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Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
September 19, 2006
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
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Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
November 21, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Dark Cabaret
Score
100
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3
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Willie Nelson - You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
March 16, 2006
Country
Score
100
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4
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Bob Wiseman - Theme and Variations
September 7, 2006
Score
100
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5
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Feuermusik - Goodbye, Lucille
January 1, 2006
Score
100
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6
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Hot Toddy - Salty Sessions, Vol. 1
February 24, 2006
Score
100
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7
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Solomon Burke - Nashville
September 26, 2006
Score
100
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8
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Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Americana
,
Country
Score
100
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9
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Herbert - Scale
May 29, 2006
House
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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10
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Espers - II
May 16, 2006
Psychedelic Folk
Score
100
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11
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J Dilla - The Shining
August 22, 2006
Hip Hop
Score
100
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12
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Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
May 2, 2006
Score
100
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13
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Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
March 28, 2006
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
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14
.
The Draft - In a Million Pieces
September 12, 2006
Score
80
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15
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Fionn Regan - The End of History
August 7, 2006
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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16
.
J Dilla - Donuts
February 7, 2006
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
80
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17
.
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
October 31, 2006
Alternative Metal
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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18
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Shapes and Sizes - Shapes and Sizes
July 11, 2006
Score
80
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Amazon
19
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Jason Collett - Idols of Exile
February 7, 2006
Alt-Country
Score
80
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20
.
Priestess - Hello Master
June 13, 2006
Hard Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Score
80
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21
.
Luke Doucet - Broken (And Other Rogue States)
February 14, 2006
Score
80
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22
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His Name Is Alive - Detrola
January 24, 2006
Score
80
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23
.
Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
January 24, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
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24
.
Ursula Rucker - Ma'at Mama
February 7, 2006
Score
80
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Music
25
.
Young and Sexy - Panic When You Find It
February 14, 2006
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NOW Magazine awarded albums throughout 2006.
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