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64 A Camp
78 Akron/Family
73 Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
74 Amazing Baby
62 Tori Amos
54 The Answer
74 Anti-Flag
74 Art Brut
71 Au Revoir Simone
65 Zee Avi
70 Bachelorette
77 Bat For Lashes
68 Big Business
76 Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
67 Black Dice
57 Black Eyed Peas
74 Black Moth Super Rainbow
71 Blank Dogs
65 Booker T.
54 The Boxmasters
65 The Boy Least Likely To
74 Brakes [aka brakesbrakesbrakes]
68 British Sea Power
66 Jeff Buckley
75 Busdriver
59 Busta Rhymes
64 Cage The Elephant
82 Bill Callahan
80 Camera Obscura
68 Cam'ron
79 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
58 Chester French
82 The Church
61 Ciara
72 Clues
69 The Coathangers
74 Jarvis Cocker
90 Leonard Cohen
70 Elvis Costello
66 Graham Coxon
76 Crippled Black Phoenix
71 The Crocodiles
69 Cryptacize
71 Crystal Antlers
56 The Crystal Method
69 Dananananaykroyd
76 Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse
71 De La Soul
77 Death Cab For Cutie
68 Deer Tick
81 Deerhunter
70 Depeche Mode
78 Dinosaur Jr.
85 Dirty Projectors
86 DJ Quik & Kurupt
77 Doves
68 Dredg
76 Bob Dylan
82 Steve Earle
70 Eels
62 El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
58 Eminem
60 Empire Of The Sun
54 The Enemy
67 Jeremy Enigk
68 Nathan Fake
85 The Felice Brothers
79 The Field
65 Fink
60 Fischerspooner
77 Flatlanders
62 Flo Rida
64 Franz Ferdinand
77 Gallows
72 Melody Gardot
59 Ginuwine
71 Golden Silvers
61 Gomez
69 Grand Duchy
73 Great Lake Swimmers
59 Great Northern
72 Green Day
86 Grizzly Bear
75 The Handsome Family
69 Ben Harper And Relentless7
75 PJ Harvey & John Parish
66 Heaven & Hell
85 Levon Helm
74 The Hold Steady
79 Patterson Hood
75 Jon Hopkins
82 The Horrors
69 Hanne Hukkelberg
74 Ida Maria
65 Immaculate Machine
75 The Intelligence
76 Iron & Wine
79 Isis
68 It Hugs Back
88 J Dilla aka Jay Dee
61 Jadakiss
86 Japandroids
61 Joan Of Arc
84 Joe Lovano Us Five
72 John Doe & The Sadies
70 Joker's Daughter
62 Jonas Brothers
53 Mike Jones
71 The Juan Maclean
76 Junior Boys
68 Kasabian
74 Diana Krall
56 Lady Sovereign
43 Ben Lee
68 The Lemonheads
76 Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
77 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
65 Little Boots
79 The Low Anthem
67 Jason Lytle
75 The Maccabees
76 Magik Markers
80 Major Lazer
70 Malajube
71 Manchester Orchestra
85 Manic Street Preachers
57 Marilyn Manson
66 The Mars Volta
68 Dave Matthews Band
62 Maximo Park
70 Meat Puppets
80 Method Man & Redman
77 Metric
75 Micachu & The Shapes
69 Chrisette Michele
76 Miike Snow
67 Mika Miko
75 Rhett Miller
49 Mims
72 Mr. Lif
72 Moby
78 Moderat
70 Mandy Moore
80 Mos Def
70 Bob Mould
74 Nadja
72 New York Dolls
72 Nite Jewel
67 NOFX
76 Noisettes
60 Paolo Nutini
67 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
74 Papercuts
76 Passion Pit
74 Peaches
71 Pet Shop Boys
68 Peter Bjorn And John
82 Phoenix
76 Pink Mountaintops
63 Placebo
66 Pomegranates
64 Iggy Pop
67 Prefuse 73
61 Prince
62 Prince
81 Ramblin' Jack Elliott
76 Rancid
54 Rascal Flatts
68 Lionel Richie
77 Alasdair Roberts
73 Rick Ross
55 Asher Roth
72 Savath & Savalas
61 Polly Scattergood
65 The Shortwave Set
60 Shout Out Out Out Out
66 Silversun Pickups
85 Todd Snider
78 Sonic Youth
72 The Soundcarriers
61 The Sounds
74 Regina Spektor
63 Spinal Tap
65 Spinnerette
81 St. Vincent
59 Still Flyin'
58 Street Sweeper Social Club
87 Sunn O)))
82 Sunset Rubdown
84 Super Furry Animals
74 Richard Swift
78 Taking Back Sunday
85 Tanya Morgan
81 Otis Taylor
71 Telekinesis
70 Telepathe
80 Thee Oh Sees
79 The Thermals
74 Rob Thomas
64 Thunderheist
74 Tiga
57 Tinted Windows
72 Tortoise
82 Allen Toussaint
71 Trembling Bells
69 Two Fingers
84 UGK
68 Keith Urban
49 Bria Valente
71 John Vanderslice
85 The Vaselines
74 The Veils
73 Viva Voce
63 Patrick Watson
79 White Denim
77 White Rabbits
57 The Whitest Boy Alive
74 Wilco
80 Wildbirds & Peacedrums
78 Wolves In The Throne Room
65 The Wooden Birds
67 Wooden Shjips
81 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
70 Pete Yorn
93 Neil Young
60 Neil Young
72 Yusuf

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications, as well as year-end picks from Metacritic users.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	Savane by Ali Farka Toure	2006	94
2	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits	2006	92
3	Modern Times by Bob Dylan	2006	89
4	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse	2006	89
5	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio	2006	88
6	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer	2006	88
7	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah	2006	88
8	The Town And The City by Los Lobos	2006	87
9	Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé	2006	86
10	'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb	2006	86
11	For Hero: For Fool by Subtle	2006	85
12	The Drift by Scott Walker	2006	85
13	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo	2006	85
14	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady	2006	85
15	Ys by Joanna Newsom	2006	85
16	Serena-Maneesh by Serena-Maneesh	2006	84
17	Donuts by J Dilla aka Jay Dee	2006	84
18	Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash	2006	84
19	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists	2006	84
20	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case	2006	84
21	The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals	2006	84
22	The Letting Go by Bonnie "Prince" Billy	2006	84
23	Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco	2006	83
24	Game Theory by The Roots	2006	83
25	Love by The Beatles	2006	83
26	Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson	2006	83
27	Bang Bang Rock & Roll by Art Brut	2006	83
28	Nashville by Solomon Burke	2006	83
29	Morph The Cat by Donald Fagen	2006	83
30	Blood Mountain by Mastodon	2006	82

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice's 2006 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll (a survey of 494 critics)
1.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
4.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
5.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
6.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
7.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
8.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
9.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
10.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
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Idolator's 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll (a survey of 497 critics)
1.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
2.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
3.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
4.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
5.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
6.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
7.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
8.	Silent Shout by The Knife
9.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
10.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
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Austin Chronicle [Raoul Hernandez]
1.	The Last Romance by Arab Strap
2.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
3.	His Hands by Candi Staton
4.	La Cantina by Lila Downs
5.	Be Your Own Pet by Be Your Own Pet
6.	Pink by Boris
7.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
8.	All This Time by Heartless Bastards
9.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses
10.	One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This by New York Dolls

Austin Chronicle [Audra Schroeder]
1.	Avatar by Comets On Fire
2.	The Drift by Scott Walker
3.	Beach House by Beach House
4.	Conference Of The Birds by Om
5.	What's For Dinner? by The King Khan & BBQ Show
6.	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
7.	Early Violence by Psychic Ills
8.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
9.	House Arrest by Ariel Pink
10.	Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth

Almost Cool
1.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
2.	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
3.	Come Up For Air by The White Birch
4.	The Lost Take by Dosh
5.	Writer's Block by Peter Bjorn & John
6.	IBM 1401 - A User's Manual by Johann Johannsson
7.	Burial by Burial
8.	So This Is Goodbye by Junior Boys
9.	The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens
10.	Black Tar Prophecies Vol's 1, 2, & 3 by Grails

Amazon.com [Editors' Picks]
1.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
2.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
3.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
4.	Eye To The Telescope by KT Tunstall
5.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
6.	Continuum by John Mayer
7.	Carnavas by Silversun Pickups
8.	Superpop Venezuela by Los Amigos Invisibles
9.	Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain by Sparklehorse
10.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian

Billboard [Staff Consensus]
1.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
2.	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen
3.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
4.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
5.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
6.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
7.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
8.	(tie) Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers (tie) Taking The Long Way by The Dixie Chicks
9.	(tie) 10,000 Days by Tool (tie) Love by The Beatles
10.	Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae

Blender
1.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
2.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
3.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
4.	FutureSex / LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake
5.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
6.	Love by The Beatles
7.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
8.	The Breakthrough by Mary J. Blige
9.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
10.	Bang Bang Rock & Roll by Art Brut

Cokemachineglow
1.	For Hero: For Fool by Subtle
2.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
3.	Roots & Crowns by Califone
4.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
5.	Shut Up I Am Dreaming by Sunset Rubdown
6.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
7.	Pink by Boris
8.	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
9.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
10.	Lisbon by Keith Fullerton Whitman

Delusions of Adequacy [Staff Consensus]
1.	Starless & Bible Black Sabbath by Acid Mothers Temple
2.	Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth
3.	Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue by Kayo Dot
4.	Putting The Days To Bed by The Long Winters
5.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses
6.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
7.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
8.	At Home With Owen by Owen
9.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
10.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan

Drowned In Sound [Picks of founder Sean Adams]
1.	Black Holes & Revelations by Muse
2.	The Greatest by Cat Power
3.	Howling Bells by Howling Bells
4.	I Write Sins Not Tradegies by Panic! At The Disco
5.	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
6.	Broken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene
7.	Someone To Drive You Home by The Long Blondes
8.	Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
10.	Young Machetes by Blood Brothers

Dusted [Picks of co-editor Otis Hart]
1.	The Drift by Scott Walker
2.	In Colour by The Concretes
3.	Donuts by J Dilla
4.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
5.	Burial by Burial
6.	Acapulco Roughs by Colossal Yes
7.	Leaves From Off The Tree by Sharron Kraus, Meg Baird & Helena Espvall
8.	Dialogue by Hisato Higuchi
9.	Melody Mountain by Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
10.	Harmony In Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker

Dusted [Picks of co-editor Sam Hunt] Listed alphabetically
	Derdang Derdang by Archie Bronson Outfit
	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
	In Colour by The Concretes
	Ships by Danielson
	'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb
	Ys by Joanna Newsom
	Jack Rose by Jack Rose
	Melody Mountain by Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
	To Find Me Gone by Vetiver

Entertainment Weekly [Staff]
1.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
4.	FutureSex / LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake
5.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
6.	Taking The Long Way by The Dixie Chicks
7.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
8.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen
9.	The Greatest by Cat Power
10.	Post-War by M. Ward

Entertainment Weekly [Chris Willman]
1.	Taking The Long Way by The Dixie Chicks
2.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen
3.	Love by The Beatles
4.	A Blessing And A Curse by Drive-By Truckers
5.	These Days by Vince Gill
6.	Other People's Lives by Ray Davies
7.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
8.	Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
9.	Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson
10.	Last Man Standing by Jerry Lee Lewis

Filter
1.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	You In Reverse by Built To Spill
4.	Carnavas by Silversun Pickups
5.	Robbers & Cowards by Cold War Kids
6.	The Greatest by Cat Power
7.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
8.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
9.	World Waits by Jeremy Enigk
10.	Brightblack Morning Light by Brightblack Morning Light

Lost At Sea
1.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
2.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
3.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
4.	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
5.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses
6.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
7.	The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals
8.	The Eraser by Thom Yorke
9.	Return To The Sea by Islands
10.	Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Magnet
1.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
2.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
3.	Live A Little by Pernice Brothers
4.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
5.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
6.	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
7.	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
8.	So Divided by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
9.	Bang Bang Rock & Roll by Art Brut
10.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses

Mojo
1.	Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
2.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
3.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
4.	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen
5.	Derdang Derdang by Archie Bronson Outfit
6.	To Find Me Gone by Vetiver
7.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8.	People Gonna Talk by James Hunter
9.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
10.	The Greatest by Cat Power

MusicOMH
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	Howling Bells by Howling Bells
3.	Black Holes & Revelations by Muse
4.	Ballad Of The Broken Seas by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
5.	The Warning by Hot Chip
6.	Silent Shout by The Knife
7.	Through The Windowpane by Guillemots
8.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
9.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
10.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake

The New York Times [Nate Chinen]
1.	Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman
2.	Time Lines by Andrew Hill
3.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
4.	Melao by Francisco Mela
5.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
6.	New Monastery by Nels Cline
7.	The Eraser by Thom Yorke
8.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
9.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
10.	Quartet by Billy Hart

The New York Times [Sia Michel]
1.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
4.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
5.	The Greatest by Cat Power
6.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
7.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8.	The Warning by Hot Chip
9.	King by T.I.
10.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen

The New York Times [Jon Pareles]
1.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
2.	Infinito Particular by Marisa Monte
3.	The Eraser by Thom Yorke
4.	Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash
5.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
6.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen
7.	Once Again by John Legend
8.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
9.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
10.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

The New York Times [Ben Ratliff]
1.	Time Lines by Andrew Hill
2.	Blood Mountain by Mastodon
3.	Bebo by Bebo Valdes
4.	Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson
5.	B'Day by Beyonce
6.	The Letting Go by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
7.	Spirit Music by Bob Brookmeyer
8.	On Broadway, Vol. 4 by Paul Motian Trio 2000 + One
9.	Mountain Music Of Kyrgyzstan by Tengir-Too
10.	Solo by Gonzalo Rubalcaba

The New York Times [Kelefa Sanneh]
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	King by T.I.
3.	Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson
4.	B'Day by Beyonce
5.	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
6.	Doctor's Advocate by The Game
7.	Palo Santo by Shearwater
8.	FutureSex / LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake
9.	Loose by Nelly Furtado
10.	Dedication 2 by Lil' Wayne & DJ Drama

NME
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3.	Black Holes & Revelations by Muse
4.	The Warning by Hot Chip
5.	Cansei De Ser Sexy by CSS
6.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
7.	Someone To Drive You Home by The Long Blondes
8.	First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes
9.	Empire by Kasabian
10.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Observer Music Monthly
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	Savane by Ali Farka Toure
3.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
4.	Damaged by Lambchop
5.	Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
7.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
8.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
9.	Jarvis by Jarvis Cocker
10.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen

The Onion AV Club [Staff Consensus]
1.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
4.	Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
5.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
6.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
7.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
8.	Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup
9.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
10.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses

The Phoenix
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
3.	At War With The Mystics by The Flaming Lips
4.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
5.	Public Warning by Lady Sovereign
6.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
7.	Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters
8.	You In Reverse by Built To Spill
9.	Amputechture by The Mars Volta
10.	Stars Of CCTV by Hard-Fi

Pitchfork
1.	Silent Shout by The Knife
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
4.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
5.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
6.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
7.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
8.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
9.	Pink by Boris
10.	The Drift by Scott Walker

Playlouder
1.	Jarvis by Jarvis Cocker
2.	The Greatest by Cat Power
3.	Cansei De Ser Sexy by CSS
4.	At War With The Mystics by The Flaming Lips
5.	Alright, Still by Lily Allen
6.	The Warning by Hot Chip
7.	Derdang Derdang by Archie Bronson Outfit
8.	Standing In The Way Of Control by The Gossip
9.	When We Were Young by Akira The Don
10.	Someone To Drive You Home by The Long Blondes

PopMatters
1.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
2.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
3.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
4.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
5.	State Of The Ark by The Ark
6.	Blood Mountain by Mastodon
7.	Savane by Ali Farka Toure
8.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
9.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
10.	What's Going On by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Prefix
1.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	Scale by Matthew Herbert
4.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
5.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
6.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
7.	Donuts by J Dilla
8.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
9.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
10.	Doctor's Advocate by The Game

Q
1.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
2.	Black Holes & Revelations by Muse
3.	Razorlight by Razorlight
4.	Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
5.	Sam's Town by The Killers
6.	Under The Iron Sea by Keane
7.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
8.	Empire by Kasabian
9.	Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters
10.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley

Rolling Stone
1.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
2.	Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
3.	Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth
4.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
5.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
6.	The Greatest by Cat Power
7.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
8.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
9.	Blood Mountain by Mastodon
10.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits

Shaking Through [Kevin Forest Moreau]
1.	Black Holes & Revelations by Muse
2.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
3.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
4.	A Blessing And A Curse by Drive-By Truckers
5.	Ole! Tarantula by Robyn Hitchcock
6.	Powder Burns by The Twilight Singers
7.	Taking The Long Way by The Dixie Chicks
8.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
9.	Sinners Like Me by Eric Church
10.	From A Late Night High Rise by Matthew Ryan

Shaking Through [ Laurence Station]
1.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
2.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
3.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
4.	The Boxing Mirror by Alejandro Escovedo
5.	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
6.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
7.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
8.	The Greatest by Cat Power
9.	And Now That I'm In Your Shadow by Damien Jurado
10.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case

Spin
1.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
2.	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
3.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
4.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
5.	Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
6.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
7.	The Greatest by Cat Power
8.	Okonokos by My Morning Jacket
9.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
10.	The Information by Beck

Stylus
1.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
2.	The Warning by Hot Chip
3.	Silent Shout by The Knife
4.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
5.	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse
6.	Orchestra Of Bubbles by Ellen Allien & Apparat
7.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
8.	Dedication 2 by Lil' Wayne & DJ Drama
9.	So This Is Goodbye by Junior Boys
10.	Ys by Joanna Newsom

Tiny Mix Tapes
1.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
2.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
3.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
4.	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
5.	Son by Juana Molina
6.	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
7.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
8.	The Drift by Scott Walker
9.	Roots & Crowns by Califone
10.	A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing by Josephine Foster

Uncut
1.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
2.	White Bread Black Beer by Scritti Politti
3.	Avatar by Comets On Fire
4.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
5.	Living With War by Neil Young
6.	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
7.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
8.	The Warning by Hot Chip
9.	The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens
10.	The Eraser by Thom Yorke

Under The Radar
1.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
2.	Let's Get Out Of This Country by Camera Obscura
3.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
4.	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
5.	Nine Times That Same Song by Love Is All
6.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
7.	Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
8.	Gang Of Losers by The Dears
9.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
10.	Writer's Block by Peter Bjorn & John

Urb Listed alphabetically
	Donuts by J Dilla
	Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
	St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
	The Warning by Hot Chip
	Silent Shout by The Knife
	Pieces Of The People We Love by The Rapture
	Game Theory by The Roots
	YoYoYoYoYo by Spank Rock
	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio

Wire
1.	Burial by Burial
2.	The Drift by Scott Walker
3.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
4.	Evangelista by Carla Bozulich
5.	Human Animal by Wolf Eyes
6.	Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman
7.	A Life Without Fear by Ekkehard Ehlers
8.	The Letting Go by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
9.	Conference Of The Birds by Om
10.	Touch Three by Phill Niblock

Artists Appearing on Multiple Top Ten Lists Above (with rankings)
Lily Allen
Archie Bronson Outfit
Arctic Monkeys
Art Brut
Band Of Horses
The Beatles
Beirut
Belle & Sebastian
Beyonce
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Boris
Built To Spill
Burial
Califone
Cat Power
Neko Case
Clipse
Jarvis Cocker
Ornette Coleman
Comets On Fire
The Concretes
CSS
The Decemberists
Destroyer
J Dilla
Dixie Chicks
Drive-By Truckers
Bob Dylan
Lupe Fiasco
Flaming Lips
The Game
Ghostface Killah [Fischscale]
Gnarls Barkley
Grizzly Bear
Andrew Hill
The Hold Steady
Hot Chip
Howling Bells
Alan Jackson
Junior Boys
Kasabian
The Knife
Liars
Lil' Wayne & DJ Drama
The Long Blondes
Mastodon
Midlake
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Joanna Newsom
Peter Bjorn & John
The Raconteurs
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scissor Sisters
Silversun Pickups
Sonic Youth
Bruce Springsteen
Sufjan Stevens [Avalanche]
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
T.I.
Justin Timberlake
Ali Farka Toure
TV On The Radio
Vetiver
Tom Waits
Scott Walker
Amy Winehouse
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yo La Tengo
Thom Yorke

NOTES: Asterisks above indicate that the album appeared in an alphabetical, unranked top ten list.

Metacritic Users' Year-End Lists

Metacritic.com Users Consensus: Top Albums of 2006 [Corrected 1/26]
1.	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
2.	Ys by Joanna Newsom
3.	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
4.	The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
5.	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
6.	Silent Shout by The Knife
7.	Drum's Not Dead by Liars
8.	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case
9.	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
10.	Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses
11.	Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
12.	The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals
13.	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
14.	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
15.	Modern Times by Bob Dylan
16.	The Eraser by Thom Yorke
17.	Return To The Sea by Islands
18.	Roots & Crowns by Califone
19.	The Trials Of Van Occupanther by Midlake
20.	The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian

Metacritic.com Users Consensus: Top Songs of 2006
1.	Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
2.	TV On The Radio, "Wolf Like Me"
3.	Band Of Horses, "The Funeral"
4.	Midlake, "Roscoe"
5.	The Hold Steady, "Stuck Between Stations"
6.	Hot Chip, "Boy From School"
7.	Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks"
8.	Islands, "Rough Gem"
9.	Junior Boys, "In The Morning"
10.	Tapes 'n' Tapes, "Insistor"
11.	Beirut, "Postcards From Italy"
12.	Destroyer, "Rubies"
13.	Joanna Newsom, "Emily"
14.	Camera Obscura, "Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken"
15.	Cat Power, "The Greatest"
16.	The Knife, "Silent Shout"
17.	Joanna Newsom, "Cosmia"
18.	Liars, "The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack"
19.	T.I., "What You Know"
20.	The Strokes, "You Only Live Once"

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