| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Various Artists | Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan |
| 2 | Kelly Hogan | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain |
| 3 | Sonny Landreth | Elemental Journey |
| 4 | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Faithful Man |
| 5 | Rhett Miller | The Dreamer |
| 6 | Langhorne Slim | The Way We Move |
| 7 | Kevin Gordon | Gloryland |
| 8 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball |
| 9 | Jay Farrar Wil Johnson Andrers Parker & Yim Yames | New Multitudes |
| 10 | Todd Snider | Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables |
| 11 | Alejandro Escovedo | Big Station |
| 12 | Paul Thorn | What The Hell Is Goin On? |
| 13 | Bodeans | American Made |
| 14 | John Doe And Exene Cervenka | Singing And Playing |
| 15 | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas |
| 16 | Ben Kweller | Go Fly A Kite |
| 17 | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion |
| 18 | Waco Brothers And Paul Burch | Great Chicago Fire |
| 19 | Dr John | Locked Down |
| 20 | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself |
| 21 | Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change The Way... |
| 22 | Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down |
| 23 | George Harrison | Early Takes Volume 1 |
| 24 | Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Grifter's Hymnal |
| 25 | Lucero | Woman & Work |
| 26 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden |
| 27 | Bonnie Raitt | Slipstream |
| 28 | Explorers Club | Grand Hotel |
| 29 | Little Willies | For The Good Times |
| 30 | Lumineers | The Lumineers |
| 31 | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar |
| 32 | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful |
| 33 | Willie Nelson | Heroes |
| 34 | Father John Misty | Fear Fun |
| 35 | Curtis Stigers | Let's Go Out Tonight |
| 36 | John Fullbright | From The Ground Up |
| 37 | Ryan Adams | iTunes Session |
| 38 | Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials | Jump Start |
| 39 | Swamp Cabbage | Drum Roll Please |
| 40 | JD McPherson | Signs And Signifiers |
| 41 | Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires | There Is A Bomb In Gilead |
| 42 | Meiko | The Bright Side |
| 43 | Nanci Griffith | Intersection |
| 44 | Molasses Creek | An Island Out Of Time |
| 45 | Marvin Etzioni | Marvin Country! |
| 46 | Hank Williams III | Long Gone Daddy |
| 47 | Ringo Starr | 2012 |
| 48 | Joan Osborne | Bring It On Home |
| 49 | JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound | Want More |
| 50 | Chris Smither | What I Learned In School |
| 51 | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Area 52 |
| 52 | Tommy Womack | Now What! |
| 53 | Ellis Paul | The Hero In You |
