Tried to post this last night but looks like it got lost somewhere, so 
trying again - apologies if it shows up twice:

I've been meaning to post this all week - just getting in under the wire:
 
1.   People Gonna Talk - James Hunter
2.   Costello Music - Fratellis
3.   Minus 5 (The Gun Album) - Minus 5
4.   Under the Covers - Matthew Sweet/Susannah Hoffs
5.   The Stars Look Different from Down Here - Cosmic Rough Riders
6.   White Bread Black Beer - Scritti Politti
7.   Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
8.   The High Cost of Happiness - Daniel Wylie
9.   Other People's Lives - Ray Davies
10.  Streets of New York - Willie Nile
11.  Ta Dah! - Scissor Sisters
12.  The Believer - Rhett Miller
13.  Pretty Little Head - Nellie McKay
14.  Meds - Placebo
15.  Razorlight - Razorlight
16.  The Crane Wife - Decemberists
17.  Broken Boy Soldiers - Raconteurs
18.  The Back Room - Editors
19.  Separate Ways - Teddy Thompson
20.  Under the Iron Sea - Keane
 
Just purchased and still considering:
 
Scott Walker
Belle & Sebastian
Peter Bjorn & John
 
On the list to be purchased soon:
 
Loud Family
Robyn Hitchcock
Jules Shear
Pernice Brothers
 
2005 releases purchased in 2006 that would have made my top 20 had they 
been 2006 releases:
 
Dolled Up -Mari Wilson
Just Believe It - Susan Cowsill
 
Ineligible (because they are compilations), but probably my favourite 
releases of the year:
 
Anthologies 1 and 2 - Dave Rave
 
That's all for now - happy 2007 to everybody,
Jennie Barnett