my favourite ones that i go back to and listen all the time are:

Rolling Blackouts - Black is Beautiful

Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine

Neil young - Prairie Wind

John Hiatt - Master of Disaster

The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang

Paul Kelly and the Storm Water Boys - Foggy Highway

Michelle Shocked - Threesome

My Morning Jacket - Z

Jeff Lang - You Have to Dig Deep to Bury Daddy

Wolfmother - Wolfmother

Bernad Fanning - Tea & Sympathy

Kelly Stolz - Below the Branches

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

Robert Cray - Twenty

Xavier Rudd - Food in the Belly

Jet - Jet

Couple from '05 there, so I'll continue in that vein

System of a Down - Hypnotize/Mezmerize

Dandy Warhols - Odditorium

Pete Murray - See the Sun

Kanye West - Late Registration

Soundtrack to 'Walk The Line' (shaddup)

Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road

And most importantly Boz's bands new album yet-to-be-released

Walk the line soundtrack

Primal Scream - Riot City Blues

Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic

Richard Hawley - Coles Corner

Lemon Jelly - compilation from The Bath EP, The Yellow EP, and The Midnight EP
Afro-Celt Sound System - POD
Anastasia - Freak of Nature
Transglobal Underground - Impossible Broadcasting
Ash Dargan - Territory

Okay, so most of them aren't 2006 albums either, but I only started buying music for me 12 months ago, and had some catching up to do!

Impossible Broadcasting aint bad...... but you`d be better off going for "Psychic Kareoke" or "Rejoice Rejoice" if only for more of the mad hungarian cimbalom players!

*notes these on list of albums to look into buying*
Thanks, Tombat.

Waht about the rest of the "bizarre" music on your I-Pod, Tom?

Is that including Yat-kha, Mel? I think I will be adding that to my favourite albums if I can find one.

Mel, What are your favourite Albums of 2005/2006? John Farnham, Dixie Chicks, and Pop Idol wannabes not allowed.........

Excuse me, Mr I Have Such Fantastic Musical Tastes

I don't have any albums by Pop Idol wannabes, but yes I do like some of John Farnhams old stuff, the Dixie Chicks, Kasey Chambers, James Blunt, Rob Thomas, Missy Higgins and Robbie Williams....

so shaddup

so - no music then??

stop picking on me

I know I have bad taste in music, but can I help it that it is my only fault

I note you took out Missy Higgins...

I really quite enjoy and appreciate the music that Tom's shared with me over the years


...I've not bought any music for ages...I'm just not finding anything deserving of my money

Who says you have bad taste? Just because it isn't approved of by people who listen to music which "... makes you want to don a spiked helmet, pull on a pair of jackboots, and march into Poland."?
If it makes you feel better, Mel, they pick on me for a lot of my music too (so would most people!) - and I don't care. I like what I like.

Walk the line

Im just a country boy at heart

Right. The "American Recordings" series by Johnny Cash. If theres a finer song than "The Man comes around" I`ve yet to hear it!

My favourite albums of 2006, so far- are

Madonna- On the dance floor (a great album, i excersice to it),
Ne-Yo- In My Own Words (cool album to see the ending of the day)
Keane- Under The Iron Sea (such beautiful lyrics when one wants a lift on to cloud nine)

Hi Emma,
Yes, I quite like the Keane CD. I've just D/L`d the new Muse CD from Itunes, not listened to it yet - but I`ve got high hopes for it!