We count down this years best albums for 2006, after a failing of traditional guitar/drums at the start of this year, it seems some trends have come full circle, but with the nod to skewed arrangements.

We started with a list of 50 albums and have decided on the following 10 to sum up the 2006 musical landscape from NZ and around the world.
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	1 Liars Drums Not Dead
	2 The Mint Chicks Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
	3 Tv On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain
	4 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped
	5 Hot Chip The Warning
	6 Jakob Solace
	7 Erase Errata Nightlife
	8 Mastodon Blood Mountain
	9 Peter, Bjorn and John Writers Block
	10 The Demiwhores The Demiwhores