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Highest Rated Albums of 2006

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  - Indie Rock
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  - Post-Rock
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  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
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2006

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain

August 8, 2006

Score

100

2. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

November 28, 2006

Score

100

3. Vince Gill - These Days

Vince Gill - These Days

October 17, 2006

Score

100

4. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

June 6, 2006

Score

100

5. The Knife - Silent Shout

The Knife - Silent Shout

February 17, 2006

Score

100

6. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

October 27, 2006

Score

100

7. J Dilla - Donuts

J Dilla - Donuts

February 7, 2006

Instrumental Hip Hop

Score

100

8. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

January 23, 2006

Score

100

9. The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You

The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You

March 15, 2006

Score

90

10. NOMO - New Tones

NOMO - New Tones

May 8, 2006

Score

90

11. Air France - On Trade Winds

Air France - On Trade Winds

December 13, 2006

Score

90

12. The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea

The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea

March 21, 2006

Score

90

13. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse

June 6, 2006

Score

90

14. Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide

Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide

September 12, 2006

Atmospheric Black Metal

Score

90

15. Five Deez - Kommunicator

Five Deez - Kommunicator

February 2, 2006

Score

90

16. Jewel - Goodbye Alice in Wonderland

Jewel - Goodbye Alice in Wonderland

May 2, 2006

Score

90

17. The Slackers - Peculiar

The Slackers - Peculiar

February 21, 2006

Score

90

18. Patricia Barber - Mythologies

Patricia Barber - Mythologies

August 15, 2006

Score

90

19. Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye

Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye

January 24, 2006

Score

90

20. Fredrik Ullén - Ligeti: Complete Piano Music

Fredrik Ullén - Ligeti: Complete Piano Music

September 26, 2006

Score

90

21. Cheap Trick - Rockford

Cheap Trick - Rockford

June 3, 2006

Score

90

22. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go

September 19, 2006

Score

90

23. Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners

Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners

October 23, 2006

Score

90

24. Adem - Love and Other Planets

Adem - Love and Other Planets

September 26, 2006

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

25. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

March 7, 2006

Score

90

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

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