25 Scissor Sisters – “ta-dah”
24 James dean Bradfield – “the great western”
23 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “stadium arcadium”
22 My Chemical Romance – “the black parade”
21 Lloyd Cole – “antidepressant”
20 Regina Spektor – “begin to hope”
19 Tom Waits – “orphans”
18 Final Fantasy – “he poops clouds”
17 Cat Power – “the greatest”
16 Beirut – “gulag orkestar”
15 Midlake – “the trials of van occupanther”
14 Morrissey – “ringleader of the tormentors”
13 Jarvis Cocker – “jarvis”
12 Sufjan Stevens – “the avalanche”
11 Gnarls Barkley – “st. elsewhere”
10 TV on the Radio – “return to cookie mountain”
09 Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “the letting go”
08 Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – “the river in reverse”
07 Arctic Monkeys – “whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not”
06 Blumfeld – “verbotene früchte”
05 T Bone Burnett – “the true false identity”
04 The Killers – “sam’s town”
03 Bruce Springsteen – “we shall overcome – the seeger sessions”
02 Joanna Newsom – “ys”
01 Bob Dylan – “modern times”

Kritiker-Rankings:

intro: Alben 2006
intro: Songs 2006

musikexpress: Die Platten des Jahres
musikexpress: Die Hits des Jahres
musikexpress: Musikvideos des Jahres
musikexpress: Die besten Filme des Jahres
musikexpress: Die übelsten Filme des Jahres
musikexpress: DVDs des Jahres
musikexpress: SchauspielerInnen des Jahres

Rolling Stone: Die 25 besten Alben

Slam: Die besten 50 Alben des Jahres

spex: Platten des Jahres – Album
spex: Platten des Jahres – Single
spex: Kino on
spex: Kino off
spex: Filme und Serien DVD
spex: Bücher
spex: Videospiele

Visions: Die 50 stärksten Platten 2006

NME: Albums Of The Year
NME: Tracks Of The Year
NME: DVDs Of The Year
NME: Books Of The Year
NME: Games Of The Year

Q: 100 Greatest Albums Of 2006
Q: The Five Worst Albums Of 2006

Leser-Rankings:

Q: Your 100 Greatest Tracks Of The Year

100 Peter, Bjorn and John – young folks
099 Fall Out Boy – dance dance
098 Sandi Thom – i wish i was a punk rocker
097 The Who – wire & glass
096 Madonna – jump
095 Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – handle witch care
094 Prince – black sweat
093 Pet Shop Boys – i’m with stupid
092 Wolfmother – woman
091 Massive Attack – live with me
090 Thom Yorke – harrowdown hill
089 The Automatic – raoul
088 The Strokes – heart in a cage
087 Shakira feat. Wyclaf – hips don’t lie
086 Bob Dylan – workingman’s blues #2
085 OK Go – here it goes again
084 Sugababes – easy
083 The Vines – don’t listen to the radio
082 The Young Knives – she’s attracted to
081 Red Hot Chili Peppers – snow (hey oh)
080 Jet – shine on
079 Feeder – lost and found
078 Richard Ashcroft – break the night with colour
077 Amy Winehouse – rehab
076 Jack Johnson – better together
075 Belle and Sebastian – funny little frog
074 Nelly Furtado – promiscuous
073 Ray Lamontagne – trouble
072 Badly Drawn Boy – born in the uk
071 The Magic Numbers – take a chance
070 Orson – bright idea
069 The Flaming Lips – it overtakes me
068 Christina Aguilera – ain’t no other man
067 Pearl Jam – world wide suicide
066 Robbie Williams – lovelight
065 Embrace – nature’s law
064 Delays – valentine
063 The Feeling – never be lonely
062 Nerina Pallot – everybody’s gone to war
061 Justin Timberlake – sexyback
060 Keane – nothing in my way
059 Evanescence – call me when you’re sober
058 The Streets – never went to church
057 Primal Scream – country girl
056 Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z – déjà vu
055 Gorillaz Рel ma̱ana
054 Seth Lakeman – the white hare
053 Hot Chip – over and over
052 Lily Allen – ldn
051 Editors – all sparks
050 The View – wasted little dj’s
049 Arctic Monkeys – fake tales of san francisco
048 Franz Ferdinand – l.wells
047 The Killers – read my mind
046 The Fratellis – creepin’ up the backstairs
045 Beck – cell phone’s dead
044 Rihanna – sos
043 Kasabian – shoot the runner
042 Lostprophets – a town called hypocrisy
041 Placebo – because i want you
040 Muse – knights of cydonia
039 The Strokes – juicebox
038 Franz Ferdinand – eleanor put your boots on
037 Corinne Bailey Rae – like a star
036 Paolo Nutini – last request
035 Outkast – morris brown
034 Nelly Furtado – maneater
033 Gnarls Barkley – smiley faces
032 The Kooks – she moves in her own way
031 Madonna – sorry
030 Arctic Monkeys – mardy bum
029 Morrissey – you have killed me
028 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – gold lion
027 José González – heartbeat
026 Dirty Pretty Things – bang bang you’re dead
025 Corinne Bailey Rae – put your records on
024 Orson – no tomorrow
023 The Automatic – monster
022 James Morrison – you give me something
021 Arctic Monkeys – the view from the afternoon
020 Guillemots – made up love song #43
019 The Zutons – valerie
018 Kasabian – empire
017 The Feeling – sewn
016 Lily Allen – smile
015 Keane – is it any wonder?
014 My Chemical Romance – welcome to the black parade
013 Arctic Monkeys – when the sun goes down
012 Razorlight – in the morning
011 The Fratellis – chelsea dagger
010 Scissor Sisters – i don’t feel like dancin’
009 Red Hot Chili Peppers – dani california
008 The Raconteurs – steady, as she goes
007 The Kooks – naive
006 Muse – starlight
005 Snow Patrol – chasing cars
004 The Killers – when you were young
003 Muse – supermassive black hole
002 Gnarls Barkley – crazy
001 Razorlight – america

– Tony Bennett – duets: an american classic
– Def Leppard – yeah!
– Milburn – well, well, well
– Towers of London – blood, sweat and towers
– Wicked Wisdom – wicked wisdom

100 Matisyahu – youth
099 The Concretes – in colour
098 The Like – are you thinking what i’m thinking?
097 Boy Kill Boy – civilian
096 Broken Social Scene – broken social scene
095 Clap your Hands say Yeah – clap your hands say yeah
094 Duke Special – songs from the deep forest
093 Iron Maiden – a matter of life and death
092 Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – the river in reverse
091 David Kitt – not fade away
090 Adrian Sherwood Рbecoming a clich̩
089 CSS – cansei de ser sexy
088 The Young Knives – voices of animals and men
087 The Magic Numbers – those the brokes
086 Mogwai – mr beast
085 Anthona Hamilton – ain’t nobody worryin’
084 Meat Loaf – bat out of hell III: the monster is loose
083 Wolfmother – wolfmother
082 Regina Spektor – begin to hope
081 Tom Petty – highway companion
080 Vetiver – to find me gone
079 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – chronicles of a bohemian teenager
078 Espers – espers II
077 Burial – burial
076 Ghostface Killah – fishscale
075 Junior Boys – so this is goodbye
074 Belle and Sebastian – the life pursuit
073 Willie Nelson – songbird
072 Beyoncé – b’day
071 Secret Machines – ten silver drops
070 Primal Scream – riot city blues
069 The Sleepy Jackson – personality (one was a spider, one was a bird)
068 The Vines – vision valley
067 Shakira – oral fixation vol 2
066 Fiona Apple – extraordinary machine
065 Solomon Burke – nashville
064 Plan B – who needs actions when you got words
063 Lostprophets – liberation transmission
062 Jamelia – walk with me
061 Sway – this is my demo
060 Joan as Police Woman – joan as police woman
059 Sparklehorse – dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain
058 Badly Drawn Boy – born in the uk
057 Lily Allen – alright, still
056 Jack Johnson and Friends – sing-a-longs and lullabies…
055 Nelly Furtado – loose
054 Tom Waits – orphans…
053 The Beatles – love
052 Scritti Politti – white bread black beer
051 Graham Coxon – love travels at illegal speeds
050 The Twilight Singers – powder burns
049 John Legend – once again
048 Christina Aguilera – back to basics
047 Morrissey – ringleader of the tormentors
046 AFX – chosen lords
045 David Gilmour – on an island
044 Hot Chip – the warning
043 Lambchop – damaged
042 The Zutons – tired of hanging around
041 The Automatic – not accepted anywhere
040 The Strokes – first impressions of earth
039 TV on the Radio – return to cookie mountain
038 Neil Young – living with war
037 Cat Power – the greatest
036 Justin Timberlake – futuresex/lovesounds
035 Orson – bright idea
034 The Flaming Lips – at war with the mystics
033 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – show your bones
032 My Chemical Romance – the black parade
031 Paul Simon – surprise
030 Outkast – idlewild
029 Jet – shine on
028 Elton John – the captain and the kid
027 Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – rabbit fur coat
026 James Morrison – undiscovered
025 Damien Rice – 9
024 Jarvis – jarvis
023 Pet Shop Boys – fundamental
022 Johnny Cash – american V: a hundred highways
021 Midlake – the trials of van occupanther
020 Guillemots – through the window pane
019 Neil Diamond – 12 songs
018 Snow Patrol – eyes open
017 Thom Yorke – the eraser
016 Bruce Springsteen – we shall overcome: the seeger sessions
015 Shack – …the corner of miles and gil
014 The Feeling – twelve stops and home
013 The Raconteurs – broken boy soldiers
012 Corinne Bailey Rae – corinne bailey rae
011 The Kooks – inside in/inside out
010 Gnarls Barkley – st elsewhere
009 Scissor Sisters – ta-dah
008 Kasabian – empire
007 Bob Dylan – modern times
006 Keane – under the iron sea
005 The Killers – sam’s town
004 Red Hot Chili Peppers – stadium arcadium
003 Razorlight – razorlight
002 Muse – black holes & revelations
001 Arctic Monkeys – whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not

10 Maximo Park – found on film
09 PJ Harvey – pj harvey on tour: please leave quietly
08 My Morning Jacket – okonokos: live concert film
07 Dirty Pretty Things – puffing on a coffin nail: live at the forum
06 Arctic Monkeys – scummy man
05 Glastonbury
04 Walk the Line
03 Nirvana – live! tonight! sold out!
02 Foo Fighters – live in london hyde park/skin and bones live in hollywood
01 Pixies – loudquiet loud: a film about the pixies

10 Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PS2)
09 Singstar Rocks! (PS2)
08 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
07 Locoroco (PSP)
06 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360)
05 Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360)
04 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo Wii)
03 Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
02 Gears of War (Xbox 360)
01 Guitar Hero II (PS2)

10 Adam Ant – stand & deliver: the autobiography
09 Popjustice & David Whittle – popjustice books
08 Jacqueline Doherty – pete doherty: my prodigal son
07 Philip Hoare & Chris Heath – pet shop boys: catalogue
06 Chris Salewicz – redemption song: the definitive biography of joe strummer
05 Jonathan Cott – dylan on dylan
04 John Robb – punk rock: an oral history
03 the best of smash hits
02 Anthony Thornton & Roger Sargent – the libertines bound together
01 dirty blonde: the diaries of courtney love

50 Larrikin Love – happy as annie
49 Pull Tiger Tall – animator
48 The Young Knives – she’s attracted to
47 Howling Bells – setting sun
46 TV on the Radio – wolf like me
45 Secret Machines – alone, jealous and stoned
44 Regina Spektor – fidelity
43 The Rumble Strips – motorcycle
42 Kelis – bossy
41 The Sunshine Underground – put you in your place
40 The Rapture – get myself into it
39 The Strokes – you only live once
38 Muse – knights of cydonia
37 Panic! at the Disco – i write sins not tragedies
36 Kasabian – empire
35 Dan Sartain – replacement man
34 To my Boy – i am x-ray
33 Nelly Furtado – promiscuous
32 Mates of State – fraud in the ’80s
31 Be your own Pet – adventure
30 Ali Love – k hole
29 The Dresden Dolls – backstabber
28 Hot Chip – boy from school
27 Primal Scream – country girl
26 Maps – lost my soul
25 The Flaming Lips – the yeah yeah yeah song
24 Lupe Fiasco – kick, push
23 Midlake – roscoe
22 Muse – starlight
21 Gnarls Barkley – smiley faces
20 Jarvis Cocker – running the world
19 The Streets – prangin’ out
18 Justice vs Simian – we are your friends
17 Klaxons – atlantis to interzone
16 The Holloways – generator
15 The Long Blondes – once and never again
14 The Raconteurs – steady, as she goes
13 Arctic Monkeys – when the sun goes down
12 Metric – monster hospital
11 Klaxons – gravity’s rainbow
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – cheated hearts
09 The View – wasted little djs
08 The Horrors – sheena is a parasite
07 Amy Winehouse – rehab
06 CSS – let’s make love and listen to death from above
05 Gnarls Barkley – crazy
04 Muse – supermassive black hole
03 The Gossip – standing in the way of control
02 Peter Bjorn and John feat. Victoria Bergsman – young folks
01 Hot Chip – over and over

50 The Kooks – inside in/inside out
49 Absentee – schmotime
48 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – the chronicles of a bohemian teenager
47 Wolfmother – wolfmother
46 Semifinalists – semifinalists
45 Bob Dylan – modern times
44 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – ballad of the broken seas
43 Beck – the information
42 The Auotmatic – not accepted anywhere
41 The Gossip – standing in the way of control
40 Midlake – the trials of van occupanther
39 The Young Knives – voices of animals and men
38 Metric – live it out
37 Be your own Pet – be your own pet
36 Datarock – datarock datarock
35 !Forward Russia! – give me a wall
34 Albert Hammond Jr – yours to keep
33 The Bronx – the bronx
32 Lily Allen – alright, still
31 The Sunshine Underground – raise the alarm
30 Cat Power – the greatest
29 The Spinto Band – nice and nicely done
28 Morrissey – ringleader of the tormentors
27 Clap your Hands say Yeah – clap your hands say yeah
26 Jarvis Cocker – jarvis
25 Mogwai – mr beast
24 Secret Machines – ten silver drops
23 The Knife – silent shout
22 The Flaming Lips – at war with the mystics
21 The Raconteurs – broken boy soldiers
20 The Streets – the hardest way to make an easy living
19 The Longcut – a call and response
18 The Rapture – pieces of the people we love
17 The Futureheads – news and tributes
16 Amy Winehouse – back to black
15 Thom Yorke – the eraser
14 TV on the Radio – return to cookie mountain
13 Panic! at the Disco – a fever you can’t sweat out
12 The Killers – sam’s town
11 Howling Bells – howling bells
10 My Chemical Romance – the black parade
09 Kasabian – empire
08 The Strokes – first impressions of earth
07 The Long Blondes – someone to drive you home
06 Gnarls Barkley – st elsewhere
05 CSS – cansei der ser sexy
04 Hot Chip – the warning
03 Muse – black holes & revelations
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – show your bones
01 Arctic Monkeys – whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not