Best Albums of 2006

By PopMatters Staff

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow for the best re-issues, as well as ongoing genre top 10s the rest of this week, culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. [23 December 2006]

Best R&B of 2006

By Mike Joseph

Mike Joseph's picks for the year's best in R&B include manly soul men, retro futurists, sex-you-up lyricists, and one funky Jehovah's Witness. [14 December 2006]

Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple

By Christian John Wikane

Gnarls Barkley toils ever so soulfully in a complex confluence of emotions on The Odd Couple. Call it therapy-a-go-go. [25 March 2008]

Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere

By Zeth Lundy

Gnarls Barkley is certifiable. [9 May 2006]

Sound Affects: Afro-Futurity: Going On by Gnarls Barkley