1 Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
2 Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castles (Righteous Babe)
3 Steve Earle, El Corazon (E-Squared/Warner Bros.)
4 Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac (Outpost)
5 Cheri Knight, The Northeast Kingdom (E-Squared)
6 Alejandro Escovedo, More Miles Than Money (Bloodshot)
7 Chris Knight, self-titled (Decca)
8 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Friends Of Mine (HighTone)
9 Derailers, Reverb Deluxe (Sire/Watermelon)
10 Various Artists, Horse Whisperer soundtrack (MCA)
11 Mavericks, Trampoline (MCA)
12 Original Harmony Creek Dippers, self-titled (self-released)
13 Bottle Rockets, 24 Hours A Day (Atlantic)
14 Freakwater, Springtime (ThrillJockey)
15 Bonnie Raitt, Fundamental (Capitol)
16 Mercury Dime, Darkling (Yep Roc)
17 Ricky Skaggs, Bluegrass Rules (Skaggs Family/Rounder)
18 Hangdogs, East Of Yesterday (Crazyhead)
19 Old 97’s, Wreck Your Life (Bloodshot)
20 Mary Lou Lord, Got No Shadow (Work)
21 John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp (Warner Bros.)
22 16 Horsepower, Low Estate (A&M)
23 Old & In The Way, Breakdown (Acoustic Disc)
24 Victoria Williams, Musings Of A Creekdipper (Atlantic)
25 Greg Brown, Slant 6 Mind (Redhouse)
26 Robbie Fulks, South Mouth (Bloodshot)
27 Robert Earl Keen, Picnic (Arista)
28 Slobberbone, Barrel Chested (Doolittle)
29 Delbert McClinton, One Of The Fortunate Few (Rising Tide)
30 6 String Drag, High Hat (E-Squared)
31 Whiskeytown, Rural Free Delivery (Mood Food)
32 Marah, Let’s Cut The Crap (Black Dog)
33 The Hollisters, The Land Of Rhythm And Pleasure (Freedom)
34 Reverend Horton Heat, Space Heater (Interscope)
35 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, The Virginian (Bloodshot)
36 Kim Lenz & Jaguars, self-titled (HMG)
37 Dan Bern, Fifty Eggs (Work/Sony)
38 Meat Purveyors, Sweet In The Pants (Bloodshot)
39 Nick Lowe, Dig My Mood (Upstart)
40 Robbie Robertson, Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy (Capitol)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark (Bloomington, MN), Almost Blue (Asheville, NC), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), Big Whale CDs (Keego Harbor, MI), Blockbuster #98216 (Arlington, TX), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), CD Central (Lexington, KY), CD Spectrum (Conifer, CO), Cellophane Square (Seattle, Bellevue, Bellingham, WA), Country Rock Specialitsen (Gothenburg, Sweden), Disc Exchange (Knoxville, TN), Frontiers (mail order), Green Noise (Eugene, OR), House Of Records (Eugene, OR), Horizon (Greenville, SC), Lou’s (Encinitas, CA), Love Garden (Lawrence, KS), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Maximum Music (San Rafael, CA), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Oar Folkjokeopus (Minneapolis, MN), Park Ave. CD (Winter Park, FL), Periscope (Champaign, IL), Phil’s CDs (Ft. Thomas, KY), Premier CDs (Pittsburgh, PA), Roadrunner (Minneapolis, MN), Rockabillys (Shelby Township, MI), Rockin’ Rudy’s (Missoula, MT), Sal’s Music Emporium (Iowa City, IA), Salt Of The Earth (Columbia, MO), Spy (Lexington, KY), Streetside (St. Louis, MO), Toon’s (Colorado Springs, CO), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Village Records (Shawnee, KS), Wildman Steve’s (Auburn, AL).
