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Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2006

Listing for 365 records from 2006 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Chuck Berry: *The Definitive Collection* [Geffen/Chess] Bob Dylan: *Modern Times* [Columbia] Ghostface Killah: *Fishscale* [Def Jam] New York Dolls: *One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This* [RoadRunner]
A	Clipse: *Hell Hath No Fury* [Zomba/Star Trak/Re-Up Gang] Ornette Coleman: *Sound Grammar* [Sound Grammar] The Coup: *Pick a Bigger Weapon* [Epitaph] The Klezmatics: *Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie* [JMG] The Klezmatics: *Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukah* [JMG] Jinx Lennon: *Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!!* [Septic Tiger] Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins: *Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins* [Prestige] Maria Muldaur: *Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan* [Telarc] OutKast: *Idlewild* [LaFace] Todd Snider: *The Devil You Know* [New Door] Sonic Youth: *Rather Ripped* [Interscope] The Streets: *The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living* [Vice/Atlantic] Rachid Taha: *Diwan 2* [Wrasse] Tom Waits: *Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards* [Anti-] *Crunk Hits, Vol. 2* [TVT]
A-	Arctic Monkeys: *Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not* [Domino] The Beautiful South: *Superbi* [Sony/BMG] Beyoncé: *B'Day* [Columbia] Be Your Own Pet: *Be Your Own Pet* [Ecstatic Peace!] Kimya Dawson: *Remember That I Love You* [K] Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra: *Boulevard de l'Indépendance* [Nonesuch] DJ Bootsie: *The Silent Partner* [Ugar] Dr. John: *Right Place, Right Time* [Hyena] Fats Domino: *Alive and Kickin'* [tipitinasfoundation.org] Fats Domino: *Live From Austin TX* [New West] Encre: *Common Chord* [Clapping Music] Lupe Fiasco: *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor* [Atlantic] The Fugs: *Greatest Hits 1984-2004* [Fugs] Ghostface Killah: *More Fish* [Def Jam] Girl Talk: *Night Ripper* [Illegal Art] Golem: *Fresh Off Boat* [JDub] The Gothic Archies: *The Tragic Treasury: Songs From a Series of Unfortunate Events* [Nonesuch] Grandaddy: *Just Like the Fambly Cat* [V2] Handsome Family: *Last Days of Wonder* [Carrot Top] The Hold Steady: *Boys and Girls in America* [Vagrant] Hot Chip: *The Warning* [Astralwerks] Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse: *Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse* [jesuschristrocks.com] Mamani Keita: *Yelema* [No Format] Kékélé: *Kinavana* [Sterns Africa] The Knife: *Silent Shout* [Rabid/Mute] KRS-One: *Life* [Antagonist] Jenny Lewis With the Watson Twins: *Rabbit Fur Coat* [Team Love] Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: *Obecanje: The Promise Balkan Mix* [Piranha] The McKay Brothers: *Cold Beer & Hot Tamales* [Medina River] Rhett Miller: *The Believer* [Verve Forecast] Nils Petter Molvaer: *An American Compilation* [Thirsty Ear] Nils Petter Molvaer: ER [Thirsty Ear] Nils Petter Molvaer: *Streamer* [Thirsty Ear] Nas: *Hip Hop Is Dead* [Def Jam] King Oliver: *Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings* [Off the Record] The Oohlas: *Best Stop Pop* [Stolen Transmission] Pink: *I'm Not Dead* [LaFace/Zomba] Prince: *3121* [Universal] Public Enemy: *Rebirth of a Nation* [Guerrilla Funk] Romica Puceanu & the Gore Brothers: *Sounds From a Bygone Age: Vol. 2* [Asphalt Tango] The Rakes: *Capture/Release* [V2] The Rapture: *Pieces of the People We Love* [Motown/Vertigo] Jay Reatard: *Blood Visions* [In the Red] Rhymefest: *Blue Collar* [J/All I Do] The Roots: *Game Theory* [Def Jam] Saffire: *The Uppity Blues Women: Deluxe Edition* [Alligator] Serengeti: *Noticeably Negro* [Audio 8] Setona & African Crossroads: *[Live]* [Blue Flame] 7L & Esoteric: *A New Dope* [Babygrande] Sir Douglas Quintet: *Live From Austin TX* [New West] Staple Singers: *Stax Profiles* [Stax] Taraf de Haïdouks: *The Continuing Adventures of Taraf de Haïdouks: The DVD* [Crammed Discs] Tartit: *Abacabok* [Crammed Discs] The Thermals: *The Body, the Blood, the Machine* [Sub Pop] Thunderbirds Are Now!: *Make History* [Frenchkiss] Tokyo Police Club: *A Lesson in Crime* [Paper Bag EP] TV on the Radio: *Return to Cookie Mountain* [Interscope] Jozef van Wissem: *A Rose by Any Other Name: Anonymous Lute Solos of the Golden Age* [Incunabulum] Yo La Tengo: *I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass* [Matador] Tom Zé: *Danc-Eh-Sa* [Irara] Tom Zé: *Estudando O Pagode* [Luaka Bop] *African Pearls, Vol. 1: Rumba on the River* [Syllart] *Congotronics 2* [Crammed Discs] *From Bakabush: The First Ten Years of Stonetree* [Ba Da Bing!] *Jewface* [Reboot Stereophonic] *Journey Into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story* [Rhino] *The Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Planet Rock* [World Music Network] *Run the Road 2* [Vice] *Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound* [Soul Jazz]
B+	Beck: *The Information* [Interscope] Beirut: *Gulag Orkestar* [Ba Da Bing!] Don Byron: *Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker* [Blue Note] Etran Finatawa: *Introducing Etran Finatawa* [World Music Network] Salif Keita: *M'Bemba* [Decca] Chris Knight: *Enough Rope* [Emergent/92e] Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited: *Rise Up* [RealWorld] Boban Markovic Orkestar: *The Promise* [Piranha] Oasis: *Stop the Clocks* [Sony/BMG] Lloyd Price: *Specialty Profiles* [Specialty] Neil Young: *Living With War* [Reprise]
*******	Akon: *Konvicted* [Universal] The Blackangels: *Passover* [Light in the Attic] Built to Spill: *You in Reverse* [Warner Bros.] Camera Obscura: *Let's Get Out of This Country* [Merge] Eric Church: *Sinners Like Me* [Capitol] Conjure: *Bad Mouth* [American Clavé] Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: *The River in Reverse* [Verve Forecast] CSS: *Cansei De Ser Sexy* [Sub Pop] J. Dilla: *Donuts* [Stones Throw] Dirty Pretty Things: *Waterloo to Anywhere* [Interscope] DJ Kayslay & Greg Street: *The Champions: The North Meets the South* [Koch] Drive-By Truckers: *A Blessing and a Curse* [New West] East River Pipe: *What Are You On?* [Merge] Eccodek: *More Africa in Us* [White Swan] E-40: *My Ghetto Report Card* [Reprise] Electric Six: *Señor Smoke* [Metropolis] Howe Gelb: *'Sno Angel Like You* [Thrill Jockey] Gnarls Barkley: *St. Elsewhere* [Downtown] Steve Goodman: *Live at the Earl of Old Town* [Red Pajamas] Michael Hall: *The Song He Was Listening to When He Died* [Freedom] The Hidden Cameras: *Awoo* [Arts & Crafts] Jay-Z: *Kingdom Come* [Roc-A-Fella] Kal: *Kal* [Asphalt Tango] Katamanto Highlife Orchestra: *Katamanto Highlife Orchestra* [Katamanto Music/The Orchard] Kid Koala: *Your Mom's Favorite DJ* [Ninja Tune] Lady Sovereign: *Public Warning* [Def Jam] Nguyên Lê Duos: *Homescape* [ACT] Jerry Lee Lewis: *Last Man Standing* [Favorite Gentlemen/Canvasback] Andy Fairweather Low: *Sweet Soulful Music* [Proper American] John Mayer: *Continuum* [Aware/Columbia] Nellie McKay: *Pretty Little Head* [Hungry Mouse] Mecca Normal: *The Observer* [Kill Rock Stars] Mr. Lif: *Mo' Mega* [Def Jux] Morningwood: *Morningwood* [Capitol] The Naysayer: *Smoke Reality* [Red Panda] Willie Nelson: *You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker* [Lost Highway] Sinéad O'Connor: *Throw Down Your Arms* [That's Why There's Chocolate and Vanilla] The Pernice Brothers: *Live a Little* [Ashmont] Vernon Reid & Masque: *Mistaken Identity* [Favored Nations] Pharoah Sanders: *The Impulse Story* [Impulse] Amira Saqati: *Destination Halal* [Barbarity] The Service Industry: *Ranch Is the New French* [Buildgut] The Shys: *Astoria* [Sire] Spank Rock: *YoYoYoYoYo* [Big Dada] Regina Spektor: *Begin to Hope* [Sire] The Strokes: *First Impressions of Earth* [RCA] Justin Timberlake: *FutureSex/LoveSounds* [Jive] T-K.A.S.H.: *Turf War Syndrome* [Guerrilla Funk] Viva L'American Death Ray Music: *In the Meantime . . .* [Night Train] Junior Wells: *Live at Theresa's 1975* [Delmark] Wire: *Live at the Roxy, London-April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York-July 18th 1978* [Pinkflag] Yeah Yeah Yeahs: *Show Your Bones* [Interscope] *Paris Presents: Hard Truth Soldiers: Volume 1* [Guerrilla Funk] *The Rough Guide to West African Gold* [World Music Network] *Why the Hell Not . . . : The Songs of Kinky Friedman* [Sustain] *Borat* [Downtown/Atlantic]
**	Arctic Monkeys: *Leave Before the Lights Come On* [Domino] Natacha Atlas: *Mish Maoul* [Mantra] Buju Banton: *Too Bad* [Gargamel] Basement Jaxx: *Crazy Itch Radio* [Astralwerks] Be Your Own Pet: *Summer Sensation* [Ecstatic Peace!] Big Lou's Polka Casserole: *Doctors of Polka-Ology* [Accordion Princess] Carneyball Johnson: *Carneyball Johnson* [Akron Cracker] Johnny Cash: *American V: A Hundred Highways* [Lost Highway/American] Rosanne Cash: *Black Cadillac* [Capitol] Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra: *Ray Sings Basie Swings* [Concord/Hear Music] Stella Chiweshe: *Double Check: Two Sides of Zimbabwe's Mbira Queen* [Piranha] Maurice el Medioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez: *Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions* [Piranha] The Everyothers: *Pink Sticky Lies* [Kill Rock Stars] Bob Frank & John Murry: *World Without End* [Bowstring] Peter Gammons: *Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old* [Rounder] David Grisman & Andy Statman: *New Shabbos Waltz* [Acoustic Disc] Hallelujah Chicken Run Band: *Take One* [Alula] Nuru Kane: *Sigil* [World Music Network] Will Kimbrough: *Americanitis* [Daphne] David Krakauer & Socalled: *Bubbemeises* [Label Bleu] Th' Legendary Shack Shakers: *Pandelirium* [Yep Roc] Ludacris: *Release Therapy* [Disturbing Tha Peace] Man Man: *Six Demon Bag* [Ace Fu EP] Mission of Burma: *The Obliterati* [Matador] The Mountain Goats: *Get Lonely* [4AD] Mutant Press: *Idiots Rule* [CIA] My Chemical Romance: *The Black Parade* [Reprise] Willie Nelson: *Live From Austin TX* [New West] Aaron Neville: *Bring It on Home . . . The Soul Classics* [Burgundy] NOFX: *Wolves in Wolves' Clothing* [Fat Wreck Chords] Pet Shop Boys: *Fundamental* [Rhino] Pharrell: *In My Mind* [Star Trak/Interscope] The Raconteurs: *Broken Toy Soldiers* [Third Man/V2] Radioinactive: *Soundtrack to a Book* [Strangertouch] Scritti Politti: *White Bread Black Beer* [Nonesuch] Chris Smither: *Leave the Light On* [Signature Sounds] Sufjan Stevens: *The Avalanche* [Asthmatic Kitty] This Moment in Black History: *It Takes a Nation of Assholes* [Cold Sweat] Towers of London: *Blood Sweat & Towers* [TVT] Tom Verlaine: *Songs and Other Things* [Thrill Jockey] Stephen Yerkey: *Metaneonatureboy* [Echo] *Turkish Groove* [Putumayo World Music]
*	Band of Horses: *Everything All the Time* [Sub Pop] Eef Barzelay: *Bitter Honey* [SpinArt] Belle and Sebastian: *The Life Pursuit* [Matador] The Bottle Rockets: *Zoysia* [Bloodshot] Bonnie Bramlett: *Roots, Blues & Jazz* [Zoho Roots] Buck 65: *Strong Arm* [buck65.com] Burial: *Burial* [Cargo] Charlie Burton & the Dorothy Lynch Mob: *Salad* [Wild] Cat Power: *The Greatest* [Matador] Common Market: *Common Market* [MassLine] The Cosmopolitans: *Wild Moose Party* [Dionysus] The Decemberists: *The Crane Wife* [Capitol] James Luther Dickinson: *Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger* [Memphis International] Dr. John: *Mercernary* [Blue Note] The Dresden Dolls: *Yes, Virginia . . .* [Roadrunner] The Elected: *Sun, Sun, Sun* [Sub Pop] Kinky Friedman: *Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman* [Shout! Factory] Hard-Fi: *Stars of CCTV* [Necessary/Atlantic] Ill Ease: *All Systems A-Go-Go!* [Cocohon] George Jones and Merle Haggard: *Kickin' Out the Footlights . . . Again!* [Bandit] Kelis: *Kelis Was Here* [LaFace] B.B. King & Friends: 80 [Geffen] Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha: *Re-Covers* [World Village] The La Drivers Union Por Por Group: *Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *Long Walk to Freedom* [Heads Up International] Jon Langford: *Gold Brick* [ROIR] John Legend: *Once Again* [Columbia] The Little Willies: *The Little Willies* [Blue Note] MC Lars: *The Graduate* [Horris] Meat Purveyors: *Someday Soon Things Will Be Much Worse!* [Bloodshot] Murs: *Murray's Revenge* [Record Collection] Roy Nathanson: *Sotto Voce* [Aum Fidelity] Willie Nelson: *Songbird* [Lost Highway] The New Orleans Social Club: *Sing Me Back Home* [Burgundy/Honey Darling] NOMO: *New Tones* [Ubiquity] Sally Nyolo and the Original Bands of YaoundÃ©: *Studio Cameroon* [Riverboat] Pharoahe Monch: *Desire* [SRC/Universal Motown] Psalm One: *The Death of Frequent Flyer* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] The Idan Raichel Project: *The Idan Raichel Project* [Cumbancha] Smokey Robinson: *Timeless Love* [New Door] Rockdownbaby: *Love & Sex & Rock & Roll* [Life Force] Roswell Rudd & the Mongolian Buryat Band: *Blue Mongol* [Soundscape] Beanie Sigel: *The B. Coming* [Def Jam] Paul Simon: *Surprise* [Warner Bros.] Sonic Youth: *The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities* [Geffen] Ali Farka Touré: *Savane* [World Circuit/Nonesuch] M. Ward: *Post-War* [Merge] Hank Williams III: *Straight to Hell* [Bruc] Neil Young & Crazy Horse: *Live at the Fillmore East* [Reprise] *American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986* [Rhino] *The Rough Guide to Urban Latino* [World Music Network]
	Aceyalone: *Magnificent City* [Decon] Dave Alvin: *West of the West* [Yep Roc] Anjani: *Blue Alert* [Columbia] Arctic Monkeys: *Who the Fk Are Arctic Monkeys?* [Domino] Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll [Downtown] Rodney Atkins: If You're Going Through Hell [Curb] Babyshambles: Down in Albion [Rough Trade] Grayson Capps: Wail and Ride [Hyena] Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood [Anti-] Cham: Ghetto Story [Atlantic/Mad House] Bruce Cockburn: Life Short Call Now [Rounder] Dixie Chicks: Taking the Long Way [Open Wide/Columbia] The John Doe Thing: For the Best of Us [Yep Roc] Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat [Reprise] Fergie: The Dutchess [A&M] The Flaming Lips: At War With the Mystics [Warner Bros.] Goldfrapp: Supernature [Mute] The Green Arrows: The Green Arrows [Alula] Grizzly Bear: Yellow House [Warp] John Lee Hooker Jr.: Cold as Ice [Telarc] Jamey Johnson: The Dollar [BNA] Kaiser Chiefs: Yours Truly, Angry Mob [Universal] Las Rubias del Norte: Panamericana [Barbès] Lil Wayne: Dedication, Vol. 2 [Gangsta Grillz] Los Lobos: The Town and the City [Hollywood/Mammoth] Matisyahu: Youth [Epic/Or/JDub] Sam Moore: Overnight Sensational [Rhino] Van Morrison: Pay the Devil [Lost Highway] Ne-Yo: In My Own Words [Def Jam] NOFX: Never Trust a Hippy [Fat Wreck Chords] +44: When Your Heart Stops Beating [Interscope] The Slackers: Peculiar [Hellcat] Snoop Dogg: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment [Geffen] Soul Asylum: The Silver Lining [Columbia/Legacy] Soul Position: Things Go Better With RJ and AL [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape [Interscope] Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas [Asthmatic Kitty] Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift [Big Machine] Third Sight: Symbionese Liberation Album [Disgruntled/Amalgam Entertainment] T.I.: King [Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers [Atlantic/Rhino] Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Sisters [Atlantic/Rhino] Elton John's Christmas Party [Hear Music] From Dakar to Johannesburg [Playasound] Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own [Stateside] Panama! [Soundway] Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes [Savoy Jazz Worldwide] Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys** [Anti-]
B	Brazilian Girls: *Talk to La Bomb* [Verve Forecast] Nelly Furtado: *Loose* [Mosley Music/Geffen] Bruce Springsteen: *We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions* [Columbia]
B-	Juvenile: *Reality Check* [Atlantic] Red Hot Chili Peppers: *Stadium Arcadium* [Warner Bros.] Thom Yorke: *The Eraser* [XL]
C+	AFI: *December Underground* [Interscope] Editors: *The Back Room* [Fader] Joanna Newsom: Ys [Drag City] Thursday: *A City by the Light Divided* [Island]
C	The Who: *Endless Wire* [Universal/Republic]
	Against Me!: *Searching for a Former Clarity* [Fat Wreck Chords] Christina Aguilera: *Back to Basics* [RCA] Angels and Airwaves: *We Don't Need to Whisper* [Suretone/Geffen] Eric Bachmann: *To the Races* [Saddle Creek] David Bazan: *Fewer Moving Parts* [Barsuk] Beach House: *Beach House* [Carpark] Dan Bern: *Breathe* [Messenger] Big City Rock: *Big City Rock* [Atlantic] Breaking Benjamin: *Phobia* [Hollywood] Bright Eyes: *Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005)* [Saddle Creek] Lindsay Buckingham: *Under the Skin* [Reprise] Solomon Burke: *Nashville* [Shout! Factory] Calexico: *Garden Ruin* [Quarterstick] Califone: *Roots and Crowns* [Thrill Jockey] Cold War Kids: *Robbers & Cowards* [Downtown] Comets on Fire: *Avatar* [Sub Pop] Cordero: *En Este Momento* [Bloodshot] The Dears: *Gang of Losers* [Arts & Crafts] DeVotchKa: *Curse Your Little Heart* [Ace Fu] Mamadou Diabate: *Heritage* [World Village] Spencer Dickinson: *The Man Who Lives for Love* [Yep Roc] Diddy: *Press Play* [Bad Boy] DJ Shadow: *The Outsider* [Universal] Electric Six: *Switzerland* [Metropolis] The Game: *Doctor's Advocate* [Geffen] Adam Green: *Jacket Full of Danger* [Rough Trade] Paris Hilton: *Paris* [Warner Bros.] Janet Jackson: *20 Y.O.* [Virgin] Josef K: *Entomology* [Domino] Kris Kristofferson: *This Old Road* [New West] Bela Lakatos & the Gypsy Youth Project: *Introducing Bela Lakatos & the Gypsy Youth Project* [World Music Network] The Long Winters: *Putting the Days to Bed* [Barsuk] Stephin Merritt: *Showtunes* [Nonesuch] Amy Millian: *Honey From the Tombs* [Arts & Crafts] Shawn Mullins: *9th Ward Pickin' Parlor* [Vanguard] Ne-Yo: *Because of You* [Def Jam] Jim Noir: *Tower of Love* [Barsuk] North Mississippi All Stars: *Polaris* [ATO] Ray Parker Jr.: *I'm Free!* [RP] Pere Ubu: *Why I Hate Women* [Smog Veil] Busta Rhymes: *The Big Bang* [Aftermath] Rihanna: *A Girl Like Me* [Def Jam] Rock Kills Kid: *Are You Nervous?* [Reprise] Diana Ross: *Blue* [Motown] Diana Ross: *I Love You* [Manhattan] Carl Hancock Rux: *Good Bread Alley* [Thirsty Ear] Scissor Sisters: *Ta-Dah* [Universal/Motown] Shawnna: *Block Music* [Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam] She Wants Revenge: *She Wants Revenge* [Flawless/Geffen] Shout Out Louds: *Combines* [Capitol] Swan Lake: *Beast Moans* [Jagjaguwar] Irma Thomas: *After the Rain* [Rounder] Teddy Thompson: *Separate Ways* [Verve Forecast] Tiempro Libre: *What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas* [Shanachie] Unknown Prophets: *The Road Less Taken* [Unknown Prophets] Caetano Veloso: Ce [Nonesuch] Scott Walker: *The Drift* [4AD]

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