TOP 100 FAVORITE SONGS OF 2006
1. THE DIE IS CAST (Wetton/Downes)
2. BYGONE ZONE (Wig Wam)
3. GONNA GET YOU SOMEDAY (Wig Wam)
4. LEARNING THE HARD WAY (Gin Blossoms)
5. REACH (Survivor)
6. NOT TONIGHT (The New Cars)
7. LOOKING FOR YOU (Khymera)
8. SOU' BY SOU' WEST (Pendragon)
9. LOVE WILL COME BACK (Chicago with Rascal Flatts)
10. HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS (Bowling For Soup)
11. MONIQUE THE FREAK (Ween)
12. ONE SINGLE BREATH (Brother Firetribe)
13. WAIT FOR ME (Bob Seger)
14. KEEP IT SCRUBBIN' (Shaggy 2 Dope)
15. STRENGTH TO CARRY ON (Slamer)
16. IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE (Blanc Faces)
17. BOTTOM OF YOUR SOUL (Toto)
18. HERE'S TO YOU (Blanc Faces)
19. TWO ROADS (Pendragon)
20. BACK TO THE FUTURE THEME/NOW OR NEVER (Valentine)
21. THESE ARE THE TIMES (House of Lords)
22. AFTERGLOW (INXS)
23. WITHOUT LOVE (Shooting Star)
24. WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME (Bon Jovi)
25. PRETTY VEGAS (INXS)
26. OBLIVION (Ten)
27. ONE OF THESE DAYS (Valentine)
28. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUICIDE AND MARTYRDOM IS PRESS COVERAGE (Panic! At The Disco)
29. ONE WAY TICKET (The Darkness)
30. THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE (Hank Jr. w/ Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson & Van Zant)
31. SHE (ABANDONED HEART) (Valentine)
32. HATER (Everclear)
33. WHITE & NERDY ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
34. WE'LL MAKE THE BEST OF IT (Blanc Faces)
35. DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS SONG ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
36. I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES (Panic! At The Disco)
37. THAT'S AS FAR AS I'LL GO (Saga)
38. JESUS OF SUBURBIA (Green Day)
39. FEEL (Chicago)
40. HEY PHATTY (Jamie Madrox)
41. LONG WALK BACK (FROM NOWHERE) (The Outfield)
42. NEW JERUSALEM (GPS)
43. RESPONSIBLE (Street Talk)
44. FIRE MAKES STEEL (Survivor)
45. SAYING SORRY (Hawthorne Heights)
46. I'M ON FIRE (Brother Firetribe)
47. LOOKING FOR SOME STRANGE (Jesse Strange)
48. ALL THAT I HAVE (Khymera)
49. FOOLISH PRIDE (Final Frontier)
50. IT'S YOUR LIFE (Saga)
51. OWL FACE HOE (Shaggy 2 Dope)
52. SHAKE THAT (Eminem feat. Nate Dogg)
53. THIS BITCH (Jamie Madrox)
54. DRIFT AWAY (Johnny Lima)
55. THIS IS MY HEART (Sunstorm)
56. MINE ALL MINE (Wig Wam)
57. WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (My Chemical Romance)
58. SPREAD YOUR WINGS (Wetton/Downes)
59. DANI CALIFORNIA (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
60. PROMISCUOUS (Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland)
61. BLACK SWEAT (Prince)
62. MILLION MILES (House of Lords)
63. SECONDS AWAY (Survivor)
64. CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER (Evanescence)
65. ONCE IN A LIFETIME (Keith Urban)
66. FAR AWAY (Wetton/Downes)
67. OLD GIRL (AMB)
68. JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT (Snoop Dogg feat. 9 Inch Dix)
69. KING OF THE WORLD (Toto)
70. MY OLD FRIEND (Tim McGraw)
71. BAD DAY (Daniel Powter)
72. YOU'RE PITIFUL ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
73. DARE DEVIL HEAT (Wig Wam)
74. PERFECT SITUATION (Weezer)
75. LIGHT FROM A DISTANT SHORE (Pride of Lions)
76. VATO (Snoop Dogg feat. B-Real)
77. PAID MY DUES (Jaded Heart)
78. SOMETIMES (TNT)
79. CAROLINE (Chicago)
80. MAKEDAMNSURE (Taking Back Sunday)
81. DON'T KEEP ME WAITING (Fair Warning)
82. ROLLIN' W/ SAGET (Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone w/ Bob Saget)
83. IF I WAS A KING (Insane Clown Posse)
84. TO LOVE A MACHINE (Hawkwind)
85. KNOWING THAT YOU LOVE ME (Journey)
86. MAYBE (Ted Poley)
87. DIGITAL NATION (Hawkwind)
88. SONG FOR YOU (Lunatica feat. John Payne)
89. REAL SOON (DPGC feat. Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt & Nate Dogg)
90. CURTAIN CALL (Ted Poley)
91. OUTRAGEOUS (Paul Simon)
92. WILDSIDE OF HEAVEN (Jesse Strange)
93. BAT COUNTRY (Avenged Sevenfold)
94. HOPES AND DREAMS (91 Suite)
95. I BURN FOR YOU (Treat)
96. THIS IS SUCH A PITY (Weezer)
97. WHEN I'M GONE (Eminem)
98. TELL ME BABY (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
99. FURY (Prince)
100. TEX HOOPER (Norm MacDonald)
Just Missed Out
SWALLOW THIS NUT (Insane Clown Posse w/ Fresh Ice Kid, Fish N Grits, MC Breed & Vanilla Ice)
THE LEARNING CURVE (Pendragon)
KILL ROCK N ROLL (System of a Down)
SHE DON'T TELL ME TO (Montgomery Gentry)
JILLIAN (I'D GIVE MY HEART) (Within Temptation)
LIPS OF AN ANGEL (Hinder)
CITY OF LIGHTS (Moonstone Project feat. Steve Walsh)
NO ONE (Frontline)
I'M SO SICK (Flyleaf)
LIQUOR & WHORES (Bubbles & The Shit Rockers)
TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2006
1. XXX (Chicago)
2. ICON II: RUBICON (Wetton/Downes)
3. MAJOR LODGE VICTORY (Gin Blossoms)
4. WIG WAMANIA (Wig Wam)
5. REACH (Survivor)
6. FALSE METAL (Brother Firetribe)
7. TRUST (Saga)
8. CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS (Eminem)
9. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAIN (Valentine)
10. FREELIGHT (Final Frontier)
11. STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
12. LIFE IS WORTH LOSING (George Carlin)
13. F.T.F.O. (Shaggy 2 Dope)
14. NOWHERE LAND (Slamer)
15. BLANC FACES (Blanc Faces)
16. FALLING IN BETWEEN (Toto)
17. LOOKING FOR SOME STRANGE (Jesse Strange)
18. GOOD DAY TO CROSS A RIVER (Greg Giraldo)
19. A FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT (Panic! At The Disco)
20. WORLD UPSIDE DOWN (House of Lords)
21. SUNSTORM (Sunstorm)
22. THESE ARE JOKES (Demetri Martin)
23. PHATSO (Jamie Madrox)
24. WINDOW TO THE SOUL (GPS)
25. A NEW PROMISE (Khymera)
26. THE RE-UP (Eminem)
27. CIRCLES (Shooting Star)
28. V (Street Talk)
29. 3121 (Prince)
30. OUTSOURCED (Russell Peters)
31. BELIEVE (Pendragon)
32. RIDICULOUS (Norm MacDonald)
33. THE TWILIGHT CHRONICLES (Ten)
34. HUMAN NATURE (Harem Scarem)
35. THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT IN DIXIE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION (Hank Williams Jr.)
36. SWITCH (INXS)
37. THE BLUE CARPET TREATMENT (Snoop Dogg)
38. FACE THE PROMISE (Bob Seger)
39. EIGHTEEN VISIONS (Eighteen Visions)
40. THE BLACK PARADE (My Chemical Romance)
Just Missed Out
SHINOLA VOL. 1 (Ween)
THE OPEN DOOR (Evanescence)
IF ONLY YOU WERE LONELY (Hawthorne Heights)
TWO FOR FLINCHING (Christian Finnegan)
IT'S ALIVE (The New Cars)
ICON (Wetton/Downes)
TOP MELODIC HARD ROCK SONGS
1. The Die Is Cast (Wetton/Downes)
2. Bygone Zone (Wig Wam)
3. Gonna Get You Someday (Wig Wam)
4. Reach (Survivor)
5. Not Tonight (The New Cars)
6. Looking For You (Khymera)
7. Love Will Come Back (Chicago with Rascal Flatts)
8. One Single Breath (Brother Firetribe)
9. Wait For Me (Bob Seger)
10. Strength To Carry On (Slamer)
11. It's A Little Too Late (Blanc Faces)
12. Bottom Of Your Soul (Toto)
13. Here's To You (Blanc Faces)
14. Back to the Future Theme/Now or Never (Valentine)
15. These Are The Times (House of Lords)
16. Without Love (Shooting Star)
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home (Bon Jovi)
18. Oblivion (Ten)
19. One of These Days (Valentine)
20. She (Abandoned Heart) (Valentine)
AOR/MELODIC ROCK ALBUMS
1. XXX (Chicago)
2. ICON II: RUBICON (Wetton/Downes)
3. WIG WAMANIA (Wig Wam)
4. REACH (Survivor)
5. FALSE METAL (Brother Firetribe)
6. TRUST (Saga)
7. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAIN (Valentine)
8. FREELIGHT (Final Frontier)
9. NOWHERE LAND (Slamer)
10. BLANC FACES (Blanc Faces)
TOP MODERN ROCK SONGS
1. Learning The Hard Way (Gin Blossoms)
2. High School Never Ends (Bowling For Soup)
3. Monique The Freak (Ween)
4. Afterglow (INXS)
5. Pretty Vegas (INXS)
6. The Only Difference Between Suicide and Martyrdom is Press Coverage (Panic! At The Disco)
7. One Way Ticket (The Darkness)
8. Hater (Everclear)
9. I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! At The Disco)
10. Jesus of Suburbia (Green Day)
11. Saying Sorry (Hawthorne Heights)
12. Welcome To The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
13. Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
14. Call Me When You're Sober (Evanescence)
15. Bad Day (Daniel Powter)
16. Perfect Situation (Weezer)
17. Makedamnsure (Taking Back Sunday)
18. Bat Country (Avenged Sevenfold)
19. This Is Such A Pity (Weezer)
20. Tell Me Baby (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
MODERN ROCK ALBUMS
1. Major Lodge Victory (Gin Blossoms)
2. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (Panic! At The Disco)
3. Switch (INXS)
4. Eighteen Visions (Eighteen Visions)
5. The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
6. Shinola Vol. 1 (Ween)
7. The Open Door (Evanescence)
8. If Only You Were Lonely (Hawthorne Heights)
9. Make Believe (Weezer)
10. Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
TOP COUNTRY SONGS
1. That's How They Do It In Dixie (Hank Jr. w/ Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson & Van Zant)
2. Who Says You Can't Go Home (Bon Jovi w/ Jennifer Nettles)
3. Once In A Lifetime (Keith Urban)
4. My Old Friend (Tim McGraw)
5. She Don't Tell Me To (Montgomery Gentry)
6. Hard To Be Cool (In A Minivan) (Oak Ridge Boys)
7. Stirrin' It Up (Hank Williams Jr.)
8. If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me (John Anderson)
9. Give It Away (George Strait)
10. That's So You (Rushlow-Harris)
11. Never Mind Me (Big & Rich)
12. When The Stars Go Blue (Tim McGraw)
13. Brand New Girlfriend (Steve Holy)
14. Some People Change (Montgomery Gentry)
15. Local Girls (Ronnie Milsap)
16. Tonight I Wanna Cry (Keith Urban)
17. Mountains (Lonestar)
18. Me and My Gang (Rascal Flatts)
19. Swing (Trace Adkins)
20. Before He Cheats (Carrie Underwood)
COUNTRY ALBUMS
1. That's How They Do It In Dixie: The Essential Collection (Hank Williams Jr.)
2. Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing (Keith Urban)
3. Something To Be Proud Of: Best of 1999-2005 (Montgomery-Gentry)
4. Front Row Seats (Oak Ridge Boys)
5. Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Reflected (Tim McGraw)
TOP HIP/HOP/RAP/R&B SONGS
1. Keep It Scrubbin' (Shaggy 2 Dope)
2. White & Nerdy ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
3. Hey Phatty (Jamie Madrox)
4. Owl Face Hoe (Shaggy 2 Dope)
5. Shake That (Eminem feat. Nate Dogg)
6. This Bitch (Jamie Madrox)
7. Promiscuous (Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland)
8. Black Sweat (Prince)
9. Old Girl (AMB)
10. Just The Way You Like It (Snoop Dogg feat. 9 Inch Dix)
11. Vato (Snoop Dogg feat. B-Real)
12. Rollin' w/ Saget (Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone feat. Bob Saget)
13. If I Was a King (Insane Clown Posse)
14. Real Soon (DPGC feat. Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt & Nate Dogg)
15. When I'm Gone (Eminem)
16. Fury (Prince)
17. Swallow This Nut (Insane Clown Posse w/ Fresh Ice Kid, Fish N Grits, MC Breed & Vanilla Ice)
18. Chips 'N' Dip (AMB)
19. Smack That (Akon feat. Eminem)
20. Off To Tijuana (Hush feat. Eminem, Kuniva, Swifty McVay from D-12)
HIP/HOP/RAP/R&B ALBUMS
1. Curtain Call: The Hits (Eminem)
2. F.T.F.O. (Shaggy 2 Dope)
3. Phatso (Jamie Madrox)
4. The Re-Up (Eminem)
5. 3121 (Prince)
6. The Blue Carpet Treatment (Snoop Dogg)
7. Bulletproof (Hush)
8. Blowin' Up (Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone)
9. Duets: The Final Chapter (Notorious B.I.G.)
10. Blood In, Blood Out (AMB)
TOP 10 CANADIAN CONTENT
1. That's As Far As I'll Go (Saga)
2. It's Your Life (Saga)
3. Promiscuous (Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland)
4. Bad Day (Daniel Powter)
5. Tex Hooper (Norm MacDonald)
6. Liquor & Whores (Bubbles & The Shit Rockers)
7. Don't Come Easy (Harem Scarem)
8. Nowhere With You (Joel Plaskett)
9. Girls Are Murder (Emm Gryner)
10. Discovering The Waterfront (Silverstein)
TOP MOVIES
1. Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest
2. United 93
3. The Descent
4. Mission Impossible III
5. Saw III
6. Inside Man
7. Borat
8. Jackass Number Two
9. Snakes on a Plane
10. An Inconvenient Truth
TOP CD REISSUES
1. The Lace (Benjamin Orr)
2. Street Talk (Steve Perry)
3. For The Love of Strange Medicine (Steve Perry)
4. Sinful (Angel)
5. Commandos (Stage Dolls)
MUSIC MAN OF THE YEAR: "Weird Al" Yankovic
WORST/MOST DISAPPOINTING CDs:
1. COCKED AND LOADED (Revolting Cocks)
2. OPERATION: MINDCRIME II (Queensryche)
3. SECRET SOCIETY (Europe)
4. ZION (Zion)
5. KARMACODE (Lacuna Coil)
TOP COMEBACK ARTISTS
1. CHICAGO
2. GIN BLOSSOMS
3. SURVIVOR
4. BOB SEGER
5. PRINCE
6. HOUSE OF LORDS
7. JESSE STRANGE
8. THE NEW CARS
9. TREAT
10. FAIR WARNING
TOP NEW/BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS
1. BROTHER FIRETRIBE
2. SHAGGY 2 DOPE
3. SLAMER
4. JAMIE MADROX
5. PANIC! AT THE DISCO
6. SUNSTORM
7. GPS
8. EIGHTEEN VISIONS
9. AVENGED SEVENFOLD
10. AMB
TOP COMEDY ALBUMS
1. STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
2. LIFE IS WORTH LOSING (George Carlin)
3. GOOD DAY TO CROSS A RIVER (Greg Giraldo)
4. THESE ARE JOKES (Demetri Martin)
5. RETALIATION (Dane Cook)
6. OUTSOURCED (Russell Peters)
7. RIDICULOUS (Norm MacDonald)
8. TWO FOR FLINCHING (Christian Finnegan)
9. TWO DRINK MIKE (Mike Birbiglia)
10. BLOWIN' UP (Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone)
TOP COMEDY SONGS
1. White & Nerdy ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
2. Don't Download This Song ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
3. You're Pitiful ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
4. Rollin' With Saget (Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone feat. Bob Saget)
5. Tex Hooper (Norm MacDonald)
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