of the same taught, sprung musicianship - one class act.

6 lewis, jenny with the watson twins rabbit fur coat Keep this remarkable 'hot-water bottle' album within reach for moments of comfort.

7 hot chip the warning Brave and deliberately different, a future classic that challenges convention with unashamed glee.

8 campbell, isobel and lanegan, mark ballad of the broken seas Every track sparkles with a roughly shorn elegance evoking tales of Wild West romanticism. Think Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra minus the kitsch.

9 the pipettes we are the pipettes Unashamed good-time pop that references the likes of the Shangri La's, Bananarama, The Crystals et al. Go see them live if you get the cha cha chance.

10 vetiver to find me gone Vetiver (Vetiveria Zizanoides) is a perennial grass of the Poaceae, native to India. It's also Andy Cabic's tender, warm sounding American folk band, whose second album astounds with artistic accomplishment.

11 the long blondes someone to drive you home

12 yeah yeah yeahs show your bones

13 toure, ali farka savane

14 midlake the trials of van occupanther

15 the lemonheads the lemonheads

16 waits, tom orphans

17 tv on the radio return to cookie mountain

18 erase errata nightlife

19 sonic youth rather ripped

20 bromheads jacket dits from the commuter belt

21 adamson, barry stranger on the sofa

22 peter, bjorn and john writer's block

23 cat power the greatest

24 be your own pet be your own pet

25 various (production) the world is gone

26 beck the information

27 loney, dear sologne

28 trentemoller the last resort

29 belle and sebastian the life pursuit

30 120 days 120 days

31 arctic monkeys whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not

32 bonnie prince billy the letting go

33 calexico garden ruin

34 el perro del mar el perro del mar

35 fake, nathan drowning in a sea of love

36 gotan project lunatico

37 guillemots through the window pane

38 i'm from barcelona let me introduce my friends

39 love is all 9 times that same song

40 newsom, joanna ys

41 scritti politti white bread, black beer

42 spank rock yoyoyoyoyo

43 stevens, sufjan songs for christmas

44 superthriller the blank album

45 tellier, sebastian universe

46 the flaming lips at war with the mystics

47 om conference of the birds

48 the raconteurs broken boy soldiers

49 the rapture pieces of the people we love

50 tunng comments of the inner chorus

51 yorke, thom the eraser

52 the broken family band balls

53 clap your hands say yeah clap your hands say yeah

54 micah p hinson micah p hinson and the opera circuit

55 built to spill you in reverse

56 tapes 'n' tapes the loon

57 bat for lashes fur and gold

58 lamontagne, ray till the sun turns black

59 todd comes to your house

60 treecreeper grain

61 datarock datarock

62 m ward post-war

63 cocker, jarvis jarvis

64 the hold steady boys and girls in america

65 dylan, bob modern times

66 matmos the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast

67 fujiya and miyagi transparent things

68 metronomy pip paine (pay the 5000 you owe)

69 jansch, bert the black swan

70 burial burial

71 rekid made in menorca

72 lambchop damaged

73 susanna and the magical orchestra melody mountain

74 camera obscura let's get out of this country

75 holland, jolie springtime can kill you

76 mstrkrft the looks

77 sparklehorse dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain 78 archie bronson outfit derdang derdang

79 gainsbourg, charlotte 5:55

80 cut chemist the audience's listening

81 rhythm and sound see mi yah remixes

82 adem love and other planets

83 calla collisions

84 coldcut sound mirrors

85 dustin's bar mitzvah dial m for mitzvah

86 in flagranti wronger than anyone else

87 m craft silver and fire

88 monkey swallows the universe the bright carvings

89 peaches impeach my bush

90 psapp the only thing i ever wanted

91 semifinalists semifinalists

92 cold war kids robbers and cowards

93 the black keys magic potion

94 the concretes the concretes in colour

95 the czars sorry i made you cry

96 the emperor machine vertical tone and horizontal noise 97 the knife silent shout

98 the mules save your face

99 the spinto band nice and nicely done

100 the young knives voices of animals and men

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[Shawn]

They must have used their crystal balls to see these.