The top 20 albums of 2006:
20. Soul Position - Things Go Better With Rj And Al (Hiphop)
19. Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche (Illinois B-sides) (Indie Folk Rock)
18. Thom Yorke - Eraser (Electronic Post Rock)
17. Dj Andy Smith - Freestyle Mix (Funky Electronic)
16. Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black (Folk Rock)
15. Tool - 10,000 Days (Dark Progressive Hard Rock)
14. Quantic - An Announcement To Answer (Electronic Downtempo Soul)
13. Gotan Project - Lunatico (Electronic Downtempo Jazz Tango)
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Minimalist Raw Rock)
11. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Instrumental Guitar Duo)
10. Nightmares On Wax - In A Space Outta Sound (Electronic Downtempo Funk)
9. Murs (With 9th Wonder) - Murray's Revenge (Hiphop)
8. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations (Electronic Rock)
7. Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope (Eclectic Punk Folk)
6. Alice Russell - Under The Munka Moon II (Downtempo Electronic Soul)
5. Incubus - Light Grenades (Electronic Rock)
4. Philippians - Goodnite Life (Indie Electronic Rock)
3. Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence (Downtempo Folk Rock)
2. Ratatat - Classics (and 9 Beats)(Indie Eclectic Rock)
1. Kid Koala - Your Mom's Favorite Dj (Turntablism)
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The next ten (21-30):
Lone Wolf And Cub - Wonder, Is Ground On Frost (Post Rock)
Ellen Allien And Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles (Electro)
Hybrid - I Choose Noise (Symphonic Breakbeat)
BT - This Binary Universe (5.1 DTS Symphonic Electronica)
Zero 7 - The Garden (Downtempo Electronic)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (Gospel Rock Hiphop)
Black Grass - A Hundred Days In One (Hiphop)
Booka Shade - Movements (Smooth Progressive House)
Tiny - Starring: Someone Like You (Symphonic Post Rock)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Indie Rock)
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The next ten (31-40):
Joanna Newsom - YS (Folk Rock)
Matisyahu - Youth (Reggae Rock)
Bonobo - Days To Come (Downtempo Electronic)
Broken Keys - Gravity (Indie Funk Rock)
Audioslave - Revelations (Hard Rock)
Mono - You Are There (Downtempo Electronic Post Rock)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell (Hiphop)
Quantic - One Offs And B-sides (Electronic Downtempo Funk)
Junkie XL - Today (Electronic)
Beck - The Information (Indie Rock)
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The next ten (41-50):
Foo Fighters - Skin And Bones (Acoustic Rock)
Faithless - To All New Arrivals (Triphop)
Beck - Guerolito (Indie Rock)
John Mayer - Continuum (Pop Rock)
King Biscuit Time - Black Gold (Rock Fusion)
Sergio Mendes (With Will.I.Am) - Timeless (Hiphop Bossa Nova)
Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire (Pop Rock)
Beth Orton - Comfort Of Strangers (Folk Rock)
Placebo - Meds (Brit Rock)
Grizlly Bears (Downtempo Folk Rock)
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Other albums of note: TM Juke - Forward, Lily Allen - Alright Still, Dub Tribute To Radiohead - I'm Not The Only Record For You, Easy Star All Stars - Radiodread, Ben Harper - Both Sides Of The Gun, Black Crowes - Lost Crowes, Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam, Neil Young - Living With War, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium, Jack Johnson - Curious George Soundtrack, Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening, Jurassic 5 - Feedback, Aceyalone And RJD2 - Magnificent City, Triforce Omega - Triforce Omega, Roots Manuva - Alternately Deep, Dr. Octagon - The Return, Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55, Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae, Teddybears - Soft Machine, Zero DB - Bongos Beats And Basslines, Freddie Cruger - Soul Search, Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You've Got Words, Dj Logic - Zen Logic
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