1 Gillian Welch, Soul Journey (Acony)
2 Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
3 Neil Young, Greendale (Reprise)
4 Warren Zevon, The Wind (Artemis)
5 Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (Blue Note)
6 Grandaddy, Sumday (V2)
7 Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day (New West)
8 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway)
9 Dwight Yoakam, Population: Me (Electrodisc/Audium)
10 Jayhawks, Rainy Day Music (American/Lost Highway)
11 Scruggs/Watson/Skaggs, The Three Pickers (Rounder)
12 Jay Farrar, Terroir Blues (Act/Resist)
13 Damien Rice, O (Vector)
14 Thorns, self-titled (Aware/Columbia)
15 White Stripes, Elephant (V2/Third Man)
16 Alison Krauss & Union Station, Live (Rounder)
17 Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Unclassified (Dare/Reprise)
18 Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
19 New Pornographers, Electric Version (Matador)
20 Willie Nelson & Friends, Live & Kickin’ (Lost Highway)
21 Kings Of Leon, Youth & Young Manhood (RCA)
22 Ben Harper, Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin)
23 Rodney Crowell, Fate’s Right Hand (Epic)
24 Calexico, Feast Of Wire (Quarterstick)
25 Del McCoury Band, It’s Just The Night (McCoury/Sugar Hill)
26 Pernice Brothers, Yours Mine & Ours (Ashmont)
27 Chris Smither, Train Home (HighTone)
28 Ween, Quebec (Sanctuary)
29 Neko Case, Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
30 Scott Miller, Upside/Downside (Sugar Hill)
31 Joe Ely, Streets Of Sin (Rounder)
32 Cat Power, You Are Free (Matador)
33 Neil Young, On The Beach (Reprise)
34 Beck, Sea Change (Geffen)
35 John Hiatt & the Goners, Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)
36 Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Little Words (Sony)
37 Richard Thompson, Old Kit Bag (Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt)
38 John Mellencamp, Trouble No More (Columbia)
39 Pete Yorn, Day I Forgot (Columbia)
40 Various Artists, O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (Lost Highway)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark (Minneapolis, MN), Amoeba Music (Hollywood, CA), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), Aron’s Records (Los Angeles, CA), Basement Discs (Melbourne, Australia), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), CD Exchange (Live Oak, TX), The Exclusive Co. (Appleton, WI), Electric Fetus (Duluth, MN), Fingerprints (Long Beach, CA), For The Record (Amherst, MA), Future Legend (New York, NY), Gem City Records (Dayton, OH), Groovacious (Cedar City, UT), Hear’s Music (Tucson, AZ), Homer’s Old Market (Omaha, NE), Hoodlum’s (Tempe, AZ), Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), House Of Records (Eugene, OR), Mad City Music (Madison, WI), Malmo Skivhandel (Malmo, Sweden), Miles Of Music (mail order), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), Narragansett Disc (Narragansett, RI), Phil’s Music, Books & More (Latonia, KY), Record Emporium (Chicago, IL), Record Exchange (Boise, ID), Rock-A-Billy’s (Utica, MI), Rockin’ Ruddy’s (Missoula, MT), Schoolkids’ Records (Chapel Hill, NC), Sounds Familiar (Myrtle Beach, SC), Texas Music Round-Up (mail order), Tower #153 (Nashville, TN), Tower #822 (Fairfax, VA), Tower #848 (Philadelphia, PA), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
