Best of 2006 | The Guardian Music Monthly

Part of the erstwhile left-leaning British weekly, The Guardian, the Observer Music Monthly is a lot like what Q used to be (and what WORD is now) -- a music mag for adults, who are still quite into music, thankyouverymuch. Again, no surprise as to the #1 album (it's as if British mags MUST choose it or look like fools) but there are some curveballs in the list. Both the albums and singles lists actually go to 20, so read the full versions there, complete with commentary.

The Observer's Top 10 Singles of 2006

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ali Farka Toure - Savane
3. Tom Waits - Orphans
4. Lambchop - Damaged
5. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
6. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
7. Joanna Newsom - Ys
8. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
9. Jarvis - Jarvis Cocker
10. Lily Allen - Alright, Still

The Observer's Top 10 Singles of 2006

1. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
2. "Sheila" - Jamie T
3. "Supermassive Black Hole" - The Muse
4. "LDN" - Llily Allen
5. "Standng In the Way of Control" - The Gossip
6. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" - Scissor Sisters
7. "Country Girl" - Primal Scream
8. "Prangin' Out (Version)" - The Streets
9. "We Are Your Friends" - Justice vs Simian
10. "Over and Over" - Hot Chip