Top 90 of 2006

Here's some lists from the staff of the station. After the countdown ends on New Year's Eve we'll post the Top 90 Albums of 2006 on our site. We'll start the countdown at 4pm on December 31st.

Jeff Raspe’s Top 10 lists
All of Jeff's lists are in alphabetical order…by first name:
Major Label Releases
Alejandro Escovedo – The Boxing Mirror
Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Damien Rice – 9
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – The River In Reverse
Gomez – How We Operate
Josh Ritter – The Animal Years
Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
Pete Yorn – Nightcrawler
Rhett Miller – The Believer
Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Colorblind
Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
Thursday - A City by the Light Divided

Independent Label Releases
Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
Damien Dempsey – Shots
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
Joseph Arthur – Nuclear Daydream
Mark Erelli – Hope And Other Casualties
Michael Franti And Spearhead – Yell Fire!
Some Girls – Crushing Love
The Church – Uninvited, Like The Clouds
The Damnwells – Air Stereo
The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America
The Wonder Stuff – Suspended By Stars
Willie Nile – Streets Of New York

Local Releases
April Smith – loveletterbombs
Block – The Last Single Guy
Chris Harford – Looking Out For Number 6
Juggling Suns – Tranzmutation
Neal Casal – No Wish To Reminisce
Rachel Zamsteen – Bouquet
Rick Barry – Declaration Of Codependence
Status Green – Greatest Hits, Volume 1
The Anderson Council – The Fall Parade
Transfusion M – Suck Century
Val Emmich – Sunlight Searchparty
Various Artists – Live At The NIGHT Volume 3
Woodfish – Bamm Diddley

Radio Daddy’s Top 10 of 2006

1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
3. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
4. Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions
5. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
6. Jeff Tweedy - Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest
7. Paul Simon - Surprise
8. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
9. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
10. ark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning & Real Live
11. Roadrunning

Loretta Windas’ Top 10 of 2006
In no particular order

Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Cat Power - The Greatest
Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics
World Party - Dumbing Up
Secret Machines - 10 Silver Drops
Robyn Hitchcock - Ole Tarantula
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Ray Davies - Other People’s Lives

Michele McBride’s Top 10 of 2006
in no particular order
Bonnie Raitt-Bonnie Raitt and Friends
Bruce Springsteen-Seeger Sessions
De Sol-Live/Vivo
Gomez- How We Operate (You know See The World clinched it!)
Indigo Girls-Despite Our Differences
Paul Simon-Surprise
Robert Randolph and the Family Band-Colorblind
Trey Anastasio-Bar 17
Ziggy Marley-Love is My Religion

Tom Brennan’s Top 10 of 2006

1. GNARLS BARKLEY - St. Elsewhere
2. MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD - Yell Fire!
3. ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND - Colorblind
4. THE HOLD STEADY - Boys & Girls in America
5. PEARL JAM - Pearl Jam
6. JOHN MAYER - Continuum
7. BEN FOLDS - supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp
8. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
9. BECK - The Information
10. BOB DYLAN - Modern Times