100 Greatest Albums of 2006

2006 record album covers for FutureSex/LoveSounds, Back to Black, St. Elsewhere, and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Criteria: These music albums from the year 2006 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.

Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.
Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
  1. FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
  2. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
  3. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
  4. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
  5. Modern Times - Bob Dylan
  6. Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
  7. Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
  8. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
  9. I'm Not Dead - Pink
10. B'Day - Beyoncé
11. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
12. Return to Cookie Mountain - TV on the Radio
13. Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
14. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
15. Alright, Still - Lily Allen
16. 10,000 Days - Tool
17. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
18. Donuts - J Dilla
19. Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady
20. Loose - Nelly Furtado
21. Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
22. Daughtry - Daughtry
23. Game Theory - The Roots
24. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
25. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
26. The Eraser - Thom Yorke
27. Blood Mountain - Mastodon
28. 3121 - Prince
29. A Blessing and a Curse - Drive-By Truckers
30. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case
31. Hip Hop is Dead - Nas
32. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
33. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
34. Begin to Hope - Regina Spektor
35. Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth
36. King - T.I.
37. On an Island - David Gilmour
38. Ys - Joanna Newsom
39. Ashes Against the Grain - Agolloch
40. Everything All the Time - Band of Horses
41. Ta-Dah - Scissor Sisters
42. Jarvis - Jarvis Cocker
43. Gulag Orkestar - Beirut
44. The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me - Brand New
45. A Girl Like Me - Rihanna
46. Continuum - John Mayer
47. A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden
48. At War with the Mystics - Flaming Lips
49. Sam's Town - The Killers
50. Carnavas - Silversun Pickups
51. Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
52. The Warning - Hot Chip
53. Tha Blue Carpet Treatment - Snoop Dogg
54. The Evolution of Robin Thicke - Robin Thicke
55. Kingdom Come - Jay-Z
56. Endless Wire - The Who
57. Decemberunderground - AFI
58. One X - Three Days Grace
59. Louder Now - Taking Back Sunday
60. Doctor's Advocate - The Game
61. Foiled - Blue October
62. Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
63. Morph the Cat - Donald Fagen
64. Ringleader of the Tormentors - Morrissey
65. The Open Door - Evanescence
66. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
67. The Sufferer & The Witness - Rise Against
68. The River in Reverse - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
69. The Trials of Van Occupanther - Midlake
70. The Swell Season - The Swell Season
71. Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
72. Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura
73. The Information - Beck
74. Come What(ever) May - Stone Sour
75. YoYoYoYoYo - Spank Rock
76. It's Never Been Like That - Phoenix
77. We are the Pipettes - The Pipettes
78. The Body, The Blood, The Machine - The Thermals
79. Someone To Drive You Home - The Long Blondes
80. Rabbit Fur Coat - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
81. Dusk & Summer - Dashboard Confessional
82. Mr. Beast - Mogwai
83. You in Reverse - Built to Spill
84. As Cruel As School Children - Gym Class Heroes
85. We Don't Need to Whisper - Angels & Airwaves
86. Costello Music - The Fratellis
87. Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
88. Yellow House - Grizzly Bear
89. Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip
90. The Life Pursuit - Belle & Sebastian
91. Pick A Bigger Weapon - The Coup
92. Drum's Not Dead - Liars
93. Port of Miami - Rick Ross
94. No Heroes - Converge
95. Moo, You Bloody Choir - Augie March
96. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
97. Saturday Night Wrist - Deftones
98. Meds - Placebo
99. Empire - Kasabian
100. Beautiful World - Take That
FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake album cover
Back to Black Amy Winehouse album cover
St. Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley album cover
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys album cover
Modern Times Bob Dylan album cover
Hell Hath No Fury Clipse album cover
Food and Liquor Lupe Fiasco album cover
 DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2006
  Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2006
 •  Dog Problems - The Format
  Lew's choice:
 •  Greenland - Cracker


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