| Top 100 of 2006 |
| Rough Trade Shops favourite albums of 2006 - Based on sales and staff votes |
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beirut gulag orkestar |
Ever heard what sounds like a Balkan gypsy orchestra, only DIY-bedroom produced by a 20 year-old fella from the US of A? Here's your chance... simply unmissable. |
| 2 |
gossip standing in the way of control |
Right about now. The punk soul sister. Check it out now. |
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A vibrant testament to that age-old adage that sex sells... Brazilian-punk style. |
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allen, lily alright, still |
West London's very own 'Marmite' (love or hate) pop persona delivers more astute wit and musical charm than the rest of the national charts put together. |
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brakes the beatific visions |
Returning with more of the same taught, sprung musicianship - one class act. |
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lewis, jenny with the watson twins rabbit fur coat |
Keep this remarkable 'hot-water bottle' album within reach for moments of comfort. |
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Brave and deliberately different, a future classic that challenges convention with unashamed glee. |
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campbell, isobel and lanegan, mark ballad of the broken seas |
Every track sparkles with a roughly shorn elegance evoking tales of Wild West romanticism. Think Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra minus the kitsch. |
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the pipettes we are the pipettes |
Unashamed good-time pop that references the likes of the Shangri La's, Bananarama, The Crystals et al. Go see them live if you get the cha cha chance. |
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Vetiver (Vetiveria Zizanoides) is a perennial grass of the Poaceae, native to India. It's also Andy Cabic's tender, warm sounding American folk band, whose second album astounds with artistic accomplishment. |
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the long blondes someone to drive you home |
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yeah yeah yeahs show your bones |
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toure, ali farka savane |
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| 14 |
midlake the trials of van occupanther |
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the lemonheads the lemonheads |
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| 16 |
waits, tom orphans - limited edition |
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tv on the radio return to cookie mountain |
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erase errata nightlife |
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sonic youth rather ripped |
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bromheads jacket dits from the commuter belt |
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adamson, barry stranger on the sofa |
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peter, bjorn and john writer's block |
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cat power the greatest |
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be your own pet be your own pet |
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various (production) the world is gone |
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beck the information |
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loney, dear sologne |
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trentemoller the last resort |
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| 29 |
belle and sebastian the life pursuit - limited cd/dvd |
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arctic monkeys whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not |
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bonnie prince billy the letting go |
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calexico garden ruin |
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el perro del mar el perro del mar |
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fake, nathan drowning in a sea of love |
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gotan project lunatico |
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guillemots through the window pane |
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i'm from barcelona let me introduce my friends |
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love is all 9 times that same song |
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newsom, joanna ys |
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| 41 |
scritti politti white bread, black beer |
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spank rock yoyoyoyoyo |
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stevens, sufjan songs for christmas |
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superthriller the blank album |
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tellier, sebastian universe |
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the flaming lips at war with the mystics |
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the raconteurs broken boy soldiers |
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the rapture pieces of the people we love |
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| 50 |
tunng comments of the inner chorus |
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yorke, thom the eraser |
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the broken family band balls |
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clap your hands say yeah clap your hands say yeah |
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hinson, micah p micah p hinson and the opera circuit |
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tapes 'n' tapes the loon |
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lamontagne, ray till the sun turns black |
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todd comes to your house |
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| 60 |
treecreeper grain |
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datarock datarock |
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m ward post war |
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cocker, jarvis jarvis |
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the hold steady boys and girls in america |
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dylan, bob modern times |
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matmos the rose has teeth in the mouth of a beast |
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metronomy pip paine (pay the 5000 you owe) |
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jansch, bert the black swan |
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burial burial |
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rekid made in menorca |
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lambchop damaged |
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susanna and the magical orchestra melody mountain |
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holland, jolie springtime can kill you |
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sparklehorse dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain |
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archie bronson outfit derdang derdang |
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cut chemist the audience's listening |
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| 81 |
rhythm and sound see mi yah remixes |
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| 82 |
adem love and other planets |
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| 83 |
calla collisions |
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| 84 |
coldcut sound mirrors |
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| 85 |
dustin's bar mitzvah dial m for mitzvah |
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in flagranti wronger than anyone else |
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m craft silver and fire |
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monkey swallows the universe the bright carvings |
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peaches impeach my bush |
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psapp the only thing i ever wanted |
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semifinalists semifinalists |
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the black keys magic potion |
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the concretes the concretes in colour |
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the czars sorry i made you cry |
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the emperor machine vertical tone and horizontal noise |
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the knife silent shout |
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the spinto band nice and nicely done |
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