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This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2006. Check out
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1
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Bob Dylan - Modern Times
August 29, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Americana
,
Country
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
September 12, 2006
Progressive Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
May 16, 2006
Garage Rock Revival
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
October 3, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Heartland Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
February 21, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Strays Don't Sleep - Strays Don't Sleep
May 1, 2006
Score
90
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Amazon
8
.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
September 19, 2006
Americana
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
.
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
November 21, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Dark Cabaret
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
.
John Legend - Once Again
October 24, 2006
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream
September 19, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The Concretes - In Colour
April 4, 2006
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Élan Vital
April 11, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Sleepy Jackson - Personality: One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
July 1, 2006
Indie Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Dream Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Juana Molina - Son
May 23, 2006
Folktronica
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Scott Walker - The Drift
May 8, 2006
Experimental
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Post-Industrial
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
May 23, 2006
Post-Punk
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea
March 21, 2006
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun
January 24, 2006
Indie Folk
,
Folk Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Mr. Lif - Mo' Mega
June 13, 2006
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
March 21, 2006
Roots Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
22
.
Ratatat - Classics
August 22, 2006
Indietronica
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Clearlake - Amber
January 24, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang
April 3, 2006
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2006.
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