Top Albums of 2006
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
Tool 10,000 Days Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock
120 Days 120 Days Indietronica
Damien Rice 9 Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Drive-By Truckers A Blessing and a Curse Southern Rock
Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death Heavy Metal
21
1386
 Lily Allen Alright, Still Pop
Sunn O))) & Boris Altar Drone
Johnny Cash American V: A Hundred Highways Americana
Elvis Perkins Ash Wednesday Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Progressive Pop
Comets On Fire Avatar Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
1
127
 Amy Winehouse Back to Black Pop, Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Ballad of the Broken Seas Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Beyoncïŋ― B'Day Contemporary R&B, Pop
Regina Spektor Begin to Hope Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Kelley Stoltz Below the Branches Indie Pop, Piano Rock
Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Alt-Country, Contemporary Country
26
1742
 Muse Black Holes & Revelations Alternative Rock
Current 93 Black Ships Ate the Sky Neofolk
43
2918
 Mastodon Blood Mountain Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal
Toumani Diabaté Boulevard de l'indépendence Mande Music
13
894
 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America Heartland Rock, Indie Rock, Pub Rock
Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light Neo-Psychedelia
35
2529
 The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival
18
1311
 Burial Burial Dubstep, Future Garage
Silversun Pickups Carnavas Indie Rock, Shoegaze
AFX Chosen Lords Acid Techno
Slayer Christ Illusion Thrash Metal
Patrick Watson Close to Paradise Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
John Mayer Continuum Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul, Singer/Songwriter
The Fratellis Costello Music Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Basement Jaxx Crazy Itch Radio Dance-Pop
Lambchop Damaged Chamber Pop
DJ Drama & Lil Wayne Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz Gangsta Rap
Archie Bronson Outfit Derdang Derdang Blues Rock, Indie Rock
Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies Chamber Pop
Kante Die Tiere sind unruhig Indie Rock
Sally Shapiro Disco Romance Italo-Disco, Synthpop
6
646
 J Dilla [Jay Dee] Donuts Instrumental Hip Hop
Sparklehorse Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Nathan Fake Drowning in a Sea of Love IDM
17
1223
 Liars Drum's Not Dead Art Rock, Experimental Rock
Sr. Chinarro El mundo según Indie Pop, Pop Rock
Bunbury & Vegas El tiempo de las cerezas Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Kasabian Empire Alternative Dance, Indie Rock
Espers Espers II Psychedelic Folk
Carla Bozulich Evangelista Experimental, Singer/Songwriter
30
2026
 Band of Horses Everything All the Time Indie Rock
The Strokes First Impressions of Earth Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
14
917
 Ghostface Killah Fishscale Hardcore Hip Hop
Subtle For Hero: For Fool Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
16
1221
 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Pet Shop Boys Fundamental Synthpop
Bat for Lashes Fur and Gold Art Pop, Folktronica, Singer/Songwriter
8
709
 Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds Dance-Pop
The Roots Game Theory Hip Hop
The Dears Gang of Losers Indie Rock
Calexico Garden Ruin Alt-Country, Americana, Folk Rock
The Mountain Goats Get Lonely Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
25
1656
 Beirut Gulag Orkestar Indie Folk
Cursive Happy Hollow Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
Oneida Happy New Year Psychedelic Rock
Tim Hecker Harmony in Ultraviolet Ambient
Final Fantasy He Poos Clouds Chamber Pop
12
879
 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury Gangsta Rap
Sparks Hello Young Lovers Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Candi Staton His Hands Soul
Howling Bells Howling Bells Indie Rock
Wolf Eyes Human Animal Noise
34
2527
 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass Indie Rock
OutKast Idlewild Film Soundtrack, Hip Hop
Isis In the Absence of Truth Atmospheric Sludge Metal
The Kooks Inside In / Inside Out Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Phoenix It's Never Been Like That Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Britpop, Indie Pop
Grandaddy Just Like the Fambly Cat Indie Pop, Indie Rock
T.I. King Dirty South, Gangsta Rap
The Handsome Family Last Days of Wonder Alt-Country
Die Goldenen Zitronen Lenin Art Rock, Post-Punk
31
2185
 Camera Obscura Let's Get Out Of This Country Twee Pop
PeterLicht Lieder vom Ende des Kapitalismus Electropop, Singer/Songwriter
Neil Young Living with War Rock
Nelly Furtado Loose Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
The Beatles Love Pop Rock
Graham Coxon Love Travels at Illegal Speeds Britpop, Indie Rock
12Twelve L'univers Free Jazz, Post-Rock
Lupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Conscious Hip Hop
7
700
 Bob Dylan Modern Times Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Donald Fagen Morph the Cat Jazz Pop, Soft Rock
Booka Shade Movements Tech House
Mogwai Mr. Beast Post-Rock
The Futureheads News and Tributes Post-Punk Revival
36
2538
 Girl Talk Night Ripper Mashup
Love Is All Nine Times That Same Song Twee Pop
Converge No Heroes Mathcore
The Rifles No Love Lost Indie Rock, Power Pop
My Morning Jacket Okonokos Indie Rock
John Legend Once Again Neo-Soul
New York Dolls One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This Glam Rock
Ellen Allien & Apparat Orchestra of Bubbles Glitch Pop, IDM
Gallows Orchestra of Wolves Hardcore Punk
29
2025
 Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
The Sleepy Jackson Personality: One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird Baroque Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Pop
The Coup Pick a Bigger Weapon Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop
The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love Dance-Punk, Post-Punk Revival
33
2433
 M. Ward Post-War Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Nellie McKay Pretty Little Head Jazz Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat Alt-Country
37
2540
 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped Indie Rock
Razorlight Razorlight Indie Rock, Pop Rock
5
368
 TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain Art Rock, Indie Rock
Islands Return to the Sea Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Morrissey Ringleader of the Tormentors Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Cold War Kids Robbers & Cowards Indie Rock
Califone Roots & Crowns Alt-Country, Psychedelic Folk
The Killers Sam's Town Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
32
2420
 Ali Farka Touré Savane Blues, Mande Music, Songhai Music
Herbert Scale Art Pop, House
Danielson Ships Indie Pop
42
2880
 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones Indie Rock
Sunset Rubdown Shut Up I Am Dreaming Indie Rock
3
315
 The Knife Silent Shout Electropop, Synthpop
Man Man Six Demon Bag Experimental Rock
Howe Gelb Sno Angel Like You Alt-Country
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead So Divided Art Rock, Indie Rock
22
1478
 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Electropop, Synthpop
The Long Blondes Someone to Drive You Home Indie Pop, Post-Punk Revival
Juana Molina Son Folktronica, Singer/Songwriter
Ornette Coleman Sound Grammar Free Jazz
Jolie Holland Springtime Can Kill You Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
10
785
 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere Experimental Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium Alternative Rock
38
2664
 Gossip Standing in the Way of Control Dance-Punk
Josh Rouse Subtítulo Folk Pop, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Paul Simon Surprise Singer/Songwriter
Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah Dance-Pop
OOIOO Taiga Experimental Rock
Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way Country Pop, Pop Rock
Secret Machines Ten Silver Drops Indie Rock
Sufjan Stevens The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album Chamber Pop, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
39
2690
 My Chemical Romance The Black Parade Pop Punk
Bert Jansch The Black Swan Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
40
2772
 The Thermals The Body, The Blood, The Machine Indie Rock, Pop Punk
Alejandro Escovedo The Boxing Mirror Alternative Rock
20
1376
 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
The DFA The DFA Remixes: Chapter One Dance-Punk, Electro-Disco
15
1217
 Scott Walker The Drift Experimental, Singer/Songwriter
28
1995
 Thom Yorke The Eraser Indietronica
9
730
 Cat Power The Greatest Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Streets The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living UK Hip Hop
Beck The Information Alternative Rock
Trentemøller The Last Resort Minimal Techno
27
1928
 Bonnie "Prince" Billy The Letting Go Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
23
1498
 Belle and Sebastian The Life Pursuit Chamber Pop
Mission of Burma The Obliterati Post-Punk
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint The River in Reverse Adult Contemporary, New Orleans R&B
Matmos The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast Electronic, Experimental
J Dilla The Shining Hip Hop
Los Lobos The Town and the City Heartland Rock, Latin Rock, Tex-Mex
24
1505
 Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther Americana, Folk Rock, Indie Folk
11
859
 Hot Chip The Warning Electropop, Indietronica
Sway This Is My Demo UK Hip Hop
Guillemots Through the Windowpane Chamber Pop
Vetiver To Find Me Gone Folk Rock
Fujiya & Miyagi Transparent Things Indietronica, Krautrock
Lindsey Buckingham Under the Skin Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Blumfeld Verbotene Früchte Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Standstill Vivalaguerra Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
The Young Knives Voices of Animals & Men Indie Rock
The Pipettes We Are The Pipettes Girl Group, Indie Pop
41
2807
 Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions American Folk Music, Americana, Folk Rock
Studio West Coast/Yearbook 1 Balearic Beat
2
168
 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Indie Rock
Scritti Politti White Bread Black Beer Sophisti-Pop
Plan B Who Needs Actions When You Got Words UK Hip Hop
Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block Indie Pop
19
1317
 Grizzly Bear Yellow House Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk
Built to Spill You in Reverse Indie Rock
The Blood Brothers Young Machetes Post-Hardcore
Spank Rock YOYOYOYOYO Hip Hop
4
329
 Joanna Newsom Ys Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter