1 Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
2 Steve Earle, El Corazon (E-Squared/Warner Bros.)
3 Butch Hancock, You Coulda Walked Around The World (Rainlight)
4 Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac (Outpost)
5 Cheri Knight, The Northeast Kingdom (E-Squared)
6 Derailers, Reverb Deluxe (Sire/Watermelon)
7 Alejandro Escovedo, More Miles Than Money (Bloodshot)
8 Various Artists, E-Town Live (?)
9 16 Horsepower, Low Estate (A&M)
10 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, The Virginian (Mint/Bloodshot)
11 Freakwater, Springtime (Thrill Jockey)
12 Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers, self-titled (self released)
13 Delbert McClinton, One Of The Fortunate Few (Rising Tide)
14 Peter Case, Full Service No Waiting (Vanguard)
15 Buddy Miller, Poison Love (HighTone)
16 Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castles (Righteous Babe)
17 Old Joe Clarks, Town Of Ten (Checkered Past)
18 B.B. King, Deuces Wild (MCA)
19 Victoria Williams, Musings Of A Creek Dipper (Atlantic)
20 Greg Brown, Slant 6 Mind (Red House)
21 Ricky Skaggs, Bluegrass Rules (Skaggs Family/Rounder)
22 Robbie Fulks, South Mouth (Bloodshot)
23 Old & In The Way, Breakdown (Acoustic Disc)
24 Chris Knight, Chris Knight (Decca)
25 6 String Drag, High Hat (E-Squared)
26 Slobberbone, Barrel Chested (Doolittle)
27 Old 97’s, Too Far To Care (Elektra)
28 Mary Lou Lord, Got No Shadow (Work)
29 The Hollisters, Land of Rhythm & Pleasure (Freedom)
30 Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dangerous Spirits (Philo/Rounder)
31 John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp (Warner Bros.)
32 Whiskeytown, Rural Free Delivery (Mood Food)
33 Kelly Jo Phelps, Roll Away The Stone (Rykodisc)
34 Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Feelin’ Kinda Lucky (HighTone)
35 Jolene, In The Gloaming (Sire)
36 Old 97’s, Wreck Your Life (Bloodshot)
37 Various Artists, Anthology Of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
38 Will Oldham, Joya (Drag City)
39 Bottle Rockets, 24 Hours A Day (Atlantic)
40 Alison Krauss & Union Station, So Long, So Wrong (Rounder)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark (Bloomington, MN), Almost Blue (Asheville, NC), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), Aron’s (Los Angeles, CA), Big Whale CDs (Keego Harbor, MI), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), Cactus (Houston, TX), CD Central (Lexington, KY), Cellophane Square (Seattle, Bellevue, Bellingham, WA), Frontiers (mail order) Green Noise (Eugene, OR), Horizon (Greenville, SC), House Of Records (Eugene, OR), Lakeshore Record Exchange (Rochester, NY), Lou’s Records (Encinitas, CA), Love Garden (Lawrence, KS), Madcity Music (Madison, WI), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Oar Folkjokeopus (Minneapolis, MN), Phil’s CDs (Ft. Thomas, KY), Poindexters (Durham, NC), Premier CDs (Pittsburgh, PA), Rock-A-Billy’s (Shelby Township, MI), Roadrunner (Minneapolis, MN), Salt Of The Earth (Columbia, MO), Spy (Lexington, KY), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Uncle Buck’s (Oxford, MS), Underdog Records (Clemson, SC), Village (Shawnee, KS), Vintage Vinyl (Fords, NJ), Wildman Steve’s (Auburn, AL), Wuxtry (Decatur, GA).
