10. I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass – Yo La Tengo
09. Let’s Get Out Of This Country – Camera Obscura
08. Rather Ripped – Sonic Youth
07. Ships – Danielson
06. Everything All The Time – Band of Horses
05. The Greatest – Cat Power
04. So This Is Goodbye – Junior Boys
03. Destroyer’s Rubies – Destroyer
02. World Waits – Jeremy Enigk
01. Post-War – M. Ward
And here are some overlooked albums of 2006 that I enjoyed: Music For Bluegrass States (R. Keenan Lawler), Lantern (Clogs), Hokane (Aki Tsuyuko), A Lazarus Tazon (Tortoise), Gospel Music (Various Artists), Springfield (Arthur Russell), IBM 1401 A User’s Manual (Jóhann Jóhannsson), Congotronics 2 (Various Artists)