1.  Wayne Hancock – “That’s What Daddy Wants”  (ARK21)
2.  Fred Eaglesmith – “Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline”  (Razor & Tie)
3.  Robbie Fulks – “South Mouth”  (Bloodshot)
4.  Richard Buckner – “Devotion + Doubt”  (MCA)
5.  Steve Earle – “El Corazon”  (Warner Bros.)
6.  Blue Mountain – “Homegrown”  (Roadrunner)
7.  The Derailers – “Reverb Deluxe”  (Sire/Watermelon)
8.  Various Artists – “Straight Outta Boone County”  (Bloodshot)
9.  The Old Joe Clarks – “Town of Ten”  (Checkered Past/Hopewell)
10. Whiskeytown – “Stranger’s Almanac  (Outpost)
11.  Kelly Joe Phelps – “Roll Away The Stone”  (Rykodisc)
12.  The Bad Livers – “Hogs on the Highway  (Sugar Hill)
13.  Buddy Miller – “Poison Love”  (Hightone)
14.  Six String Drag – “High Hat”  (E-Squared)
15.  Chris Mills – “Nobody’s Favorite”  (Sugar Free)
16.  The Volebeats – “Sky and the Ocean”  (Safehouse)
17.  Alison Krauss and Union Station – “So Long So Wrong”  (Rounder)
18.  The Belmont Playboys – “Hot Rod Heart”  (Teen Rebel)
19.  The Ex-Husbands – Self-Titled  (Tar Hut)
20.  Jason Carter – “On The Move”  (Rounder)
21.  Wilco – “Being There”  (Reprise)
22.  Robert Earl Keen – “Picnic”  (Arista Austin)
23.  Jimmy Martin – “I Got It Made In The Shade (If A Tree Don’t Fall)”  (Sunny Mtn.)
24.  Townes Van Zandt – “Rear View Mirror”  (Sugar Hill)
25.  Dale Ann Bradley – “East Kentucky Morning”  (Pinecastle)
26.  Guy Clark – “Keepers”  (Sugar Hill)
27.  Gringo – “Combine”  (Pravda)
28.  The Backsliders –“Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon”  (Mammoth)
29.  Son Volt – “Straightaways”  (Warner Bros.)
30.  Supersuckers – “Must’ve Been High”  (Sub Pop)
31.  Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – “Kept and Protected”  (Sugar Hill)
32.  The Gourds – “Dem’s Good Beeble”  (Munich)
33.  Claire Lynch – “Silver and Gold”  (Rounder)
34.  Ricky Skaggs – “Blugrass Rules!”  (Skaggs Family)
35.  Bill Kirchen – “Hot Rod Lincoln Live!”  (Hightone)
36.  Reckless Kelly – “Millican”  (Cold Spring)
37.  Julie Miller – “Blue Pony”  (Hightone)
38.  Greg Brown – “Slant Six Mind”  (Red House)
39.  Ray Condo & His Ricochets – “Door to Door Maniac”  (Joaquin)
40.  Dale Watson – “I Hate These Songs”  (Hightone)
41.  The Bottle Rockets – “24 Hours a Day”  (Atlantic)
42.  Kim Richey – “Bittersweet”  (Mercury)
43.  Paul Williams – “Ain’t God Good”  (Rounder)
44.  The Jayhawks – “Sound of Lies”  (American)
45.  The Old 97s – “Too Far To Care”  (Elektra)

Best of the Rest:

The Deans – Shindig At Newton’s (Kingpin)
Lonesome Bob
The Grievous Angels
Tom House
The Riptones

Reissues:

Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - “16 Gems”  (Columbia)
The Stanley Bros - “Their Complete Columbia Recordings”  (Columbia)
The Louvin Bros. - “Tragic Songs of Life”  (Capitol)
Alex Chilton - “1970”  (Ardent)
The Louvin Bros. - “Satan is Real”  (Capitol)
Jason & the Scorchers - “Reckless Country Soul”  (Mammoth)
Merle Haggard - “Down Every Road”  (Capitol)
The Outlaws (Waylon, Willie, etc.) - “Wanted! 20th Anniversary Edition”  (RCA)