"The top 100 albums of 2006" Herald Sun 5/1/07
Jan 5, 2007 7:41:29 GMT 10
Post by dededom on Jan 5, 2007 7:41:29 GMT 10
The top 100 albums of 2006
January 05, 2007 12:00am
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21811,21014183-2902,00.html
SANDI Thom and James Blunt were the most popular artists with Australian music fans last year. But Aussies also showed a patriotic streak, with seven albums in the year's top 10 by local acts.
ARIA Top 100 Albums 2006
1 BACK TO BEDLAM James Blunt
2 I'M NOT DEAD Pink
3 REACH OUT: THE MOTOWN RECORD Human Nature
4 WOLFMOTHER Wolfmother
5 THE WINNERS JOURNEY Damien Leith
6 HERE COME THE DRUMS Rogue Traders
7 BLACK FINGERNAILS, RED WINE Eskimo Joe
8 STADIUM ARCADIUM Red Hot Chili Peppers
9 BONED! The 12th Man
10 THE SECRET LIFE OF... The Veronicas
11 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS Nickelback
12 U218 SINGLES U2
13 TEA AND SYMPATHY Bernard Fanning
14 DANCING IN THE STREET: THE SONGS OF MOTOWN II Human Nature
15 EYES OPEN Snow Patrol
16 BEST OF Chris Isaak
17 PCD The girl thingycat Dolls
18 SEE THE SUN Pete Murray
19 MONKEY BUSINESS Black Eyed Peas
20 TAKING THE LONG WAY Dixie Chicks
21 ANCORA Il Divo
22 LIFT Shannon Noll
23 RUDEBOX Robbie Williams
24 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem
25 FACE TO FACE Westlife
26 X & Y Coldplay
27 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Soundtrack
28 CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR Madonna
29 BREAKAWAY Kelly Clarkson
30 SAM'S TOWN The Killers
31 THE OPEN DOOR Evanescence
32 INTENSIVE CARE Robbie Williams
33 LOVE The Beatles
34 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS Justin Timberlake
35 TA DAH! Scissor Sisters
36 SIEMPRE Il Divo
37 10,000 DAYS Tool
38 YOUNG DIVAS Young Divas
39 A FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT Panic! At The Disco
40 ULTIMATE KYLIE Kylie Minogue
41 SHE WILL HAVE HER WAY - THE SONGS OF TIM & NEIL FINN Various
42 WALK THE LINE Soundtrack
43 REAL LIFE Evermore
44 LOOSE Nelly Furtado
45 BACK TO BASICS Christina Aguilera
46 DEMON DAYS Gorillaz
47 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac
48 THE SWING SESSIONS David Campbell
49 SING-A-LONGS AND LULLABIES: SONGS FOR THE FILM CURIOUS GEORGE Jack Johnson
50 SHINE ON Jet
51 CARNIVAL Kasey Chambers
52 GREATEST HITS Robbie Williams
53 WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT Arctic Monkeys
54 SWITCH INXS
55 THE HARD ROAD Hilltop Hoods
56 A GIRL LIKE ME Rihanna
57 PIANO MAN: THE VERY BEST OF BILLY JOEL Billy Joel
58 ST. ELSEWHERE Gnarls Barkley
59 THE SOUND OF WHITE Missy Higgins
60 THE BLACK PARADE My Chemical Romance
61 BRING YOU HOME Ronan Keating
62 BULLET IN A BIBLE Green Day
63 BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN Ben Harper
64 PEARL JAM Pearl Jam
65 CLOSER TO THE SUN Guy Sebastian
66 STATE OF EMERGENCY The Living End
67 BE HERE Keith Urban
68 THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH Johnny Cash
69 AWAKE IS THE NEW SLEEP Ben Lee
70 CEREAL PEST: THE GOTCHA CALLS 2 Matt Tilley
71 RING OF FIRE: THE LEGEND OF Johnny Cash
72 THE ITALIAN Patrizio Buanne
73 DISCOTHEQUE Marcia Hines
74 FOREVER BEGINS TONIGHT Patrizio Buanne
75 STILL THE SAME... GREAT ROCK CLASSICS OF OUR TIME Rod Stewart
76 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING Keith Urban
77 BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS Muse
78 SMILE... IT CONFUSES PEOPLE Sandi Thom
79 IL DIVO Il Divo
80 AMORE Andrea Bocelli
81 THE NEW BUSH Lee Kernaghan
82 MODERN TIMES Bob Dylan
83 THE LOVE ALBUM Westlife
84 AMARANTINE Enya
85 MOO, YOU BLOODY CHOIR Augie March
86 CAUGHT IN THE ACT Michael Buble
87 #1'S Destiny's Child
88 AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day
89 LATE REGISTRATION Kanye West
90 A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN Kate DeAraugo
91 THE SWEET ESCAPE Gwen Stefani
92 TIGHTROPE Stephanie McIntosh
93 ORAL FIXATION VOL.2 Shakira
94 IMAGO The Butterfly Effect
95 SOMETHING TO BE Rob Thomas
96 IN YOUR HONOR Foo Fighters
97 REVELATIONS Audioslave
98 CONTINUUM John Mayer
99 DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC Tony Bennett
100 HIGH TIMES: SINGLES 1992-2006 Jamiroquai
January 05, 2007 12:00am
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21811,21014183-2902,00.html
SANDI Thom and James Blunt were the most popular artists with Australian music fans last year. But Aussies also showed a patriotic streak, with seven albums in the year's top 10 by local acts.
ARIA Top 100 Albums 2006
1 BACK TO BEDLAM James Blunt
2 I'M NOT DEAD Pink
3 REACH OUT: THE MOTOWN RECORD Human Nature
4 WOLFMOTHER Wolfmother
5 THE WINNERS JOURNEY Damien Leith
6 HERE COME THE DRUMS Rogue Traders
7 BLACK FINGERNAILS, RED WINE Eskimo Joe
8 STADIUM ARCADIUM Red Hot Chili Peppers
9 BONED! The 12th Man
10 THE SECRET LIFE OF... The Veronicas
11 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS Nickelback
12 U218 SINGLES U2
13 TEA AND SYMPATHY Bernard Fanning
14 DANCING IN THE STREET: THE SONGS OF MOTOWN II Human Nature
15 EYES OPEN Snow Patrol
16 BEST OF Chris Isaak
17 PCD The girl thingycat Dolls
18 SEE THE SUN Pete Murray
19 MONKEY BUSINESS Black Eyed Peas
20 TAKING THE LONG WAY Dixie Chicks
21 ANCORA Il Divo
22 LIFT Shannon Noll
23 RUDEBOX Robbie Williams
24 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem
25 FACE TO FACE Westlife
26 X & Y Coldplay
27 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Soundtrack
28 CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR Madonna
29 BREAKAWAY Kelly Clarkson
30 SAM'S TOWN The Killers
31 THE OPEN DOOR Evanescence
32 INTENSIVE CARE Robbie Williams
33 LOVE The Beatles
34 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS Justin Timberlake
35 TA DAH! Scissor Sisters
36 SIEMPRE Il Divo
37 10,000 DAYS Tool
38 YOUNG DIVAS Young Divas
39 A FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT Panic! At The Disco
40 ULTIMATE KYLIE Kylie Minogue
41 SHE WILL HAVE HER WAY - THE SONGS OF TIM & NEIL FINN Various
42 WALK THE LINE Soundtrack
43 REAL LIFE Evermore
44 LOOSE Nelly Furtado
45 BACK TO BASICS Christina Aguilera
46 DEMON DAYS Gorillaz
47 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac
48 THE SWING SESSIONS David Campbell
49 SING-A-LONGS AND LULLABIES: SONGS FOR THE FILM CURIOUS GEORGE Jack Johnson
50 SHINE ON Jet
51 CARNIVAL Kasey Chambers
52 GREATEST HITS Robbie Williams
53 WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT Arctic Monkeys
54 SWITCH INXS
55 THE HARD ROAD Hilltop Hoods
56 A GIRL LIKE ME Rihanna
57 PIANO MAN: THE VERY BEST OF BILLY JOEL Billy Joel
58 ST. ELSEWHERE Gnarls Barkley
59 THE SOUND OF WHITE Missy Higgins
60 THE BLACK PARADE My Chemical Romance
61 BRING YOU HOME Ronan Keating
62 BULLET IN A BIBLE Green Day
63 BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN Ben Harper
64 PEARL JAM Pearl Jam
65 CLOSER TO THE SUN Guy Sebastian
66 STATE OF EMERGENCY The Living End
67 BE HERE Keith Urban
68 THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH Johnny Cash
69 AWAKE IS THE NEW SLEEP Ben Lee
70 CEREAL PEST: THE GOTCHA CALLS 2 Matt Tilley
71 RING OF FIRE: THE LEGEND OF Johnny Cash
72 THE ITALIAN Patrizio Buanne
73 DISCOTHEQUE Marcia Hines
74 FOREVER BEGINS TONIGHT Patrizio Buanne
75 STILL THE SAME... GREAT ROCK CLASSICS OF OUR TIME Rod Stewart
76 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING Keith Urban
77 BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS Muse
78 SMILE... IT CONFUSES PEOPLE Sandi Thom
79 IL DIVO Il Divo
80 AMORE Andrea Bocelli
81 THE NEW BUSH Lee Kernaghan
82 MODERN TIMES Bob Dylan
83 THE LOVE ALBUM Westlife
84 AMARANTINE Enya
85 MOO, YOU BLOODY CHOIR Augie March
86 CAUGHT IN THE ACT Michael Buble
87 #1'S Destiny's Child
88 AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day
89 LATE REGISTRATION Kanye West
90 A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN Kate DeAraugo
91 THE SWEET ESCAPE Gwen Stefani
92 TIGHTROPE Stephanie McIntosh
93 ORAL FIXATION VOL.2 Shakira
94 IMAGO The Butterfly Effect
95 SOMETHING TO BE Rob Thomas
96 IN YOUR HONOR Foo Fighters
97 REVELATIONS Audioslave
98 CONTINUUM John Mayer
99 DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC Tony Bennett
100 HIGH TIMES: SINGLES 1992-2006 Jamiroquai
And, remember that it's only been out for the last few weeks of 2006, so it's a remarkable achievement to finish in the top 5 of that best of chart. ;D ;D
