
| # | Artist | Album | Label |
| 1 | Bad Brains | Build a Nation | Megaforce |
| 2 | Tegan and Sara | The Con | Sire |
| 3 | Various Artists | Billie Holiday: Remied and Reimagined | Sony |
| 4 | Ulrich Schnauss | Goodbye | Domino |
| 5 | Misha | Teardrop Sweetheart | Tomlab |
| 6 | Cake | B-Sides and Rarities | Upbeat |
| 7 | Dobet Gnahore | Na Afriki | Cumbancha |
| 8 | The Canaries | Beauty Collides | Independent |
| 9 | Jason Plumb and the Willing | Beauty in This World | Soccer Mom |
| 10 | Kae Sun | Ghost Town Prophecy | Last Press |
| 11 | Nicole Willis and the Soul Ivestigators | Keep Reachin Up | Light in the Attic |
| 12 | Fog | Ditherer | Lex Records |
| 13 | Sizzla | Jah Knows Best | Sanctuary |
| 14 | Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band | Dizzy s Business | MCG |
| 15 | Jonathan Byerly | Hymns and Fragments | Cherry Ball |
| 16 | Paul Reddick | Revue: The Best of Paul Reddick | Northern Blues |
| 17 | Duke Robillard | World of Blues | Stony Plain |
| 18 | Etta James | The Definitive Collection | Verve |
| 19 | Nina Simone | The Definitive Collection | Verve |
| 20 | Various Artists | Mashed! | EMI |
| 21 | Attack in Black | Marriage | Dine Alone |
| 22 | Iron and Wine | Boy with a Coin | Sub Pop |
| 23 | Danielle French | Shadows | Independent |
| 24 | Editors | An End Has a Start | Epic |
| 25 | Oh No | Dr. Nos Oxperiment | Stones Throw |
| 26 | ill.Scarlett | All Day With It | Sony |
| 27 | Ruthie Foster | The Phenomenal | Blue Corn |
| 28 | Earth | Hibernation | Southern Lord |
| 29 | Against Me! | New Wave | Sire |
| 30 | Tunturia and Kerosene Daydream | Tunturia and Kerosene Daydream | Independent |