1 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway)
2 Ryan Adams, Love Is Hell Part 1 (Lost Highway)
3 Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)
4 Lyle Lovett, My Baby Don’t Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway)
5 Johnny Cash, Unearthed (Lost Highway)
6 Ryan Adams, Love Is Hell Part 2 (Lost Highway)
7 Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
8 Emmylou Harris, Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch)
9 My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves (ATO)
10 Various Artists, Just Because I’m A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)
11 Robert Earl Keen, Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
12 Gillian Welch, Soul Journey (Acony)
13 Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
14 Damien Rice, O (Vector)
15 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Streetcore (Hellcat/Epitaph)
16 Warren Zevon, The Wind (Artemis)
17 Natalie Merchant, The House Carpenter’s Daughter (Myth America)
18 Various Artists, Cold Mountain soundtrack (DMZ/Columbia)
19 Rodney Crowell, Fate’s Right Hand (DMZ/Epic)
20 Bottle Rockets, Blue Sky (Sanctuary)
21 Dixie Chicks, Top Of The World Tour (Monument)
22 Jayhawks, Rainy Day Music (American/Lost Highway)
23 Thrills, So Much For The City (Virgin)
24 Jolie Holland, Catalpa (Anti)
25 Van Morrison, What’s Wrong With This Picture (Blue Note)
26 Blind Boys Of Alabama, Go Tell It On The Mountain (Realworld)
27 Alison Krauss & Union Station, Live (Rounder)
28 Neil Young, Greendale (Reprise)
29 Scruggs/Watson/Skaggs, The Three Pickers (Rounder)
30 White Stripes, Elephant (V2/Third Man)
31 Paul Westerberg, Come Feel Me Tremble (Vagrant)
32 Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Unclassified (Warner Bros.)
33 Josh Rouse, 1972 (Ryko)
34 Shelby Lynne, Identity Crisis (Capitol)
35 Sun Kil Moon, Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset)
36 Rufus Wainwright, Want One (Dreamworks)
37 Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day (New West)
38 Steve Earle, Just An American Boy (Artemis)
39 Sheryl Crow, The Very Best Of (A&M)
40 Los Lonely Boys, self-titled (Or)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark Records (Minneapolis, MN), Almost Blue (Asheville, NC), 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 Exchange (Live Oak, TX), Dave’s Music Mine (Pittsburgh, PA), Electric Fetus (Duluth, MN), Future Legend (New York, NY), Gem City Records (Dayton, OH), Groovacious (Cedar City, UT), Hear’s Music (Tucson, AZ), Hoodlum’s (Tempe, AZ), Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), Laser’s Edge (Birmingham, AL), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Malmo Skivhandel (Malmo, Sweden), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), Narragansett Disc (Narragansett, RI), Park Ave. CDs (Winter Park, FL), Record Emporium (Chicago, IL), Record Exchange (Boise, ID), Rock-A-Billy’s (Utica, MI), Schoolkids’ Records (Chapel Hill, NC), Sounds Familiar (Myrtle Beach, SC), Tower #17822 (Fairfax, VA), Treehouse Records (Minneapolis, MN), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
