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Rank	Artist	Album	Score
1	Lucero	Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers	197
2	Neko Case	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood	162
2	The Drams	Jubilee Dive	162
4	Richard Buckner	Meadow	151
5	Centro-matic	Fort Recovery	142
6	M Ward	Post-War	110
7	Bob Dylan	Modern Times	103
8	Drive-by Truckers	A Blessing and a Curse	101
9	Band of Horses	Everything All The Time	94
10	The Hold Steady	Boys and Girls in America	92
10	Tom Waits	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	92
12	Johnny Cash	American V: A Hundred Highways	86
13	Josh Ritter	The Animal Years	82
14	Magnolia Electric Co.	Fading Trails	62
15	Built To Spill	You in Reverse	58
16	Paul Westerberg	Open Season Soundtrack	56
17	Todd Snider	The Devil You Know	55
18	Midlake	The Trials of Van Occupanther	53
19	Chris Knight	Enough Rope	52
19	Gob Iron	Death Songs for the Living	52
21	Elephant Micah	Embarrassment of Riches	47
22	Jeffrey Foucault	Ghost Repeater	46.5
23	Belle & Sebastian	The Life Pursuit	46
24	Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins	Rabbit Fur Coat	44
25	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	The Letting Go	43
25	Ray LaMontagne	Til The Sun Turns Black	43
27	Matthew Ryan	From a Late Night High Rise	42
28	Cat Power	The Greatest	39
28	Damien Jurado	And Now That I'm In Your Shadow	39
28	My Morning Jacket	Okonokos	39
28	Sparklehorse	Dreamt For Light Years in The Belly of a Mountain	39
28	The Decemberists	The Crane Wife	39
33	Amber Dust	Without Windows	37
33	Yo La Tengo	I Am Not Afraid Of You And Will Beat Your Ass	37
35	Jason Molina	Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go	32
36	The Be Good Tanyas	Hello Love	31
37	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions	30
37	J. Tillman	Long May You Run	30
37	Joanna Newsom	Y's	30
40	Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals Starvation League	The Longest Meow	28
40	The Bottle Rockets	Zoysia	28
40	The Raconteurs	Broken Boy Soldiers	28
40	Neil Young	Living With War	28
44	Guy Clark	Workbench Songs	27.5
45	Beirut	Gulag Orkestar	27
45	Pernice Brothers	Live A Little	27
45	Eric Rhame	Long Cold Nights	27
45	Sufjan Stevens	Songs For Christmas	27
49	Alejandro Escovedo	The Boxing Mirror	25
49	Tom Petty	Highway Companion	25
51	Calexico	Garden Ruin	24
51	Kris Kristofferson	This Old Road	24
51	Pearl Jam	Pearl Jam	24
51	Hank Williams III	Straight To Hell	24
51	Pearl Jam	Pearl Jam	24
56	Greg Brown	The Evening Call	23
56	Slaid Cleaves	Unsung	23
56	The Flaming Lips	At War With The Mystics	23
56	Loose Fur	Born Again In The U.S.A.	23
56	Soul Asylum	The Silver Lining	23
61	Lambchop	Damaged	22
61	TV On the Radio	Return To Cookie Mountain	22
63	Travel by Sea	Shadows Rise	20
64	Gomez	How We Operate	19
64	The Dixie Chicks	Taking The Long Way	19
66	Califone	Roots and Crowns	18
66	The Lemonheads	The Lemonheads	18
68	Bellwether	The Stinging Nettles	17
68	Golden Smog	Another Fine Day	17
68	Matt Mays	When Angels Make Contact	17
68	The Wailin' Jennys	Firecracker	17
68	The Wave Pictures	Sophie	17
73	Eric Bachmann	To The Races	16
73	Larry Hooper	Rust	16
73	Patty Hurst Shifter	Too Crowded On The Losing End	16
73	Mindy Smith	Long Island Shores	16
73	The Elected	Sun, Sun, Sun	16
78	Chris Bathgate	Throatsleep	15
78	Fred Eaglesmith	Milly's Cafe	15
78	Nina Nastasia	On Leaving	15
78	Portastatic	Be Still Please	15
82	The Tragically Hip	World Container	14
83	Old Crow Medicine Show	Big Iron World	13
83	Snow Patrol	Eyes Open	13
83	The Gourds	Heavy Ornamentals	13
86	JJ Cale & Eric Clapton	Road To Escondido	12
86	Tim Easton	Ammunition	12
86	Howe Gelb	Sno Angel Like You	12
86	Rhett Miller	The Believer	12
86	Robert Pollard	From A Compound Eye	12
91	Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris	All The Road Running	11
91	Sam Roberts	Chemical City	11
91	The Wood Brothers	Ways Not To Lose	11
94	Alan Sparhawk	Solo Guitar	10
94	Damien Rice	9	10
94	Darrell Scott	The Invisible Man	10
94	Jeff Finlin	Angels In Disguise	10
94	Neil Young & Carzy Horse	Live at The Fillmore East	10
94	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Snake Farm	10
94	Roddy Woomble	My Secret Is My Silence	10
94	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	10
94	The Black Keys	Magic Potion	10
94	The Twilight Singers	Powder Burns	10
94	Thom Yorke	The Eraser	10
94	Will Kimbrough	Americanitis	10
106	Benoit Pilouard	Précis	9
106	Bruce Robison	Eleven Stories	9
106	Buddy Wakefield	Run On Anything	9
106	Juana Molina	Son	9
106	Knife	Silent Shout	9
106	Moulds Room	Siblings	9
106	Pony Up!	Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes	9
106	Rusty Romance	Who Brought The Fun?	9
106	Shearwater	Palo Santo	9
106	Twilight Singers	Powder Burns	9
106	Various	Desperate Man Blues	9
106	Zero 7	The Garden	9
118	Elliott Brood	Ambassador	8
118	Glossary	For What I Don't Become	8
118	Grace Potter & the Nocturnals	Nothing but the Water	8
118	Joan As Police Woman	Real Life	8
118	Jon Dee Graham	Full	8
118	Ladyhawk	Ladyhawk	8
118	Mark LeGrand & the Lovesick Bandits	Cold New England Town	8
118	Mojave 3	Puzzles Like You	8
118	Spectre Folk	Requiem for Ming Aralia	8
118	The Black Crowes	The Lost Crowes	8
118	The Sadies	In Concert Vol. 1	8
118	Willie Nelson	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker	8
130	Adem	Love and Other Planets	7
130	Be Your Own Pet	Be Your Own Pet	7
130	Beck	The Information	7
130	Chad Vangaalen	Skelliconnection	7
130	Guster	Ganging Up On The Sun	7
130	Justin Rutledge	The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park	7
130	Keene Brothers	Blues and Boogie Shoes	7
130	Mike Ethan Messick	Bootleggers Turn	7
130	Mogwai	Mr. Beast	7
130	Nathan Fake	Drowning In A Sea of Love	7
130	O'Death	Head Home	7
130	Radney Foster	The World We Live In	7
130	Solomon Burke	Nashville	7
130	The Dresden Dolls	Yes, Virginia	7
130	The Mountain Goats	Get Lonely	7
130	Van Morrison	Pay The Devil	7
130	Willie Nelson	Songbird	7
130	Woods	How to Survive In/In the Woods	7
148	Appleseed Cast	Peregrine	6
148	Chris Smither	Leave The Light On	6
148	Cold War Kids	Robbers And Cowards	6
148	Cory Branan	12 Songs	6
148	Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan	Ballad Of The Broken Seas	6
148	James Yorkston	Year Of The Leopard	6
148	Josh Rouse	Subtitulo	6
148	Ramsay Midwood	Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Cows	6
148	Ray Davies	Other People's Lives	6
148	Shawn Colvin	These Four Walls	6
148	Sidehill Gougers	Gone To Seed	6
148	Sloan	Never Hear The End Of It	6
148	Sufjan Stevens	The Avalanche	6
148	Tenacious D	The Pick of Destiny	6
148	The Byrds	There Is A Season	6
148	The Ginn Sisters	Blood Oranges	6
148	The Tango Saloon	The Tango Saloon	6
148	The Weepies	Say I Am You	6
148	Tony Joe White	Uncovered	6
148	Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billie	The Brave and The Bold	6
168	Kim Taylor	I Feel Like A Fading Light	5.5
169	Big Ditch Road	Suicide Note Reader's Companion	5
169	Court and Spark	Hearts	5
169	Handsome Family	Last Days Of Wonder	5
169	Helios	Eingya	5
169	Hot Chip	The Warning	5
169	I See Hawks In L.A.	California Country	5
169	Jim Cuddy	The Light That Guides You Home	5
169	Loren Connors	Night Through	5
169	Los Lobos	The Town And The City	5
169	Murder By Death	In Bocca Al Lupo	5
169	Phoenix	It's Never Been Like That	5
169	Snowglobe	Oxytocin	5
169	Summer Hymns	Backward Masks	5
169	The Evens	Get Evens	5
169	Various	Country Goes Rock & Roll Vol 1	5
169	Wrinkle Neck Mules	Pull The Brakes	5
185	A Hawk & A Hacksaw	The Way The Wind Blows	4
185	AJ Roach	Revelation	4
185	Arizona	Welcome Back Dear Children	4
185	Brian Byrne	Tuesdays, Thursdays, and If It Rains	4
185	Drag the River	It's Crazy	4
185	Elvis Costello & Allain Toussaint	The River In Reverse	4
185	Essex Green	Cannibal Sea	4
185	Frank Black	Fast Man Raider Man	4
185	Graham Lindsay	Hell Under The Skullbones	4
185	Jerry Lee Lewis	Last Man Standing	4
185	Mark Kozelek	Little Drummer Boy Live	4
185	Muse	Black Holes and Revelations	4
185	Neal Casal	No Wish To Reminisce	4
185	Regina Spektor	Begin To Hope	4
185	Rodrigo y Gabriella	Rodrigo y Gabriella	4
185	Sunset Rubdown	Shut Up I Am Dreaming	4
185	The Black Angels	Passover	4
185	The Format	Dog Problems	4
185	The Replacements	Don't You Know Who I Thought I Was?	4
185	Tim O'Reagan	Tim O'Reagan	4
205	Ball-Point Birds	Two Discover	3
205	Brand New	The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me	3
205	Camera Obscura	Let's Get Out Of Country	3
205	Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly!	Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager	3
205	Gin Blossoms	Major Lodge Victory	3
205	Heartless Bastards	All This Time	3
205	Karl Blau	Beneath Waves	3
205	Mason Jennings	Bone Clouds	3
205	Ms John Soda	Notes And The Like	3
205	No Hay Banda	Two Chord & A Shotgun	3
205	Olva Larson and the Alabama Rodeo Stars	Love's come to town	3
205	Richmond Fontaine	Live At The Doug Fir Lounge	3
205	Shawn Mullins	9th Ward Pickin' Parlor	3
205	Strays Don't Sleep	Strays Don't Sleep	3
205	The Current leaves	Pastense	3
205	Tom Russell	Love And Fear	3
205	Tool	10,000 Days	3
205	Wolfmother	Wolfmother	3
223	Beth Orton	Comfort Of Strangers	2
223	Chip Taylor	Halleelujah	2
223	Chris Corsano	The Young Cricketer	2
223	Destroyer	Destroyer's Rubies	2
223	George Strait	It Just Comes Natural	2
223	Grizzly Bear	Yellow House	2
223	Jolie Holland	Springtime Can Kill You	2
223	Kasey Chambers	Carnival	2
223	Primal Scream	Riot City Blues	2
223	Sean Lennon	Friendly Fire	2
233	Alexi Murdoch	Time Without Consequence	1
233	David Wilcox	Vista	1
233	Dustin Bentall	Streets With No Lights	1
233	Elbow	Leaders Of The Free World	1
233	Hush Arbors	Landscape of Bone	1
233	Jim Lauderdale	Country Super Hits Vol 1	1
233	John Legend	Once Again	1
233	Lesli	Summer, Winter, and Blood	1
233	Matthew Grimm & The Red Smear	Dawns Early Apocalypse	1
233	Micah P. Hinson	Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit	1
233	Office	Q&A	1
233	Rebel Meets Rebel	Rebel Meets Rebel	1
233	Scott Miller & The Commonwealth	Citation	1
233	The Ronelles	Motel	1
233	Various	High School Musical Sound Track	1
233	Willie Nile	Streets of New York	1
233	Woven Hand	Mosaic	1