Getting my kicks in 2006

My highly subjective Top 10 Albums of 2006 article ran Dec. 31 in our A&E section. I was second-guessing myself right up to deadline. I failed to include Wolfmother's retro-ly rad debut and I think that might have been a mistake. I'm also starting to wonder if I would have been kinder to the latest by Justin Timberlake and John Mayer if they would've been by anyone other than Justin Timberlake and John Mayer.

Anyway, here's my list.  Take a look and then post a comment about how I'm an idiot for not raving about the Arctic Monkeys or those punks My Chemical Romance. Click here to read the trenchant prose that accompanied each selection. Click here to read my pick for concert of the year.

1. "St. Elsewhere," Gnarls Barkley (Downtown)
2. "Modern Times," Bob Dylan (Columbia)
3. "Public Warning," Lady Sovereign (Def Jam)
4. "Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers," Lucero (Liberty & Lament)
5. "Back to the Basics," Christina Aguilera (RCA)
6. "Begin to Hope," Regina Spektor (Sire)
7. "We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions," Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
8. "Straight to Hell," Hank Williams III (Curb)
9. "Broken Boy Soldiers," The Raconteurs (Third Man Records)
10. "Bring it on Home . . . The Soul Classics," Aaron Neville (Burgundy S)

Best reissue:
"Live at the Fillmore," Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Reprise)

WHAT DID I MISS?