1 Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues (E-Squared/Artemis)
2 Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue II (Elektra)
3 Dave Alvin, Public Domain (HighTone)
4 Neil Young, Silver & Gold (Reprise)
5 Sam Bush, Ice Caps: Peaks Of Telluride (Sugar Hill)
6 Greg Brown, Covenant (Red House)
7 Various Artists, Down To The Promised Land (Bloodshot)
8 Johnny Cash, Love God Murder (Sony Legacy)
9 Jayhawks, Smile (Columbia)
10 Lee Ann Womack, I Hope You Dance (MCA)
11 Greg Brown, Over And Under (Trailer)
12 Dwight Yoakam, dwightyoakamacoustic.net (Warner Bros.)
13 Garcia/Grisman/Rice, The Pizza Tapes (Acoustic Disc)
14 Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Outbound (Columbia)
15 Neko Case, Furnace Room Lullaby (Bloodshot)
16 Peter Bruntnell, Normal For Bridgewater (Ryko/Slow River)
17 B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Riding With The King (Reprise)
18 Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne (Mercury)
18 Johnny Cash, At San Quentin (Sony Legacy)
19 Donna The Buffalo, Positive Friction (Sugar Hill)
20 Ani DiFranco, Swingset EP (Righteous Babe)
21 Kevin Gordon, Down To The Well (Shanachie)
22 Dar Williams, The Green World (Razor & Tie)
23 Various Artists, ‘Til We Outnumber ‘Em (Righteous Babe)
24 Jimmie Dale Gilmore, One Endless Night (Windcharger/Rounder)
25 Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, High Tide (HighTone)
26 Victoria Williams, Water To Drink (Atlantic)
27 Slobberbone, Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today (New West)
28 Jess Klein, Draw Them Near (Ryko/Slow River)
29 Bellwether, self-titled (Rustbelt)
30 Tim Carroll, Not For Sale (self-released)
31 Jon Langford/Sally Timms, Songs Of False Hope (Bloodshot)
32 Calexico, Hot Rail (Quarterstick)
33 The Band, self-titled (Capitol)
34 Doc Watson, 1964-1998: Foundations (Sugar Hill)
35 Elliott Smith, Figure 8 (DreamWorks)
36 Old 97’s, Early Tracks (Bloodshot)
37 Ry Cooder, Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch)
38 Belle & Sebastian, Fold Your Hands… (Matador)
39 Blue Rodeo, Days In Between (WEA-Canada)
40 Slaid Cleaves, Broke Down (Philo)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark Records (Bloomington, MN), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), Aron’s Records (Los Angeles, CA), Basement Discs (Melbourne, Australia), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), CD Central (Lexington, KY), CD Spectrum (Conifer, CO), Country Rock Specialisten (Gothenburg, Sweden), Discover Music (Lilburn, GA), Django’s Cellophane Square (Seattle, Bellevue, Bellingham, WA), Ernie November (Sioux Falls, SD), For The Record (Amherst, MA), Gem City (Dayton, OH), Horizon (Greeneville, SC), Love Garden (Lawrence, KS), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Main Street Music (Philadelphia, PA), Malmo Skivhandel (Malmo, Sweden), Maximum Music (San Rafael, CA), Miles Of Music (mail order), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Park Ave. CD (Winter Park, FL), Phil’s CDs (Ft. Thomas, KY), Plan 9 (Richmond, Charlottsville, Harrisonburg, VA), Premiere CDs (Pittsburgh, PA), Record Archive (Rochester, NY), Record Emporium (Chicago, IL), Rock-A-Billy’s (Shelby Township, MI), Rockin’ Rudy’s (Missoula, MT), 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), Virgin Megastore (Denver, CO), Wildman Steve’s (Auburn, AL).
