1. Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan) — 88 — 14
2. Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway) — 44 — 6
3. Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West) — 43.5 — 8
4. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges (ATO) — 39 — 5
5. Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend (self) — 37.5 — 5
6. Lucinda Williams, Little Honey (Lost Highway) — 37 — 7
7. Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin‘ (Lost Highway) — 37 — 6
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti-) — 37 — 6
9. Randy Newman, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch) — 36 — 6
10. Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers (Zoe/Rounder) — 35 — 6
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11. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar) — 33 — 5
12. Santogold, self-titled (Downtown) — 33 — 5
13. SteelDrivers, self-titled (Rounder) — 29 — 5
14. Hold Steady, Stay Positive (Vagrant) — 28.5 — 7
15. Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol) — 28 — 5
16. Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, self-titled (Nettwerk) — 28 — 4
17. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song (Mercury Nashville) — 27 — 4
18. Old 97’s, Blame It On Gravity (New West) — 27 — 4
19. Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Columbia) — 26 — 3
20. Basia Bulat, Oh, My Darling (Rough Trade) — 25 — 3
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21. Fleet Foxes, self-titled (Sub Pop) — 24 — 3
22. Calexico, Carried To Dust (Quarterstick) — 23 — 3
23. Various, Como Now: The Voices Of Panola Co., Miss. (Daptone) — 22 — 3
24. R.E.M., Accelerate (Warner Bros.) — 21 — 4
25. Justin Townes Earle, The Good Life (Bloodshot) — 21 — 3
26. Tift Merritt, Another Country (Fantasy) — 20 — 3
27. Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need (Verve Forecast) — 18.5 — 3
28. Gary Louris, Vagabonds (Ryko) — 17 — 3
29. Caroline Herring, Lantana (Signature Sounds) — 16.5 — 2
30. TV On The Radio, Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) — 16 — 3
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31. Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely (Warner Bros.) — 16 — 4
32. Felice Brothers, self-titled (Team Love) — 16 — 3
33. Ani DiFranco, Red Letter Year (Righteous Babe) — 16 — 2
34. Buika, Nina De Fuego (Warner International) — 15 — 2
35. B.B. King, One Kind Favor (Geffen) — 14 — 3
36. Jolie Holland, The Living And The Dead (Anti-) — 14 — 2
37. She & Him, Volume One (Merge) — 13 — 4
38. Michael Franti & Spearhead, All Rebel Rockers (Anti-) — 13 — 3
39. Giant Sand, Provisions (Yep Roc) — 13 — 2
40. Raphael Saadiq, Sure Hope You Mean It (Columbia) — 12 — 4
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