Best Albums of 2006

Listed below are the best albums of 2006 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
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2006 year summaryThe best artists of 2006 were Arctic Monkeys, Joanna Newsom, Amy Winehouse, Muse, My Chemical Romance, J Dilla, Brand New, Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Killers.
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"A fresh and lovely album full of excellent ambitious songs, delivered in a bombast that suits the music perfectly. Some brilliant tracks in, made up love song, trains to Brazil, and, Sao Paulo. Guillemots made some good records after this but none come close to the beauty and invention of this al..."  [+]  Reply
- garycottier | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"It's not that the songs are bad because there are some damn good songs on here (others... not so much). As an album, this thing doesn't come together so well. Even though they tried to structure is with the door opening and closing, it just does not flow smoothly. I really like the hits off of he..."  [+]  Reply
- Anti | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"The Unicorns breakup resulted in the formation of The Islands. The sound is approximately the same, but cleaner and more refined, mature dare-i-say, which results in an album without "Cut Our Hair"'s peaks and mountainous missteps. They genre-hop a bit too, from electronic minor-glitches to hip h..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of 2006 composition

Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. R.E.M.
16. The Beach Boys
17. Kanye West
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. The Cure
20. Pixies