| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden |
| 2 | Jay Farrar Wil Johnson Andrers Parker & Yim Yames | New Multitudes |
| 3 | Lyle Lovett | Release Me |
| 4 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball |
| 5 | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself |
| 6 | Various Artists | Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan |
| 7 | Janiva Magness | Stronger For It |
| 8 | Whitehorse | Whitehorse |
| 9 | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas |
| 10 | Ruthie Foster | Let It Burn |
| 11 | Tom Waits | Bad As Me |
| 12 | Heartless Bastards | Arrow |
| 13 | Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys | Back At The Quonset Hut |
| 14 | Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change The Way... |
| 15 | Connie Smith | Long Line Of Heartaches |
| 16 | Bhi Bhiman | Bhiman |
| 17 | Ben Kweller | Go Fly A Kite |
| 18 | Kevin Gordon | Gloryland |
| 19 | Gretchen Peters | Hello Cruel World |
| 20 | Paul McCartney | Kisses On The Bottom |
| 21 | Hugh Laurie | Let Them Talk |
| 22 | Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts |
| 23 | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Area 52 |
| 24 | Ani DiFranco | Which Side Are You On? |
| 25 | Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
| 26 | Reckless Kelly | Good Luck And True Love |
| 27 | Punch Brothers | Who’s Feeling Young Now? |
| 28 | Ellis Paul | The Hero In You |
| 29 | Contino | Back Porch Dogma |
| 30 | I See Hawks in LA | New Kind Of Lonely |
| 31 | Todd Snider | Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |
| 32 | Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Grifter's Hymnal |
| 33 | Trampled By Turtles | Stars and Satellites |
| 34 | Wilco | The Whole Love |
| 35 | Great American Taxi | Paradise Lost |
| 36 | Katy Boyd | Paper Hearts |
| 37 | JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More |
| 38 | Lorrie Singer & Bradley Kopp | A Deep Oasis |
| 39 | Kathleen Edwards | Voyageur |
| 40 | Willie Nile | The Innocent Ones |
| 41 | Little Willies | For The Good Times |
| 42 | Ringo Starr | 2012 |
| 43 | Dehlia Low | Ravens & Crows |
| 44 | War On Drugs | Slave Ambient |
| 45 | Wood Brothers | Smoke Ring Halo |
| 46 | Milk Carton Kids | Prologue |
| 47 | April Verch | That's How We Run |
| 48 | Nick Lowe | The Old Magic |
| 49 | Dan Zanes and Friends | Little Nut Tree |
| 50 | Randy Thompson | Collected. |
| 51 | Pines | Dark So Gold |
| 52 | Buxton | Nothing Here Seems Strange |
| 53 | John Lilly | Cold Comfort |
| 54 | Robert Ellis | Photographs |
| 55 | Madi Diaz | Plastic Moon |




