The 11 Best Songs of 2006

These are the 11 Best songs I liked in 2006. How did I decide? Well, the songs I liked to listen to ranked higher than the ones I didn't want to to listen to. Pretty easy formula. You don't like it, make your own. Send it over and I'll post it. For reals.

The 11 Best Songs of 2006

1. Morris Brown - Outkast (A marching band blasts through the groundbreaking Andre' adventure. Too bad the whole album didn't have this originality)
2. Together - The Raconteurs (Benson's tender ballad glows brightly on one of the best rock albums of the year)
3. Jambi - Tool MP3 (The best Tool song since Aenima. Why can't more bands rock this hard?)
4. The Island - The Decembrists (An 12-minute opus that crushes the song writing of any of their peers. This song is better and more complete than 90% of the albums released this year.)
5. Wide Awake - Audioslave MP3 (If Soundgarden was still making music, I expect them to explode in full volume like this track...which should be played at full volume, repeatedly.)
6. Insistor - Tapes N Tapes (The fire and angst of early Pixies shines brightly on this blog-friendly band's debut)
7. Ankle Deep - Tom Petty (Sounds like something off Full Moon Fever. Proves that Tom Petty belongs with the greats)
8. Moth - People in Planes MP3 (Had this band been a college radio band in the late 90s, they would have been a constant rotation staple. Give this song a chance and you'll find yourself playing it over and over...hooked.)
9. Ballad of Human Kindness - The Dears (A sympathetic ode to love, life and the Beatles. As the song builds to its epic finale, you can't help but smile along for the ride.)
10. The Beat - Ima Robot (A goofy energetic tirade that sheds great memories of John Hughes and Izod t-shirts.)
11. Ain't Talkin' - Bob Dylan (The song sounds like a gunslinger singing his own funeral song. One part Cohen-one part Cash. Dylan continues to hold the songwriting crown.)