The Best of 2006: Songs 100 to 1

Mister Toaster can post mp3s of only the top five for now. We'll pepper future entries with others, we promise.

Please comment with any specific requests and we'll get them up, too. Dig in. We'll resume regularly scheduled programming next week. Happy 2007!

2006, a year in music:

100 >> CSS / Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
99 >> Midlake / Roscoe
98 >> The Dears / There Goes My Outfit
97 >> Peter Bjorn and John / Young Folks
96 >> Division Day / Colorguard
95 >> Smoosh / I Would Go
94 >> And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead / Eight Days of Hell
93 >> I'm From Barcelona / This Boy
92 >> The Pernice Brothers / Somerville
91 >> Bob Dylan / Workingman's Blues #2
90 >> Yo La Tengo / Beanbag Chair
89 >> Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / House Fire
88 >> Jeremy Warmsley / 5 Verses
87 >> Alexi Murdoch / All My Days
86 >> Pearl Jam / Marker in the Sand
85 >> The Mountain Goats / If You See Light
84 >> Voxtrot / Soft and Warm
83 >> Let's French / Boys and Girls
82 >> Beyonce / Irreplaceable
81 >> TV on the Radio / Tonight
80 >> The Weepies / The World Spins Madly On
79 >> The French Kicks / So Far We Are
78 >> Lily Allen / LDN
77 >> Arctic Monkeys / The View From the Afternoon
76 >> The Sleepy Jackson / I Understand What You Want But I Just Don't Agree
75 >> The Format / Oceans
74 >> Chin Up Chin Up / This Harness Can't Ride Anything
73 >> Justin Timberlake (feat. T.I.) / My Love
72 >> Asobi Seksu / Thursday
71 >> Neko Case / Star Witness
70 >> Barbara Morgenstern / The Operator
69 >> The Stills / In the Beginning
68 >> Razorlight / Hold On
67 >> The Sheds / Too Many Pictures
66 >> Apparitions / Electricity + Drums
65 >> The Futureheads / Skip to the End
64 >> Danielson / Time That Bald Sexton
63 >> Mates of State / Fraud in the 80s
62 >> Cat Power / Could We
61 >> Josh Rouse / The Man Who…
60 >> The Rapture / Whoo! Alright Yeah…Uh Huh
59 >> Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins / Born Secular
58 >> Matthew Friederberger / Up the River
57 >> Nellie McKay / There You Are in Me
56 >> The Submarines / Peace and Hate
55 >> Will Stratton / I'd Hate to Leave You
54 >> Beck / Think I'm In Love
53 >> The Decemberists / O Valencia!
52 >> Sparklehorse / Some Sweet Day
51 >> Sufjan Stevens / The Henney Buggy Band
50 >> Angela Desveaux / Heartbeat
49 >> Belle and Sebastian / Sukie in the Graveyard
48 >> Snow Patrol / Hands Open
47 >> Albert Hammond, Jr. / Bright Young Thing
46 >> Guillemots / Trains to Brazil
45 >> The Long Winters / Pushover
44 >> Voxtrot / Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
43 >> El Perro del Mar / Party
42 >> M. Ward / Chinese Translation
41 >> The Concretes / On the Radio
40 >> Mojave 3 / Most Days
39 >> Fionn Regan / Put a Penny in the Slot
38 >> The Pipettes / Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
37 >> Band of Horses / The Funeral
36 >> Be Your Own Pet / Adventure
35 >> Hot Chip / And I Was a Boy From School
34 >> Ingrid Michaelson / Breakable
33 >> Phoenix / Long Distance Call
32 >> The Hold Steady / First Night
31 >> Regina Spektor / Fidelity
30 >> Sufjan Stevens / The Mistress Witch From McClure
29 >> The Flaming Lips / Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
28 >> The Lemonheads / No Backbone
27 >> Ben Kweller / Penny on the Train Track
26 >> Swan Lake / All Fires
25 >> The Elected / Fireflies in a Steel Mill
24 >> The Strokes / You Only Live Once
23 >> CSS / Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
22 >> Matt Costa / Cold December
21 >> Snow Patrol / Set Fire to the Third Bar
20 >> Camera Obscura / Let's Get Out of This Country
19 >> The Long Winters / Teaspoon
18 >> Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins / The Big Guns
17 >> TV on the Radio / Wolf Like Me
16 >> The Weepies / Gotta Have You
15 >> Tilly and the Wall / Sing Songs Along
14 >> Neko Case / The Needle Has Landed
13 >> Beirut / Postcards From Italy
12 >> The Pipettes / Pull Shapes
11 >> Beck / Strange Apparition
10 >> The Mountain Goats / Woke Up New
09 >> Belle and Sebastian / Another Sunny Day
08 >> The Format / Time Bomb
07 >> Gnarls Barkley / Crazy
06 >> Band of Horses / The Great Salt Lake
05 >> Regina Spektor / On the Radio
04 >> Mojave 3 / Breaking the Ice
03 >> The Hold Steady / Stuck Between Stations
02 >> The Long Winters / Hindsight
01 >> The Decemberists / The Crane Wife 1 & 2