http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/12/american-songwriters-top-50-albums-2013/
50) The Black Lillies – Runaway Freeway Blues
49) Courtney Jaye – Love and Forgiveness
48) Jonny Fritz – Dad Country
47) Steve Martin & Edie Brickell – Love Has Come for You
46) Amanda Shires – Down Fell the Doves
45) Tim Easton – Not Cool
44) The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still
43) Kris Kristofferson – Feeling Mortal
42) Matt Costa – Matt Costa
41) Charlie Worhsam – Rubberband
40) Deer Tick – Negativity
39) Elton John – The Diving Board
38) Night Beds – Country Sleep
37) Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail
36) Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
35) Tristen – CAVES
34) Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
33) Mark Knopfler – Privateering
32) Son Volt – Honky Tonk
31) Steve Earle & The Dukes and Duchesses – The Low Highway
30) Aoife O’Donovan – Fossils
29) Willy Mason – Carry On
28) Josh Ritter – The Beast in Its Tracks
27) Brandy Clark – Twelve Stories
26) Lorde – Pure Heroine
25) Haim – Days Are Gone
24) Johnny Flynn – Country Mile
23) Arcade Fire – Reflektor
22) Slaid Cleaves – Still Fighting the War
21) Valerie June – Pushin‘ against a Stone
20) Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
19) The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
18) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
17) The Milk Carton Kids – The Ash & Clay
16) Dawes – Stories Don’t End
15) The Avett Brothers – Magpie and the Dandelion
14) Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose
13) Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell – Old Yellow Moon
12) Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
11) Bill Callahan – Dream River
10) Sarah Jarosz – Build Me Up from Bones
09) Elvis Costello and The Roots – Wise Up Ghost
08) Paul McCartney – New
07) Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer, Different Park
06) The National – Trouble Will Find Me
05) John Murry – The Graceless Age
04) Guy Clark – My Favorite Picture of You
03) Phosphorescent – Muchacho
02) Patty Griffin – American Kid
01) Jason Isbell – Southeastern
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