Along with tacky an inescapable Christmas music, December brings lists, as every publication that deals with music at all puts out their own compilation of songs or albums of the year. The definitive Uncertain Principles Songs of 2006 list will be coming up, but if you're just dying to see ordered lists of pop music, here are some year-end lists to tide you over:
- Arcane Gazebo's top songs of 2006
- The Onion AV Club's albums of the year
- Top albums according to KEXP DJs
And not a year-in-review list, but a list nonetheless: libertarians steal my idea (see the original perfect album list, linked in the sidebar) (via Ed Brayton).
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