Finally put together my single chart for 2006 after buying digital copies of all my vinyl purchases so I could compare like for like (sad or what? I should have just bought a vinyl usb adaptor).

So without any further ado here are positions 100-76.

100 Owen, Mark - Hail Mary
099 Moby ft Debbie Harry - New York New York
098 Hot Chip - Colours
097 Prince - Fury
096 Zero 7 - Throw It All Away
095 Storys, The - Cinnamon
094 Hayes, Gemma - Undercover
093 The Kooks - Ooh La
092 Arthur, Joseph - Devil's Broom…

Singles short on the ground this week. Not sure if the new download rules on the UK chart is causing the dearth of new CD releases or is it just holiday season fatigue?

Fast-paced rockin' Girl-band The Hedrons blast out Heatseeker
Nerina Pallot has a radio-friendly hit with Learning To Breathe
Slight change of direction with The Cooper Temple Clause and Waiting Game - less rock, more country rock perhaps?
Fighting the monster of their big hit, The Automatic have a reasonable stab with Raoul
Finally Jarvis Cocker has a track with great potential in Don't Let Him Waste Your…

Bought a few singles today although I doubt this week's new stuff is in yet. Among those I missed in the last few weeks and have now picked up are:

The Photos On My Wall Short, sharp burst of pop-rock
Littlest Things Lightweight compared to her cheesy but tart "LDN"
Before I Fall To Pieces Growing on me but rather whiny in places
Window In The Skies Competent but forgettable
You Know My Name Actually I didn't but the acoustic version of Black Hole Sun connects the dots for me

Addendum 6th Jan: Been listening to these off and on…

I'm behind in creating my year end chart for 2006. The main reason is that I bought a couple of dozen vinyl singles last year and because I don't have a great record player, it's a bit unfair on those tracks.

Still maybe I'm just making excuses. Like 2005, another great year for new British bands. How many will feature in my Top 100?