1 Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Mercury)
2 Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
3 Dave Alvin, Blackjack David (HighTone)
4 John Fogerty, Premonition (Reprise)
5 Lucinda Williams, self-titled (Koch)
6 Bonnie Raitt, Fundamental (Capitol)
7 Dwight Yoakam, A Long Way Home (Reprise)
8 Bap Kennedy, Domestic Blues (E-Squared)
9 Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson, VH1 Storytellers (American)
10 Joe Ely, Twistin’ In The Wind (MCA)
11 Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castle (Righteous Babe)
12 Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
13 Ralph Stanley & Friends, Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel)
14 Cowboy Junkies, Miles From Our Home (Geffen)
15 Various Artists, The Horse Whisperer soundtrack (MCA)
16 Chris Knight, self-titled (Decca)
17 Derailers, Reverb Deluxe (Sire/Watermelon)
18 Steve Earle, El Corazon (E-Squared)
19 Sam Bush, Howlin’ At The Moon (Sugar Hill)
20 Calexico, The Black Light (Quarterstick)
21 Nick Lowe, Dig My Mood (Upstart)
22 Donna The Buffalo, Rockin’ (Sugar Hill)
23 Mavericks, Trampoline (MCA)
24 Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac (Outpost)
25 Jerry Douglas, Restless On The Farm (Sugar Hill)
26 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Friends Of Mine (HighTone)
27 Jason & the Scorchers, Midnight Roads And Stages Seen (Mammoth)
28 Grant Lee Buffalo, Jubilee (Slash/Warner Bros.)
29 Fly-Rite Boys, Big Sandy Presents (HighTone)
30 Alejandro Escovedo, More Miles Than Money (Bloodshot)
31 Slobberbone, Barrel Chested (Doolittle)
32 Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars, self-titled (HighTone)
33 Freakwater, Springtime (Thrill Jockey)
34 Cheri Knight, The Northeast Kingdom (E-Squared)
35 Marah, Let’s Cut The Crap And Hook Up Later On Tonight (Black Dog)
36 Wandering Eyes, Songs Of Forbidden Love (Lazy SOB)
37 Jeff Buckley, Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk (Columbia)
38 Ry Cooder, Buena Vista Social (World Circuit)
39 Bela Fleck, Left Of Cool (Warner Bros.)
40 John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp (Warner Bros.)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark (Bloomington, MN), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), 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), Ear X-tacy (Louisville, KY), Frontiers (mail order), Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), House Of Records (Eugene, OR), Lakeshore Record Exchange (Rochester, NY), Locals Only (Portland, OR), Lou’s Records (Encinitas, CA), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Maximum Music (San Rafael, CA), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Olsson’s Books & Records (Rockville, MD), Park Ave. CD (Winter Park, FL), Periscope (Champaign, IL), Phil’s CDs (Ft. Thomas, KY), Premier CDs (Pittsburgh, PA), Rebop (Ithaca, NY), Roadrunner (Minneapolis, MN), Rockabillys (Shelby Township, MI), Rhino Records (W. Los Angeles, CA), Sal’s Music Emporium (Iowa City, IA), Salt Of The Earth (Columbia, MO), Sounds Familiar (Myrtle Beach, SC), Streetside (St. Louis, MO), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Uncle Buck’s Records (Oxford, MS), Village Records (Shawnee, KS), Virgin Megastore (Tempe, AZ), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
