Top 10 Albums of the Year for 2006

2006 has been quite a year for good music. Here's a look back at the Top 10 Albums released this past year; polled from some of our most trusted sources. Of course, our list of favorites was hard to squeeze in just ten titles, because there were twice that many good albums to pick from.

CybersMusic Top 10 Albums:
1. LOVE - The Beatles
2. Nine Lives Box Set - Robert Plant
3. Singles 1996-2006 - Staind
4. Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
5. Major Lodge Victory - Gin Blossoms
6. The Road to Escondido - J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton
7. Live at the Fillmore East - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8. Under the Skin - Lindsey Buckingham
9. The Essential Alice In Chains CD Collection
10. Royal Albert Hall - London May 2-3-5-6 2005 - Cream

Billboard.com Top 10:
1. Bob Dylan, "Modern Times" (on Columbia)
2. Bruce Springsteen, "We Shall Overcome -- The Seeger Sessions" (Columbia)
3. Gnarls Barkley, "St. Elsewhere" (Downtown/Atlantic)
4. Arctic Monkeys, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino)
5. TV On The Radio, "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope)
6. Tom Waits, "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards" (Anti)
7. The Hold Steady, "Boys and Girls in America" (Vagrant)
8. Tie: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Stadium Arcadium" (Warner Bros.) & Dixie Chicks, "Taking the Long Way" (Open Wide/Columbia)
9. Tie: Tool, "10,000 Days" (Tool Dissectional/Volcano) & The Beatles, "Love" (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol)
10. Corinne Bailey Rae, "Corinne Bailey Rae" (Capitol)

Rolling Stone's Top 10 Songs of the Year:
1. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
2. "Steady As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
3. "Ridin'" - Chamillionaire
4. "What You Know" - T.I.
5. "Vans" - The Pack
6. "Thunder on the Mountain" - Bob Dylan
7. "Smile" - Lily Allen
8. "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" - Clipse with Slim Thug
9. "Dimension" - Wolfmother
10. "Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp

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