| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Swan Lake * |
Beast Moans |
Scratch |
| 2 |
Tom Waits |
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards |
Anti |
| 3 |
Sonic Youth |
Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities |
Geffen |
| 4 |
Shotgun And Jaybird * |
Trying To Get Somewhere |
Sappy |
| 5 |
The Winks * |
Birthday Party |
Ache |
| 6 |
Joanna Newsom |
Ys |
Drag City |
| 7 |
The Blow |
Paper Television |
K |
| 8 |
The Acorn * |
Tin Fist |
Independent |
| 9 |
The Decemberists |
The Crane Wife |
Capitol |
| 10 |
Woodpigeon * |
Songbook |
Rectangle |
| 11 |
Born Ruffians * |
Born Ruffians |
Warp |
| 12 |
The Stolen Minks * |
Family Boycott |
New Romance For Kids |
| 13 |
Away, Ri'O! * |
All Things Shining |
Aaargh |
| 14 |
The Dears * |
Gang Of Losers |
Maple Music |
| 15 |
The Sadies * |
Tales Of The Rat Fink Soundtrack |
Outside |
| 16 |
Neko Case |
Live From Austin TX |
New West |
| 17 |
Various * |
Killed By Canada |
Fans Of Bad Productions |
| 18 |
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead |
So Divided |
Interscope |
| 19 |
Immaculate Machine * |
Les Uns Mais Pas Les Autres |
Mint |
| 20 |
Fucked Up * |
Hidden World |
Jade Tree |
| 21 |
Pawa Up First * |
Introducing New Details |
Dare To Care |
| 22 |
Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton* |
Knives Don't Have Your Back |
Last Gang |
| 23 |
Sloan * |
Never Hear The End Of It |
Sony BMG |
| 24 |
Nassau * |
Machines To Paradise |
Outside |
| 25 |
Thesis Sahib * |
Loved Ones |
Phono Graphique |
| 26 |
The Twisters * |
After The Storm |
Northern Blues |
| 27 |
Beck |
The Information |
Interscope |
| 28 |
Various |
Plague Songs |
4AD |
| 29 |
Serena Ryder * |
If Your Memory Serves You Well |
EMI |
| 30 |
Anthem Red * |
Dancing On The Dishwasher |
The Company With The Golden Arm |
| 31 |
TV On The Radio |
Return To Cookie Mountain |
Interscope |
| 32 |
Bert Jansch |
The Black Swan |
Drag City |
| 33 |
Desiderata * |
We Are Not Convinced There Has Been Any Improvement |
Champion City |
| 34 |
Scott H. Biram |
Graveyard Shift |
Bloodshot |
| 35 |
John Smith * |
Growing Pains |
Peanuts & Corn |
| 36 |
Rock Plaza Central * |
Are We Not Horses |
Independent |
| 37 |
Various * |
Snowed In: A Tribute To Hank Snow |
CJSR |
| 38 |
Destroyer * |
We'll Build Them A Golden Bridge (Reissue) |
Scratch |
| 39 |
Junior Boys * |
So This Is Goodbye |
Domino |
| 40 |
Shout Out Out Out Out! * |
Not Saying Just Saying |
Nrmls Wlcm |
| 41 |
Various * |
CBC Radio 3 Sessions |
Mint |
| 42 |
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes |
Love Their Country |
Fat Wreck Chords |
| 43 |
Subtle |
For Hero: For Fool |
Lex |
| 44 |
Jon-Rae And The River* |
...Knows What You Need |
Baudelaire |
| 45 |
Various * |
2006 Polaris Prize Album Of The Year |
Rogers |
| 46 |
Dead Meadow |
Dead Meadow |
Xemu |
| 47 |
The Awkward Stage * |
Heaven Is For Easy Girls |
Mint |
| 48 |
The Postmarks |
The Postmarks |
Unfiltered |
| 49 |
...As The Poets Affirm * |
Awake |
Zunior |
| 50 |
Amy Seeley * |
The Trees Are Glad You're Back |
Shameless |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 51 |
Ruth Minnikin * |
Folk Art |
Independent |
| 52 |
Les Georges Leningrad * |
Sangue Puro |
Dare To Care |
| 53 |
Tacoma Hellfarm Tragedy * |
Orchard Songs |
No-Fi |
| 54 |
PJ Harvey |
The Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004 |
Island |
| 55 |
Gob Iron |
Death Songs For The Living |
Legacy |
| 56 |
Bocce * |
Hi Birdbear/Can't Reason Do It? |
Dadmobile |
| 57 |
Wee Hairy Beasties |
Animal Crackers |
Bloodshot |
| 58 |
K-Os * |
Atlantis Hymns For Disco |
Virgin |
| 59 |
Ima Robot |
Monument To The Masses |
Virgin |
| 60 |
The Wayback * |
Machines |
Independent |
| 61 |
Hot Chip |
Remixes & Rarities |
Astralwerks |
| 62 |
Million Dollar Marxists * |
Zero Culture |
Stumble |
| 63 |
Lullabye Arkestra * |
Ampgrave |
Constellation |
| 64 |
Drumheller * |
Wives |
Rat-Drifting |
| 65 |
Jewish Legend * |
Telepathy Now! |
Baudelaire |
| 66 |
Chad VanGaalen * |
Skelliconnection |
Flemish Eye/Sub Pop |
| 67 |
Bob Lanois * |
Snake Road |
Cordova Bay |
| 68 |
The Octopus Project & Black Moth Super Rainbow |
The House Of Apples And Eyeballs |
Grave |
| 69 |
Moses Mayes * |
Second Ring |
Dublum |
| 70 |
Lady Sovereign |
Public Warning |
Def Jam |
| 71 |
Birdapres * |
Get It Done |
Peanuts & Corn |
| 72 |
Romi Mayes * |
Sweet Somethin' Steady |
Independent |
| 73 |
Under Byen |
Samme Stof Som Stof |
Paper Bag |
| 74 |
The Hidden Cameras * |
Awoo |
Evil Evil |
| 75 |
No Luck Club * |
Prosperity |
Igloo Cartel |
| 76 |
Patrick Watson * |
Close To Paradise |
Secret City |
| 77 |
Department Of Foreign Affairs * |
Northern Living Northern Lights |
Popjack |
| 78 |
My Morning Jacket |
Okonokos |
ATO/RCA |
| 79 |
The Black Keys |
Magic Potion |
Nonesuch |
| 80 |
Andrea Smith * |
Sweet Embrace |
Root Cellar |
| 81 |
The Manhattan Love Suicides |
The Manhattan Love Suicides |
Magic Marker |
| 82 |
The Clipse |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Star Track |
| 83 |
Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals Starvation League |
The Longest Meow |
Bloodshot |
| 84 |
Little Miss Higgins * |
Cobbler Shop Sessions |
Eon |
| 85 |
Mirah |
Joyride: Remixes |
K |
| 86 |
Jetplanes Of Abraham |
Jetplanes Of Abraham |
Independent |
| 87 |
The Sweet Homewreckers * |
From The Letdown To The Come Around |
Put On Your Drinking Cap |
| 88 |
Mayor McCa * |
Cue Are Es Tea You |
We Are Busy Bodies |
| 89 |
Hello Operator * |
Hello Operator |
Independent |
| 90 |
Various * |
A Mint Harvest: Mint Records Sampler |
Mint |
| 91 |
Various * |
Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton Vol. 1 |
C+C Music Festival |
| 92 |
The Memories Attack * |
The Memories Attack |
Little Mafia |
| 93 |
Henri Faberge And The Adorables* |
Henri Faberge And The Adorables |
Independent |
| 94 |
The Fratellis |
Costello Music |
Drop The Gun |
| 95 |
Brazilian Girls |
Talk To La Bomb |
Verve Forecast |
| 96 |
Lily Allen |
Alright, Still... |
Regal |
| 97 |
Their Majesties * |
Lands Where Tales Are Tall |
Just Friends |
| 98 |
Love Is All |
Nine Times The Same Song |
What's Your Rupture |
| 99 |
Electro Quarterstaff * |
Gretzky |
Willowtip |
| 100 |
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names |
#3 |
Labrador Sweden |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 101 |
Brand New |
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me |
Interscope |
| 102 |
Animal Collective |
Hollinndagain |
Paw Tracks |
| 103 |
Frog Eyes * |
The Future Is Inter-Disciplinary Or Not At All |
Acuarela |
| 104 |
Toolshed * |
Relapse |
Backburner |
| 105 |
Grimskunk * |
Fires Under The Road |
Indica |
| 106 |
The Bird And The Bee |
Again And Again And Again And Again |
Metro Blue |
| 107 |
Mochipet |
Disko Donkey |
Daly City |
| 108 |
The Flaming Lips |
If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch |
Warner |
| 109 |
El Perro Del Mar |
El Perro Del Mar |
Memphis Industries |
| 110 |
David Gogo * |
Acoustic |
Cordova Bay |
| 111 |
The Hold Steady |
Boys And Girls In America |
Vagrant |
| 112 |
The Gothic Archies |
The Tragic Treasury: Songs From A Series Of Unfortunate Events |
Nonesuch |
| 113 |
aMUTE * |
The Sea Horse Limbo |
Intr Vision |
| 114 |
Ghettosocks * |
Get Some Friends |
Droppin' Science |
| 115 |
Various |
Friends Of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961-1965 |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 116 |
Matt Mays * |
When The Angels Make Contact |
Warner |
| 117 |
The Details * |
Marching Sound |
Independent |
| 118 |
Stowaway * |
Stowaway |
Independent |
| 119 |
+/-{Plus/Minus} |
Let's Build A Fire |
Absolutely Kosher |
| 120 |
Sarah Hallman * |
Sarah Hallman |
Busted Flat |
| 121 |
Antizario * |
It's Great To Be Fine |
Vanorange |
| 122 |
The Be Good Tanyas * |
Hello Love |
Nettwerk |
| 123 |
The Heartaches |
Too Cool For School |
Swami |
| 124 |
Boo Hoo * |
Boo Hoo |
Very Wrong Recording Co. |
| 125 |
Tim Hecker |
Harmony In Ultraviolet |
Kranky |
| 126 |
Dirty Faces |
Get Right With God |
Brah/Jagjaguwar |
| 127 |
+ 44 |
When Your Heart Stops Beating |
Interscope |
| 128 |
Michael Rault And The Mixed Signals* |
Sure Are Fun |
Independent |
| 129 |
Hills Like White Elephants * |
Hills Like White Elephants |
Champion City |
| 130 |
The Machines * |
After My Misspent Youth |
Doormat |
| 131 |
Jordan O'Jordan |
Not Style, Nor Season, Nor Hard-Handed Lesson |
Columbus Discount |
| 132 |
Basement Jaxx |
Crazy Itch Radio |
XL |
| 133 |
Golden Dogs * |
Big Eye Little Eye |
True North |
| 134 |
Mustafa Ozkent |
Genclik Ile Eleele |
Finders Keepers |
| 135 |
Kronos Quartet And Mogwai |
The Fountain |
Nonesuch |
| 136 |
Pink Cadillac Scat Cats * |
Rip It Up! |
Independent |
| 137 |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse* |
Live At The Fillmore 1970 |
Reprise |
| 138 |
Moka Only * |
The Station Agent |
Camobear |
| 139 |
DD/MM/YYYY * |
The Blue Screen Of Death |
We Are Busy Bodies |
| 140 |
Forro In The Dark |
Bonfires Of Sao Joao |
Nublu |
| 141 |
Various |
I Killed The Monster |
Second Shimmy |
| 142 |
Xela |
The Dead Sea |
Type |
| 143 |
The Battle Royale |
Sparkledust Fantasy |
Afternoon |
| 144 |
Tahiti 80 |
Fosbury |
Jvc Victor |
| 145 |
The Stance * |
Shall Inherit The Earth |
Just Friends |
| 146 |
The Living End |
State Of Emergency |
Adeline |
| 147 |
Jonas Bonnetta * |
Farewell To Harmony |
Independent |
| 148 |
Frida Hyvonen |
Until Death Comes |
Secretly Canadian |
| 149 |
Sly And Robbie |
Rhythm Doubles |
Taxi |
| 150 |
Dance Yourself To Death * |
Dance Yourself To Death |
Independent |
| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 151 |
Books On Books * |
Books On Books |
Independent |
| 152 |
Pheek |
En Legere Suspension |
Archipel |
| 153 |
Kim Beggs * |
Wanderer's Paean |
Caribou |
| 154 |
Ox * |
American Lo Fi |
Weewerk |
| 155 |
The Deadcats * |
Feline 500 |
Flying Saucer |
| 156 |
Octoberman * |
Laguardia |
White Whale |
| 157 |
The Pack * |
Tintype |
Independent |
| 158 |
Converge |
No Heroes |
Epitaph |
| 159 |
Bob Wiseman * |
Theme And Variations |
Blocks Recording Club |
| 160 |
Households * |
Bullrushes Will Grow |
Burnt Oak |
| 161 |
Anagram & The Creeping Nobodies * |
Split |
Blocks Recording Club |
| 162 |
Various |
IClub Volume 1 |
Hi-Bias |
| 163 |
Scottie's Cut And Paste Project * |
Unplugged From The Matrix |
Independent |
| 164 |
Classified * |
Hitch Hikin' Music |
Urbnet |
| 165 |
October Sky * |
October Sky |
Independent |
| 166 |
The Cliks * |
Snakehouse |
Kindling |
| 167 |
The Barrymores * |
New Invasion |
Independent |
| 168 |
Sufjan Stevens |
Songs For Christmas |
Asthmatic Kitty |
| 169 |
Nick Perreault * |
The Good Intentions |
Shameless |
| 170 |
The Bellrays |
Merry Christmas From The Bellrays |
Cheap Lullaby |
| 171 |
Army Of Anyone |
Army Of Anyone |
Firm Music |
| 172 |
The Fucking Ocean |
La Main Rouge |
Double Negative |
| 173 |
The Broken West |
I Can't Go On, I'll Go On |
Merge |
| 174 |
Mstrkrft * |
Work On You |
Last Gang |
| 175 |
Califone |
Roots And Crowns |
Thrill Jockey |
| 176 |
Malajube * |
Trompe L'Oeil |
Dare To Care |
| 177 |
Big Trouble In Little China * |
Diamond Cutter |
No List |
| 178 |
Jesse Zubot * |
Dementia |
Drip Audio |
| 179 |
Kingsway + Counterrevolutionaries * |
Brand New Golden Oldies |
DDG |
| 180 |
Various * |
You And Yours |
Burnt Oak |
| 181 |
The Curtains |
Calamity |
Asthmatic Kitty |
| 182 |
Lily Frost * |
Cine-Magique |
Aporia |
| 183 |
Zapato Negro * |
Zapato Negro |
Cellar Live |
| 184 |
Die Mannequin * |
How To Kill |
How To Kill |
| 185 |
Johnny Cash |
Live From Austin Texas |
New West |
| 186 |
Residents |
Tweedles! |
Mute |
| 187 |
Various * |
Our Power: Solar Music Compilation |
Zunior |
| 188 |
Various |
Shortbus |
Team Love |
| 189 |
Tiiu Millistver |
Gone Are The Days |
Independent |
| 190 |
The Drones |
Gala Mill |
ATP |
| 191 |
Vietnam |
Welcome To My Room |
Kemado |
| 192 |
Field And Stream * |
6 Song Postcard |
Independent |
| 193 |
Big Old Eyes * |
Cathedral & Cathedral |
Independent |
| 194 |
Emm Gryner * |
The Summer Of High Hopes |
Dead Daisy |
| 195 |
Haley Bonar |
Lure The Fox |
Afternoon |
| 196 |
DSD * |
Norsk Drag |
Independent |
| 197 |
One-Two |
Love Again |
Fine |
| 198 |
Chateau Flight |
Les Vampires Soundtrack |
Versatile Paris |
| 199 |
Stephen Reich |
Remixed 2006 |
Nonesuch |
| 200 |
For The Mathematics * |
We Impend |
Year Of THe Sun/Soft Revolution |
