Best Albums of 2006
Listed below are the best albums of 2006 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Tom waits orphans, subtitled, brawlers, bawlers and bastards, is a 3cd collection of unreleased and new songs. Brawlers, gives over to the more rock/blues material, while, bawlers, is for the ballads, and, bastards, to the more obscure stuff such as spoken word, instrumental and even jokes. The f..." [+] Reply
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"Hot Chip put themselves on the indie pop dance-floor map with "and i was a boy from school" mining the darker aspects of electronic music on "the warning" by being more focused, all while being more pop friendly. It certainly shows in that track as well as "over and over" and "no fit state"" Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"it saddens me that this album hasn't even broke the top 1,000. lupe is so over-looked as an artist its not even funny, lyricism is mirrored by none, the modern-age Nas. I firmly believe it's one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, the 2nd best of the 2000s after marshall mathers lp." Reply
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"Probably the best album that nobody on this site knows about. Production is just godly on this." Reply
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ledemoncleaner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Less of an album to listen to and more of an album to invite into your presence, allowing it to accompany you as you walk, or sleep, or write, etc. It's like the corners of a painting and you get to be the centre." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Sorry, a playlist with some Strokes, Kings of Leon, James Blunt and Damien Rice has already been made." Reply
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"Burial's self-titled album is a very impressive debut; most veteran musicians have never put out work with comparable amounts of quality to this record. With the use of sampled vocals and claustrophobic beats, this record expertly captures and evokes a dark mood, along with an overwhelming sense ..." [+] Reply
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"Though not their strongest effort, I'll like most anything that Built to Spill does. It's a solid effort that shows that they have an admirably consistent discography, maybe to a fault at times. Still, this remains a fine album." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A good listen to long time Sonic Youth fans. Dont know if it will mean much to other casual listeners. Incinerate is so good." Reply
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"I like to think of this as the second half of The Streets' A Grand Don't Come For Free written from the girl's perspective. I can't believe I never bothered to listen for a whole 10 years." Reply
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andy_hunter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 5 of 100
Best Albums of 2006 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Marisa Monte | 2 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 0% | |
| ムック [Mucc] | 2 | 0% | |
| J Dilla | 2 | 0% | |
| U2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Mastodon | 2 | 0% | |
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488 | 49% | |
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190 | 19% | |
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45 | 5% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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