| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | PATTI SMITH | Banga | Columbia |
| 2 | WALKMEN | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 3 | DR. JOHN | Locked Down | Nonesuch |
| 4 | KELLY HOGAN | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain | Anti |
| 5 | MYNABIRDS | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 6 | SUGARMAN 3 | What The World Needs Now | Daptone |
| 7 | AQUITAINE | American Pulverizer [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE | Americana | Reprise |
| 9 | DB'S | Falling Off The Sky | Bar/None |
| 10 | ALLO DARLIN' | Europe | Slumberland |
| 11 | HOT CHIP | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 12 | A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS | Worship | Dead Oceans |
| 13 | JACK WHITE | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 14 | ANDREW BIRD | Break It Yourself | Mom And Pop |
| 15 | LUCERO | Women And Work | ATO |
| 16 | METRIC | Synthetica | Mom And Pop-MMI |
| 17 | TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 18 | ALABAMA SHAKES | Boys And Girls | ATO |
| 19 | FIONA APPLE | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do | Epic |
| 20 | SILVERSUN PICKUPS | Neck Of The Woods | Dangerbird |
| 21 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | Big Station | Concord-Fantasy |
| 22 | DIAMOND RUGS | Diamond Rugs | Partisan |
| 23 | CROCODILES | Endless Flowers | Frenchkiss |
| 24 | GREAT GRANDFATHERS | St. Anthony's Fire | |
| 25 | JAPANDROIDS | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 26 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 27 | LANGHORNE SLIM | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 28 | GUIDED BY VOICES | Class Clown Spots A UFO | GBV |
| 29 | BOBBY WOMACK | The Bravest Man In The Universe | XL |
| 30 | BEACHWOOD SPARKS | The Tarnished Gold | SUB POP |
