Paste Magazine's 100 Best Albums [2006]

Entertainment: Music Paste Magazine

## 1. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife ## 2. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America ## 3. Joanna Newsom - Ys ## 4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain ## 5. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped ## 6. Cat Power – The Greatest ## 7. Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther ## 8. Gomez - How We Operate ## 9. M Ward – Post War ## 10. The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed ## 11. Bob Dylan - Modern Times ## 12. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood ## 13. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years ## 14. Beck - The Information ## 15. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat ## 16. Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler ## 17. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass ## 18. Califone - Roots & Crowns ## 19. Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream ## 20. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar ## 21. Paul Simon - Surpise ## 22. Mastodon - Blood Mountain ## 23. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go ## 24. Mates of State - Bring it Back ## 25. Luke Doucet - Broken and Other Rogue States ## 26. Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country ## 27. Hem - Funnel Cloud ## 28. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere ## 29. Jackie Greene - American Myth ## 30. Van Hunt - On The Jungle Floor ## 31. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse ## 32. Kate York - Sadlylove ## 33. Man Man - Six Demon Bag ## 34. Johnny Cash - American V ## 35. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers ## 36. Damien Dempsey - Shots ## 37. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning ## 38. Roman Candle - The Wee Hours Review ## 39. Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies ## 40. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale ## 41. Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae ## 42. Nellie McKay – Pretty Little Head ## 43. The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine ## 44. Liars - Drums Not Dead ## 45. Willie Nelson - Songbird ## 46. The Roots – Game Theory ## 47. Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child ## 48. Built To Spill - You In Reverse ## 49. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That ## 50. Jeremy Enigk - World Waits ## 51. Damien Jurado - Now That I'm In Your Shadow ## 52. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers ## 53. Pernice Brothers - Live a Little ## 54. Calexico - Garden Ruin ## 55. The Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ## 56. Benevento Russo Duo - Play Pause Stop ## 57. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l'Independence ## 58. Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye ## 59. Ratatat - Classics ## 60. Josh Rouse - Subtítulo ## 61. Jim Noir – Tower of Love ## 62. Guillemots - Through the Broken Window ## 63. Hot Chip – The Warning ## 64. Nicolai Dunger - Here's My Song ## 65. Belle and Sebastian – The Life Pursuit ## 66. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations ## 67. Bill Mallonee – Permafrost ## 68. Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang ## 69. Danielson – Ships ## 70. Tobias Froberg – Somewhere in the City ## 71. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope ## 72. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos ## 73. Ray Lamontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black ## 74. Thom Yorke – The Eraser ## 75. John Mayer - Continuum ## 76. Swan Lake - Beast Moans ## 77. Brazilian Girls - Talk To La Bomb ## 78. Peter and the Wolf - Lightness ## 79. Grizzly Bear – Yellow House ## 80. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller ## 81. T.I. - King ## 82. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet ## 83. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA ## 84. Todd Snider - The Devil You Know ## 85. Starlight Mints - Drowaton ## 86. Los Lobos - The Town and the City ## 87. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light ## 88. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk ## 89. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time ## 90. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics ## 91. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds ## 92. Girl Talk - Night Ripper ## 93. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming ## 94. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions ## 95. The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely ## 96. Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea ## 97. Figurines - Skeleton ## 98. Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out ## 99. The Dears - Gang of Losers ## 100. The Old Ceremony - Our One Mistake Missing: * 1 Decemberists * 2 Hold Steady * 3 Joanna Newsom * 4 TV on the Radio * 6 Cat Power * 7 Midlake * 8 Gomez * 9 M Ward * 10 Long Winters * 13 Josh Ritter * 18 Califone * 19 Joseph Arthur * 20 Beirut * 23 Bonnie "Prince" Billy * 24 Mates of State * 25 Luke Doucet * 26 Camera Obscura * 27 Hem * 29 Jackie Greene * 30 Van Hunt * 31 My Brightest Diamond * 32 Kate York * 33 Man Man * 36 Damien Dempsey * 38 Roman Candle * 39 Destroyer * 44 Liars * 47 Manchester Orchestra * 48 Built To Spill * 49 Phoenix * 50 Jeremy Enigk * 51 Damien Jurado * 53 Pernice Brothers * 54 Calexico * 56 Benevento Russo Duo * 57 Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra * 58 Junior Boys * 59 Ratatat * 60 Josh Rouse * 61 Jim Noir * 62 Guillemots * 63 Hot Chip * 64 Nicolai Dunger * 67 Bill Mallonee * 68 Archie Bronson Outfit * 69 Danielson * 70 Tobias Froberg * 72 My Morning Jacket * 73 Ray Lamontagne * 76 Swan Lake * 77 Brazilian Girls * 78 Peter and the Wolf * 79 Grizzly Bear * 83 Loose Fur * 84 Todd Snider * 85 Starlight Mints * 87 Brightblack Morning Light * 88 James Hunter * 89 Band of Horses * 92 Girl Talk * 93 Sunset Rubdown * 95 Mountain Goats * 97 Figurines * 98 Viva Voce * 99 Dears * 100 Old Ceremony

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