The High and Mighty of 2006

Highest and Mightiest of 2006

77 great tracks here, no rhyme or reason or ranking. I'm sure I missed a few good ones.

1. Saving Grace - Tom Petty
2. Mr. High & Mighty - Gov't Mule
3. Upside Down - Jack Johnson
4. Hands Open - Snow Patrol
5. Even Rats - The Slip
6. Somerville - Pernice Brothers
7. Insistor - Tapes 'n Tapes
8. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
9. Cellphone's Dead - Beck
10. Ticket To Immortality - The Dears
11. The Road To Gila Bend - Los Lobos
12. We Used To Vacation - Cold War Kids
13. Feb. 14 - Drive-By Truckers
14. Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
15. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
16. Papa Dukie And The Mud People - The Subdudes
17. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
18. Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down - Animal Liberation Orchestra
19. This Is Us - Mark Knopfler / Emmylou Harris
20. Hands - The Raconteurs
21. After The Garden - Neil Young
22. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
23. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips
24. Jacob's Ladder - Bruce Springsteen
25. She May Call You Up Tonight - Matthew Sweet
26. Cold December - Matt Costa
27. Two Bit Town - Eric Lindell
28. Move By Yourself - Donavon Frankenreiter
29. Conventional Wisdom - Built To Spill
30. Starlight - Muse
31. Back Together - Citizen Cope
32. I Like It - Dixie Chicks
33. Another Fine Day - Golden Smog
34. Message To The Boys - The Replacements
35. Break This Time - Alejandro Escovedo
36. Be Here Now - Mason Jennings
37. Lloyd, Im Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
38. Fall Back - Ollabelle
39. Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke
40. Let Down - Easy Star All-Stars
41. Sailing On - The Derek Trucks Band
42. Who Am I Telling You? - Eric Clapton / JJ Cale
43. People Gonna Talk - James Hunter
44. Hand on Your Heart - Jose Gonzalez
45. Your Touch - Black Keys
46. Dance Like A Monkey - New York Dolls
47. Long Distance Call - Phoenix
48. Hot Stage Lights - Van Hunt
49. Three More Days - Ray Lamontagne
50. Sister Twisted - Kinky
51. Zigaboo - Spencer Dickinson
52. Shackamaxon - Slo-Mo
53. Louisiana - The Walkmen
54. Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
55. Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
56. Goodpeople - Widespread Panic
57. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer
58. Ya Had Me Goin' - L.E.O.
59. Work It Out - Jurassic 5 / Dave Matthews
60. Roses - Los Lonely Boys
61. The Sharpest Thorn - Elvis Costello / Allan Toussaint
62. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
63. Cash Machine - Hard-Fi
64. Engraved Invitation - Ben Harper
65. Satellite - Guster
66. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
67. Something For Rockets - The Benevento Russo Duo
68. Orion - Rodrigo Y Gabriela
69. Dimension - Wolfmother
70. All My Days - Alexi Murdoch
71. Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case
72. Fidelity - Regina Spektor
73. Brite Nightgown - Donald Fagen
74. Get Myself Into It - The Rapture
75. Wolves - Josh Ritter
76. Marker in the Sand - Pearl Jam
77. Home - Persephone's Bees

Top 5 Non-rhapsody bonus tracks:

Multiply - Jamie Lidell
Head Home - Midlake
SOS - Earl Greyhound
Align Yourself - Bottle Rockets
Mr Kite / She's So Heavy - Beatles (from LOVE)