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Bob Dylan - Modern Times
August 29, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
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Blues Rock
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100
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2
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TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
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3
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Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
May 15, 2006
Indie Pop
Score
80
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4
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Joshua Radin - We Were Here
June 13, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
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5
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Darondo - Let My People Go
June 23, 2006
Score
80
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6
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Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
October 10, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
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7
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Prince - 3121
March 21, 2006
Funk
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Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
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8
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Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire
October 3, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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9
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The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love
September 12, 2006
Dance-Punk
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Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
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10
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Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Ole! Tarantula
October 3, 2006
Psychedelic Pop
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Indie Rock
Score
80
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11
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Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
January 24, 2006
Alt-Country
Score
80
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12
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Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
November 13, 2006
Alternative Rock
,
Britpop
Score
80
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13
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Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
March 28, 2006
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
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14
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Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
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15
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Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way
May 23, 2006
Pop Rock
,
Country Pop
Score
80
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16
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Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
December 15, 2006
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
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17
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The Who - Endless Wire
October 30, 2006
Score
80
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18
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Beck - The Information
October 3, 2006
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
80
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19
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Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
September 19, 2006
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
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20
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Los Lobos - The Town and the City
September 12, 2006
Rock
Score
80
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21
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Elton John - The Captain & the Kid
September 18, 2006
Piano Rock
Score
80
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22
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Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
September 12, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
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23
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Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
September 26, 2006
Country
,
Rock & Roll
Score
80
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24
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New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
July 25, 2006
Glam Rock
,
Rock
Score
80
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25
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Thom Yorke - The Eraser
July 10, 2006
Glitch Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 2006.
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