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Madeleine Peyroux - Half The Perfect World
September 12, 2006
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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2
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Lyfe Jennings - The Phoenix
August 15, 2006
Score
100
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3
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Damien Rice - 9
November 3, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
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Amazon
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4
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Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream
September 19, 2006
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
5
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The Knife - Silent Shout
February 17, 2006
Synthpop
,
Electropop
,
Electronic
Score
100
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Amazon
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6
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Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke
October 3, 2006
Contemporary R&B
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
October 31, 2006
Alternative Metal
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Young Knives - Voices of Animals and Men
August 21, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
90
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Amazon
Spotify
9
.
The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
October 10, 2006
Post-Hardcore
,
Sasscore
,
Art Punk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
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10
.
Goose - Bring It On
September 11, 2006
Score
90
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Amazon
Spotify
11
.
Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
July 10, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
April 4, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms of Barrels
May 23, 2006
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
14
.
Hafdís Huld - Dirty Paper Cup
October 2, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Clark - Body Riddle
October 2, 2006
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Scott Walker - The Drift
May 8, 2006
Experimental
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Hope of The States - Left
June 19, 2006
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Americana
,
Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Drones - Gala Mill
September 2, 2006
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
July 25, 2006
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Americana
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Trentemøller - The Last Resort
October 6, 2006
Ambient Techno
,
Dub Techno
,
Minimal Techno
,
Microhouse
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Television Personalities - My Dark Places
February 27, 2006
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Desert Hearts - Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki
October 30, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Joanna Newsom - Ys
November 14, 2006
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
.
M. Ward - Post-War
August 22, 2006
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Gigwise awarded albums throughout 2006.
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