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What You Should Have Bought In 2006
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.50
An obvious choice, but it really is as good as everyone says.
We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions / American Land Edition [CD+DVD]We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions / American Land Edition [CD+DVD] by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: £13.98 / Used from: £5.00
Bruce is still the Boss.
At War with the MysticsAt War with the Mystics by The Flaming Lips
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £1.69
It takes a while, but when it clicks into place, this is one of the year's best.
Broken Boy SoldiersBroken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.86
Brendan Benson AND Jack White? In the same band? Result!
Ghost RepeaterGhost Repeater by Jeffrey Foucault
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £8.56
Meanwhile, Jeffrey proves that great songwriting never goes out of fashion.
Live a LittleLive a Little by The Pernice Brothers
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £0.85
Joe Pernice produces one great album a year - this is the 2006 masterpiece.
The Great WesternThe Great Western by James Dean Bradfield
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £1.99
JDB gets away from the Manics for a while and produces the album of the year.
Twelve Stops and HomeTwelve Stops and Home by The Feeling
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.47
They might not be cool or cutting edge, but great songs and great melodies are always welcome.
The River In ReverseThe River In Reverse by Elvis Costello
Buy new: £11.28 / Used from: £8.36
This might not be EC's best, but he's still in a different league from nearly everyone else.
Victory for the Comic MuseVictory for the Comic Muse by The Divine Comedy
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.56
How can you not like an album with a song called "Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont" on it?
Ringleader Of The TormentorsRingleader Of The Tormentors by Morrissey
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.12
On which the great man discovers love and sex ... and produces 12 great songs to prove it.
Sorry I Made You CrySorry I Made You Cry by The Czars
A great album of cover versions from one of America's undiscovered treasures.
Costello MusicCostello Music by The Fratellis
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.89
And finally, in a great year for young Brits making a racket with guitars, here's one of the best.