Nicholas2.0's 2006 Year-End Charts (10 of 12)

[Nicholas2.0]

I've made three so far. Here they are:

NICK’S TOP 100 MUSICIANS OF ALL-TIME (2006)

2005 2006
---- 100. Def Leppard
---- 99. Justin Timberlake
---- 98. Johnny Cash
---- 97. Alkaline Trio
---- 96. Elvis Presley
ANCHOR
80. 95. Staind (28)
95. 94. Pantera (94)
---- 93. Coldplay
---- 92. 30 Seconds to Mars (92)
94. 91. John Mellencamp (91)
93. 90. Faith No More (63)
92. 89. Mudvayne (87)
86. 88. Tori Amos (54)
91. 87. Elton John (87)
89. 86. Transplants (86)
88. 85. The Beatles (85)
83. 84. Sonic Youth (22)
87. 83. Patsy Cline (83)
78. 82. Vast (73)
85. 81. Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (81)
77. 80. Hank Williams (77)
84. 79. The Cure (67)
75. 78. Ozzy Osbourne (47)
60. 77. Snoop (Doggy) Dogg (24)
73. 76. Soundgarden (31)
72. 75. Ice Cube (50)
82. 74. Jimmy Eat World (74)
71. 73. Michael Jackson (43)
68. 72. Type O Negative (62)
76. 71. Björk (60)
69. 70. NOFX (34)
66. 69. R.E.M. (38)
67. 68. Skid Row (54)
70. 67. Guns N’ Roses (67)
61. 66. Coal Chamber (48)
59. 65. Linkin Park (42)
64. 64. Smashing Pumpkins (32)
57. 63. Wyclef Jean (20)
58. 62. Evanescence (57)
63. 61. Reverend Horton Heat (57)
62. 60. New Order (60)
54. 59. Spineshank (50)
53. 58. Weezer (35)
56. 57. Beck (29)
55. 56. Moby (38)
52. 55. Metallica (35)
ROCKET
90. 54. Bleeding Through (54)
74. 53. Eighteen Visions (53)
50. 52. The Urge (10)
47. 51. Incubus (31)
40. 50. Rammstein (20)
51. 49. Misfits (49)
49. 48. N.E.R.D./The Neptunes (39)
43. 47. Nirvana (14)
48. 46. Pink Floyd (44)
45. 45. Jane’s Addiction (39)
37. 44. Stabbing Westward (34)
46. 43. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (25)
44. 42. Good Charlotte (42)
41. 41. A Perfect Circle (38)
38. 40. Descendents (11)
32. 39. Beastie Boys (26)
65. 38. My Chemical Romance (38)
33. 37. Ministry (16)
31. 36. Cold (26)
34. 35. Radiohead (34)
42. 34. Lostprophets (34)
35. 33. The Used (33)
39. 32. Atreyu (32)
36. 31. System of a Down (31)
30. 30. Marilyn Manson (15)
29. 29. Prince (21)
28. 28. Dr. Dre (16)
27. 27. David Bowie (23)
26. 26. OutKast (23)
25. 25. Alice in Chains (12)
22. 24. The Clash (20)
24. 23. Sublime (13)
21. 22. No Doubt (15)
23. 21. Social Distortion (21)
20. 20. Stone Temple Pilots (18)
19. 19. Depeche Mode (13)
18. 18. Foo Fighters (6)
15. 17. Orgy (3)
17. 16. blink-182 (16)
14. 15. Korn (11)
16. 14. Deftones (9)
11. 13. Rage Against the Machine (3)
12. 12. Green Day (12)
9. 11. 311 (7)
10. 10. U2 (10)
8. 9. Bad Religion (4)
13. 8. Avenged Sevenfold (8)
7. 7. Madonna (7)
6. 6. Nine Inch Nails (6)
5. 5. Garbage (2)
4. 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers (4)
3. 3. Rancid (3)
2. 2. AFI (2)
1. 1. Tool (1, 9 years)

Falling off:
100. ---- Jay-Z (93)
99. ---- Fugees (14)
98. ---- Prodigy (30)
97. ---- Eminem (71)
96. ---- Pennywise (37)
81. ---- Fear Factory (46)
79. ---- Videodrone (21)

[Nicholas2.0]

NICK’S TOP 20 CONCERTS OF 2006

20. Alice Cooper (w/ Crash Kelly)*
October 1 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

19. DragonForce (w/ All That Remains, Horse the Band)*
September 19 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

18. Vans Warped Tour 2006 (NOFX, Stretch Arm Strong, Senses Fail, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Gym Class Heroes, the Early November, Motion City Soundtrack, Against Me!, From Autumn to Ashes, Billy Talent, Valient Thorr, Underoath, Misery Signals, the Living End, Thursday, Helmet, Eighteen Visions, Less Than Jake, Rise Against, the Casualties, Greeley Estates, Anti-Flag, the Bouncing Souls, et al.)
July 25 @ UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, MO

17. Jamie Cullum (w/ Josh Ritter)*
September 26 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

16. Muse (w/ The Like)*
September 14 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

15. HIM (skipped Aiden)
May 20 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

14. 30 Seconds to Mars (w/ Aiden, Autovein)
April 6 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

13. (+44) (w/ The Matches)
December 3 @ Pop’s, Sauget, IL

12. Lostprophets (w/ The Transit War, In Fear and Faith)
November 3 @ Pop’s, Sauget, IL

11. Bleeding Through (w/ Drive By, skipped headliners Senses Fail & Saosin)
December 4 @ Pop’s, Sauget, IL

10. Atreyu (w/ Every Time I Die, Chiodos)
November 6 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

9. The Dresden Dolls (w/ The Red Paintings)*
October 21 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

8. Bleeding Through (w/ Every Time I Die, Between the Buried and Me, Haste the Day)
February 28 @ Pop’s, Sauget, IL

7. 105.7 The Point’s Ho Ho Show #1 (Deftones; Sparta; Ava, Wait)*
December 15 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

6. Taste of Chaos 2006 (Deftones, Thrice, Story of the Year, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Street Drum Corps, The Receiving End of Sirens, Greeley Estates, the Confession, the Smashup, et al.)
March 13 @ The Family Arena, St. Charles, MO

5. Ozzfest 2006 (System of a Down, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Lacuna Coil, Hatebreed, DragonForce, Black Label Society, Atreyu, Unearth, Bleeding Through, Walls of Jericho, Between the Buried and Me, Strapping Young Lad, et al.)
July 15 @ UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, MO

4. Pointfest #1 (Coheed and Cambria, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Trapt, Autovein, Greenwheel, People in Planes, Eighteen Visions, et al.)
May 6 @ UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, MO

3. Rancid (w/ The Unseen)
July 29 @ Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO

2. Rancid (w/ Murphy’s Law, Seven Shot Screamers)
July 28 @ Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO

1. AFI (w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nightmare of You)
July 30 @ The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

*while working

[Nicholas2.0]

NICK’S TOP 50 WORST SONGS OF 2006

50. Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone “Ridin’ ”
49. Chingy featuring Tyrese “Pullin’ Me Back”
48. Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z “Déjà vu”
47. Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole “(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me”
50. Black Stone Cherry “Lonely Train”
49. Ashlee Simpson “L.O.V.E.”
48. Buckcherry “Next 2 You”
47. Kelis featuring Too $hort “Bossy”
46. Buckcherry “Crazy b**ch”
45. Three 6 Mafia “Poppin’ My Collar”
44. Frankie J featuring Mannie Fresh & Chamillionaire “That Girl”
43. Jonas Brothers “Mandy”
42. Beyoncé “Ring the Alarm”
41. Chingy “Dem Jeans”
40. Yung Joc featuring Nitti “It’s Goin’ Down”
39. Keyshia Cole “Love”
*** Ludo “Broken Bride: Part I” *** (Honorable Mention: local airplay only)
38. E-40 featuring Keak da Sneak “Tell Me When to Go”
37. Faktion “Take It All Away”
*** Ludo “Japan It!” *** (Honorable Mention: local airplay only)
36. Christina Milian featuring Young Jeezy “Say I”
*** Autovein “Bullet in an Angel” *** (Honorable Mention: local airplay only)
35. Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp “Grillz”
34. Ludacris featuring Field Mob & Jamie Foxx “Georgia”
33. Young Dro featuring T.I. “Shoulder Lean”
32. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
31. Remy Ma “Conceited”
30. Nickelback “Animals”
29. Hinder "Get Stoned"
28. Hank Williams, Jr. with Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich and Van Zant “That’s How They Do It in Dixie”
27. Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug & Bun B “Check on It” [2005: #24]
26. Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris “Unpredictable”
25. Birdman & Lil Wayne “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy”
24. Fergie “London Bridge”
23. Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Peanut & Charlay “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It”
22. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm “Nasty Girl” [2005: #32]
21. Cherish featuring Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ “Do It to It”
20. Dem Franchize Boyz “Ridin’ Rims”
19. Webstar & Young B featuring the Voice of Harlem "Chicken Noodle Soup"
18. Busta Rhymes featuring Kelis & will.i.am “I Love My b**ch” a.k.a. “I Love My Chick”
17. Jake Owen “Yee Haw”
16. Yung Joc featuring Brandy “Ms. B” Hambrick “I Know You See It”
15. Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly "That's That Sh*t"
14. Eminem featuring Nate Dogg “Shake That”
13. Black Eyed Peas “Pump It”
*** (Baby) Huey “Pop Lock and Drop It” *** (Honorable Mention: local airplay only)
12. Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ “Snap Yo Fingers”
11. E-40 featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl “U and Dat”
10. D4L “Laffy Taffy” [2005: #20]
09. Fergie “Fergalicious”
08. Unk "Walk It Out"
07. Eric Church “How ’Bout You”
06. Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am “Beep”
05. T-Pain featuring Mike Jones “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper)”
04. Shawnna “Gettin’ Some”
03. Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins “Ms. New Booty”
02. Akon featuring Eminem “Smack That”
01. Akon featuring Snoop Dogg “I Wanna F*ck You” a.k.a. “I Wanna Love You”

You'll note Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" is conspicuously absent. That's because I don't so much hate it anymore, as I lament the fact that it ever got so ridiculously, undeservingly huge in the first place, which, ironically, wore me down to where I hated the actual song less.

[tortuga]

wow, who knew Nicholas liked Tori Amos, Ice Cube, and Madonna. :o

and I don't mean that as a bad thing at all. ;)

[jdmasta289]

Wow, you're right.

I was just thinking this was a really fair assessment which includes artists of many different genres. I could never do this list...I'm too biased.

But Buckcherry in the top 50 worst? Come on. Where's your rawkfist when you need to throw it up? ;) (I agree with the rest of the list, though.)

[Nicholas2.0]

I feel I should clarify that Sean Paul's original "Give It Up to Me," the version from his album, is fine; I enjoy it. It's the version I heard the first 10 or so times (and the last time I heard it on the radio, which was when I went "home" for Thanksgiving. I guess my former pop station never bothered to play the new version).

Then I heard the version with Keyshia Cole tacked on, needlessly, for the Step Up soundtrack. And her vocal contribution feels forced and irritates the piss out of me. Moreover, they put her voice in (for the most part) in place of this twinkling bell effect that made a mediocre song into a decent one. I hadn't remembered that until that last time I heard the original.

[Nicholas2.0]

I modified the "worst" list: I accidentally left a couple off, and then I happened to hear Hinder's "Get Stoned" for the first time in 6 months, so on it goes.

("...'Cause the sex is so much better when you're mad at me.")

Excuse me, but I don't know of any woman who'd have sex with her man while she's mad at him. Asshat!

And for what it's worth...neither "honey," nor "my girl" are still dating Austin Winkler. Maybe they wised up.

[Chato]

Justin Timberlake?!?

I agree with jdmasta , I LOVE your worst list , great that you mentioned these horrendous country songs , but Trace Adkins is missing.

[Pipa]

I'm sorry, I found a glaring mistake:

12. Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ “Snap Yo Fingers”

You accidentally put a "2" at the end. Make sure you try to clear these up next time.

[Nicholas2.0]

gliben said:

I agree with jdmasta , I LOVE your worst list , great that you mentioned these horrendous country songs , but Trace Adkins is missing.

"Swing" was kind of bad, but not bad enough to even be considered for the list. I actually enjoy "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," even though I completely understand why anyone would say that's a cheesy, stupid song. I dunno, for the most part, I tend to root for Trace Adkins for some reason. And I can't recall offhand any other singles he had this year.

picpak said:

I'm sorry, I found a glaring mistake:

12. Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ “Snap Yo Fingers”

You accidentally put a "2" at the end. Make sure you try to clear these up next time.

Ha! Yeah, I wish I could've made that the worst song of the year. That was such a slow-burning year-long hit, I never seemed to stop hearing that annoying, dumbass "song." (Honestly, does that even qualify as music?) And the damn album still isn't out yet!

[Pipa]

I was gonna make a top 20 worst of list until I realized I could only think of 5:

1. Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins, Not Tradegies
2. Lil' Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers
3. She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
4. INXS - Pretty Vegas
5. Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch

And an honourable mention to The Killers - When You Were Wrong.

I've been hearing Snap Yo Fingers constantly for the past 6 months, but I've been hearing P!ATD constantly for even longer, so it gets my vote.

[Nicholas2.0]

I just get to sneak this in, but I have to modify my 50 worst songs list (again!). I happened to actually listen to Webstar's "Chicken Noodle Soup" when it came on Launch, as opposed to ignoring it every time it came on BET last summer, because I didn't think I was going to have to acknowledge the existence of something with such a dumbass title. It actually got a little buzz this fall, thus forcing me to acknowledge its existence. Since then, this was the first opportunity I had to listen to it. Goddamn mind-numbing novelty song...

[Nicholas2.0]

And here's my Top 40 Albums of 2006:

40. Nelly Furtado – Loose
39. The Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics
38. Underworld: Evolution soundtrack
37. Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
36. She Wants Revenge
35. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
34. Hatebreed – Supremacy
33. Killswitch Engage – As Daylight Dies
32. Ministry – Rio Grande Blood
31. Korn – See You on the Other Side [2005: #45]
30. Pharrell – In My Mind
29. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
28. Matchbook Romance – Voices
27. Prince – 3121
26. Panic! at the Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
25. Sneath (Demo)
24. Fort Minor – The Rising Tied
23. From First to Last – Heroine
22. Papa Roach – The Paramour Sessions
21. (+44) – When Your Heart Stops Beating
20. The Killers – Sam’s Town
19. Evanescence – The Open Door
18. Tenacious D – The Pick of Destiny
17. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
16. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
15. Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
14. Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
13. The Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia…
12. Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor [2005: #22]
11. 30 Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie [2005: #11]
10. Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
09. Eighteen Visions
08. Tool – 10,000 Days
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
06. Atreyu – A Death-Grip on Yesterday
05. Bleeding Through – The Truth
04. Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission
03. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
02. AFI - Decemberunderground
01. Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil [2005: #1]

I realize it may be unfair to put the same album at #1 for two years in a row, but City of Evil and the success of its singles came at the perfect time: I count albums for a second year if more than 51% of their singles (usually it ends up being 2/3 or 3/4) are released the year after the album drops.

Bleeding Through and Atreyu were really hard to compare, but I gave the edge to Bleeding Through because it feels like their album was a step up in overall quality, whereas Atreyu's isn't quite as sharp as their previous two. And I hate putting the Chili Peppers and Tool so far down, but what can you do when so many of your favorite bands put out top-notch albums? (It's especially disheartening for Tool because Ænima is my favorite album of all-time and Lateralus was my #1 album for 2001.

Muse, everyone's "it" band of the moment, makes a surprise showing in the Top 10. Toward the end of the year, I had to avalanche myself with 2006 albums I hadn't listened to yet, and while I'm very familiar with Tenacious D by now, I haven't officially ranked the songs yet. I managed to get in one listen each for Fort Minor, Hatebreed, She Wants Revenge, the Flaming Lips, and Nelly Furtado. I was still in the familiarization process with Killswitch and Mastodon before I had to move on to those.

Anyway, I've already made up my Top 256 songs, Top 100 singles, and 5 Top 20's for under-represented formats. But I'm way too tired to put up any of those, so albums looked pretty easy to put up tonight. I have a lot of free time this week, so hopefully I'll get those up and the rest of them made.

[Chato]

Nice List.

May I ask how you became such a fan of Justin Timberlake?

[Nicholas2.0]

I liked most of the 'N Sync singles as good, quality pop songs, so those set the stage for his solo career. I liked the singles from his first album (but especially "Rock Your Body" and "Cry Me a River") enough to buy it eventually. Honestly, how can you go wrong with a record that's mostly half-Neptunes/half-Timbaland?

This year, "SexyBack" blew me away with how far Justin could go out on a limb with the sounds of conventional pop music (I mean, the biggest male pop singer of the last few years returns with a single where his vocals are distorted, for crying out loud) and still get a smash hit out of it. "My Love" is even better; both songs are Timbaland bringing his A-game. This album's even better than the first one. And Justin's just a charismatic, likeable guy.

[Nicholas2.0]

Here are my 256 favorite songs of the year.

Key:
[2006 weekly chart stats; normal font = incomplete stats due to year divisions, italicized font = complete chart stats]
[peak(weeks at peak) weeks on chart, t=total]
(peak on weekly contender list)
2005: #, 2004: # = ranking on 2005’s (2004’s) Top 256 song list

256. The All-American Rejects “Dirty Little Secret”
255. Tenacious D “Classico”
254. Prince “Te Amo Corazón”
253. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland & Three 6 Mafia “Chop Me Up”
252. Justin Timberlake “Until the End of Time”
251. Lostprophets “For All These Times Son, For All These Times”
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250. Sneath “Blood Pressure”
249. My Chemical Romance “Sleep”
248. Damone “Out Here All Night” (52)
247. Sneath “Youth” (2005: #242)
246. Justin Timberlake “FutureSex/LoveSound”
245. Sean Paul “Temperature”
244. New Found Glory “It’s Not Your Fault”
243. Muse “Invincible”
242. Evanescence “Lithium”
241. Coldplay “A Message”
240. Coldplay “X&Y”
239. Coldplay “Low”
238. From First to Last “The Latest Plague”
237. P.O.D. “Goodbye for Now”
236. Justin Timberlake “What Goes Around…” (55)
235. She Wants Revenge “These Things”
234. The Fray “Cable Car (Over My Head)”
233. Rob Zombie “Foxy, Foxy”
232. Paris Hilton “Stars Are Blind”
231. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Especially in Michigan”
230. Gnarls Barkley “Gone Daddy Gone” (49)
229. Tool “Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)/Rosetta Stoned”
228. Blue October “Hate Me” (59)
227. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Gold Lion” (54)
226. Muse “Starlight”
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225. The Killers “Bones” (41)
224. Eighteen Visions “Your Nightmare”
223. Hawthorne Heights “Saying Sorry” (57)
222. The Killers “Bling (Confession of a King)” (58)
221. HIM “Play Dead” (60)
220. (+44) “Lycanthrope”
219. Justin Timberlake “Summer Love”
218. Evanescence “Weight of the World”
217. Bleeding Through “Confession”
216. Tenacious D “POD (The Pick of Destiny)” [35(1) 1w]
215. Evanescence “Sweet Sacrifice”
214. Papa Roach “Forever”
213. Papa Roach “The World Around You”
212. Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani “Can I Have It Like That”
211. Gwen Stefani “Luxurious” (50, 2005: #201)
210. Clipse featuring Slim Thug “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)” (59)
209. Clipse featuring Pharrell “Mr. Me Too” (55)
208. She Wants Revenge “Tear You Apart” (54)
207. Eighteen Visions “Pretty Suicide”
206. Prince “Black Sweat” (60)
205. Alkaline Trio “Burn”
204. Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga “Where’d U Go”
203. Deftones “Rats!Rats!Rats!” (55)
202. Tool “Intension”
201. Eighteen Visions “Burned Us Alive”
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200. My Chemical Romance (featuring Liza Minnelli) “Mama”
199. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Make You Feel Better”
198. System of a Down “Attack” (60)
197. System of a Down “Kill Rock ’N Roll” (55)
196. Muse “Supermassive Black Hole” (60)
195. Dashboard Confessional “Don’t Wait” (58)
194. The White Stripes “Blue Orchid” (52)
193. System of a Down “Radio/Video” (53, 2005: #137)
192. Bleeding Through “Hollywood Prison”
191. System of a Down “Old School Hollywood” (46, 2005: #63)
190. 30 Seconds to Mars “Was It a Dream?”
189. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Death of a Martian”
188. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Desecration Smile”
187. William Shatner featuring Henry Rollins “I Can’t Get Behind That”
186. Stone Sour “Through Glass”
185. It Dies Today “The Caitiff Choir: Defeatism” (58)
184. Sneath “Belmont” (2005: #191)
183. My Chemical Romance “The End./Dead!”
182. My Chemical Romance “Disenchanted” (60)
181. Korn “Coming Undone” (58)
180. Coheed and Cambria “Welcome Home” (48)
179. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Torture Me” (51)
178. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Charlie” (49)
177. Tool “Right in Two”
176. Bleeding Through (featuring Nick 13) “Dearly Demented”
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175. The Strokes “Heart in a Cage” [36(1) 2w]
174. Tool “Jambi”
173. Eighteen Visions “Last Night”
172. Coldplay “What If” (57)
171. Coldplay “Square One” (56)
170. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (42)
169. (+44) “Chapter 13” (44)
168. Nelly Furtado “Say It Right” (43)
167. Angels & Airwaves “Do It for Me Now” (50)
166. Gorillaz featuring De La Soul “Feel Good Inc.” (45, 2005: #27)
165. Eighteen Visions “Broken Hearted”
164. Deftones “U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,Select,Start” (56)
163. U2 & Green Day “The Saints Are Coming” (44)
162. Papa Roach “…To Be Loved” (45)
161. People in Planes “If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)” (47)
160. Sia “Breathe Me” (53)
159. Lacuna Coil “Our Truth” (48)
158. The Raconteurs “Steady, as She Goes” (52)
157. Rise Against “Ready to Fall” (45)
156. Madonna “Forbidden Love [2005]”
155. Sneath “Atomic Death Number”
154. Eighteen Visions “Our Darkest Days” (60)
153. Lostprophets “The New Transmission” (54)
152. HIM “Behind the Crimson Door” (49, 2005: #205)
151. My Chemical Romance “Cancer” (50)
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150. Thrice “Red Sky” (46)
149. Korn “Tearjerker” (52)
148. HIM “Under the Rose” (43, 2005: #193)
147. Weezer “This Is Such a Pity” (54)
146. Kelly Clarkson “Behind These Hazel Eyes” [31(1) 3w, 2005: #67]
145. Lostprophets “Everyday Combat” (49)
144. Def Leppard “Foolin’ ” (41)
143. Bleeding Through “The Truth”
142. Bleeding Through “The Painkiller”
141. Coldplay “The Hardest Part”
140. Disturbed “Just Stop” [37(1) 5tw]
139. Lostprophets “4:AM Forever” (45)
138. Atreyu “Your Private War” (47)
137. 10 Years “Wasteland” (45)
136. My Chemical Romance “Teenagers” (47)
135. My Chemical Romance “I Don’t Love You” (42)
134. Atreyu “We Stand Up” (43)
133. Coldplay “Speed of Sound” (55, 2005: #169)
132. 311 “Frolic Room” (49)
131. Panic! at the Disco “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage” (48)
130. AFI “Rabbits Are Roadkill on Rt. 37” [40(2) 2w]
129. The Dresden Dolls “Sing” (56)
128. 30 Seconds to Mars “Attack” (2005: #65)
127. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (51)
126. Avenged Sevenfold/featuring Brandan Schieppati “Walk/(live from Ozzfest)” [36(1) 1w]
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125. My Chemical Romance “House of Wolves” (41)
124. My Chemical Romance “The Sharpest Lives” (46)
123. Depeche Mode “Precious” (44)
122. 30 Seconds to Mars “A Beautiful Lie”
121. Fall Out Boy “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” [36(1) 3w, 2005: #80]
120. The Dresden Dolls “Backstabber” [38(2) 3w]
119. Fall Out Boy “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’ ” (47)
118. Fall Out Boy “Dance, Dance” [35(1) 3w]
117. Atreyu “Untitled Finale” (44)
116. Lostprophets “Everybody’s Screaming!!!”
115. My Chemical Romance “This Is How I Disappear” [32(1) 7w]
114. Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” [30(1) 5w, 2005: #90]
113. Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder “Dare/(Rock Remix)” (48, 2005: #152)
112. Foo Fighters “DOA” (45)
111. Foo Fighters “No Way Back” (45)
110. Busta Rhymes “Touch It” [26(1) 6w]
109. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You” [37(1) 2w]
108. Atreyu “Creature” [39(2) 3w]
107. Lupe Fiasco “Kick, Push” (48)
106. The Dresden Dolls “Sex Changes” [32(1) 5tw]
105. Coldplay “White Shadows” [34(1) 2w, 2005: #234]
104. 311 “Don’t Tread on Me” [25(1) 8w, 2005: #39]
103. Nine Inch Nails “Only” [16(1) 10w, 2005: #44]
102. dredg “Bug Eyes” [26(1) 8w, 2005: #61]
101. System of a Down “Hypnotize” [26(1) 7w, 2005: #89]
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100. My Chemical Romance “Helena” [14(1) 15w, 2005: #2, 2004: #67]
99. Lostprophets “Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl” (48)
98. Lostprophets “A Town Called Hypocrisy” (41)
97. Cold “A Different Kind of Pain” [34(1) 6w, 2005: #235]
96. 30 Seconds to Mars “From Yesterday” [19(1) 5w]
95. Eighteen Visions “Victim” [40(1) 1w]
94. Eighteen Visions “Black and Bruised” [37(1) 4w]
93. Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” [24(1) 6w, 2005: #247]
92. Shinedown “Save Me” [21(2) 12w]
91. Thrice “Image of the Invisible” [35(1) 3w, 2005: #250]
90. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Stadium Arcadium” [26(1) 2w]
89. Eighteen Visions “The Sweetest Memory” [40(1) 1w]
88. AFI “Kiss and Control” (43)
87. The Dresden Dolls “Delilah” [26(3) 7w]
86. The Fray “How to Save a Life” [35(1) 6w]
85. Taking Back Sunday “MakeDamnSure” [26(1) 9w]
84. Eighteen Visions “Coma” [36(2) 6tw]
83. AFI “The Killing Lights” [37(1) 2w]
82. AFI “37mm” [36(1) 2w]
81. T.I. “What You Know” [28(1) 3w]
80. Rock Kills Kid “Paralyzed” [25(3) 5w]
79. Atreyu “My Fork in the Road (Your Knife in My Back)” [30(2) 8w]
78. Atreyu “Our Sick Story (Thus Far)” [29(1) 9w]
77. Bleeding Through “Tragedy of Empty Streets” [32(1) 10w]
76. Matchbook Romance “Monsters” [30(1) 12tw]
75. Weezer “Perfect Situation” [16(1) 10w, 2005: #163]
74. Green Day “Wake Me Up When September Ends” [22(1) 7w, 2005: #18, 2004: #236]
73. System of a Down “Lonely Day” [18(1) 11w]
72. Coldplay “Fix You” [17(1) 6w, 2005: #75]
71. 311 “Speak Easy/(Remix)” [11(1) 10w]
70. Disturbed “Stricken” [5(1) 17w, 2005: #78]
69. (+44) “When Your Heart Stops Beating” [5(1) 7w]
68. My Chemical Romance “Famous Last Words” [3(1) 7w]
67. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Hard to Concentrate” [32(1) 14w]
66. Evanescence “Call Me When You’re Sober” [19(3) 14w]
65. Green Day “Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia, II. City of the Damned, III. I Don’t Care, IV. Dearly Beloved,
V. Tales of Another Broken Home” [9(1) 14tw, 2005: #21, 2004: #111]
64. Lostprophets “Can’t Stop, Gotta Date with Hate” [28(2) 10w]
63. Lostprophets “Can’t Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won’t Save You This Time)” [35(1) 6tw]
62. Lostprophets “Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)” [28(2) 9w]
61. AFI “Affliction” [27(3) 17tw]
60. AFI “The Interview” [29(1) 19tw]
59. Bleeding Through “Line in the Sand” [24(1) 16w]
58. Panic! at the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” [30(1) 10w]
57. Lostprophets “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)” [22(1) 13tw]
56. Atreyu “Her Portrait in Black” [17(2) 19tw]
55. Mudvayne “Fall Into Sleep” [24(1) 21w]
54. Hard-Fi “Cash Machine” [15(1) 14w]
53. HIM “Vampire Heart” [18(2) 20tw, 2005: #106]
52. Bleeding Through “Kill to Believe” [22(1) 18tw]
51. Deftones “Hole in the Earth” [9(2) 14tw]
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50. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Snow ((Hey Oh))” [8(1) 13tw]
49. Eighteen Visions “Truth or Consequence” [25(3) 18tw]
48. Tool “Wings for Marie (Pt I)/10,000 Days (Wings Pt II)” [18(1) 17w]
47. Nine Inch Nails “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” [14(1) 21tw, 2005: #249]
46. AFI “The Missing Frame” [17(3t) 29w]
45. Muse “Map of the Problematique” [10(1) 16w]
44. Coldplay “Talk” [12(1) 20w]
43. AFI “Endlessly, She Said” [16(1) 24tw]
42. Angels & Airwaves “The Adventure” [6(1) 20w]
41. Madonna “Hung Up” [7(2) 15w, 2005: #71]
40. Madonna “Sorry” [10(1) 16w]
39. Atreyu “The Theft” [13(2) 19tw]
38. AFI “Prelude 12/21” [14(1) 28w]
37. AFI “Kill Caustic” [15(1) 29w]
36. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland “SexyBack” [6(1) 18w]
35. Tool “The Pot” [4(3t) 19w]
34. The Killers “When You Were Young” [3(4) 18w]
33. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. “My Love” [3(3) 15w]
32. My Chemical Romance (featuring Rinat) “The Ghost of You” [2(1) 23w, 2005: #22]
31. The All-American Rejects “Move Along” [6(1) 22w]
30. Madonna “Get Together” [13(1) 19tw, 2005: #93]
29. Bleeding Through “Return to Sender” [13(1) 25w]
28. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California” [5(2) 21w]
27. My Chemical Romance “Welcome to the Black Parade” [2(8t) 14w]
26. Muse “Knights of Cydonia” [4(2) 21w]
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25. Avenged Sevenfold “Sidewinder” [19(6) 47w, 2005: #53]
24. Bleeding Through (featuring Ben Falgoust) “For Love and Failing” [11(1) 28tw]
23. blink-182 “Not Now” [5(2) 24w, 2005: #120]
22. HIM “Killing Loneliness” [5(1) 28w, 2005: #198]
21. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Tell Me Baby” [7(2) 30tw]
20. AFI “Summer Shudder” [5(2t) 29w]
19. Avenged Sevenfold “M.I.A.” [8(2) 52w, 2005: #50]
18. Avenged Sevenfold “Betrayed” [11(1) 52w, 2005: #47]
17. Avenged Sevenfold “Blinded in Chains” [12(3t) 52w, 2005: #48]
16. Avenged Sevenfold “Trashed and Scattered” [10(1) 52w, 2005: #52]
15. HIM “Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly” [2(5) 29w, 2005: #29]
14. Bleeding Through “Love in Slow Motion” [5(2) 34tw]
13. Atreyu “Shameful” [7(2) 41w]
12. Tool “Vicarious” [2(4) 30w]
11. Avenged Sevenfold “Strength of the World” [5(5) 52w, 2005: #12]
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10. Avenged Sevenfold “The Wicked End” [4(5) 52w, 2005: #11]
09. Avenged Sevenfold “Burn It Down” [4(7t) 52w, 2005: #14]
08. AFI “Love Like Winter” [1(7) 29w]
07. Atreyu “Ex’s and Oh’s” [3(3) 42w]
06. Eighteen Visions “Tonightless” [1(2) 34w]
05. AFI “Miss Murder” [1(8t) 37w]
04. 30 Seconds to Mars “The Kill” [1(1) 45w, 2005: #154]
03. Avenged Sevenfold “Seize the Day” [1(11) 52w, 2005: #49]
02. Avenged Sevenfold “Bat Country” [1(12) 52w, 2005: #1]
01. Avenged Sevenfold “Beast and the Harlot” [1(11) 52w, 2005: #13]

[Nicholas2.0]

Omitting the album cuts, here are my 100 favorite singles of the year:

01. Avenged Sevenfold “Beast and the Harlot”
02. Avenged Sevenfold “Bat Country” [2005: #1]
03. Avenged Sevenfold “Seize the Day”
04. 30 Seconds to Mars “The Kill”
05. AFI “Miss Murder”
06. Eighteen Visions “Tonightless”
07. Atreyu “Ex’s and Oh’s”
08. AFI “Love Like Winter”
09. Tool “Vicarious”
10. Atreyu "Shameful"
11. Bleeding Through “Love in Slow Motion”
12. HIM “Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly” [2005: #20]
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Tell Me Baby”
14. HIM “Killing Loneliness”
15. blink-182 “Not Now” [2005: #76]
16. Muse “Knights of Cydonia”
17. My Chemical Romance “Welcome to the Black Parade”
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
19. Madonna “Get Together”
20. The All-American Rejects “Move Along”
21. My Chemical Romance “The Ghost of You” [2005: #14]
22. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. “My Love”
23. The Killers “When You Were Young”
24. Tool “The Pot”
25. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland “SexyBack”
26. Atreyu “The Theft”
27. Madonna “Sorry”
28. Madonna “Hung Up” [2005: #42]
29. Angels & Airwaves “The Adventure”
30. Coldplay “Talk”
31. Nine Inch Nails “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”
32. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Snow ((Hey Oh))”
33. Deftones “Hole in the Earth”
34. Bleeding Through “Kill to Believe”
35. Hard-Fi “Cash Machine”
36. Mudvayne “Fall Into Sleep”
37. Atreyu “Her Portrait in Black”
38. Lostprophets “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
39. Panic! at the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
40. Green Day “Jesus of Suburbia” [2005: #13]
41. Evanescence “Call Me When You’re Sober”
42. My Chemical Romance “Famous Last Words”
43. (+44) “When Your Heart Stops Beating”
44. Disturbed “Stricken” [2005: #47]
45. 311 “Speak Easy”
46. System of a Down “Lonely Day”
47. Green Day “Wake Me Up When September Ends” [2005: #12]
48. Weezer “Perfect Situation” [2005: #100]
49. Matchbook Romance “Monsters”
50. Rock Kills Kid “Paralyzed”
51. T.I. “What You Know”
52. Taking Back Sunday “MakeDamnSure”
53. The Fray “How to Save a Life”
54. Shinedown “Save Me”
55. Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body”
56. Eighteen Visions “Victim”
57. 30 Seconds to Mars “From Yesterday”
58. Cold “A Different Kind of Pain”
59. System of a Down “Hypnotize” [2005: #56]
60. Nine Inch Nails “Only” [2005: #28]
61. Lupe Fiasco “Kick, Push”
62. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You”
63. Busta Rhymes “Touch It”
64. Foo Fighters “No Way Back”
65. Foo Fighters “DOA”
66. Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder “Dare” [2005: #92]
67. Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” [2005: #57]
68. Fall Out Boy “Dance, Dance”
69. Fall Out Boy “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’ ”
70. The Dresden Dolls “Backstabber”
71. Fall Out Boy “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” [2005: #48]
72. Depeche Mode “Precious”
73. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
74. The Dresden Dolls “Sing”
75. Panic! at the Disco “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage”
76. 311 “Frolic Room”
77. 10 Years “Wasteland”
78. Disturbed “Just Stop”
79. Coldplay “The Hardest Part”
80. Weezer “This Is Such a Pity”
81. Thrice “Red Sky”
82. Lostprophets “The New Transmission”
83. Rise Against “Ready to Fall”
84. The Raconteurs “Steady, as She Goes”
85. Lacuna Coil “Our Truth”
86. Sia “Breathe Me”
87. People in Planes “If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)”
88. Papa Roach “…To Be Loved”
89. U2 & Green Day “The Saints Are Coming”
90. Eighteen Visions “Broken Hearted”
91. Gorillaz featuring De La Soul “Feel Good Inc.” [2005: #19]
92. Angels & Airwaves “Do It for Me Now”
93. Nelly Furtado “Say It Right”
94. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars”
95. The Strokes “Heart in a Cage”
96. Coheed and Cambria “Welcome Home”
97. Korn “Coming Undone”
98. Stone Sour “Through Glass”
99. Dashboard Confessional “Don’t Wait”
100. System of a Down “Kill Rock ’N Roll”
100. Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga “Where’d U Go”

EDIT: I had to add in Atreyu's "Shameful" at #10. I heard it was going to be a single, but I never saw any evidence of it...that is, until I started checking all the Mediabase charts once again (after I'd made the list) and noticed it was in the 30's or 40's on the Active Rock chart! Thanks a lot, R&R adds list!

[Nicholas2.0]

Here are 5 Top 20s of my favorite songs from underrepresented formats:

Pop
01. Madonna “Get Together”
02. The All-American Rejects “Move Along”
03. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. “My Love”
04. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland “SexyBack”
05. Madonna “Sorry”
06. Madonna “Hung Up” [2005: #3]
07. Panic! at the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
08. Evanescence “Call Me When You’re Sober”
09. Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” [2005: #5]
10. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
11. Nelly Furtado “Say It Right”
12. Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga “Where’d U Go”
13. Gwen Stefani “Luxurious” [2005: #16]
14. Paris Hilton “Stars Are Blind”
15. Justin Timberlake “What Goes Around…”
16. Sean Paul “Temperature”
17. The All-American Rejects “Dirty Little Secret”
18. Gwen Stefani “Wind It Up”
19. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland “Promiscuous”
20. Christina Aguilera “Ain’t No Other Man”

R&B
01. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You” [2005: #16]
02. Prince “Black Sweat”
03. Prince “Te Amo Corazón”
04. Cassie “Me & U”
05. Ne-Yo “So Sick”
06. Ne-Yo “Sexy Love”
07. Ciara “Promise”
08. Pharrell featuring Kanye West “Number One”
09. Cassie “Long Way 2 Go”
10. Janet Jackson featuring Nelly “Call on Me”
11. Danity Kane featuring Yung Joc “Show Stopper”
12. Cherish “Unappreciated”
13. Prince “Fury”
14. Lyfe Jennings featuring LaLa Brown “S.E.X.”
15. Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne “Gimme That (Remix)”
16. LeToya “Torn”
17. Chris Brown “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”
18. Ciara featuring Chamillionaire “Get Up”
19. Sleepy Brown featuring Pharrell & Big Boi “Margarita”
20. Prince “Satisfied”

Hip Hop/Urban
01. T.I. “What You Know”
02. Lupe Fiasco “Kick, Push”
03. Busta Rhymes “Touch It”
04. Clipse featuring Pharrell “Mr. Me Too”
05. Clipse featuring Slim Thug “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)”
06. Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani “Can I Have It Like That” [2005: #7]
07. Lupe Fiasco “I Gotcha”
08. OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown & Scar “Morris Brown”
09. Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott “Daydreamin’ ”
10. Fort Minor featuring Styles of Beyond “Remember the Name”
11. Flipsyde featuring Piper “Happy Birthday”
12. Rick Ross “Hustlin’ ”
13. The Pack “Vans”
14. OutKast “Idlewild Blue (Don’t Chu Worry ’Bout Me)”
15. OutKast “Mighty O”
16. Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell & B-Real “Vato”
17. Paul Wall “Girl”
18. Ice Cube featuring Snoop Dogg & Lil Jon “Go to Church”
19. Bow Wow “Fresh Azimiz”
20. Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck and 8Ball & MJG “Stay Fly”

AAA/Hot AC/Indie
01. Coldplay “Talk” [2005: #11]
02. The Fray “How to Save a Life”
03. Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” [2005: #10]
04. The Dresden Dolls “Backstabber”
05. Depeche Mode “Precious”
06. The Dresden Dolls “Sing”
07. Coldplay “The Hardest Part”
08. Sia “Breathe Me”
09. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars”
10. The Fray “Cable Car (Over My Head)” [2005: #19]
11. Jack Johnson “Upside Down”
12. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
13. Rob Thomas “Ever the Same”
14. Death Cab for Cutie “Crooked Teeth”
15. Goo Goo Dolls “Better Days”
16. Feist “Mushaboom”
17. Daniel Powter “Bad Day”
18. John Mayer “Waiting on the World to Change”
19. KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree”
20. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”

Country
01. Dixie Chicks “Not Ready to Make Nice”
02. Johnny Cash “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”
03. Faith Hill with Tim McGraw “Like We Never Loved at All” [2005: #7]
04. Trent Tomlinson “One Wing in the Fire”
05. Brooks & Dunn “Believe”
06. Tim McGraw “When the Stars Go Blue”
07. Trace Adkins “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” [2005: #15]
08. Sara Evans “Cheatin’ ”
09. Big & Rich “8th of November”
10. Trent Tomlinson “Drunker Than Me”
11. Toby Keith “A Little Too Late”
12. Rodney Atkins “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)”
13. Brad Paisley “The World”
14. Taylor Swift “Tim McGraw”
15. Julie Roberts “Men & Mascara”
16. Josh Turner “Your Man”
17. Gretchen Wilson “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today”
18. LeAnn Rimes “Something’s Gotta Give”
19. Miranda Lambert “Kerosene”
20. The Wreckers “Leave the Pieces”

[Nicholas2.0]

Here are my favorite music videos of the year. This is as far as I've gotten. Not sure how fast the all-time charts will come, though I do still have a sizeable amount of free time left this week...

01. Avenged Sevenfold “Seize the Day”
02. 30 Seconds to Mars “The Kill”
03. Muse “Knights of Cydonia”
04. Avenged Sevenfold “Beast and the Harlot”
05. AFI “Love Like Winter”
06. AFI “Miss Murder”
07. Gnarls Barkley “Gone Daddy Gone”
08. The Dresden Dolls “Backstabber”
09. Bleeding Through “Kill to Believe”
10. OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
11. My Chemical Romance “Welcome to the Black Parade”
12. Atreyu “The Theft”
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
14. Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco “Touch the Sky”
15. Alkaline Trio “Burn”
16. Panic! at the Disco “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
17. Angels & Airwaves “The Adventure”
18. Evanescence “Call Me When You’re Sober”
19. Eighteen Visions “Tonightless”
20. Bleeding Through “Love in Slow Motion”
21. Madonna “Sorry”
22. Lostprophets “A Town Called Hypocrisy”
23. The All-American Rejects “Move Along”
24. Fiona Apple “Not About Love”
25. Buckcherry “Crazy Bitch”
26. OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown & Scar “Morris Brown”
27. The Killers “When You Were Young”
28. Johnny Cash “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”
29. Eighteen Visions “Victim”
30. The Raconteurs “Steady, as She Goes (Version 2)”
31. Rise Against “Ready to Fall”
32. She Wants Revenge “Tear You Apart”
33. Lupe Fiasco “Kick, Push”
34. Eagles of Death Metal “I Want You So Hard (Boy’s Bad News)”
35. Lostprophets “Can’t Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won’t Save You This Time)”
36. (+44) “When Your Heart Stops Beating”
37. Feist “Mushaboom”
38. Dixie Chicks “Not Ready to Make Nice”
39. Fall Out Boy “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’ ”
40. 30 Seconds to Mars “From Yesterday”
41. The Strokes “Juicebox”
42. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Tell Me Baby”
43. Paris Hilton “Nothing in This World”
44. Taking Back Sunday “MakeDamnSure”
45. From First to Last “The Latest Plague”
46. Fall Out Boy “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”
47. “Weird Al” Yankovic “White and Nerdy”
48. Incubus “Anna Molly”
49. Tenacious D “POD (The Pick of Destiny)”
50. Muse “Starlight”
51. Underoath “Writing on the Wall”
52. Rise Against “Prayer of the Refugee”
53. Christina Aguilera “Hurt”
54. HIM “Killing Loneliness”
55. Mastodon “The Wolf Is Loose”
56. Gorillaz “El Mañana”
57. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
58. Less Than Jake “Overrated (Everything Is)”
59. NOFX “Seeing Double at the Triple Rock”
60. Dashboard Confessional “Don’t Wait”
61. Depeche Mode “Precious”
62. Lostprophets “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
63. Jack Johnson “Upside Down”
64. Keane “Is It Any Wonder”
65. Toby Keith “A Little Too Late”
66. Stone Sour “Through Glass”
67. Prince “Black Sweat”
68. System of a Down “Lonely Day”
69. Atreyu “Ex’s and Oh’s”
70. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. “My Love”
71. Killswitch Engage “My Curse”
72. The Dresden Dolls “Sing”
73. Mudvayne “Fall Into Sleep”
74. Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen”
75. Mastodon “Seabeast”
76. Thrice “Red Sky”
77. Deftones “Hole in the Earth”
78. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Snow ((Hey Oh))”
79. Rob Zombie “Foxy, Foxy”
80. Pink “Stupid Girls”
81. Blue October “Hate Me”
82. Matchbook Romance “Monsters”
83. Prince “Te Amo Corazón”
84. Atreyu “Her Portrait in Black”
85. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
86. Hawthorne Heights “Saying Sorry”
87. Justin Timberlake “SexyBack”
88. The Killers “Bones”
89. Audioslave “Original Fire”
90. Jurassic 5 “Work It Out”
91. Korn “Coming Undone”
92. Nickelback “Savin’ Me”
93. T.I. “What You Know”
94. She Wants Revenge “These Things”
95. DragonForce “Operation Ground and Pound”
96. Lupe Fiasco “Daydreamin’ ”
97. New Found Glory “It’s Not Your Fault”
98. Panic! at the Disco “But It’s Better If You Do”
99. DragonForce “Through the Fire and Flames”
100. Pharrell featuring Kanye West “Number One”

[Nicholas2.0]

I had to modify my Top albums list. I noticed I was breaking my own rule: I had System of a Down's Hypnotize in at #25, mentioning that it was #21 last year. Well, I don't count albums for a second year if they're gonna end up lower on the chart.

So 26-40 get moved up and I added in Underoath's Define the Great Line at #40. That's really the last album I can count toward this year that I was able to listen to in time. I guess I could put in my skimming of my burned copy of Punk Goes 90's even lower, only because I know the source music so well. I'm glad I didn't waste my money on that, only getting the Bleeding Through and Eighteen Visions tracks I wanted.

[tortuga]

I thought you didn't like that album.

[Nicholas2.0]

Um, that's why it's coming in last. Was the explanation not clear? If I only listened to 40 albums that I can count toward this year, that's what's gonna be #40.

[tortuga]

I guess that explains why Gwen Stefani's crap album is on there.

[Nicholas2.0]

tortuga said:

I guess that explains why Gwen Stefani's crap decent album is on there.

Anyway, it's all moot now, since I realized I forgot the 4-song demo that my homies in Sneath put out this year. It goes in where Hypnotize was, therefore everything gets moved back one to where it all had been, and Underoath gets forced back off.

Here are my favorite 100 albums that I heard in '06; that is, the Top 40 albums with all the older stuff from my collection that I (finally) familiarized myself with this past year. (And look at that, I guess Life on the Murder Scene has been #41 all along):

100. Anti-Flag – Die for the Government
99. The Ataris – Blue Skies, Broken Hearts…Next 12 Exits
98. k.d. lang – Ingénue
97. Prince & the New Power Generation – Diamonds & Pearls
96. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
95. My Chemical Romance – Life on the Murder Scene
94. Ben Harper – Diamonds on the Inside
93. Nelly Furtado – Loose
92. The Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics
91. Story of the Year – Page Avenue
90. Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
89. Underworld: Evolution soundtrack
88. VNV Nation – Empires
87. The Strokes – Room on Fire
86. Stabbing Westward – Ungod
85. Pretenders – Singles
84. Pixies – Doolittle
83. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult – Gay, Black and Married
82. Madonna – Like a Virgin
81. Morphine – Like Swimming
80. Morphine – Cure for Pain
79. Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
78. Less Than Jake – anthem.
77. Metallica – St. Anger
76. Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
75. She Wants Revenge
74. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…
73. TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes/Young Liars (EP)
72. The Rapture – Echoes
71. John Coltrane – Blue Train
70. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
69. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
68. Underworld soundtrack
67. Hatebreed – Supremacy
66. Killswitch Engage – As Daylight Dies
65. Ministry – Rio Grande Blood
64. Korn – See You on the Other Side [2005: #86]
63. Pharrell – In My Mind
62. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
61. Matchbook Romance – Voices
60. Social Distortion – Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
59. Franz Ferdinand
58. Neil Young – Harvest
57. 2 Skinnee J’s – $uper! Mercado
56. Atreyu – Fractures in the Façade of Your Porcelain Beauty (EP)
55. Avenged Sevenfold – Warmness on the Soul (EP)
54. Fall Out Boy – From Under the Cork Tree [2005: #78]
53. Prince – 3121
52. Sum 41 – Does This Look Infected?
51. Tricky – Maxinquaye
50. Bruce Springsteen – Greatest Hits
49. William Shatner – Has Been
48. Panic! at the Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
47. Sneath (Demo)
46. Depeche Mode – The Singles 81>85
45. Bob Dylan – The Essential Bob Dylan
44. Fort Minor – The Rising Tied
43. From First to Last – Heroine
42. Papa Roach – The Paramour Sessions
41. Queen – Classic Queen
40. Michael Jackson – Thriller
39. Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade 1986/1996
38. (+44) – When Your Heart Stops Beating
37. It Dies Today – The Caitiff Choir [2005: #69]
36. The Killers – Sam’s Town
35. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits
34. Hatebreed – The Rise of Brutality [2005: #55]
33. Thrice – Vheissu
32. HIM – Razorblade Romance [2005: #50]
31. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
30. The Doors – The Best of the Doors
29. Evanescence – The Open Door
28. Tenacious D – The Pick of Destiny
27. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan [2005: #90]
26. dredg – Catch Without Arms [2005: #26]
25. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
24. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor
23. The Dresden Dolls
22. Billy Idol – Greatest Hits
21. Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
20. The Clash – London Calling
19. Muse – Absolution [2005: #21]
18. Elton John – Greatest Hits
17. Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
16. Def Leppard – Vault: Greatest Hits 1980-1995
15. The Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia…
14. Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
13. 30 Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie
12. Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
11. Eighteen Visions
10. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack [2005: #42]
09. Tool – 10,000 Days
08. Coldplay – X&Y [2005: #23]
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
06. Atreyu – A Death-Grip on Yesterday
05. Bleeding Through – The Truth
04. Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission
03. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
02. AFI - Decemberunderground
01. Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil

[Matt4319]

No guessing games at all? :(

[Nicholas2.0]

Albums of all-time (without listening to any, which would make the process longer) is seemingly more of a bitch to make than last year, which is only compounded by the fact that I have jobs now, as opposed to a year ago. Hopefully I'll make a lyric game out of my favorite songs of all-time, whenever that's ready.

[Nicholas2.0]

Here it is, at long last, in all of its glory. This was an even more thorough process than making it last year, in an effort to maximize accuracy (which tends to be kind of arbitrary anyway, I found out, the further down it goes). It took me so many countless hours to assemble that I doubt I'll be continuing it annually anymore. (Several records that wound up surprisingly high last year took abrupt nose dives, for some reason.)

NICK'S TOP 100 ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME (2006)

2005 2006
94. 100. Beck – Odelay [#38]
ANCHOR
42. 99. Prince – The Hits [#42]
--- 98. Fugees (Refugee Camp) – The Score [#23]
71. 97. Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire [#15]
76. 96. Dr. Dre – 2001 [2000: #12, #76]
--- 95. Rancid – Let’s Go [#95]
90. 94. Good Charlotte – The Young and the Hopeless [2003: #9, #82]
75. 93. Wyclef Jean – Wyclef Jean presents The Carnival (featuring Refugee Allstars) [1998: #8, #15]
87. 92. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American [2001: #9, #83]
51. 91. Moby – Play [2001: #3, #39]
84. 90. Korn [#12]
80. 89. Orgy – Vapor Transmission [2000: #3, #64]
79. 88. Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape [#36]
--- 87. Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute [#31]
--- 86. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium [2006: #7]
91. 85. Skid Row [1999: #8, #73]
62. 84. Rammstein – Sehnsucht [1998: #3, #27]
74. 83. Korn – Issues [1999: #20, #18]
96. 82. Patsy Cline – 12 Greatest Hits [2001: #17, #82]
82. 81. Cold – 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage [2001: #7, #28]
--- 80. Bleeding Through – This Is Love, This Is Murderous [2004: #14]
56. 79. Stabbing Westward – Darkest Days [2002: #2, #53]
88. 78. David Bowie – Bowie – The Singles: 1969-1993 [#78]
63. 77. blink-182 – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket [2001: #2, #45]
100. 76. Bad Religion – No Substance [1998: #9, #76]
68. 75. Deftones – Adrenaline [#14]
93. 74. Bad Religion – Stranger Than Fiction [#23]
85. 73. New Order – Substance [#48]
67. 72. Deftones – Around the Fur [1998: #4, #32]
57. 71. Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles [1999: #2, #17]
--- 70. Atreyu – A Death-Grip on Yesterday [2006: #6]
55. 69. The Urge – Receiving the Gift of Flavor [#10]
77. 68. Dido – No Angel [#68]
--- 67. Bleeding Through – The Truth [2006: #5]
--- 66. Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission [2006: #4]
--- 65. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade [2006: #3]
73. 64. Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth [2005: #3, #64]
60. 63. Madonna – Bedtime Stories [#48]
65. 62. Nirvana – Nevermind [#13]
50. 61. No Doubt – Return of Saturn [2000: #6, #38]
83. 60. Descendents – Everything Sucks [#15]
46. 59. Social Distortion – Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll [2004: #7, #46]
23. 58. Rancid – Indestructible [2003: #5, #23]
53. 57. Stone Temple Pilots – Core [#37]
59. 56. A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms [2000: #11, #55]
61. 55. Tool – Opiate (EP) [#20]
41. 54. AFI – Black Sails in the Sunset [2003: #4, #41]
64. 53. Green Day – Dookie [#39]
81. 52. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory [2000: #4, #31]
38. 51. AFI – All Hallow’s E.P. [2003: #8, #38]
52. 50. blink-182 [2003: #6, #50]
29. 49. Depeche Mode – The Singles 86>98 [2000: #10, #18]
36. 48. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication [1999: #4, #20]
26. 47. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult – 13 Above the Night [#12]
20. 46. Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals [1999: #11, #20]
18. 45. Garbage – Beautiful Garbage [2001: #5, #18]
37. 44. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik [#10]
45. 43. Atreyu – Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses [2004: #3, #43]
40. 42. The Clash – The Story of the Clash, Vol. 1 [#32]
24. 41. Rage Against the Machine [#4]
22. 40. Alice in Chains – Dirt [#18]
54. 39. Cold – Year of the Spider [2003: #7, #39]
66. 38. Deftones – White Pony [2000: #2, #34]
70. 37. Lostprophets – Start Something [2004: #4, #37]
49. 36. Depeche Mode – Violator [#16]
25. 35. Korn – Follow the Leader [1998: #7, #7]
44. 34. Eighteen Visions – Obsession [2004: #6, #34]
39. 33. Stone Temple Pilots – Purple [#20]
35. 32. blink-182 – Enema of the State [2000: #1, #15]
48. 31. Bad Religion – Recipe for Hate [#12]
17. 30. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral [#7]
32. 29. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection [#22]
30. 28. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine [#23]
ROCKET
69. 27. My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge [2004: #11, 2005: #6, #27]
34. 26. Evanescence – Fallen [2003: #3, #26]
16. 25. Bad Religion – The Gray Race [#8]
21. 24. Madonna – Music [2000: #5, #21]
31. 23. Sublime [#19]
47. 22. Green Day – American Idiot [2004: #10, 2005: #8, #22]
--- 21. AFI – Decemberunderground [2006: #2]
27. 20. Atreyu – The Curse [2004: #2, #20]
43. 19. Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life and Death [2004: #8, #19]
15. 18. Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile [1999: #1, #14]
19. 17. Madonna – Ray of Light [1999: #12, #17]
33. 16. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way [2002: #1, #16]
28. 15. Social Distortion – White Light White Heat White Trash [#9]
09. 14. Tool – Lateralus [2001: #1, #9]
13. 13. Garbage – Version 2.0 [1998: #2, #8]
12. 12. The Used – In Love and Death [2004: #5, 2005: #2, #12]
14. 11. Foo Fighters [#1 (1 year)]
10. 10. AFI – The Art of Drowning [2002: #31, 2003: #2, #4]
08. 09. Garbage [#2]
11. 08. 311 [#3]
06. 07. Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen [2003: #10, 2004: #1, #6]
07. 06. Rancid – …And Out Come the Wolves [#6]
04. 05. Rancid – Life Won’t Wait [1998: #1, #3]
03. 04. Orgy – Candyass [1998: #5, #2]
05. 03. Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil [2005: #1, 2006: #1, #3]
02. 02. AFI – Sing the Sorrow [2003: #1, #2]
01. 01. Tool – Ænima [#1 (8 years)]

Falling off:
99. --- 311 – Transistor [#26]
98. --- No Doubt – Rock Steady [2001: #13, #88]
97. --- 311 – Soundsystem [1999: #18, #31]
95. --- Radiohead – The Bends [#95]
92. --- Misfits – Collection I [#92]
89. --- System of a Down – Toxicity [2002: #11, #79]
86. --- Prodigy –The Fat of the Land [#12]
78. --- Ween – Chocolate and Cheese [2002: #5, #78]
72. --- Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon [2002: #4, #72]
58. --- Videodrone [1999: #3, #25]

Key:
[year: #] = ranking on that year’s Top Albums Heard chart
[#] (by itself or following its ranking on that year’s Top Albums Heard chart) = peak on Top Albums of All-Time chart

[halo19]

That's a nice chart you've got there. There are quite a bit of albums that overlap from my list.

These all appeared on the one that I recently made (and posted):

nicholas said:

94. 100. Beck – Odelay [#38]
--- 98. Fugees (Refugee Camp) – The Score [#23]
51. 91. Moby – Play [2001: #3, #39]
79. 88. Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape [#36]
85. 73. New Order – Substance [#48]
65. 62. Nirvana – Nevermind [#13]
29. 49. Depeche Mode – The Singles 86>98 [2000: #10, #18]
18. 45. Garbage – Beautiful Garbage [2001: #5, #18]
37. 44. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik [#10]
49. 36. Depeche Mode – Violator [#16]
25. 35. Korn – Follow the Leader [1998: #7, #7]
39. 33. Stone Temple Pilots – Purple [#20]
17. 30. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral [#7]
30. 28. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine [#23]
--- 21. AFI – Decemberunderground [2006: #2]
15. 18. Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile [1999: #1, #14]
19. 17. Madonna – Ray of Light [1999: #12, #17]
33. 16. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way [2002: #1, #16]
09. 14. Tool – Lateralus [2001: #1, #9]
13. 13. Garbage – Version 2.0 [1998: #2, #8]
08. 09. Garbage [#2]
07. 06. Rancid – …And Out Come the Wolves [#6]
02. 02. AFI – Sing the Sorrow [2003: #1, #2]
01. 01. Tool – Ænima [#1 (8 years)]

Well, quite a bit is a much better statement than "a lot" since it's only 24/100, but 3 of my top 5 all-time albums are there. They're all in the Top 40, too. :) Even if The Bends is among the fallen on there .

As for others I am at this point familiar with:

--- 95. Rancid – Let’s Go [#95]
75. 93. Wyclef Jean – Wyclef Jean presents The Carnival (featuring Refugee Allstars) [1998: #8, #15]
84. 90. Korn [#12]
80. 89. Orgy – Vapor Transmission [2000: #3, #64]
--- 87. Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute [#? (don't have stats on hand)]
--- 86. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium [2006: #7]
74. 83. Korn – Issues [1999: #20, #18]
82. 81. Cold – 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage [2001: #7, #28]
67. 72. Deftones – Around the Fur [1998: #4, #32]
73. 64. Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth [2005: #3, #64]
60. 63. Madonna – Bedtime Stories [#48]
23. 58. Rancid – Indestructible [2003: #5, #23]
53. 57. Stone Temple Pilots – Core [#37]
59. 56. A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms [2000: #11, #55]
64. 53. Green Day – Dookie [#39]
81. 52. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory [2000: #4, #31]
38. 51. AFI – All Hallow’s E.P. [2003: #8, #38]
52. 50. blink-182 [2003: #6, #50]
36. 48. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication [1999: #4, #20]
20. 46. Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals [1999: #11, #20]
24. 41. Rage Against the Machine [#4]
66. 38. Deftones – White Pony [2000: #2, #34]
70. 37. Lostprophets – Start Something [2004: #4, #37]
35. 32. blink-182 – Enema of the State [2000: #1, #15]
32. 29. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection [#22]
69. 27. My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge [2004: #11, 2005: #6, #27]
34. 26. Evanescence – Fallen [2003: #3, #26]
21. 24. Madonna – Music [2000: #5, #21]
47. 22. Green Day – American Idiot [2004: #10, 2005: #8, #22]
14. 11. Foo Fighters [#1 (1 year)]
10. 10. AFI – The Art of Drowning [2002: #31, 2003: #2, #4]
03. 04. Orgy – Candyass [1998: #5, #2]

I haven't actually listened to MCR that much in awhile. I recently familiarized myself with the two AFI entries quoted, and those are also incredible records. American Idiot is actually excellent, even if I felt it was overhyped at the time. It's my second favorite Green Day album, right behind Warning: for me.
It's been long since the release of White Pony and can now forgive the fact that four versions were released, and since I've seen stores in my city that still sell the GRAY version, I've given it more of a chance and there are some songs I really love from there.
I also love the two Rancid albums, the Korn albums (my 3 favorites appeared here), Vapor Transmission, 13 Ways[/b], ATF, Core, APC, blink's s/t, Manson's entry, RATM, LPS's 2nd album and the Madonna albums. The others have some quality stuff in it, too.

[Nicholas2.0]

Thanks for the reply.