Hier noch der schon erwähnte Pazz & Jop Critics Poll 2006:
(Ich beschränke mich auf die Top 40, die weiteren Platzierungen gibt’s hier: http://www.villagevoice.com/pazzandjop06/winners.php?type=album)
1. Bob Dylan, MODERN TIMES
2. TV On The Radio, RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN
3. Ghostface Killah, FISHSCALE
4. The Hold Steady, BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA
5. Gnarls Barkley, ST. ELSEWHERE
6. Arctic Monkeys, WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT
7. Clipse, HELL HATH NO FURY
8. Neko Case, FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
9. Joanna Newsom, YS
10. Tom Waits, ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS
11. Cat Power, THE GREATEST
12. Sonic Youth, RATHER RIPPED
13. The Decemberists, THE CRANE WIFE
14. Belle and Sebastian, THE LIFE PURSUIT
15. Jenny Lewis w/The Watson Twins, RABBIT FUR COAT
16. The Knife, SILENT SHOUT
17. My Chemical Romance, THE BLACK PARADE
18. Yo La Tengo, I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS
19. Bruce Springsteen, WE SHALL OVERCOME: THE SEEGER SESSIONS
20. Dixie Chicks, TAKING THE LONG WAY
21. Ornette Coleman, SOUND GRAMMAR
22. Hot Chip, THE WARNING
23. Band Of Horses, EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, SHOW YOUR BONES
25. The Roots, GAME THEORY
26. The Raconteurs, BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS
27. Rosanne Cash, BLACK CADILLAC
28. Justin Timberlake, FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS
29. T.I., KING
30. J Dilla aka Jay Dee, DONUTS
31. Scott Walker, THE DRIFT
32. Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint, THE RIVER IN REVERSE
33. Beck, THE INFORMATION
34. Lupe Fiasco, FOOD & LIQUOR
35. Destroyer, DESTROYER’S RUBIES
36. Regina Spektor, BEGIN TO HOPE
37. Lily Allen, ALRIGHT, STILL
38. The Coup, PICK A BIGGER WEAPON
39. Girl Talk, NIGHT RIPPER
40. Thom Yorke, THE ERASER
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