Top 50 Albums of 2006

50. Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose - Meat Loaf
Rock
Key Track: It's All Coming Back to Me Now

49. Ecce Cor Meum - Paul McCartney
Classical
Key Track: Lament

48. Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstall
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

47. Alright, Still - Lily Allen
Pop
Key Track: LDN

46. Death By Sexy - Eagles of Death Metal
Garage Rock
Key Track: I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)

45. Empire - Kasabian
Indie Rock
Key Track: Empire

44. Not Accepted Anywhere - The Automatic
Indie Rock
Key Track: Monster

43. Louder Now - Taking Back Sunday
Alternative Rock
Key Track: What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?

42. The Great Burrito Extortion Case - Bowling for Soup
Pop Punk
Key Track: High School Never Ends

41. Foiled - Blue October
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Into the Ocean

40. The Paramour Sessions - Papa Roach
Hard Rock
Key Track: Forever

39. Straight Outta Lynwood - Weird Al Yankovic
Comedy Rock
Key Track: White & Nerdy

38. When Your Heart Stops Beating - Plus 44
Alternative Rock
Key Track: When Your Heart Stops Beating

37. Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
Indie Rock
Key Track: Naive

36. Rest Inside the Flames - 36 Crazyfists
Metalcore
Key Track: Elysium

35. Dante XXI - Sepultura
Groove Metal
Key Track: Convicted in Life

34. Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Chasing Cars

33. Kiss of Death - Motorhead
Rock & Roll
Key Track: Going Down

32. Shot to Hell - Black Label Society
Heavy Metal
Key Track: Concrete Jungle

31. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Heavy Metal
Key Track: Joker and the Thief

30. Sacrament - Lamb of God
Groove Metal
Key Track: Redneck

29. The Eraser - Thom Yorke
Experimental Rock
Key Track: Analyse

28. Saturday Night Wrist - Deftones
Alternative Metal
Key Track: Hole in the Earth

27. Inhuman Rampage - DragonForce
Power Metal
Key Track: Through the Fire and Flames

26. Ringleader of the Tormentors - Morrissey
Alternative Rock
Key Track: You Have Killed Me

25. Hello Young Lovers - Sparks
Rock
Key Track: Dick Around

24. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Funk Rock
Key Track: Dani California

23. The Sufferer and the Witness - Rise Against
Melodic Hardcore
Key Track: Prayer of the Refugee

22. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
Indie Rock
Key Track: O Valencia!

21. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
R&B
Key Track: Rehab

20. Sam's Town - The Killers
Indie Rock
Key Track: When You Were Young

19. Magic Potion - The Black Keys
Blues-Rock
Key Track: You're the One

18. Educated Horses - Rob Zombie
Heavy Metal
Key Track: Foxy Foxy

17. Liberation Transmission - Lostprophets
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)

16. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Teenagers

15. The Pick of Destiny - Tenacious D
Heavy Metal
Key Track: The Metal

14. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen
Americana
Key Track: We Shall Overcome

13. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
Soul
Key Track: Crazy

12. Come What(ever) May - Stone Sour
Heavy Metal
Key Track: Through Glass

11. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
Indie Rock
Key Track: When the Sun Goes Down

10. Christ Illusion - Slayer
Thrash Metal
Key Track: Cult

9. As Daylight Dies - Killswitch Engage
Metalcore
Key Track: My Curse

8. Last Man Standing - Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock
Key Track: Before the Night Is Over

7. Blood Mountain - Mastodon
Sludge Metal
Key Track: Colony of Birchmen

6. Black Holes and Revelations - Muse
Alternative Rock
Key Track: Knights of Cydonia

5. Love - The Beatles
Rock
Key Track: Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows

4. Modern Times - Bob Dylan
Folk Rock
Key Track: Someday Baby

3. American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash
Country
Key Track: God's Gonna Cut You Down

2. A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden
Heavy Metal
Key Track: These Colours Don't Run

1. 10,000 Days - Tool
Progressive Metal
Key Track: Vicarious