Pitchfork's "Top 50 Albums of 2006"

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"2006 wasn’t easily characterized by distinct seismic shifts in independent music’s ever-changing topography, or by a select handful of burgeoning new genres. Instead, it was a year of true independence, in which listeners pursued broader palettes, spread music by word of mouth, and openly welcomed increasingly forward-thinking approaches to songcraft."

Also see: <a href="http://www.listsofbests.com/list/1948/">Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2005</a>

and <a href="http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6929">Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2004</a>

  1. 1.
    Silent Shout
    by Knife

  2. 2.
    Return to Cookie Mountain
    by TV on the Radio

  3. 3.
    Ys
    by Joanna Newsom

  4. 4.
    Fishscale
    by Ghostface Killah

  5. 5.
    Boys and Girls in America
    by The Hold Steady

  6. 6.
    Drum's Not Dead (CD + DVD)
    by Liars

  7. 7.
    Hell Hath No Fury
    by Clipse

  8. 8.
    Yellow House
    by Grizzly Bear

  9. 9.
    Pink
    by Boris

  10. 10.
    Drift
    by Scott Walker

  11. 11.
    So This Is Goodbye
    by Junior Boys

  12. 12.
    Everything All the Time
    by Band of Horses

  13. 13.
    It's Never Been Like That
    by Phoenix

  14. 14.
    Harmony in Ultraviolet
    by Tim Hecker

  15. 15.
    Shut Up I Am Dreaming
    by Sunset Rubdown

  16. 16.
    Beach House
    by Beach House

  17. 17.
    Body the Blood the Machine
    by Thermals

  18. 18.
    Destroyer's Rubies
    by Destroyer

  19. 19.
    King
    by T.I.

  20. 20.
    Six Demon Bag
    by Man Man

  21. 21.
    Be Your Own Pet (Dig)
    by Be Your Own Pet

  22. 22.
    45:33
    by LCD Soundsystem

  23. 23.
    I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass
    by Yo La Tengo

  24. 24.
    Writer’s Block
    by Peter Bjorn & John

  25. 25.
    FutureSex / LoveSounds
    by Justin Timberlake

  26. 26.
    Warning
    by Hot Chip

  27. 27.
    Roots & Crowns
    by Califone

  28. 28.
    The Greatest
    by Cat Power

  29. 29.
    Alright Still
    by Lily Allen

  30. 30.
    Life Pursuit
    by Belle & Sebastian

  31. 31.
    Ships
    by Danielson

  32. 32.
    Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
    by Lupe Fiasco

  33. 33.
    Obliterati
    by Mission of Burma

  34. 34.
    Night Ripper
    by Girl Talk

  35. 35.
    Scale (Dig)
    by Herbert

  36. 36.
    Brightblack Morning Light
    by Brightblack Morning Light

  37. 38.
    Donuts
    by J-Dilla

  38. 39.
    Transparent Things
    by Fujiya & Miyagi

  39. 40.
    Loon
    by Tapes N Tapes

  40. 41.
    The Crane Wife
    by The Decemberists

  41. 42.
    Blood Mountain
    by Mastodon

  42. 43.
    Rather Ripped
    by Sonic Youth

  43. 44.
    We Are the Pipettes
    by Pipettes

  44. 45.
    Let's Get Out of This Country
    by Camera Obscura

  45. 46.
    Post War
    by M Ward

  46. 47.
    Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
    by Matmos

  47. 48.
    Someone to Drive You Home
    by Long Blondes

  48. 49.
    Orchestra of Bubbles
    by Ellen Allien & Apparat

  49. 50.
    Movements
    by Booka Shade

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Created by notrobot on Dec 19, 2006.
 

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