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This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2006. Check out
NME's Year End List
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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
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
2
.
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
February 6, 2006
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Americana
,
Country
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
March 7, 2006
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Amazon
Music
5
.
Mogwai - Mr Beast
March 7, 2006
Post-Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
August 14, 2006
Indie Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Howling Bells - Howling Bells
May 8, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
September 25, 2006
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Kasabian - Empire
September 19, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
October 23, 2006
Rock Opera
,
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home
November 6, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
,
Britpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
July 3, 2006
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
James Dean Bradfield - The Great Western
July 24, 2006
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
June 6, 2006
Indie Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea
March 21, 2006
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang
June 13, 2006
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
June 13, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Nelly Furtado - Loose
June 7, 2006
Dance-Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
July 10, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Espers - II
May 16, 2006
Psychedelic Folk
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
September 25, 2006
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Hidden Cameras - Awoo
September 4, 2006
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2006.
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