2006 albums

(annotated list here)

1. Forest Giants "Welcome To The Mid-West" (Cherryade)
2. Zygote "Beats To Make You Frown" (Boot)
3. The Manhattan Love Suicides "The Manhattan Love Suicides" (Magic Marker)
4. Taskforce "Music From The Corner Volume 4" (Music From The Corner)
5. Tinchy Stryder "I'm Back U Know!" (Boy Better Know)
6. Scorcher "Simply The Best" (Adamantium)
7. Boyracer "A Punch Up The Bracket" (555)
8. Beatnik Filmstars "In Great Shape" (The Track And Field Organisation)
9. Life ? "Realities Of Life" (Zebra Traffic)
10. The Hit Parade "The Return Of The Hit Parade" (Jsh)

11. Math And Physics Club "Math And Physics Club" (Matinee Recordings)
12. Ruff Sqwad "Guns And Roses Volume 2" (Ruff Sqwad Recordings)
13. Napalm Death "Smear Campaign" (Century Media)
14. Pipas "Sorry Love" (Long Lost Cousin)
15. Blade "Guerrilla Tactics" (691 Influential)
16. Frisco "Back 2 Da Lab Vol. 1" (Boy Better Know)
17. Horowitz "Frosty Cat Songs" (Kitchen Records)
18. C-Mone "The Butterfly Effect" (Son Records)
19. Tender Trap "6 Billion People" (Fortuna Pop!)
20. Narcosis "Romance" (Calculated Risk Products)

21. JME "Shh Hut Yuh Muh" (Boy Better Know)
22. Demiricous "One" (Metal Blade)
23. Supar Novar "From The Beginning" (Kemet Entertainment)
24. Tinchy Stryder "Lost And Found" (Boy Better Know)
25. JME "Poomplex" (Boy Better Know)
26. Newham Generals "Best Of Newham Generals Volume 1" (Hotheadzpromotions)
27. Eskiboy "Tunnel Vision Volume 2" (Boy Better Know)
28. Stig Of The Dump "The Homeless Microphonist" (Beer & Rap)
29. Terrorizer "Darker Days Ahead" (Century Media)
30. Wretch 32 "Learn From My Mixtape" (Self-Released)

31. Morrissey "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" (Attack)
32. DJ Twister Presents... Fire Camp "Living Legends Volume 1" (Lethal Bizzle Records)
33. Syer "Boy With The Fire" (Self-Released)
34. Pete Dale And The Beta Males "Betrayed By Folk" (Fortuna Pop!)
35. Deicide "The Stench Of Redemption" (Earache)
36. Sway "This Is My Demo" (Dcypha)
37. Slayer "Christ Illusion" (Columbia)
38. East River Pipe "What Are You On ?" (Merge)
39. Darkthrone "The Cult Is Alive" (Peaceville)
40. Eskiboy "Tunnel Vision Volume 3" (Boy Better Know)

41. Pariz-1 "Uncomplicated Vision" (Self-Released, we think)
42. The Elementz "Elementz Universe Volume 2" (EU Entertainment)
43. Decapitated "Organic Hallucinosis" (Earache)
44. JME "Derkhead"(Boy Better Know)
45. Minimum Chips "Lady Grey" (Baked Goods)
46. Jeff Walker And Die Fluffers "Welcome To Carcass Cuntry" (In Grind We Trust)
47. Manage "(Live) In Protest" (Merciless)
48. Asaviour "The Borrowed Ladder" (Lowlife)
49. Beaumont "No Time Like The Past" (Siesta)
50. The Berzerker "World Of Lies" (Earache)

JME managed three entries in the list: Tinchy Stryder and, of course, Eskiboy, two each. We shamelessly flew the UK flag again, it seems, with 38 of the albums basically being from these shores. The honourable exceptions came from the USA (at numbers 7 - I think sadly we now have to award Boyracer to the States - 11, 22, 29, 35, 37 and 38) Norway (39), Poland (43) and Australia (45, 50). And wherever Pipas (13) "officially" hail from!