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