Best of 2006 | NME

No real surprises on NME‘s annual year-end lists, apart from how closely thier singles list mirrors mine. (That’s right, folks, I LOVE* The View.) Arctic Monkeys in the top slot was a given, but with thier penchant for putting gothemo bands on the cover, their lists are actually better than I was expecting. Wish I could say the same for Q.

NME‘s Top Ten Albums of 2006

1. Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Show Your Bones
3. Muse — Black Holes and Revelations
4. Hot Chip — The Warning
5. CSS — Cansei De Ser Sexy
6. Gnarls Barkley — St. Elsewhere
7. The Long Blondes — Someone To Drive You Home
8. The Strokes — First Impressions of Earth
9. Kasabian — Empire
10. My Chemical Romance — Welcome To The Black Parade

NME‘s Top Ten Tracks of 2006

1. Hot Chip — "Over and Over"
2. Peter Bjorn and John ft. Victoria Bergsmen — "Young Folks"
3. The Gossip — "Standing In The Way Of Control"
4. Muse — "Supermassive Black Hole"
5. Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"
6. CSS — "Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above"
7. Amy Whinehouse — "Rehab"
8. The Horrors — "Sheena Is A Parasite"
9. The View — "Wasted Little DJ’s"
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Cheated Hearts"

NME‘s full list of 50 best albums and tracks can be found at I Love Music; Meanwhile NME has posted their last ten years of Best Of’s.

*sarcasm.