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Highest Rated Albums of 2006

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This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2006. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

October 3, 2006

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2. Joanna Newsom - Ys

November 14, 2006

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3. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

November 28, 2006

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4. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions

October 10, 2006

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5. Danielson - Ships

May 9, 2006

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6. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

September 12, 2006

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7. Scott Walker - The Drift

May 23, 2006

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8. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

March 28, 2006

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9. Liars - Drum's Not Dead

March 21, 2006

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10. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye

September 12, 2006

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11. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time

March 21, 2006

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12. Herbert - Scale

May 29, 2006

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13. Califone - Roots & Crowns

October 10, 2006

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14. Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song

January 24, 2006

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15. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet

October 16, 2006

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16. Mastodon - Blood Mountain

September 12, 2006

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17. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

September 5, 2006

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18. The Knife - Silent Shout

February 17, 2006

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19. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming

May 2, 2006

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20. Booka Shade - Movements

May 16, 2006

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21. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon

March 1, 2006

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22. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles

April 17, 2006

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23. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine

August 22, 2006

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24. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block

August 14, 2006

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25. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

November 20, 2006

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2006.

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