As 2006 begins to wind down I was compelled to look back on the music that has impacted me this year. Personally, it has been a rollercoaster of a year and these songs are among the many that kept me going and helped to flatten out the peaks and valleys a little. All songs in this playlist were released this year, so this is perhaps the first draft of my best of list. Certainly others to be inc... [+]

As 2006 begins to wind down I was compelled to look back on the music that has impacted me this year. Personally, it has been a rollercoaster of a year and these songs are among the many that kept me going and helped to flatten out the peaks and valleys a little. All songs in this playlist were released this year, so this is perhaps the first draft of my best of list. Certainly others to be included, but this grouping felt right and fits on a CD, if you still use them. [-]