2006 Favs by THE GREAT QUAIL

1. Beck, "The Information"

2. Hank III, "Straight to Hell"

3. Tool, "10,000 Days"

4. Decemberists, "The Crane Wife"

5. Robyn Hitchcock, "Ole Tarantula"

6. Bob Dylan, "Modern Times"

7. Joanna Newsom, "Ys"

8. Thom Yorke, "The Eraser"

9. Neko Case, " Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"

10. The Raconteurs, "Broken Boy Soldiers"

Also really dug:

The Mountain Goats, "Get Lonely"

Sonic Youth, "Rather Ripped"

T-Bone Burnett, "The True False Identity"

Rob Zombie, "Educated Horses"

Ice Cube, "Laugh Now, Cry Later"

Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Stadium Arcadium"

TV on the Radio, "Return to Cookie Mountain"

Les Claypool, "Of Whales and Woe"

...and of course, the Tom Waits box, but that's not really *new*, so....