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Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
November 21, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Dark Cabaret
Critic Score
89
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
2
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TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
87
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Burial - Burial
May 15, 2006
Dubstep
,
Future Garage
Critic Score
87
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Ali Farka Touré - Savane
July 25, 2006
Blues
Critic Score
87
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
October 16, 2006
Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
86
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Bob Dylan - Modern Times
August 29, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
Critic Score
86
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Joanna Newsom - Ys
November 14, 2006
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
8
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Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
February 21, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
J Dilla - Donuts
February 7, 2006
Instrumental Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Americana
,
Country
Critic Score
84
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
September 19, 2006
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
March 7, 2006
Alt-Country
,
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
October 3, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Heartland Rock
Critic Score
84
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Howling Bells - Howling Bells
May 8, 2006
Indie Rock
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
October 17, 2006
Progressive Electronic
,
Disco
Critic Score
83
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
March 28, 2006
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
83
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Solomon Burke - Nashville
September 26, 2006
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Critic Score
83
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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The Format - Dog Problems
May 19, 2006
Indie Pop
,
Power Pop
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
January 24, 2006
Alt-Country
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Herbert - Scale
May 29, 2006
House
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
82
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
October 27, 2006
Pop Soul
,
Soul
,
R&B
,
Rhythm and Blues
Critic Score
82
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
October 3, 2006
Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Tom Zé - Estudando o Pagode
April 11, 2006
MPB
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
82
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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