Top 10 Best Albums of 2006

As you go through this list of the best albums of 2006, you have the chance to celebrate the records that still mean something to you today. Think back to the songs that were on repeat in your car, the ones you screamed the lyrics to with your friends, or the albums that got you through tough times. These records aren't just collections of songs. They represent moments, memories, and a year of artistic brilliance.

Take a look at the selections, and make your voice heard by voting for the ones you believe deserve top honors.

The Top Ten

  1. Sam's Town - The Killers

  2. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

    I love them and would do anything for them. This album tells a story and addresses a lot of problems: teenage violence, cancer, his grandmother's death, and realizing that everybody dies one day.

    My Chemical Romance FOREVER.

    I love this one so much. It saved my life. Thank you, My Chemical Romance. I love you for making this record.

    My Chemical Romance forever.

    Dude, they have to be in the top 10! This band saved my life!

  3. The Open Door - Evanescence

  4. 10,000 Days - Tool

    A very good way to introduce someone to the metal scene. Yet again, this is very far from most traditional metal... Still a great album though.

    Vicarious and The Pot are amazing masterpieces, and this album is the best of 2006.

    My personal favorite album of 2006. Also the album that made me love this band.

  5. Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

    Why is My Chemical Romance above this? Just... why?

    Invincible, Starlight, Take a Bow, Map of the Problematique, and of course, the AMAZING Knights of Cydonia.

  6. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani

  7. One-X - Three Days Grace

    One of the best rock albums of all time!

  8. Phobia - Breaking Benjamin

  9. A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden

  10. Carnival of Rust - Poets of the Fall

    11. The Newcomers
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    Emissaries - Melechesh

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    Time Will Fuse Its Worth - Kylesa

    13. The Contenders

  13. Loose - Nelly Furtado

    Guys, hello! Nelly's Loose was the most successful album of 2006 and one of the greatest albums of the 2000s. It gave us hits like Promiscuous, Say It Right, Maneater, All Good Things (Come to an End), Do It, and In God's Hands.

    Nelly mixed many styles here - hip hop, R&B, pop, dance, reggaeton, etc.

  14. Secret Society - Europe

  15. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

  16. I'm Not Dead - Pink

  17. Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera

    Very underrated album. Why?! This album is a masterpiece, and her voice in this is amazing (it always is).

  18. The Sufferer & the Witness - Rise Against

    Best Rise Against album of all time.

    Best Rise Against album ever!

  19. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

  20. Christ Illusion - Slayer

  21. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs

  22. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley

  23. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Needs to be in the top 10.

  24. Allegiance - Firewind

  25. J Dilla - Donuts

    This is so obviously the best album of 2006. Made while J Dilla, the famed producer of many hip-hop songs, was dying of a terrible illness, this album captures a whole lot of feelings. Sadness, and it makes you groove? No way!

  26. Blood Mountain - Mastodon

  27. First Impressions of Earth - The Strokes

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