2006: The End? - June

In June 2006 we had the World Cup and as a result there were several football records in the charts. As I've said many times, music and football don't mix so it's a collective zero for those records.

Indie/garage rock was still the most dominant genre though and once again I don't remember the bulk of those records. I've also forgotten several of them already after listening to them and none of them get any points.

I would question whether my music taste of dance, rap and R&B was really a thing by this point although this is the source of most of the points for this month.

Dance wise we have the best record which is "Fade" by Solu Music. This very much reminds me of the Galaxy Chart days on MTV Dance. We also have "Faster Kill Pussycat" by Paul Oakenfold which is OK. The only other dance record this month is "Love Sensation '06" by Loleatta Holloway, something that had been done to death by then and gets no points.

Rap wise there is half a point for Streets with "Never Went To Church", a pleasant enough listen but not enough about it to get full marks. No points for Black Eyed Peas or TI.

The R&B point comes from Nelly Furtado with "Maneater". I remember at the time thinking this was the only decent R&B record of the moment and from a chart perspective at least it was. The other R&B records were "Say Something" by Mariah Carey which couldn't be saved by the appearance of Snoop Dogg or a Neptunes production, and "Trouble Sleeping" by Corinne Bailey Rae which is more likely to help me to sleep.

The one remaining point goes to Depeche Mode with the double a-side "John The Revelator / Lilian" which showed they still knew how to make a good tune all those years later.

Onto the worst record then which goes to Leann Rimes with "And It Feels Like". I didn't realise she was still having hits as late as 2006, though this was her final Top 40 hit to date. I find a lot of country music cringeworthy, but the watered down country pop music she does takes this to another level.

Here's a list of the records with the best on top, worst at the bottom and the good ones in green, OK ones in amber and rubbish ones in red (and in no particular order):

Score: 10%

Here's a look at the chart:

Worse than May and worse than any month in 2005. There's still a chance we'll improve in the 2nd half of the year but from what I remember I doubt it.