Mick Lewis’s Top Ten — January 21

by Mick Lewis
21 January 2007

My Most Listened-to LPs of 2006

In no particular order, with favorite tracks listed.

1. Keane – Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)

   “Nothing in My Way,” “Crystal Ball,” “Leaving So Soon,” “Hamburg Song,” “The Frog Prince,” “Is It Any Wonder”

2. Mojave 3 – Puzzles Like You (4AD)

   “Breaking the Ice,” “Puzzles Like You,” “Big Star Baby,” “Ghost Ship Waiting,” “To Hold Your Tiny Toes”

3. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That (Astralwerks/EMI)

   “Long Distance Call,” “Lost and Found,” “Sometimes in the Fall,” “Consolation Prizes”

4. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Downtown)

   “Emily Kane,” “Formed a Band,” “Good Weekend,” “My Little Brother,” “Bad Weekend,” “Bang Bang Rock & Roll”

5. Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country (Merge)

   “Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken,” “If Looks Could Kill,” “Come Back Margaret,” “Let’s Get Out of This Country,”

6. Pernice Brothers – Live a Little (Ashmont)

   “Somerville,” “Zero Refills,” “High as a Kite,” “Microscopic View,” “Lightheaded,” “Conscience Clean (I Went to Spain)”

7. Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World (Rounder)

   “Everybody’s Talking,” “Blue Alert,” “River,” “Summer Wind,” “California Raining”

8. The Long Blondes – Someone to Drive You Home (Rough Trade U.K.)

   “Once and Never Again,” “Separated by Motorways,” “Giddy Stratospheres,” “Heaven Help the New Girl,” “Only Lovers Left Alive”

9. Sondre Lerche – Phantom Punch (Astralwerks)

   “Airport Taxi Reception,” “John, Let Me Go,” “The Tape,” “She’s Fantastic,” “Say It All,” “Phantom Punch”

10. The Rifles – No Love Lost (Red Ink U.K.)

    “One Night Stand,” “When I’m Alone,” “Local Boy,” “Peace & Quiet,” “She Got Standards,” “Repeated Offender”