The Best Music of 2006
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1. Bob Dylan
Modern Times
10
6
5
4
10
10
10
55
2. Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome
5
9
9
23
3. Tom Waits
Orphans, Brawlers and Bastards
7
10
17
4. Lindsey Buckingham
Under the Skin
8
7
15
5. Rosanne Cash
Black Cadillac
8
6
14
6. Dixie Chicks
Taking the Long Way Around
4
9
13
7. Neil Young
Living with War
10
3
13
8. Gob Iron
Death Songs for the Living
4
7
11
9. Mark Knoffler and Emmylou Harris
All the Roadrunning
8
3
11
Tie @10. Scritti Politti
White Bread Black Bear
10
10
Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
10
10
The Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers
1
9
10
The Weepies
Say I Am You
10
10
The Best of the Rest:
Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am…
9
9
Dion - Bronx Blue
9
9
Johnny Cash - American V
2
7
9
Paul Westerburg - Songs From Open Season
9
9
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
9
9
Badly Drawn Boy - Born in the UK
8
8
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Ole Tarantula
8
8
Solomon Burke - Nashville
8
8
The Beatles - Love
8
8
Vince Gill - These Days
8
8
Jeremy Spencer - Precious Little
7
7
Reckless Kelly - Reckless Kelly was Here
7
7
The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
7
7
Tim O'Reagan - S/T
7
7
Andy Fairweather Low - Sweet Soulful Music
6
6
Beck - The Information
6
6
Drive by Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
6
6
Matthew Ryan - From a Late Night High Rise
6
6
Radio Birdman - Zeno Beach
6
6
Tom Petty - High Way Companion
6
6
Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
5
5
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
5
5
Kris Kristofferson - This Old Road
5
5
Sufian Stevens - Songs for Christmas
5
5
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
5
5
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
5
5
Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
4
4
John Stewart - Day the River Sang
4
4
T Bone Burnett - The True False Identity
4
4
The Paybacks - Love, Not Reason
4
4
Willie Nile - Streets of New York
4
4
Bottle Rockets - Zoysia & Live in Heilbronn Germany
3
3
Cat Power - The Greatest
3
3
Elton John - The Captain and the Kid
3
3
J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton - Road to Escondido
3
3
Los Lobos - The Town and the City
3
3
Outrageous Cherry - Stay Happy
3
3
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
2
2
Bob Seger - Face the Promise
2
2
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
1
1
2
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East
2
2
The Lemonheads - S/T
2
2
Tome Russell - Love and Fear
2
2
Van Morrison - Pay the Devil
2
2
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan -
Ballad of the Broken Seas
1
1
Paul Simon - Surprise
1
1
Rogues Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
1
1