| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Waits | Bad As Me |
| 2 | Jayhawks | Mocking Bird Time |
| 3 | Blind Boys of Alabama | Take The High Road |
| 4 | Wilco | The Whole Love |
| 5 | Shelby Lynne | Revelation Road |
| 6 | Various Artists | The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams |
| 7 | J.J. Grey And Mofro | Brighter Days |
| 8 | Ry Cooder | Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down |
| 9 | Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire |
| 10 | JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More |
| 11 | Merle Haggard | Working In Tennessee |
| 12 | Nick Lowe | The Old Magic |
| 13 | Robert Earl Keen | Ready For Confetti |
| 14 | Trombone Shorty | For True |
| 15 | Dawes | Nothing Is Wrong |
| 16 | Gillian Welch | The Harrow & The Harvest |
| 17 | Ana Popovic | Unconditional |
| 18 | Jolie Holland | Pint Of Blood |
| 19 | Mekons | Ancient And Modern |
| 20 | Etta James | The Dreamer |
| 21 | Paul Simon | So Beautiful Or So What |
| 22 | Will Hoge | Number Seven |
| 23 | Nikki Lane | Walk Of Shame |
| 24 | Infamous Stringdusters | We'll Do It Live |
| 25 | Decemberists | Long Live The King EP |
| 26 | Kathleen Edwards | Voyageur |
| 27 | Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter | Marble Son |
| 28 | Brian Molnar And The Naked Hearts | Of The Fall |
| 29 | John Doe | Keeper |
| 30 | Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit | Here We Rest |
| 31 | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Revelator |
| 32 | Steve Cropper | Dedicated: A Salute To The 5 Royales |
| 33 | Gary Nicholson | Texas Songbook |
| 34 | John Hiatt | Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns |
| 35 | Imelda May | Mayhem |
| 36 | Joe Ely | Satisfied At Last |
| 37 | Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
| 38 | Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients |
| 39 | Dale Watson & The Texas Two | The Sun Sessions |
| 40 | Danny Barnes | Rocket |
| 41 | Pistol Annies | Hell On Heels |
| 42 | Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers | Gift Horse |
| 43 | Kenny Vaughan | V |
| 44 | Lydia Loveless | Indestructible Machine |




