Joe Ayling - Top 10 Albums 2006

10. The Fratellis - Costello Music
Another top UK band for us to go and see.

9. Mark Knopfler - All the Roadrunning
Former Dire Straits front man goes country - one for the road.

8. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
He can still do it!

7. Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo to Anywhere
BURMA takes you up and down. Now we know where the catchy Libertines licks came from.

6. Snow Patrol - Eyes Wide Open
Sturdy - everyone knew this would not disappoint.

5. The Kooks - Inside in/Inside Out
‘She Moves in Her Own Way’, although overplayed, makes this album great.

4. Razorlight - Razorlight
He said it was better than Dylan. It’s not, but it’s better than the Kooks.

3. Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!
Uplifting, you don’t want it to end.

2. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Great guitar riffs from the start, starting with ‘You Only Live Once’.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
“Last night what she said to me, it made so much sense. But now the haze has ascended, it don’t make no sense anymore” - full of spellbinding observational lyrics.

Top 10 Songs of the Year

10. Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger

9. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

8. Take That - Patience

7. Pussy Cat Dolls - Don’t Cha

6. Bono and Mary G Blige - One

5. The Kooks - Naïve

4. Razorlight - America

3. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

2. Paulo Nutini - Rewind

1. The Killers - Bones