Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2006

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys

2. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

3. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

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5. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye

6. Scott Walker - The Drift

7. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

8. Liars - Drum's Not Dead

9. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time

10. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet

11. Califone - Roots & Crowns

12. Mastodon - Blood Mountain

13. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

14. Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song

15. The Knife - Silent Shout

16. Booka Shade - Movements

Released: May 16th, 2006

Genre: House

Rating: 8.6

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17. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming

18. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine

19. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block

20. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles

Released: April 17th, 2006

Rating: 8.5

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21. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies

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22. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit

23. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

24. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

25. The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes

Released: August 29th, 2006

Genre: Indie Pop

Rating: 8.4

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