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The Music 2006 (tracks 50-11)
The first batch of top tracks of this year. As before, I waded through all of the tracks of the day for 2006 and added a few other songs into the mix. However, I then weeded out tracks that appeared in last year’s list – my rules, they can’t appear in consecutive years. Using a super-secret rating system plus just a gentle nudge up or down for one or two songs, here are the results:
| 50 | Sleater-Kinney | Prisstina |
| 49 | Sleater-Kinney | Far Away |
| 48 | Tori Amos | Playboy Mommy |
| 47 | Tori Amos | Icicle (Live) |
| 46 | Sarah Fimm | Be Like Water |
| 45 | Feist | When I Was a Young Girl |
| 44 | Joanna Newsom | The Book Of Right-On |
| 43 | Zero 7 | Home |
Featuring the vocals of Tina Dico. More from her later. |
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| 42 | Fortran 5 | Heart On The Line |
| 41 | Redhead | Walking On Blue Clouds (Original Mix) |
| 40 | Caroline | Drove Me To The Wall |
| 39 | Goldfrapp | Fly Me Away (C2 Remix 2) |
Taken from Carl Craig’s suite of remixes of this song, this rejects most of the original, turning the song into a deep acid groove. |
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| 38 | iiO | Kiss You (Bailey Club Mix) |
| 37 | Charlotte Martin | Stromata |
| 36 | Lunik | Through Your Eyes |
| 35 | The Walkabouts | Life: The Movie |
| 34 | Peaches | Back It Up |
| 33 | Sleater-Kinney | Entertain |
| 32 | Sleater-Kinney | What’s Mine Is Yours |
| 31 | Susan Enan | Bring On The Wonder |
| 30 | Tori Amos | Liquid Diamonds (Live) |
| 29 | Tori Amos | Bells For Her |
| 28 | Lunik | Little Bit |
"Little bit I love you / Little bit I hate you / Little bit I need you / Little bit I wish I never met you" |
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| 27 | Frazier Chorus | Sloppy Heart |
| 26 | Charlotte Martin | Veins |
The opening track to her 2005 EP of the same name, explores various facets of relationships. And I’m left wondering where the lyrics for this song came from. They’re confident and challenging. |
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| 25 | Charlotte Martin | Four Walls |
| 24 | The Knife | We Share Our Mother’s Health |
| 23 | Goldfrapp | Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson Disco Odyssey Part 1) |
| 22 | Kristin Hersh | Flipside |
| 21 | Tori Amos | Yes, Anastasia (Alternate Mix) |
| 20 | Goldfrapp | Hairy Trees |
| 19 | In-Flight Safety | Surround |
| 18 | Joanna Newsom | Sawdust & Diamonds |
| 17 | Judge Jules & Katie Marne featuring Cara Dillon | Ordinary Day (Karl G Remix) |
| 16 | Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton | The Lottery |
| 15 | Janet Jackson | All Nite (Don’t Stop) |
A surprise entry in the list, only ‘cos I heard it late one night – and I’m more open to musical suggestion then. Taken from Damita Jo. All Nite (Don’t Stop) is astonishing because of what isn’t there, exploiting Janet’s coo-ing lyrics which support a basic looped groove. It’s all in the production of the vocals and the subtle use of a faded-in pad motif. What she actually sings is completely irrelevant. |
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| 14 | The The | Giant |
| 13 | Armin van Buuren | Simple Things |
| 12 | Moloko | Forever More |
| 11 | Tina Dico | Nobody’s Man |
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