Dalliance Track of 2006 – If I didn’t know this I’d lose it

While you are waiting - seriously - don't wait - for album of the year 2006 this is top fifteen of my track of the year (assuming that nice girl from X Factor does not reinvent music in the next two weeks) and for the record the top three will be written on a post card and sent off to the BBC for old time's sake...

  1. The Worst Taste in Music - The Radio Dept.
  2. Intimate Secretary - The Raconteurs
  3. Boys Don't Cry [The Cure Cover] - Grant Lee Phillips
  4. Bang Bang - The Teasers
  5. Once and Never Again - The Long Blondes
  6. New England - Tanya Donelly
  7. Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra Cover - Live] - The Raconteurs
  8. Leave Before the Lights Come On - Arctic Monkeys
  9. I Will Kill Again - Jarvis Cocker
  10. Long Long Long [The Beatles Cover] - Tanya Donelly
    • Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens
    • Born To Die by Lana Del Rey
    • It's a Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
    • With Strings: Live at Town Hall by Eels
    • (I Can't Get No) by Stevie Jackson
    • Down the River of Golden Dreams by Okkervil River
    • The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
    • Talking With The Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg
    • Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River
    • Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant by Belle and Sebastian
    • If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle and Sebastian
    • I Was the King, I Really Was the King by Animals That Swim
    • Welcome To Condale by Summer Camp
    • Wolves and Thieves by Goldheart Assembly
    • Flight of the Conchords by Flight of the Conchords
    • A Certain Trigger by Maxïmo Park
    • The Futureheads by The Futureheads
    • Little Death by Pete and the Pirates
    • Forty Licks Disc 1 by The Rolling Stones
    • Nests by She Keeps Bees
    • A Creature I Don't Know by Laura Marling
    • La Roux by La Roux
    • Torches by Foster The People
    • Lanzafame by Tap Tap
    • News And Tributes by The Futureheads
    • It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    • On My Way by Tap Tap
    • Write About Love by Belle and Sebastian
    • The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
    • America Give Up by Howler
    • Paranoid by Black Sabbath
    • Old Ideas by Leonard Cohen
    • Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers
    • The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
    • GENERATION TERRORISTS by Manic Street Preachers
    • This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers
    • The Clash by The Clash
    • Bluffer's guide to the flight deck by Flotation Toy Warning
    • Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
    • Funeral by Arcade Fire
    • National Treasures - The Complete Singles by Manic Street Preachers
    • Chairs Missing by Wire
    • Broken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene
    • All Things Must Pass (30th Anniversary Edition) by George Harrison
    • Tapestry by Carole King
    • Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Cliff Martinez
    • Valerie and friends by Various Artists
    • Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
    • American V by Johnny Cash
    • Low by David Bowie
    • American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash
    • Let's Dance by David Bowie
    • Hunky Dory by David Bowie
    • Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones
    • King Of The Delta Blues by Robert Johnson
    • Slow Dazzle by John Cale
    • 936 by Peaking Lights
    • Plume by Loscil