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: 5 hours ago).
"It's actually recorded (at her home) in the early seventies. It took a dinosaur to save this one from extinction." Reply
"Will Oldham should really have changed his moniker again for this one. Because he's all grown up. This is no longer Will channeling a Bonnie "Prince" Billie to sing about the darkest recesses of his soul. This is just Will. Producing some of the best mature country & indie rock songs about love a..." [+] Reply
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Repo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"not the best deftones album. definitely something for every fan though. You can tell the band had some internal issues during the long process the album took to make" Reply
"Sort of a new way to render No Wave. There is melody but without any logic direction in its evolution. Instead, the focus is all on the martial/obsessive drum patterns or in the pictorial use of guitars. What's interesting and intriguing is that this kind of No Wave does not sacrifice care on sou..." [+] Reply
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Kalos | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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"Absolutely brilliant album, gives me chills every listen, a close second behind "The Mantle". Not quite as good but a pioneering work by the band, the album consists of some of their greatest work with ground-shattering tracks like "Limbs" or "Unlike the Waves"." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I think this album anticipates a lot of the ostentatiously produced folk music that would become super popular in the last chunk of the decade, which is pretty interesting considering just who it is we're talking about here. Now that I think of it, has indie rock/folk's roots ever been severed ve..." [+] Reply
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40footwolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"One of the best pop records of the early 21st century." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This anticipates the return to form that was Backspacer. There are a handful of very worthwhile tracks on this including the understated, underrated Come Back and the very lovely Marker in the Sand." Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"One day i want to start a school and make the motto Learnalilgivinanlovin and make Learnalilgivinanlovin the school song which is played at every assembly" Reply
"Really experimental, eclectic and interesting, this album is one of the best kept secrets of the last decade." Reply
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covecove | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2006 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Tom Verlaine | 2 | 0% | |
| Mastodon | 2 | 0% | |
| 平沢進 [Susumu Hirasawa] | 2 | 0% | |
| Beirut | 2 | 0% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 2 | 0% | |
| The Twilight Singers | 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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28 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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