| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | YIM YAMES/JAY FARRAR/ANDERS PARKER/WILL JOHNSON | New Multitudes | Rounder |
| 2 | MAGNETIC FIELDS | Love At The Bottom Of The Sea | Merge |
| 3 | DELTA SPIRIT | Delta Spirit | Rounder |
| 4 | CHUCK PROPHET | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 5 | LUCERO | Women And Work | ATO |
| 6 | BOWERBIRDS | The Clearing | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | HOSPITALITY | Hospitality | Merge |
| 8 | IMPERIAL TEEN | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 9 | MIDDLE CLASS FASHION | Girl Talk | Blip Blap! |
| 10 | SLEIGH BELLS | Reign Of Terror | Mom And Pop |
| 11 | POLICA | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 12 | DR. DOG | Be The Void | Anti |
| 13 | CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS | Leaving Eden | Nonesuch |
| 14 | GALACTIC | Carnivale Electricos | Anti |
| 15 | LEONARD COHEN | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 16 | BLACK KEYS | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 17 | TENNIS | Young And Old | Fat Possum |
| 18 | JENNIFER O'CONNOR | I Want What You Want | Kiam |
| 19 | HOWLER | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 20 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International | Amnesty International |
| 21 | ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT | Black Radio | Blue Note |
| 22 | SHEARWATER | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 23 | CRAIG FINN | Clear Heart Full Eyes | Vagrant |
| 24 | BEN KWELLER | Go Fly A Kite | Noise Company |
| 25 | CHAIRLIFT | Something | Columbia |
| 26 | FIELD MUSIC | Plumb | Memphis Industries |
| 27 | GRIMES | Visions | 4AD |
| 28 | FIRST AID KIT | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 29 | AIR | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | EMI |
| 30 | YELLOW OSTRICH | Strange Land | Barsuk |





