| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | KELLY HOGAN | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain | Anti |
| 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Tower Groove Records | |
| 3 | DB'S | Falling Off The Sky | Bar/None |
| 4 | LANGHORNE SLIM | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 5 | SANTIGOLD | Master Of My Make Believe | Atlantic |
| 6 | JACK WHITE | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 7 | BEACH HOUSE | Bloom | SUB POP |
| 8 | SHINS | Port Of Morrow | Columbia |
| 9 | ALLO DARLIN' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 10 | SUGARMAN 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 11 | DANDY WARHOLS | This Machine | The End |
| 12 | RUFUS WAINWRIGHT | Out Of The Game | Polydor-Decca |
| 13 | SLEEPY SUN | Spine Hits | The End |
| 14 | GREAT GRANDFATHERS | St. Anthony's Fire | |
| 15 | DR. DOG | Be The Void | Anti |
| 16 | KILLER MIKE | R.A.P. Music | Williams Street Records |
| 17 | ROUGH SHOP | Beneath The South Side Bridge | Self-Released |
| 18 | BEST COAST | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 19 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | Faithful Man | Truth And Soul |
| 20 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | Big Station | Fantasy |
| 21 | BRENDAN BENSON | What Kind Of World | Readymade |
| 22 | GRASS WIDOW | Internal Logic | HLR |
| 23 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 24 | CROCODILES | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss |
| 25 | NICK WATERHOUSE | Time's All Gone | Innovative Leisure |
| 26 | GOSSIP | A Joyful Noise | Columbia |
| 27 | PATTI SMITH | Banga | Columbia |
| 28 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Boys And Girls | ATO |
| 29 | BRUISER QUEEN | Swears | |
| 30 | DR. JOHN | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
