1 Various Artists, O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (Mercury/Lost Highway)
2 Lucinda Williams, Essence (Lost Highway)
3 Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator) (Acony)
4 Alison Krauss & Union Station, New Favorite (Rounder)
5 Various Artists, Down From The Mountain soundtrack (Lost Highway)
6 Whiskeytown, Pneumonia (Lost Highway)
7 Nanci Griffith, Clock Without Hands (Elektra)
8 Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eternal And Lowdown (Philo)
9 Del McCoury Band, Del And The Boys (Ceili)
10 Various Artists, Avalon Blues: A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt (Vanguard)
11 Kelly Joe Phelps, Sky Like A Broken Clock (Ryko)
12 Patty Loveless, The Mountain (Epic)
13 Alejandro Escovedo, A Man Under The Influence (Bloodshot)
14 Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)
15 Pernice Brothers, The World Won’t End (Ashmont)
16 Delbert McClinton, Nothing Personal (New West)
17 Nickel Creek, self-titled (Sugar Hill)
18 The Word, self-titled (Ropeadope/Atlantic)
19 Various Artists, Songcatcher soundtrack (Vanguard)
20 Ron Sexsmith, Blue Boy (Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt)
21 Blind Boys Of Alabama, Spirit Of The Century (Realworld)
22 Robbie Fulks, Couples In Trouble (Boondoggle)
23 Buffalo Springfield, Box (Rhino)
24 Keb’ Mo’, Big Wide Grin (Okeh)
25 Gram Parsons, Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels (Rhino)
26 Radney Foster, Are You Ready For The Big Show? (Pure Spunk/Dualtone)
27 Mary Chapin Carpenter, Time Sex Love (Sony)
28 Various Artists, A Nod To Bob: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 60th Birthday (Red House)
29 Greg Brown, Over & Under (Trailer)
30 Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch)
31 Vigilantes Of Love, Summershine (Compass)
32 Scott Miller & the Commonwealth, Thus Always To Tyrants (Sugar Hill)
33 Rodney Crowell, The Houston Kid (Sugar Hill)
34 Pete Yorn, Music For The Morning After (Columbia)
35 Sparklehorse, It’s A Wonderful Life (Capitol)
36 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Drum Hat Buddha (Signature)
37 Rebecca Gates, The Ruby Series (Badman)
38 Lee Roy Parnell, Tell The Truth (Vanguard)
39 Dolly Parton, Little Sparrow (Sugar Hill)
40 Old 97’s, Satellite Rides (Elektra)
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), Cactus Music (Houston, TX), CD Central (Lexington, KY), CD Spectrum (Conifer, CO), Country Rock Specialisten (Gothenberg, Sweden), Disc Exchange (Knoxville, TN), Down Home Music (El Cerrito, CA), The Exclusive Co. (Appleton, WI), For The Record (Amherst, MA), Grass Roots Books & Music (Corvallis, OR), Groovacious (Cedar City, UT), Hear’s Music (Tucson, AZ), Horizon (Greenville, SC), House Of Records (Eugene, OR), Lakeshore Record Exchange (Rochester, NY), The Landing (Seattle, WA), Laser’s Edge (Birmingham, AL), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Main Street Music (Philadelphia, PA), Malmo Skivhandel (Malmo, Sweden), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), Park Avenue CDs (Winter Park, FL), Plan 9 (Richmond, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, VA), Planet Of Sound (Chicago, IL), Premier CDs (Pittsburgh, PA), Record Emporium (Chicago, IL), Rock-A-Billys (Shelby Township, MI), Rockin’ Rudy’s (Missoula, MT), Sal’s Music Emporium (Iowa City, IA), Sonic Boom (Seattle, WA), Sounds Familiar (Myrtle Beach, SC), Soundscapes (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Virgin Megastore (Denver, CO), Waterloo Records (Austin, TX), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
