My Favourite Albums of 2006

Christopher Horrell

Dec 29, 2006

It’s time for another year-end list. Here’s a list of my top albums for 2006 in alphabetical order by artist (all the links point to Amazon.ca, ~~I’ll add links to .com later~~ and I’ve included links to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk):

Passover by The Black Angels (US or UK)
Supernature by Goldfrapp (US or UK)
The Warning by Hot Chip (US or UK)
New Kids Rock the Block by Kids in Tracksuits (US or UK)
Return To Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio (US or UK)
Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train by Whitey (US or UK)

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