| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucinda Williams | Blessed |
| 2 | Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over |
| 3 | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears | Scandalous |
| 4 | Decemberists | The King Is Dead |
| 5 | Gregg Allman | Low Country Blues |
| 6 | Band Of Heathens | Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son |
| 7 | Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots |
| 8 | Steve Martin | Rare Bird Alert |
| 9 | Hayes Carll | KMAG YOYO |
| 10 | North Mississippi Allstars | Keys To The Kingdom |
| 11 | Old 97s | The Grand Theatre |
| 12 | 7 Walkers | 7 Walkers |
| 13 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More |
| 14 | Buddy Miller | Majestic Silver Strings |
| 15 | Ezra Furman & The Harpoons | Mysterious Power |
| 16 | Israel Nash Gripka | Barn Doors And Concrete Floors |
| 17 | Todd Snider | Live - The Storyteller |
| 18 | Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses | Junky Star |
| 19 | Robbie Robertson | How To Become Clairvoyant |
| 20 | Abigail Washburn | City Of Refuge |
| 21 | Iron & Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean |
| 22 | Bruce Cockburn | Small Source Of Comfort |
| 23 | Over the Rhine | The Long Surrender |
| 24 | Cave Singers | No Witch |
| 25 | Exene Cervenka | The Excitement Of Maybe |
| 26 | Eleven Hundred Springs | Eight The Hard Way |
| 27 | Sierra Hull | Daybreak |
| 28 | Ha Ha Tonka | Death Of A Decade |
| 29 | Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner |
| 30 | Malcolm Holcombe | To Drink The Rain |
| 31 | Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me |
| 32 | Brennen Leigh | The Box |
| 33 | Damon Fowler | Devil Got His Way |
| 34 | Neil Young | Le Noise |
| 35 | Munly & The Lupercalians | Petr & The Wulf |
| 36 | Buddy Guy | Living Proof |
