Kiss Out The Jams Presents: Best Of 2006

Your puzzled winner.

Apparently, Ghostface watermarks his own MySpace pics. Damn, he's even got the patented mirror shot down.



See you in 2007, kissers.

Albums:

1. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
2. Wussy – Funeral Dress ('05)
3. The Roots – Game Theory
4. Be Your Own Pet
5. The Replacements - Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements
6. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
7. Eric Bachmann – To The Races
8. Eef Barzelay – Bitter Honey
9. Neil Young – Living With War
10. The Format - Dog Problems
11. The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
12. Jens Lekman – Oh You’re So Silent Jens ('05)
13. Man Man – Six Demon Bag
14. Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope
15. R.E.M. - ...And I Feel Fine: The Best Of The I.R.S. Years
16. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
17. New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
18. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
19. Pearl Jam
20. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
21. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
22. Rhymefest – Blue Collar
23. The Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
24. Hamell On Trial – Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
25. The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon
26. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
27. The Handsome Family – Last Days Of Wonder
28. The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America
29. Todd Snider – The Devil You Know
30. Thunderbirds Are Now! - Make History
31. The Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance
32. We Are Scientists – With Love And Squalor
33. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
34. Ghostface Killah – More Fish
35. Jesus H. Christ And The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse
36. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
37. Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out ('05)
38. The Rakes – Capture/Release
39. The Rough Guide To Planet Rock
40. The Long Winters – Putting The Days To Bed
41. M. Ward - Post-War
42. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
43. Ali Farka Touré - Savane
44. The Fever – In The City Of Sleep
45. The National – Alligator ('05)
46. Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
47. Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound
48. Missy Elliott – Respect M.E. [IMPORT]
49. Kimya Dawson – Remember That I Love You
50. The Pipettes – We Are The Pipettes [IMPORT]
51. KRS-One – Life
52. The Game - The Doctor's Advocate
53. Morningwood
54. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever You Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Singles:

1. The Cardigans – “Give Me Your Eyes”
2. Ghostface Killah - "The Champ"
3. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
4. Jens Lekman – “A Sweet Summer’s Night On Hammer Hill”
5. Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - "My Love"
6. Beyonce - "Ring The Alarm"
7. Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”
8. The Mountain Goats – “Woke Up New”
9. Clipse feat. Slim Thug - "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)"
10. The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy!"
11. Be Your Own Pet - "Bunk Trunk Skunk"
12. Eric Bachmann - "Man O War"
13. Eric Bachmann - "Genie, Genie"
14. Eef Barzelay - "Ballad Of Bitter Honey"
15. Wussy - "Soak It Up"
16. The Format - "The Compromise"
17. The Decemberists - "Culling Of The Fold"
18. T.I. - "What You Know"
19. Rhymefest feat. Kanye West - "Brand New"
20. The Roots - "Here I Come"
21. The Rapture – “Get Myself Into It”
22. Prince - "Get On The Boat"
23. Regina Spektor – “Hotel Song”
24. Built To Spill - "Mess With Time"
25. The National - "Secret Meeting"
26. Rihanna - "SOS (Rescue Me)"
27. Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
28. Morningwood - "Nth Degree"
29. Regina Spektor - "Fidelity"
30. Incubus - "Anna-Molly"
31. Chamillionaire - "Ridin'"
32. Jessica Simpson - "A Public Affair"
33. Panic! At The Disco - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage (Tommy Sunshine Remix)"
34. Test-Icicles – “Circle. Square. Triangle.”
35. The Flaming Lips – “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song”
36. Buck 65 - "Indestructible Sam"
37. Rick Ross - "Hustlin'"
38. Band of Horses – “The Funeral”
39. Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
40. The Blow - "Parentheses"

Videos:

1. We Are Scientists - "The Great Escape"
2. The Format - "Dog Problems"
3. The Thermals - "A Pillar Of Salt"
4. Morningwood - "Nth Degree"
5. The Mountain Goats - "Woke Up New"
6. Be Your Own Pet - "Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle"
7. Beyonce - "Ring The Alarm"
8. Danielson - "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?"
9. Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
10. The Flaming Lips - "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"

Worst Albums (yes, I've played every one of these):

1. Tool - 10,000 Days
2. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
3. The Living End - State Of Emergency
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
6. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
7. Sunn O))) - Black One
8. The Killers - Sam's Town
9. The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

Worst Singles:
1. James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
2. The Killers - "When You Were Young"
3. My Chemical Romance - "Welcome To The Black Parade"
4. tie: Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up"
Fergie - "Fergalicious"
5. U2 & Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming"
6. tie: Akon feat. Eminem - "Smack That"
Akon feat. Snoop Dogg - "I Wanna Fuck You"
7. Hinder - "Lips Of An Angel"
8. Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha"
9. Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - "Promiscuous"
10. Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"

Best Films:

1. Dave Chapelle's Block Party (best film of the year)
2. The Descent (best horror film since Seven, if that even counts)
3. Brick (best indie)
4. The Departed (best Oscar bait)
5. tie: Borat (funniest film of the year, intentional)
Lady In The Water (funniest film of the year, unintentional)

Top 5 Music Stories 2006:
1. Cee-Lo finally got famous.
2. If Sleater-Kinney had to break up, I'm glad they did at the absolute top of their game.
3. Stephen Colbert vs. The Decemberists, almost as good as Chris Ott vs. The Decemberists.
4. Rappers' bad movie choices: the game playing a bad guy named "big meat" in waist deep, Cam'ron doing everything possible to kill off his Purple Haze credibility by making Killa Season (not to mention getting his ass handed to him by Bill O'Reilly on the air, and talking plans of making a documentary about confronting pedophiles).
5. Rainer Maria finally broke the fuck up.