The Top 60 Albums of 2006
1. Bob Dylan, Modern Times (Columbia)
2. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Anti-)
3. Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac (Capitol)
4. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint, The River In Reverse (Verve Forecast)
5. Solomon Burke, Nashville (Shout! Factory)
6. Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways (American/Lost Highway)
7. Alejandro Escovedo, The Boxing Mirror (Back Porch)
8. Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: Seeger Sessions (Columbia)
9. Los Lobos, The Town And The City (Hollywood)
10. Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way (Open Wide/Columbia)
11. Hold Steady, Boys And Girls In America (Vagrant)
12. Drive-By Truckers, A Blessing And A Curse (New West)
13. Calexico, Garden Ruin (Quarterstick)
14. Cat Power, The Greatest (Matador)
15. Josh Ritter, The Animal Years (V2)
16. Vince Gill, These Days (MCA Nashville)
17. Decemberists, The Crane Wife (Capitol)
18. Jon Dee Graham, Full (Freedom)
19. Dirty Dozen Brass Band, What’s Going On (Shout! Factory)
20. Irma Thomas, After The Rain (Rounder)
21. James Hunter, People Gonna Talk (Rounder)
22. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
23. Old Crow Medicine Show, Big Iron World (Nettwerk)
24. Candi Staton, His Hands (Astralwerks)
25. Todd Snider, The Devil You Know (New Door/Universal)
26. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, All The Roadrunning (Warner Bros.)
27. Kris Kristofferson, This Old Road (New West)
28. Black Keys, Magic Potion (Nonesuch)
29. Tom Waits, Orphans (Anti-)
30. Willie Nelson, You Don’t Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker (Lost Highway)
31. Chris Knight, Enough Rope (Drifter’s Church)
32. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
33. T Bone Burnett, The True False Identity (DMZ/Columbia)
34. Greg Brown, The Evening Call (Red House)
35. Chris Smither, Leave The Light On (Signature Sounds)
36. Teddy Thompson, Separate Ways (Verve Forecast)
37. Drams, Jubilee Dive (New West)
38. Ray LaMontagne, Till The Sun Turns Black (RCA)
39. Bradley Walker, Highway of Dreams (Rounder)
40. Neil Young, Living With War (Reprise)
41. Willie Nelson, Songbird (Lost Highway)
42. Ray Davies, Other People’s Lives (V2)
43. Andy Fairweather Low, Sweet Soulful Music (Proper American)
44. Dave Alvin, West Of The West (Yep Roc)
45. Golden Smog, Another Fine Day (Lost Highway)
46. Shawn Colvin, These Four Walls (Nonesuch)
47. Hacienda Brothers, What’s Wrong With Right (Proper American)
48. Shawn Camp, Fireball (Emergent)
49. Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin, Lost John Dean (Dead Reck./Compass)
50. James Luther Dickinson, Jungle Jim & The Voodoo Tiger (Memphis Int’l)
51. Ray Wylie Hubbard, Snake Farm (Sustain)
52. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Yell Fire! (Anti-)
53. Lindsey Buckingham, Under The Skin (Warner Bros.)
54. Tres Chicas, Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl (Yep Roc)
55. Guy Clark, Workbench Songs (Dualtone)
56. Darrell Scott, The Invisible Man (Full Light)
57. Paul Burch, East To West (Bloodshot)
58. Tom Russell, Love & Fear (HighTone)
59. Jerry Lee Lewis, Last Man Standing (Artists First)
60. Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
VOTERS: Grant Alden, David Baxter, Michael Berick, Peter Blackstock, Paul Cantin, David Cantwell, Paul E. Comeau, Rick Cornell, Eric R. Danton, John T. Davis, David Freeland, Bill Friskics-Warren, Jon M. Gilbertson, David Greenberger, Mark Guarino, Russell Hall, Richard Hewett, Jewly Hight, Silas House, Edd Hurt, Roy Kasten, Anders Smith Lindall, Barry Mazor, Don McLeese, Fred Mills, John Milward, Jim Musser, Steve Pick, Alex Rawls, Linda Ray, Kurt B. Reighley, Lloyd Sachs, William Michael Smith, Allison Stewart, Andy Turner, Mike Usinger, Jeff Vrabel, Ed Ward, Tom Wilk, Greg Yost.
The Top 20 Reissues of 2006
1. Johnny Cash, Personal File (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Willie Nelson, The Complete Atlantic Sessions (Rhino)
3. Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel (RCA/Legacy)
4. Richard Thompson, RT: The Life And Times Of (Free Reed)
5. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Legends Of Country Music (Columbia/Legacy)
6. various, What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves, 19671977 (Rhino)
7. James Talley, Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money… (Cimarron)
8. Johnny Cash, At San Quentin (Columbia/Legacy)
9. Gram Parsons, The Complete Reprise Sessions (Rhino)
10. Bettye LaVette, Child Of The Seventies (Rhino Handmade)
11. various, Rockin’ Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly (Rhino)
12. Karen Dalton, In My Own Time (Light In The Attic)
13. Tony Joe White, Swamp Music: Complete Moument Recordings (Rhino Handmade)
14. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Mercury)
15. various, Heartworn Highways (Shout! Factory)
16. Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band, Bongo Rock (Mr. Bongo)
17. various, Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group)
18. R.E.M., And I Feel Fine: Best Of The IRS Years 1982-1987 (I.R.S./Capitol)
19. Spencer Wiggins, The Goldwax Years (Kent)
20. Byrds, There Is A Season (Columbia/Legacy)
VOTERS: Grant Alden, Peter Blackstock, Paul Cantin, David Cantwell, Paul E. Comeau, Rick Cornell, Eric R. Danton, John T. Davis, David Freeland, Bill Friskics-Warren, Russell Hall, Edd Hurt, Roy Kasten, Barry Mazor, Don McLeese, Fred Mills, John Milward, Jim Musser, Alex Rawls, Kurt B. Reighley, Allison Stewart, Andy Turner, Ed Ward, Tom Wilk, Greg Yost
