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Highest Rated Albums of 2006

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1.

Choeur De Chambre De Namur / La Fenice / Jean Tubery - Vanitas vanitatum
January 31, 2006
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Ensemble Organum / Marcel Pérès - Le Chant des Templiers
November 21, 2006
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

Jascha Heifetz - Heifetz: It Ain't Necessarily So - Legendary classic and jazz studio takes
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Vince Gill - These Days
October 17, 2006
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
August 8, 2006
Folk Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
July 3, 2006
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
October 27, 2006
Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
June 6, 2006
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
September 19, 2006
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

J Dilla - Donuts
February 7, 2006
Instrumental Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Knife - Silent Shout
February 17, 2006
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
November 28, 2006
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
September 5, 2006
Psychedelic Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

As Fast As - Open Letter To The Damned
May 23, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

16.

Roddy Woomble - My Secret Is My Silence
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

One Ring Zero - Wake Them Up
August 29, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

18.

Kenny Garrett - Beyond the Wall
August 29, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

19.

Marit Larsen - Under the Surface
March 6, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Nik Bärtsch - Hishiryo: Piano Solo
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Vakill - Worst Fears Confirmed
January 31, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Hank Mobley - Workout
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

23.

Bennie Maupin - Penumbra
May 9, 2006
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

24.

The Residents - River of Crime
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Striborg - Embittered Darkness / Isle de Morts
April 28, 2006
Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2006.
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