Well here are the highest rated albums on metacritic:
1 Savane by Ali Farka Toure 2006 94
2 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits 2006 91
3 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 91
4 Ys by Joanna Newsom 2006 89
5 Modern Times by Bob Dylan 2006 89
6 Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio 2006 89
7 Fishscale by Ghostface Killah 2006 88
8 For Hero: For Fool by Subtle 2006 87
9 Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer 2006 87
10 The Town And The City by Los Lobos 2006 87
11 Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé 2006 86
12 'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb 2006 86
13 Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady 2006 86
14 Taiga by OOIOO 2006 86
15 The Drift by Scott Walker 2006 85
16 The Crane Wife by The Decemberists 2006 85
17 I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo 2006 85
18 Serena-Maneesh by Serena-Maneesh 2006 84
19 Nashville by Solomon Burke 2006 84
20 Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash 2006 84
21 Fox Confessor Brings The Flood by Neko Case 2006 84
22 The Letting Go by Bonnie "Prince" Billy 2006 84
23 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys 2006 83
24 Someone To Drive You Home by The Long Blondes 2006 83
25 Donuts by J Dilla aka Jay Dee 2006 83
26 Game Theory by The Roots 2006 83
27 Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson 2006 83
28 Pretty Little Head by Nellie McKay 2006 83
29 Love by The Beatles 2006 83
30 The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals 2006 83
Of their top 30, only one will make my top 10. Though I quite liked Nellie McKay's debut, I thought her new one was a rambling mess. The recrod company was right in wanting to pare it down.
