Best Albums of 2006
Explore the best albums of 2006, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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""Is This It" started it. "Whatever" is its peak." Reply
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M42K0 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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"Birds chirp in the trees outside my room, particularly in the morning. One day I woke up, opened the window, and played Ys while hearing the birds in the background. It brought the record to new levels of awesome." Reply
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"I'll admit, I never really had an interest in listening to Amy Winehouse for some reason, and then she died, and I wanted to know what she sounded like. So I listened to a song from this album...and then the entire album. What a great, soulful work this is, with powerful vocals and melodies and l..." [+] Reply
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"I have to go against the crowd and state that I find this album much more enjoyable to listen to than Origin of Symmetry and Absolution. I found Origin of Symmetry somewhat flat and I found Absolution too grandiose and rather one-dimensional. By the end of Absolution every song sounded like one b..." [+] Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"cmon guys it isnt that bad. or is it because pitchfork doesnt approve, in that case go listen to Kid A and take in the "sonic brilliance" you pretentious tea sipping sheep" Reply
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"Incredible. In the class of Endtroducing... and one of the best albums of last decade." Reply
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"Definitely the best album of the 2000s so far. If not for OK Computer, I'd rank it as the greatest of all time. The most emotional, honest, despairing, hopeless album ever recorded. The lyrics and musicianship are absolutely perfect. While Brand New has made 4 incredible albums which each master ..." [+] Reply
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"It blows my mind that there is a hidden track that can be found by playing multiple tracks at the same time. How does one even do that?" Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"All Chili Pepper albums with John Frusciante are excellent Like Flea said, if you don't get Stadium Arcadium, you don't get the Peppers. Damn Right! This is their best album! Blood Sugar Sex Magic is 90's excellence and Californiacation was the big return. This is each member at the peak of their..." [+] Reply
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"What a disappointment after Hot Fuss, which I found much better. It has two great songs (Read My Mind and When You Were Young), two good songs (Bones and For Reasons Unknwon) and the rest is utterly forgettable." Reply
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Best Albums of 2006 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 0% | |
| J Dilla | 2 | 0% | |
| Phil Lesh And Friends | 2 | 0% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 2 | 0% | |
| Tom Verlaine | 2 | 0% | |
| Beirut | 2 | 0% | |
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488 | 49% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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