Encerrado que está o 1º quadrimestre de 2006, aqui fica uma primeira lista (provisória) das minhas preferências do ano. Poderá haver alguns álbuns que se encontram numa transição entre 2005 e 2006... Esta cena das datas dos álbuns editados na Europa e do outro lado do Atlântico dão-me cabo dos nervos :)
Classificação A
- Electric President, "S/t"
- Infadels, "We Are Not the Infadels"
- Elliott Brood, "Ambassador"- Two Gallants, "What the Toll Tells"
- The Organ, "Grab That Gun"
- Semifinalists, "Semifinalists"
- My Latest Novel, "Wolves"
- Secret Machines, "Ten Silver Drops"
- The Kooks, "Inside In Inside Out"
- Cat Power, "The Greatest"
- (NAC) X-Wife, "Side Effects"
Classificação B
- Arctic Monkeys, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's Why I Am Not"
- The Knife, "Silent Shout"
- Belle & Sebastian, "The Life Pursuit"
- Morning Runner, "Wilderness Is Paradise Now"
- Panic! At the Disco, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out"
- Sondre Lerche, "Dupper Sessions"
- The Zutons, "Tired of Hanging Around"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Show Your Bones"
- She Wants Revenge, "She Wants Revenge"
- Nathan Fake, "Drowning in a Sea of Love"
- Stellastarr*, "Harmonies for the Haunted"
- The Vines, "Vision Valley"
- The Strokes, "First Impressions of the Earth"
- Yellowcard, "Lights and Sounds"
- The Flaming Lips, "At War With the Mystics"
- Film School, "Film School"
- The Delays, "You See Colours"
- Jenny Kewis & The Watson Twins, "Rabbit Fur Coat"
- Mystery Jets, "Making Dens"
- (NAC) Cindy Kat, "Vol. I"
- (NAC) The Weatherman, "Cruisin' In Alaska"
Classificação C
- Clearlake, "Amber"
- Liars, "Drum's Not Dead" - Josh Rouse, "Subtítulo"
- I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, "Fear Is On Our Side"
- My Chemical Romance, "Life On The Murder Scene"
- Be Your Own Pet, "Be Your Own Pet"
- Isolée, "Western Store"
- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, "Ballad of the Broken Seas"