Perfect Sounds: 2006

Albums:

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Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar)
Todd Snider: The Devil You Know (New Door)
Ghostface: Fischscale (Def Jam)
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped (Geffen)
Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: New Magical Kingdom (Clean Feed)
The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
Bob Dylan: Modern Times (Columbia)
be your own PET: be your own Pet (Ecstatic Peace)
Wussy: Funeral Dress (Shake It!)
Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
Adam Lane Trio: Zero Degree Music (CIMP, 2005)
Love is All: Nine Times that Same Song (Whats Your Rupture?)
The Thermals: The Body, the Blood, the Machine (Sub Pop)
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
Klezmatics: Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (Jewish Music Group)
This Moment in Black History: It Takes a Nation of Assholes to Hold Us Back (Cold Sweat)
Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liqour (Atlantic)
Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson in Crime (Paper Bag Rcords)
Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)
World Saxophone Quartet: Political Blues (Justin Time)
KRS-One: Life (Image Entertainment)
CSS: Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice (Palmetto)
Ghostface: More Fish
Nas: Hip Hop is Dead (Def Jam)
Jenny Lewis: Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
Odyssey the Band: Back in Time (Pi Recordings)
Prince: 3121 (Universal)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones (Interscope)
Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker: Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity)
The Roots: Game Theory (Def Jam)
Bobby Previte: Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope Music Entertainment)
Thunderbirds are Now: Make History (French Kiss)
Tom Waits: Orphans (Anti-)
The Ladies: They Mean Us (Temporary Residence)
Rhymefest: Blue Collar (J Records)
Mario Pavone: Deez to Blues (Playscape)
Rhett Miller: The Believer (Verve)
Tom Ze: Estudando o Pagode (Trama)
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You, and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Pony Up !: Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes (Dim Mak)
The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love (Universal Motown)
Atomic: Happy New Ears (Jazzland)
Mr. Lif: Mo' Mega (Definitve Jux)
Adam Lane Trio: Music Degree Zero (CIMP)
Erase Errata: Night Life (Kill Rock Stars)
TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Montain (4AD)
Jon Faddis: Terranga (Koch)
Erik Friedlander: Prowl (Cryptogramophon)
Rough Guide to Planet Rock (World Music Network)
Drive-By Truckers: A Blessing and A Curse (New West)
Mountain Goats: Get Lonely (4AD)
Marit Larsen: Under the Surface (EMI)
Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat (Reprise)
Trio 3 (Lake, Workman, Cyrille): Time Being (Intakt)
Mission of Burma: The Obliterati (Matador)
The Rakes: Capture/Release (V2 International)
Matmos: The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Matador)
Nels Cline: New Monastery (Cryptogramophon)
Pink: I'm Not Dead (La Face)
Rockettothesky: To Sing You Apple Trees (Trust Me Records)
The Knife: Silent Shout (...)
Girl Talk: Night Ripper (...)

Just missed, in no particular order:

The Veronicas: The Secret Life of The Veronicas
Pere Ubu: Why I Hate Women (Hearpen)
Coachwhips: Double Death
Lone Catalysts: Good Music
The Concretes: In Colour
Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
Andrew Hill: Time Lines
Hamell on Trial: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
Shoplifhting: Body Stories
Aceyalone: Magnificent City
Scritti Politti: White Bread, Black Beer
T.I.: King (Grand Hustle)
The Source: The Source (ECM)
Built to Spill: You in Reverse (Warner)
Matthew Shipp: One (Thirsty Ear)
Band of Horses: Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
The Evens: Get Evens (Dischord)
Burial: Burial (Hyperdub)
Beirut: Gulag Orkestrar (Ba Da Bing!)
Bell Orchestre: Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rogh Trade, 2005)
Dr. Octagon: The Return of Dr. Octagon (OCD International)
Ardecore: Ardecore (il manifesto)
Joanna Newsom: YS (Drag City)

Albums I have only recently heard but will probably make the list:

Anthony Braxton & Wolf Eyes: Black Vomit (Victo)
Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming (Pi)
Maria Muldaur: Heart of Mine--Love Songs of Bob Dylan (Telarc)
Sonic Liberation Front: Change Over Time (Pi)

(Latest update: Jan. 31, 2007)

Songs/singles:

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Gnarles Barkley "Crazy"
The Thermals: "Pillar of Salt"
The Hold Steady: "Chillout Tent"
Arctic Monkeys: "When The Sun Goes Down"
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.: "My Love"
Sonic Youth: "Incinerate"
Todd Snider: "You Got Away With it (A Tale of Two Fraternity Boys)"
Bob Dylan: "Working Man's Blues pt.2"
Justin Timberlake: "Love Stoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude)"
The Veronicas: "4Ever"
Christina Aguilera: "Ain't No Other Man"
World Saxophone Quartet: "Political Blues"
Wussy: "Yellow Cotton Dress"
The Hold Steady: "Caught Between Stations"
Ghostface: "Shakey Dog"
be your own PET: "We Will Vacaction, You can Be My Parasol"
The Coup: "LughLoveFuck"
Sonic Youth: "Sleeping Around"
Dixie Chicks: "The Long Way Around"
Lupe Fiasco: "Kick, Push"
Tokyo Police Club: "Shoulders & Arms"
Mr. Lif feat. Murs: "Murz iz My Manager"
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins: "Rise up with Fists!"
Marit Larsen: "Under the Surface"
Margareth Berger: "Will You Remember Me Tomorrow"
Cansei de Ser Sexy: "Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"
Prince: "Black Sweat"
Pere Ubu: "Two Girls (One Bar)"
Klezmatics: "Mermaid Avenue"
KRS-One: "Bling Blung"
The Coup: "My Favorite Mutiny"
Pink: "Who Knew"
be your own PET: "Adveture"
This Moment in Black History: "Garbage In/Garbage Out"
Ghostface: "Whip You with a Strap"
Dr. Octagon: "Al Green"
Jesus H. Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse: "Connecticut's For F*cking"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Honeybear"
Built to Spill: "Conventional Wisdom"
Lillix: "Sweet Temptaition"
Todd Snider: "The Devil You Know"
Drive-By Truckers: "Easy on Yourself"
Beirut: "Postcardsd from Italy"
Mission of Burma: "Nancy Reagan's Head"
Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland: "Promiscous"
The Rapture: "Whoo! Alright Yeah ... Uh-Huh"
The Pippettes: "Your Kisses are Wasted on Me"
Rockettothesky: "Cigars"
OutKast: "Hollywood Divorce"
Lil' Chris: "Checking it Out"
Shoplifters: "Male Gynecology"

Re-issues/vault:

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The Drifters: The Definitive Soul Collection (Atlantic/Rhino)
James Talley: Got No Bread No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love (Cimarron)
Al Green: The Belle Album (Hi)
Fats Waller: If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It (3CD, Bluebird/Legacy)
Louis Jordan: Number Ones (Geffen)
Journey Into Paradise... the Larry Levan Story (Rhino)
Golden Afrique vol.2 (Network)
Talking Heads: various album reissues
Maximum Joy: Unlimited 1979-1983 (Crippled Dick)
db's: Like This (Collector's Choice)
A Tom Moulton Mix (Soul Jazz)
Delta 5: Singles & Sessions 1979-81 (Kill ROck Stars)
The Ex: Singles. Period. The Vinyl Years 1980-1990 (Touch and Go)
The Move: Message From the Country (Capitol)
Los Lobos: Wolf Tracks: The Very Best of Los Lobos (Rhino)
Sebadoh: Sebadoh III
Ciccone Youth: The Whitey Album
Mott the Hoople: Mott

Eagerly anticipating:

Various: How Low Can You Go (Dust-to-Digital)