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1.
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
August 29, 2006
Folk
Score
100
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TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Experimental Rock
Score
90
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3.
OutKast - Idlewild
August 22, 2006
Hip Hop
Score
80
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4.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
March 28, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
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5.
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
December 15, 2006
Hip Hop
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80
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6.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
September 26, 2006
Country
Score
80
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7.
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
September 19, 2006
Hip Hop
Score
80
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8.
Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire
October 3, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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9.
Los Lobos - The Town and the City
September 12, 2006
Rock
Score
80
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10.
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
June 13, 2006
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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11.
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
80
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12.
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Hip Hop
Score
80
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13.
John Mayer - Continuum
September 12, 2006
Pop Rock
Score
80
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14.
Neil Young - Living With War
May 9, 2006
Rock
Score
80
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15.
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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16.
Prince - 3121
March 21, 2006
Funk
Score
80
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17.
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
April 25, 2006
Americana
Score
80
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18.
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
October 23, 2006
Pop Punk
Score
80
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19.
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
November 14, 2006
Britpop
Score
80
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20.
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
July 11, 2006
Electronic
Score
80
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21.
Darondo - Let My People Go
June 23, 2006
Score
80
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22.
Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
January 24, 2006
Alt-Country
Score
80
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23.
Elton John - The Captain & the Kid
September 18, 2006
Pop Rock
Score
80
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24.
Beck - The Information
October 3, 2006
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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25.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
May 9, 2006
Rock
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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