1 Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
2 Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
3 Los Lobos, The Ride (Hollywood)
4 Los Lonely Boys, self-titled (Or)
5 Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
6 Jay Farrar, Stone, Steel & Bright Lights (Transmit Sound)
7 Patty Griffin, Impossible Dream (ATO)
8 Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
9 Jolie Holland, Escondida (Anti/Epitaph)
10 Mindy Smith, One More Moment (Vanguard)
11 Norah Jones, Feels Like Home (Blue Note/EMI)
12 Dave Alvin, Ashgrove (Yep Roc)
13 Jay Farrar, Live EP (Transmit Sound)
14 Bob Schneider, I’m Good Now (Vanguard)
15 Calexico, Convict Pool (Quarterstick)
16 My Morning Jacket, Acoustic Citsuoca EP (ATO)
17 Eric Clapton, Me & Mr. Johnson (Reprise)
18 Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live ’64 Concert At Philharmonic Hall (Sony Legacy)
19 Cowboy Junkies, One Soul Now (Zoe/Rounder)
20 J.J. Cale, To Tulsa And Back (Sanctuary)
21 Marah, 20,000 Streets Under The Sky (Yep Roc)
22 Ryan Adams, Love Is Hell (Lost Highway)
23 Old Crow Medicine Show, OCMS (Nettwerk)
24 Bonnie Prince Billy, Sings Greatest Palace Music (Drag City)
25 James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards, Live In Aught Three (Compadre)
26 Mary Chapin Carpenter, Between Here & Gone (Sony)
27 My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves (ATO)
28 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway)
29 Joanna Newsom, Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City)
30 Ron Sexsmith, Old Retriever (Nettwerk)
31 Johnny Cash, My Mother’s Hymn Book (American/Lost Highway)
32 Sam Phillips, A Boot And A Shoe (Nonesuch)
33 Chris Stamey, Travels In The South (Yep Roc)
34 Cross Canadian Ragweed, Soul Gravy (Universal South)
35 Subdudes, Miracle Mule (Back Porch)
36 Nick Drake, Made To Love Magic (Island)
37 Grant Lee Phillips, Virginia Creeper (Zoe/Rounder)
38 Various Artists, Dylan Country (Sony Legacy)
39 Allison Moorer, The Duel (Sugar Hill)
40 Dale Watson, Dreamland (Koch)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark Records (Minneapolis, 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 Exchange (Live Oak, TX), Cheapo Discs (St. Paul, MN), Disc Exchange (Knoxville, TN), Easy Street (Seattle, WA), Electric Fetus (Duluth, MN), Future Legend (New York, NY), Gem City Records (Dayton, OH), Groovacious (Cedar City, UT), Hear’s Music (Tucson, AZ), Hoodlums (Tempe, AZ), Laser’s Edge (Birmingham, AL), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Malmo Skivhandel (Malmo, Sweden), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Record Exchange (Boise, ID), Schoolkids’ Records (Chapel Hill, NC), Soundscapes (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Surf Club Records (Corpus Christi, TX), Texas Music Roundup (mail order), Tower Records #822 (Fairfax, VA), Treehouse Records (Minneappolis, MN), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
