Metacritic 75 (best rated 2006 new albums)

Info:  «Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs, and formerly, books. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged» (from Wikipedia). Metacritic 75 is a series of playlists collecting all new albums (no reissues, anthologies, live albums) that get a 75+ aggregated score generated by at least 15 reviews. On running years, the playlist is periodically updated and closed on January of the following year. This playlist collects new albums published in 2006.

Source: Metacritic
Date of publication: 2006
Spotify playlist latest update: 17th August 2016
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Strikethrough albums (12/129) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

Sia - Colour The Small One (77)
Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac (84)
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (78)
Cat Power - The Greatest (80)
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House (79)
Kelley Stoltz - Below The Branches (79)
J Dilla Aka Jay Dee - Donuts (84)
The Minus 5 - The Minus 5 (75)
Beth Orton - Comfort Of Strangers (78)
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Of Pursuit (78)
Man Man - Six Demon Bag (79)
Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary (75)
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies (88)
Arab Strap - The Last Romance (80)
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (82)
Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (78)
Vitalic - OK Cowboy (82)
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Etiquette (76)
Sparks - Hello Young Lovers (77)
Van Morrison - Pay The Devil (75)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (85)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas (78)
Goldfrapp - Supernature (79)
Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speed (81)
Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat (83)
The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea (78)
Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time (78)
Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You (86)
Liars - Drum's Not Dead (79)
Editors - The Back Room (76)
T.I. - King (77)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (88)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (79)
Tapes n' Tapes - The Loon (76)
Islands - Return To The Sea (80)
Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors (75)
The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics (76)
Calexico - Garden Ruin (75)
Built To Spill - You In Reverse (81)
Field Music - Field Music (77)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse (78)
Aphex Twin - Chose Lords (81)
The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon (78)
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (82)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (75)
The Rakes - Capture/Release (75)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother (76)
Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror (81)
Serena-Maneesh - Serena-Maneesh (84)
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (80)
Paul Simon - Surprise (78)
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast (81)
Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You (78)
Danielson - Ships (78)
Neil Young - Living With War (77)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (81)
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (83)
Espers - II (79)
The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns (78)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (75)
Vetiver - To Find Me Gone (76)
Mission Of Burma - The Obliterati (81)
Scott Walker - The Drift (85)
Matthew Herbert - Scale (81)
Asobi Seksu - Citrus (80)
Elvis Costello & Allain Toussaint - The River In Reverse (78)
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country (77)
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet (75)
Juana Molina - Son (79)
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope (80)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (82)
Six Organs Of Admittance - The Sun Awakens (78)
Mr. Lif - Mo'Mega (75)
Hot Chip - The Warning (79)
The Handsome Family - Last Days Of Wonder (80)
Pet Shop Boys - Fundamental (75)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (82)
Guillemots - Through The Windowpane (81)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (76)
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From The Illinois Album (76)
Oneida - Happy New Year (80)
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations (75)
Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening (79)
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther (79)
Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer (79)
The Long Winters - Putting The Days To Bed (76)
Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang (76)
New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (75)
Comets On Fire - Avatar (81)
J Dilla Aka Jay Dee - The Shining (80)
M.Ward - Post-War (81)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (84)
The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely (75)
Lambchop - Damaged (81)
Broadcast - Future Crayon (76)
Cursive - Happy Hollow (78)
The Roots - Game Theory (83)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (89)
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House (79)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (82)
Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (78)
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (85)
Junior Boys - So This Is A Goodbye (79)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (88)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor (83)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go (84)
Wolf Eyes - Human Animal (78)
Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (78)
Pernice Brothers - Live A Little (78)
Lindsey Buckingham - Under The Skin (80)
Nina Nastasia - On Leaving (76)
Robyn Hitchcock - Ole! Tarantula (80)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (84)
The Dears - Gang Of Losers (79)
The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America (85)
Califone - Roots & Crowns (77)
The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes (76)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (79)
John Legend - Once Again (77)
Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head (78)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (85)
Josef K - Entomology (84)
Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas (80)
Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (78)
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (92)
The Beatles - Love (83)
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (89)
Ghostface Killah - More Fish (77)
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead (79)