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Down Your Nose 2006 Best Of

Using a weighted scale where your #1 pick gets 10 points, your # 2 gets 9, etc… these are the top 10 discs of 2006 as chosen by the Down Your Nose group:

1) The Drams – Jubilee Dive (19 points)
2) The Hold Steady – Boys & Girls in America (18 points)
3) Built to Spill – You In Reverse (17 points)
4) Decemberists – Crane Wife (15 points)
5) Bob Dylan – Modern Times (15 points)
6) Muse – Black Holes & Revelations (14 points)
7) Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am (13 points)
8) Snow Patrol – Eyes Open (13 points)
9) Robert Pollard – Normal Happiness (13 points)
10) Neil Young – Living With War (12 points)

Throwing out the weighted scale, Built to Spill would have been the consensus #1 pick, as it was mentioned on 4 different lists. Arctic Monkeys showed up on 3 lists, and it was a mish-mash after those two. 41 different selections on the 6 lists, which speaks to the diversity of the members’ tastes.