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Here are P2 best-of-the-year lists for:

  • 2007
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2006
• 
2005
• 2004
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2003
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2002
• 2001
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2000
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1999
• 1998
• 
1997
• 
1996

...and some recommended 2008 music (a work in progress).

Unless otherwise noted, lists are ranked by total points, total #1 votes, and total voters. All items in a list with the same set of numbers should be considered ties.

A pardon-our-dust note here: not all information has yet been populated for older lists; some links are placeholders.

Ideas? Suggestions? Corrections? Send them to the P2 list administrators.


Best of 2007

Because we listed so much music, we moved the 2007 liststo a separate page.


Best of 2006

Compiler Al Kunz wrote: "Finally, the list. The cutoff I used was 20 points (the equivalent of at least one person putting a disc first on their list). We had a total of 42 voters (the same as 2005). Two things jumped out at me. For the first time in several years we don't have a current mainstream country album in the top 10 (unless anyone thinks that label still applies to Vince Gill).

 

"I also found it interesting that #1 (Bob Dylan) is the premier Woody Guthrie follower from his generation. #2 (Springsteen) is the premier Bob Dylan follower from his generation and his contribution is a tribute to songs associated with one of Guthrie's cohorts and collaborators. That seems to say something about roots music and how it all ties together."


No. Artist(s) Title Label Get Info Rank Comments
1. Bob Dylan Modern Times Sony myspace (231-3-15) 
2. Bruce Springsteen The Seeger Sessions Sony myspace (212.5-0-16) 
3. Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Anti myspace (182-4-11) 
4. Deadstring Brothers Starving Winter Report Bloodshot myspace (178-3-13) 
5. James Hunter People Gonna Talk Rounder / UMGD myspace (157.5-3-10) 
6. Solomon Burke Nashville Shout Factory myspace (137.5-2-10) 
7. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris All the Roadrunning Warner Bros / WEA myspace MK myspace EH (128-0-10) 
8. Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Capitol myspace (118.5-0-11) 
9. The Gourds Heavy Ornamentals Eleven Thirty myspace (107-1-7) 
10. Vince Gill These Days MCA Nashville myspace (101-0-7) 
11. Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way Sony myspace (88-0-5) 
12. Drive By Truckers A Blessing and a Curse New West myspace (86-0-9) 
13. Los Lobos The Town and the City Hollywood myspace (78-0-7) 
14. Steve Wynn and the Miracle Three . tick . tick . tick Down There myspace (70-1-4) 
15. The Beatles Love Capitol myspace (69-1-5) 
16. Hacienda Brothers What's Wrong with Right Proper Records US myspace (67-0-7) 
17. Cat Power The Greatest Matador myspace (66.5-1-4) 
18. Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint The River in Reverse Verve Forecast myspace EC lastFM AT (65.5-0-5) 
19. Todd Snider The Devil You Know New Door/Universal myspace (64-0-5) 
20. Calexico Garden Ruin Quarter Stick myspace (64-0-4) 
21. James Hand The Truth Will Set You Free Rounder / UMGD myspace (63.5-1-6) 
22. Josh Ritter The Animal Years V2 Ada myspace (60.5-0-4) 
23. Oakley Hall Gypsum Strings Jagjaguwar myspace (59-2-3) 
24. Scott Miller Citation Sugar Hill myspace (58-0-4) 
25. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat Team Love myspace JL myspace WT (57.5-0-4) 
26. Alejandro Escovedo The Boxing Mirror Back Porch myspace (56.5-0-5) 
27. Dale Watson Whiskey or God Palo Duro myspace (56-0-5) 
28. Malcolm Holcombe Not Forgotten Gypsy Eyes myspace (54-1-3) 
29. Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock Let 'Er Go Boys Rounder   (53-0-4) 
30. Candi Staton His Hands Astralwerks myspace (52.5-0-5) 
31. Ray Wylie Hubbard Snake Farm Sustain myspace (52-1-4) 
32. Cornell Hurd Band Texas by Night Behemoth myspace (52-0-4) 
33. Kris Kristofferson This Old Road New West myspace (48-0-4) 
34. Tim Easton Ammunition New West myspace (47.5-0-4) 
35. David Childers and the Modern Don Juans Jailhouse Religion Modern Don Juans myspace (47-0-3) 
36. Wayne Hancock Tulsa Bloodshot myspace (46.5-1-3) 
37. The Little Willies The Little Willies Milking Bull Records/EMI myspace (46.5-0-5) 
38. Willie Nelson Songs of Cindy Walker Lost Highway myspace (42.5-0-4) 
39. Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers vol. 1 Shout Factory myspace MS myspace SH (42-0-4) 
40. Old Crow Medicine Show Big Iron World Nettwerk myspace (38-0-3) 
41. Guy Clark Workbench Songs Dualtone myspace (37.5-0-4) 
42. Jim Lauderdale Bluegrass Yep Roc myspace (37.5-0-4) 
43. Bruce Robison Eleven Stories Sustain myspace (36.5-0-3) 
44. The Who Endless Wire Republic myspace (36.5-0-3) 
45. The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers V2 Records/Third Man myspace (35.5-0-3) 
46. The Yayhoos Put The Hammer Down Lakeside Lounge myspace (35-0-3) 
47. Alecia Nugent A Little Girl, A Big Four Lane Rounder / UMGD myspace (34-1-2) 
48. Tom Petty Highway Companion American myspace (33.5-0-3) 
49. Jon Dee Graham Full Freedom (City Hall) myspace (33-1-2) 
50. Slaid Cleaves Unsung Rounder / UMGD myspace (33-0-3) 
51. Belle and Sebastian The Life Pursuit Matador myspace (33-0-2) 
52. Chris Knight Enough Rope Thirty Tigers myspace (32.5-0-3) 
53. Sparklehorse Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Astralwerks myspace (32-0-2) 
54. Yo La Tengo I'm Not Afraid of You and I will Beat Your Ass Matador myspace (32-0-2) 
55. Jim Lauderdale Country Superhits, Voume 1 Yep Roc myspace (31.5-0-3) 
56. Neil Young Living With War Reprise / WEA myspace (31.5-0-3) 
57. Slim Chance and the Convicts The Dark Side of the Moonpie Jailbait Productions myspace (31.5-0-3) 
58. Tom Russell Love and Fear Hightone myspace (31-0-2) 
59. West Valley Highway Marysville West Valley Highway myspace (31-0-2) 
60. The Whipsaws 10 Day Bender The Whipsaws myspace (31-0-2) 
61. Hazmat Modine Bahamut Barbes myspace (30.5-1-2) 
62. Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers &: Bastards Anti myspace (30.5-0-3) 
63. The Crooked Jades World's On Fire Jade Note Music myspace (30-0-3) 
64. Glossary For What I Don't Become Undertow myspace (30-0-2) 
65. Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams Midnight Rodeo Hi-Beams Records myspace (30-0-2) 
66. Pernice Brothers Live a Little Ashmont myspace (30-0-2) 
67. Robyn Hitchcock Ole Tarantula Yep Roc myspace (29.5-0-2) 
68. Jerry Lee Lewis Last Man Standing Artist First myspace (29-0-3) 
69. Eleventh Dream Day Zeroes and ones Thrill Jockey myspace (29-0-2) 
70. Randy Weeks Sugarfinger RatHouse myspace (29-0-2) 
71. The Avett Brothers Four Thieves Gone: The Robinsville Sessions Ramseur myspace (28-0-2) 
72. Amy Allison Everything and Nothing Too Spit & Polish myspace (27.5-0-2) 
73. George Jones and Merle Haggard Kickin out the Footlights...Again Bandit myspace GJ myspace MH (27-1-2) 
74. Johnny Cash American V: A Hundred Highways Lost Highway myspace (27-0-5) 
75. Gob Iron (Jay Farrar, Anders Parker) Death Songs for the Living Sony myspace (27-0-2) 
76. Rhett Miller The Believer Verve Forecast myspace (27-0-2) 
77. The Meat Purveyors Someday Soon Things Will be Much Worse Bloodshot myspace (27-0-2) 
78. Centro-Matic Fort Recovery Misra myspace (26.5-0-2) 
79. Califone Roots & Crowns Thrill Jockey myspace (25.5-0-2) 
80. Carrie Rodriguez Seven Angels on a Bicycle Back Porch myspace (25-0-2) 
81. Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere Downtown myspace (25-0-2) 
82. Wolfmother Wolfmother Interscope myspace (25-0-2) 
83. Paul Burch East to West Bloodshot lastFM (24.5-0-2) 
84. Scott H. Biram Graveyard Shift Bloodshot myspace (24-0-3) 
85. T Bone Burnett True False Identity Sony myspace (24-0-2) 
86. Richard Buckner Meadow Merge myspace (23.5-0-2) 
87. Tres Chicas (Lynn Blakey, Caitlin Cary, Tonya Lamm) Bloom Red and the Ordinary Girl Yep Roc myspace (23.5-0-2) 
88. Radio Birdman Zeno Beach Yep Roc myspace (23-0-2) 
89. The Duhks Migrations Sugar Hill myspace (23-0-2) 
90. The Village Green Feeling The Fall spinART myspace (23-0-2) 
91. New York Dolls One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This Roadrunner myspace (22-0-3) 
92. Bobby Bare Jr. The Longest Meow Bloodshot myspace (21.5-0-2) 
93. Howe Gelb 'Sno Angel Like You Thrill Jockey myspace (21.5-0-2) 
94. Camera Obscura Let's Get Out of This Country Merge Records myspace (21-0-2) 
95. J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton The Road to Escondido Reprise / WEA myspace JJ myspace EC (21-0-2) 
96. The Pipettes We are the Pipettes Cherry Tree myspace (21-0-2) 
97. The Sadies Live-Vol 1 Yep Roc myspace (21-0-2) 
98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Howl Red Int / Red Ink myspace (20-1-1) 
99. Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang Dislocation Blues Rounder / UMGD myspace CW myspace JL (20-1-1) 
100. Dale Ann Bradley Catch Tomorrow Compass myspace (20-1-1) 
101. El Goodo El Goodo Empyrean myspace (20-1-1) 
102. Kasey Chambers Carnival Warner Bros / WEA myspace (20-1-1) 
103. Minor Majority Reasons To Hang Around Big Dipper myspace (20-1-1) 
104. The Minus 5
(Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer et al)
Minus 5 Yep Roc myspace (20-1-1) 
105. You Am I Convicts Yep Roc myspace (20-1-1) 
106. Golden Smog (Gary Louris, Jeff Tweedy) Another Fine Day Lost Highway myspace (20-0-2) 
107. The Drams Jubilee Dive New West myspace (20-0-2) 
108. The Roots Game Theory Def Jam myspace (20-0-2) 
109. Will Kmbrough Americanitis Thirty Tigers myspace (20-0-2) 

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Best of 2005

Compiler Al Kunz wrote: "We had 42 people vote this year (down from 58 last year). A total of 214 albums received at least one vote. I lowered the threshold to make the final list to more than 6 points (last year at least 10 were required). 117 discs made the list using these criteria (only 71 would have using the 10 point threshold). Discs are ordered by number of points with the number of first place votes breaking any ties. If there is still a tie at that point I didn't indicate that it was still a tie, but ordered them randomly. With the minimal number of people voting in the reissue category, I listed those reissues with multiple mentions in no specific order at the end.

 

"That Robbie Fulks is the winner probably comes as no surprise. That he finished with 50% more points than #2 is. Once again a current "mainstream" country radio star had a high finish (Lee Ann Womack at #4). Coincidentally this is the same rank as Gretchen Wilson finished last year and Patty Loveless the year before. This didn't happen at any point from 1996-2001. I was surprised at the high finish and number of votes for Eliza Gilkyson at #17. Although there are other high finishers that are popular with the folk crowd none of them seem out of place on the P2 list. Gilkyson, at least for me, is a surprise.."


No. Artist(s) Title Label Get Info Rank Comments
1. Robbie Fulks Georgia Hard Yep Roc myspace (115.5-2-19) 
2. Marty Stuart Soul's Chapel Universal South myspace (73.5-4-9) 
3. Dwight Yoakam Blame the Vain New West myspace (65.5-1-12) 
4. Lee Ann Womack There's More Where That Came From MCA Nashville myspace (51-0-8) 
5. James McMurty Childish Things Compadre myspace (49.5-1-9) 
6. Son Volt Okemah and the Melody of Riot Sony myspace (49.5-0-9) 
7. Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell Begonias Yep Roc myspace CC myspace TC (44.5-1-7) 
8. Greg Trooper Make It Through this World Sugar Hill myspace (38.5-1-8) 
9. Bettye Lavette I've Got My Own Hell To Raise Anti myspace (38.5-0-6) 
10. Rodney Crowell The Outsider Sony myspace (38.5-0-6) 
11. Dallas Wayne I'm Your Biggest Fan Koch myspace (37.5-0-6) 
12. John Prine Fair and Square Oh Boy myspace (34-1-8) 
13. Marti Brom Sings Heartache Numbers Goofin' myspace (29.5-0-5) 
14. Kathleen Edwards Back to Me Zoe myspace (27.5-0-4) 
15. Various Artists For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records Blootshot myspace (27-1-3) 
16. Mary Gauthier Mercy Now Lost Highway myspace (26-0-5) 
17. Eliza Gilkyson Paradise Hotel Red House myspace (25.5-0-6) 
18. Hayes Carll Little Rock Highway 87 myspace (24.5-0-5) 
19. Tom Russell Hotwalker: Charles Bukowski & A Ballad for Gone hightone myspace (20.5-1-3) 
20. Marah If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry Hightone myspace (20.5-0-3) 
21. Adrienne Young and Little Sadie The Art of Virtue Addiebelle Music myspace (20-1-3) 
22. Los Super Seven Heard it on the X Telarc lastFM (20-0-3) 
23. Serena Ryder Unlikely Emergency Redbird myspace (19-1-2) 
24. Bruce Springsteen Devils and Dust Sony myspace (19-1-3) 
25. Gary Allan Tough All Over MCA Nashville myspace (19-0-3) 
26. Iron and Wine and Calexico In The Reins Overcoat Recordings myspace IW myspace CO (19-0-4) 
27. Grayson Capps If You Knew My Mind HYENA myspace (18.5-1-3) 
28. Bobby Pinson Man Like Me RCA myspace (18-1-2) 
29. Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 . tick . tick . tick . Down There myspace (18-1-2) 
30. Chris Mills The Wall to Wall Sessions Ernest Jenning myspace (18-1-2) 
31. The Domino Kings Some Kind of Sign Hightone myspace (18-0-3) 
32. Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys Empty House Bloodshot myspace (16-0-3) 
33. Frank Black Honeycomb Back Porch myspace (15.5-0-3) 
34. Waco Brothers Freedom and Weep Bloodshot myspace (15-1-2) 
35. Otis Taylor Below the Fold Telarc myspace (15-0-3) 
36. Hacienda Brothers Hacienda Brothers Koch myspace (15-0-3) 
37. The Knitters
(John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Jonny Ray Bartel, D.J. Bonebrake)
The Modern Sound of the Knitters Zoe myspace (15-0-3) 
38. The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan V2 myspace (14.5-0-3) 
39. Ry Cooder Chavez Ravine Nonesuch myspace (14-0-2) 
40. Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham Moments From this Theatre Proper Records US lastFM (14-0-2) 
41. Spoon Gimme Fiction Merge Records myspace (14-0-2) 
42. Blue Highway Marbletown Rounder / UMGD myspace (14-0-2) 
43. Freakwater Thinking of You Thrill Jockey myspace (14-0-2) 
44. Billy Joe Shaver The Real Deal Compadre myspace (13.5-0-2) 
45. Bill Frisell East/West Nonesuch myspace (13-1-3) 
46. Sufjan Stevens Come on Feel Illinoise Asthmatic Kitty myspace (13-0-2) 
47. Go-Betweens Oceans Apart Yep Roc myspace (13-0-2) 
48. Martina McBride Timeless RCA myspace (12-0-2) 
49. Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys Foggy Highway Cooking Vinyl myspace (12-0-2) 
50. The Believers Crashyertown Bonafide myspace (12-0-2) 
51. Merle Haggard Chicago Wind Liberty myspace (12-0-2) 
52. The Wrights Down This Road RCA myspace (12-0-3) 
53. Dale Watson Heeah!! (Whiskey or God) Palo Duro myspace (11.5-0-2) 
54. My Morning Jacket Z ATO myspace (11.5-0-3) 
55. Sleater-Kinney The Woods Sub Pop myspace (11-1-2) 
56. Patty Loveless Dreamin' My Dreams Sony myspace (11-0-2) 
57. Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve Forecast myspace (11-0-2) 
58. Larry Sparks 40 Rebel myspace (11-0-2) 
59. John Doe Forever Hasn't Happened Yet Yep Roc myspace (10.5-0-3) 
60. Tracy Grammer Flower of Avalon Signature Sounds myspace (10-1-1) 
61. Judith Owen Lost and Found Courgette myspace (10-1-1) 
62. The Constantines Tournament of Hearts Sub Pop myspace (10-1-1) 
63. Living Things Ahead of the Lions Jive myspace (10-1-1) 
64. Liz Tormes Limelight Velour myspace (10-1-1) 
65. Liz Phair Sombody's Miracle Capitol myspace (10-1-1) 
66. Joan Baez Bowery Songs Koch myspace (10-1-1) 
67. Kensignton Hillbillies Bones in the Backyard self-released   (10-1-1) 
68. Jon Langford and Richard Buckner Sir Dark Invaderand The Fanglord Buried Treasure myspace JL myspace RB (10-1-1) 
69. Kanye West Late Registration Roc-a-Fella myspace (10-1-1) 
70. The Rosslyn Mountain Boys Different Skyline Sosumi   (10-1-1) 
71. Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez Red Dog Tracks Back Porch myspace CR myspace CT (10-0-2) 
72. Dean Gray American Edit self-released myspace (9-0-1) 
73. Chango Sapsiuk Sounds from the Red Land Piranha   (9-0-1) 
74. Blaze Foley Wanted More Dead Than Alive Deep South myspace (9-0-1) 
75. Del McCoury Band The Company We Keep McCoury Music myspace (9-0-1) 
76. Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike Side One Dummy myspace (9-0-1) 
77. Fountains of Wayne Out of State Plates Virgin myspace (9-0-1) 
78. Jackson Browne Solo Accoustic-Vol 1 Inside Recordings myspace (9-0-1) 
79. Joe Fournier Three Chord McGyver Dusty myspace (9-0-1) 
80. The Kennedys Half a Million Miles Appleseed myspace (9-0-1) 
81. Blaine L Rettinger and Steve Brown 100 Years of Music: Live in Lisbon 1989 LIM   (9-0-1) 
82. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage Ragin' Live Rounder / UMGD myspace (9-0-1) 
83. Moussu T e lei Jovents Mademoiselle Marseille Chant Du Monde FR myspace (9-0-1) 
84. Shooter Jennings Put the O Back in Country Universal South myspace (9-0-1) 
85. The Bats At the National Grid Magic Marker lastFM (9-0-1) 
86. Miranda Lambert Kerosene sony myspace (9-0-2) 
87. Jimmy Lafave Blue Nightfall Red House myspace (9-0-2) 
88. Neil Diamond 12 Songs Sony myspace (9-0-2) 
89. Ryan Adams Cold Roses Lost Highway myspace (9-0-2) 
90. Marty Stuart Badlands Universal South myspace (8.5-0-2) 
91. Chely Wright The Metropolitan Hotel Dualtone Music Group myspace (8.5-0-2) 
92. Deadman Our Eternal Ghosts One Little Indian myspace (8-0-1) 
93. Chris Whitley Soft Dangerous Shores Messenger myspace (8-0-1) 
94. Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash Mile Markers Thirty Tigers myspace (8-0-1) 
95. Laura Veirs Year of Meteors Nonesuch myspace (8-0-1) 
96. Kevin Gordon O Come Look at the Burning Crowville Collective myspace (8-0-1) 
97. Spottiswoode and His Enemies Building a Road High Wire Music myspace (8-0-1) 
98. Drive By Truckers The Dirty South Live New West myspace (8-0-1) 
99. Jess Klein Strawberry Lover Rykodisc myspace (8-0-1) 
100. Reigning Sound Home For Orphans Sympathy 4 the Record Industry myspace (8-0-1) 
101. Ray Wylie Hubbard Delerium Tremelos Philo / UMGD myspace (8-0-1) 
102. Greg Keelor Seven Songs for Jim Telesoul Canada myspace (8-0-1) 
103. Clem Snide End Of Love spinART myspace (8-0-1) 
104. Delbert McClinton Cost of Living New West myspace (7.5-0-2) 
105. The Duhks The Duhks Sugar Hill myspace (7-0-1) 
106. Brent Mitchell Dogtrot unknown myspace (7-0-1) 
107. Blind Boys of Alabama Atom Bomb Real World myspace (7-0-1) 
108. Jimmie Dale Gilmore Come on Back Rounder / UMGD lastFM (7-0-1) 
109. Eels Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Vagrant myspace (7-0-1) 
110. Nickel Creek Why Should the Fire Die Sugar Hill myspace (7-0-1) 
111. Stephen Bruton From the Five New West myspace (7-0-1) 
112. Steve Dawson Sweet is the Anchor Undertow myspace (7-0-1) 
113. Richard Hawley Cole's Corner Mute U.S. myspace (7-0-1) 
114. Jackson Taylor Band Easy Lovin' Stranger Gaske myspace (7-0-1) 
115. Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken Anti myspace (7-0-1) 
116. Laura Cantrell Humming by the Flowered Vine Matador myspace (7-0-2) 
117. Elizabeth McQueen and the Firebrands Happy Doing What We're Doing Freedom (City Hall) myspace (6.5-0-2) 

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2005 Reissues with Multiple Mentions

No. Artist(s) Title Label Get Info Rank Comments
1. Charlie Poole You Ain't Talkin' to Me Sony) myspace   
2. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Sony) myspace   
3. The Band A Musical History (6 Disc Set) Capitol) myspace   
4. Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet The Complete Mercury Masters(5 Disc Set) Hip-O Select) myspace   
5. June Carter Cash Keep On The Sunny Side: Her Life In Music Sony) myspace   
6. Bob Dylan No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Bootleg Series Volume 7 Columbia/Legacy) myspace   
7. Blaze Foley Wanted More Dead Than Alive Deep South Productions) myspace   
8. Doug Sahm Groovers Paradise Collector's Choice) myspace   
9. Son Volt A Retrospective: 1995-2000 Rhino / WEA) myspace   
10. David Allen Coe Penitentiary Blues HackTone) myspace   

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Best of 2004

Compiler Mitchell Moore wrote: "In the 9th annual P2 poll. 58 people voted, a bit over a third the number that participated during halcyon days of the list. Those 58 persons cast votes for 242 different new releases and 55 different reissues. A new release needed a minimum 10 points to make the final cut, and a reissue needed a minimum 5 points. 82 new releases met the threshold, as did 20 releases in the reissue category.

 

"Brian Wilson's Smile made both lists, in the bottom quarter of each, an understandable enough confusion given its ambiguous status. In the early going it was a close race between the eventual first and fourth place finishers, but the latter faded in the last week, and the second and third place finishers came on strong. Several artists—Neko Case, Allison Moorer, Annie McCue—came out of nowhere in the last week to finish in the top 20."


No. Artist(s) Title Label Get Info Rank Comments
1. Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose Interscope myspace (178-28-7) 
2. Drive By Truckers Dirty South New West myspace (159-23-4) 
3. Buddy Miller Universal United House of Prayer New West myspace (109-20-1) 
4. Gretchen Wilson Here for the Party Sony myspace (91-14-2) 
5. Slaid Cleaves Wishbones Philo / UMGD myspace (69-11-1) 
6. Dave Alvin Ashgrove Yep Roc myspace (62-11-1) 
7. Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken Anti myspace (61-9-2) 
8. Various Artists Touch My Heart: Tribute To Johnny Paycheck Sugar Hill myspace (52-12-0)