The Power of Pop Albums of the Year (Top 25) http://www.powerofpop.com/power_of_pop_albums_of_2006.htm 1. The Decemberists - Crane Wife 2. Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid of You and I'll Kick Your Ass 3. Pernice Brothers - Live a Little 4. Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus Three - Ole Tarantula 5. Joanna Newsom - Ys 6. L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling 7. Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me 8. The Format - Dog Problems 9. The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off 10. Ray Davies - Other People's Lives 11. Roger Joseph Manning - Land of Pure Imagination 12. Guillemots - From the Cliffs 13. Danielson - Ships 14. Grandaddy - Just Like the Fambly Cat 15. Alan Singley & Pants Machine - LovingKindness 16. Thea Gilmore - Harpo's Ghost 17. Steve Wynn & Miracle Three - .tick, tick, tick. 18. Essex Green - The Cannibal Sea 19. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America 20. Islands - Return to the Sea 21. Dave Stephens - Stories for Copper 22. Flaming Lips - War with the Mystics 23. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit 24. Dave Gilmour - On An Island 25. Couple - Top of the Pop