2005 Year-End Poll Ballots:

NOTES:

• Voters were asked to list their top 20 albums; shorter lists also were accepted.
• Number after each album listed is the point-value assessed, based on a system of 20 points for #1, 19 for #2, and so on. Ballots in which all entries received an equal point-value were submitted unranked.
• Only albums released in 2005 were counted. Albums not released in 2005 were deleted from voters’ lists.
• Not all voters chose to have their ballots posted here.

GRANT ALDEN, co-editor
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 20
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 19
Doyle Lawson, You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper -- 18
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 17
Otis Taylor, Below The Fold -- 16
Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake -- 15
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 14
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 13
Rosco Gordon, No Dark In America -- 12
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 11
James Blunt, Back To Bedlam -- 10
Delbert McClinton, Cost Of Living -- 9
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 8
James Blood Ulmer, Birthright -- 7
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 6
Vic Chesnutt, Ghetto Bells -- 5
Larry Sparks, 40 -- 4
Graham Parker, Songs Of No Consequence -- 3
Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry -- 2
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 1

PETER BLACKSTOCK, co-editor
Charlie Sexton, Cruel And Gentle Things -- 20
Crooked Fingers, Dignity And Shame -- 19
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 18
Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake -- 17
Ben Lee, Awake Is The New Sleep -- 16
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 15
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 14
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Exploration -- 13
Kathleen Edwards, Back To Me -- 12
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 11
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 10
Amos Lee, self-titled -- 9
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 8
Joy Lynn White, One More Time -- 7
Dolly Parton, Those Were The Days -- 6
Volebeats, Like Her -- 5
Ryan Adams, 29 -- 4
Vic Chesnutt, Ghetto Bells -- 3
Daniel Lanois, Belladonna -- 2
Jon Nolan, When Summers Lasted Long -- 1

DAVID CANTWELL, senior editor
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 20
Lee Ann, Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 19
various artists, I Believe To My Soul -- 18
Common, Be -- 17
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 16
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Naturally -- 15
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 14
Patty Loveless, Dreaming My Dreams -- 13
Nic Armstrong, The Greatest White Liar -- 12
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 11
Jimbo Mathus, Knockdown South -- 10
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 9
Kanye West, Late Registration -- 8
various artists, A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver Live -- 7
John Legend, Get Lifted -- 6
various artists, A Joe South Tribute Album -- 5
Leela James, A Change Is Gonna Come -- 4

BILL FRISKICS-WARREN, senior editor
M.I.A., Arular -- 20
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 19
Mendoza Line, Full Of Light And Full Of Fire -- 18
Kanye West, Late Registration -- 17
Gogol Bordello, Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike -- 16
Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart -- 15
Annie Hayden, The Enemy Of Love -- 14
Fannypack, See You Next Tuesday -- 13
Sara Evans, Real Fine Place -- 12
Susan Cowsill, Just Believe It -- 11
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods -- 10
Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman’s Woman -- 9
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 8
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 7
Martha Wainwright, self-titled -- 6
Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering -- 5
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 4
Deerhoof, The Runners Four -- 3
Curumin, Achados E Perdidos -- 2
Lori McKenna, Bittertown -- 1

BARRY MAZOR, senior editor
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 20
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 19
Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From -- 18
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 17
Amos Lee, self-titled -- 16
Duhks, self-titled -- 15
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 14
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 13
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 12
Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter -- 11
Hacienda Brothers, self-titled -- 10
Merle Haggard, Chicago Wind -- 9
Doyle Lawson, You've Got to Dig a Little Deeper -- 8
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come on Back -- 7
Patty Loveless, Dreamin My Dreams -- 6
Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die? - 5
Joy Lynn White, One More Time -- 4
Larry Sparks, 40 -- 3
Shemekia Copeland, The Soul truth -- 2
Marah, If You Didn't Laugh You’d Cry -- 1

DON MCLEESE, senior editor
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 20
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 19
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 18
Green Day, Bullet in a Bible -- 17
Sinead O’ Connor, Throw Down Your Arms -- 16
Kelly Pardekooper, Haymaker Heart -- 15
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise -- 14
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 13
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 12
Los Super Seven, Heard It On the X -- 11
Daniel Lanois, Belladonna -- 10
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 9
Charlie Sexton, Cruel and Gentle Things -- 8
John Doe, Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet -- 7
Rosco Gordon, No Dark in America -- 6
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 5
Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Moments From -- 4
Patty Loveless, Dreaming My Dreams -- 3
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 2
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 1

JOHN T. DAVIS, contributing editor
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 10.5
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Road -- 10.5
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 10.5
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 10.5
Los Super Seven, Heard It On The X -- 10.5
Nanci Griffith, Hearts In Mind -- 10.5
Greencards, Weather And Water -- 10.5
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 10.5
Bruce Springsteen, Devils And Dust -- 10.5
Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake -- 10.5
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 10.5
Delbert McClinton, Cost Of Living -- 10.5
Stephen Bruton, From The Five -- 10.5
Marcia Ball, Live Down The Road -- 10.5
Patricia Vonne, Guitars And Cadillacs -- 10.5
John Hiatt, Master Of Disaster -- 10.5
Tom Russell, Hotwalker -- 10.5
Robert Earl Keen, What I Really Mean -- 10.5
Andrew Hardin, Blue Acoustic -- 10.5

SILAS HOUSE, contributing editor
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 20
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 19
Patty Loveless, Dreamin' My Dreams -- 18
Abigail Washburn, Song of the Traveling Daughter -- 17
Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die? -- 16
Tim O'Brien, Cornbread Nation -- 15
Del McCoury Band, The Company We Keep -- 14
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 13
Kathleen Edwards, Back to Me -- 12
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 11
Susan Tedeschi, Hope And Desire -- 10
John Hiatt, Master of Disaster -- 9
Grey DeLisle, Iron Flowers -- 8
Iron & Wine/Calexico, In The Reins -- 7
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 6
Marty Stuart, Souls' Chapel -- 5
Tim O'Brien, Fiddler's Green -- 4
Dwight Yoakam, Blame the Vain -- 3
Gary Allan, Tough All Over -- 2
Beck, Guero -- 1

ROY KASTEN, contributing editor
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 20
Bettye Lavette, I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise -- 19
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 18
Beck, Guero -- 17
Hold Steady, Separation Sunday -- 16
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Naturally -- 15
Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman’s Woman -- 14
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 13
Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake -- 12
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 11
Martha Wainwright, self-titled -- 10
Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree -- 9
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 8
Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust -- 7
Steve Dawson, Sweet Is the Anchor -- 6
Wallflowers, Rebel, Sweetheart -- 5
Thad Cockerell & Caitlin Cary, Begonias -- 4
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 3
Deana Carter, The Story of My Life -- 2

RICH KIENZLE, contributing editor
Brad Paisley, Time Well Spent -- 20
Merle Haggard, Chicago Wind -- 19
Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, Empty House -- 18
Martina McBride, Timeless -- 17
Sara Evans, Real Fine Place -- 16
Shooter Jennings, Put The O Back In Country -- 15
Patty Loveless, Dreamin' My Dreams -- 14
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 13
Dwight Yoakam, Blame The Vain -- 12
Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter -- 11
Aaron Weinstein, A Handful Of Stars -- 10
Marty Stuart, Souls' Chapel -- 9
Cheryl Bentyne, Let Me Off Uptown -- 8
Blaine Larsen, Off To Join The World -- 7
Keith Anderson, Three Chord Country -- 6
Wrights, Down This Road -- 5

DAVID MENCONI, contributing editor
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 20
John Legend, Get Lifted -- 19
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 18
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 17
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 16
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 15
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 14
Crooked Fingers, Dignity and Shame -- 13
Bruce Springsteen, Devils & Dust -- 12
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 11
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Exploration -- 10
Teenage Fanclub, Man-Made -- 9
Charlie Sexton, Cruel and Gentle Things -- 8
Stars, Set Yourself on Fire -- 7
Kingsbury Manx, The Fast Rise and Fall of the South -- 6
Stillhouse, Through the Winter -- 5
Tori Amos, The Beekeeper -- 4
Ben Folds, Songs for Silverman -- 3
M. Ward, Transistor Radio -- 2
Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry -- 1

JOE NICK PATOSKI, contributing editor
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 20
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 19
Los Super Seven, Heard It On The X -- 18
Tom Russell, Hotwalker -- 17
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks -- 16
Charanga Cakewalk, Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge -- 15
Delbert McClinton, Cost Of Living -- 14
Ronny Elliott, Valentine Roadkill -- 13
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel -- 12
North Mississippi All Stars, Electric Watermelon -- 11
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 10
Hubert Sumlin, About Them Shoes -- 9
Decemberists, Picaresque -- 8
Raveonettes, Pretty In Black -- 7
George Jones, Hits I Missed….And One I Didn’t -- 6
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 5
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Exploration -- 4
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come On Back -- 3

KURT B. REIGHLEY, contributing editor
Antony & the Johnsons, I Am A Bird Now -- 10.5
Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die -- 10.5
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 10.5
Bettye LaVette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise -- 10.5
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 10.5
Martha Wainwright, self-titled -- 10.5
Laura Cantrell, Humming By the Flowered Vine -- 10.5
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 10.5
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 10.5
Kate Bush, Ariel -- 10.5

LLOYD SACHS, contributing editor
John Prine, Fair and Square -- 10.5
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 10.5
Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart -- 10.5
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 10.5
Frank Black, Honeycomb -- 10.5
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 10.5
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 10.5
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 10.5
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 10.5
John Doe, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet -- 10.5
Mars Arizona, All Over The Road -- 10.5
Sarah Borges, Silver City -- 10.5
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 10.5
Raveonettes, Pretty In Black -- 10.5
Stephen Bruton, From The Five -- 10.5
Steve Dawson, Sweet Is The Anchor -- 10.5
Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die -- 10.5
Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm -- 10.5
Kathleen Edwards, Back To Me -- 10.5
Randall Bramblett, Live At The Georgia Theater -- 10.5

ALLISON STEWART, contributing editor
Bettye LaVette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise -- 10.5
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine -- 10.5
Decemberists, Picaresque -- 10.5
Kathleen Edwards, Back to Me -- 10.5
Jonathan Rice, Trouble Is Real -- 10.5
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 10.5
Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust -- 10.5
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 10.5
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 10.5
Beck, Guero -- 10.5
Ryan Adams, Jacksonville City Nights -- 10.5
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 10.5
Amos Lee, self-titled -- 10.5
Laura Veirs, Year of Meteors -- 10.5
Ray LaMontagne, Trouble -- 10.5

JON WEISBERGER, contributing editor
3 Fox Drive, Listen To The Music -- 10.5
Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter -- 10.5
Blue Highway, Marbletown -- 10.5
Ronnie Bowman, It's Gettin' Better All The Time -- 10.5
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 10.5
Cherryholmes, self-titled -- 10.5
Jerry Douglas, Best Kept Secret -- 10.5
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 10.5
Grascals, self-titled -- 10.5
Clay Jones, Mountain Tradition -- 10.5
Doyle Lawson, You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper -- 10.5
Patty Loveless, Dreaming My Dreams -- 10.5
Martina McBride, Timeless -- 10.5
Jim Mills, Hide Head Blues -- 10.5
Jon Randall, Walking Among The Living -- 10.5
Candace Randolph, Whose Heart Is This -- 10.5
Keith Sewell, Love Is A Journey -- 10.5
Kenny & Amanda Smith, Always Never Enough -- 10.5
Marty Stuart, Souls' Chapel -- 10.5
Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From -- 10.5

ED WARD, international correspondent (Germany)
Jon Hardy & The People, Make Me Like Gold -- 20
Kathy McCarty, Another Day In The Sun -- 19
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 18
Jon Dee Graham, First Bear On The Moon -- 17
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 16
Heartless Bastards, Stairs And Elevators -- 15
Fountains of Wayne, Out Of State Plates -- 14
Del McCoury Band, The Company We Keep -- 13
Abigail Washburn, Song Of The Traveling Daughter -- 12
Los Super Seven, Heard It On The X -- 11

DAVID BAXTER
Blue Highway, Marbletown -- 20
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 19
Larry Sparks, 40 -- 18
Tim O'Brien, Cornbread Nation -- 17
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks -- 16
Wayne Scott, This Weary Way -- 15
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 14
Ralph Stanley, Shine On -- 13
Cherryholmes, self-titled -- 12
Del McCoury Band, The Company We Keep -- 11
Doyle Lawson, You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper -- 10
Billy Joe Shaver, The Real Deal -- 9
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 8
Lucinda Williams, Live at the Fillmore -- 7
Dwight Yoakam, Blame The Vain -- 6
Jim & Jennie & Pine Tops, Rivers Roll On By -- 5
Marty Stuart, Souls' Chapel -- 4
Kathleen Edwards, Back to Me -- 3
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 2
John Hiatt, Master of Disaster -- 1

MICHAEL BERICK
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 20
Shannon McNally, Geronimo -- 19
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 18
Detroit Cobras, Baby -- 17
Delbert McClinton, Cost of Living -- 16
Sarah Borges, Silver City -- 15
Greg Trooper, Make It Through This World -- 14
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 13
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 12
Over The Rhine, Drunkard's Prayer -- 11
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 10
Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman's Woman -- 9
Abigail Washburn, Song Of The Traveling Daughter -- 8
Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die -- 7
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 6
Volebeats, Like Her -- 5
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel -- 4
Pieta Brown, In The Cool -- 3
Frank Black, Honeycomb -- 2
various artists, For A Decade of Sin -- 1

SCOTT BRODEUR
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 20
Mike Doughty, Haughty Melodic -- 19
Iron & Wine/Calexico, In the Reins -- 18
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 17
Bruce Springsteen, Devils & Dust -- 16
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 15
Magic Numbers, self-titled -- 14
Kathleen Edwards, Back to Me -- 13
Wilco, Kicking Television: Live In Chicago -- 12
Clumsy Lovers, Smart Kid -- 11
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 10
Pernice Brothers, Discover A Lovelier You -- 9
Erin McKeown, We Will Become Like Birds -- 8
Frames, Burn The Maps -- 7
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- 6
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs -- 5
M. Ward, Transistor Radio -- 4
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 3
Tracy Chapman, Where You Live -- 2
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 1

JEFF BURGER
Bruce Springsteen, Devils & Dust -- 20
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 19
Lucinda Williams, Live At The Fillmore -- 18
Al Green, Everything's OK -- 17
Van Morrison, Magic Time -- 16

PAUL E. COMEAU
Blind Boys Of Alabama, Atom Bomb -- 10.5
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks -- 10.5
Marti Brom, Heartache Numbers -- 10.5
various artists, La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings -- 10.5
Greg Trooper, Make It Through This World -- 10.5
Ronny Elliott, Valentine Roadkill -- 10.5
Joel Rafael Band, Woodyboye -- 10.5
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 10.5
Tim O’Brien, Cornbred Nation -- 10.5
Thomas Fraser, Treasure Untold -- 10.5
Charivari, A Trip to the Holiday Lounge -- 10.5
Bobby Flores, Too Many Rivers -- 10.5
Steve Riley Band, Domino -- 10.5
Alan Gerber, Blue Tube -- 10.5
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come On Back -- 10.5
Blaze Foley, Wanted More Dead Than Alive -- 10.5
George Jones, Hits I Missed, And One I Didn’t -- 10.5
Dry Branch Fire Squad, Live At The Newburyport -- 10.5
Melwood Cutlery, Campfire -- 10.5
Corb Lund, Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer -- 10.5

RICK CORNELL
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 20
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 19
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 18
Graham Parker, Songs Of No Consequence -- 17
Daddy, At The Women's Club -- 16
Joe West, The Human Cannonball -- 15
Marty Stuart, Souls' Chapel -- 14
various artists, Lowe Profile: A Tribute to Nick Lowe -- 13
Clem Snide, End of Love -- 12
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 11
Terry Anderson & the OAKT, self-titled -- 10
Chris Mills, The Wall To Wall Sessions -- 9
Elizabeth McQueen, Happy Doing What We're Doing -- 8
Malcolm Holcombe, I Never Heard You Knockin' -- 7
Ronny Elliott, Valentine Roadkill -- 6
Various, The Joe South Tribute Record -- 5
Los Super Seven, Heard It On The X -- 4
Blue Rodeo, Are You Ready -- 3
Greg Trooper, Make It Through This World -- 2
Stephen Dawson, Sweet Is The Anchor -- 1

ERIC R. DANTON
Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree -- 20
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 19
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 18
Andrew Bird, Mysterious Production Of Eggs -- 17
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods --16
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 15
Hold Steady, Separation Sunday -- 14
Gary Allan, Tough All Over -- 13
Ryan Adams, Jacksonville City Nights -- 12
Erin McKeown, We Will Become Like Birds -- 11
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 10
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 9
Marah, If You Didn’ Laugh You’d Cry -- 8
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 7
Winterpills, self-titled -- 6
Mark Mulcahy, In Pursuit Of Your Happiness -- 5
Decemberists, Picaresque -- 4
Pernice Brothers, Discover A Lovelier You -- 3
Magnolia Electric Co., What Comes After The Blues -- 2
Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning -- 1

JIM DESMOND
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 20
Eels, Blinking Lights And Other Revelations -- 19
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 18
various artists, I Believe To My Soul -- 17
Richmond Fontaine, The Fitzgerald -- 16
Wilco, Kicking Television -- 15
Chocolate Genius, Black Yankee Rock -- 14
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 13
John Doe, Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet -- 12
M. Ward, Transistor Radio -- 11
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Exploration -- 10
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl -- 9
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 8
Graham Parker, Songs of No Consequence -- 7
Spoon, Gimme Fiction -- 6
Steve Dawson, Sweet Is The Anchor -- 5
Son Volt, Okemah & the Melody Of Riot -- 4
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 3
North Mississippi All Stars, Elecrtic Blue Watermelon -- 2
Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning -- 1

DANIELLE DREILINGER
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 20
Spoon, Gimme Fiction -- 19
Damien Jurado, On My Way To Absence -- 18
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 17
Sarah Borges, Silver City -- 16
Magnolia Electric Co., What Comes After the Blues -- 15
Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production of Eggs -- 14
Phosphorescent, Aw Come Aw Wry -- 13
Everybodyfields, The Plague Of Dreams -- 12
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 11
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel -- 10
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 9
Cloud Room, self-titled -- 8
Michael Penn, Mr. Hollywood Jr. 1947 -- 7
Winterpills, self-titled -- 6
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 5
Eric Andersen, Waves -- 4
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 3
Espers, The Weed Tree -- 2
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods -- 1

DANIEL DURCHHOLZ
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 20
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 19
Beck, Guero -- 18
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From -- 17
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 16
Patty Loveless, Dreamin’ My Dreams -- 15
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 14
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 13
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 12
Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake -- 11
Merle Haggard, Chicago Wind -- 10
Daniel Lanois, Belladonna -- 9
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 8
Jon Randall, Walking Among The Living -- 7
Cindy Bullens, Dream #29 -- 6
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come On Back -- 5
Maria McKee, Peddlin’ Dreams -- 4
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 3
Morells, Think About It -- 2

JON M. GILBERTSON
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods -- 20
Kate Bush, Aerial -- 19
John Cale, blackAcetate -- 18
Beck, Guero -- 17
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 16
Death Cab For Cutie, Plans -- 15
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 14
Josh Rouse, Nashville -- 13
Blue Rodeo, Are You Ready -- 12
Pernice Brothers, Discover A Lovelier You -- 11
Mike Doughty, Haughty Melodic -- 10
Richard Thompson, Front Parlour Ballads -- 9
Waco Brothers, Freedom and Weep -- 8
Dar Williams, My Better Self -- 7
John Hiatt, Master of Disaster --- 6
Nada Surf, The Weight Is A Gift -- 5
Son Volt, Okemah & the Melody Of Riot -- 4
Dirty Three, Cinder -- 3
Iron & Wine/Calexico, In The Reins -- 2
Ryan Adams, Jacksonville City Nights -- 1

MARK GUARINO
Kanye West, Late Registration -- 20
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 19
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 18
Nada Surf, The Weight Is A Gift -- 17
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 16
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 15
World Leader Pretend, Punches -- 14
Kathleen Edwards, Back to Me -- 13
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 12
Steve Dawson, Sweet Is The Anchor -- 11
Paul McCartney, Chaos And Creation -- 10
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs -- 9
Eels, Blinking Lights And Other Revelations -- 8
Coldplay, X&Y -- 7
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 6
Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth -- 5
Beck, Guero -- 4
Bloc Party, Silent Alarm -- 3
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 2
M.I.A., Arular -- 1

RUSSELL HALL
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 20
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 19
Otis Taylor, Below The Fold -- 18
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 17
Shelby Lynne, Suit Yourself -- 16
Keren Ann, Nolita -- 15
Waco Brothers, Freedom And Weep -- 14
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 13
Corey Harris, Daily Bread -- 12
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 11

JEWLY HIGHT
Kevin Gordon, O Come Look At the Burning -- 20
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 19
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie, The Art Of Virtue -- 18
Precious Bryant, The Truth -- 17
Grayson Capps, If You Knew My Mind -- 16
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 15
Ron Sexsmith/Don Kerr, Destination Unknown -- 14
Tim Bluhm, California Way -- 13
Kathleen Edwards, Back To Me -- 12
Reckless Kelly, Wicked Twisted Road -- 11

PATRICK LANGSTON
Tom Russell, Hotwalker -- 20
Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From -- 19
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 18
Lucinda Williams, Live At The Fillmore -- 17
Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys, Empty House -- 16
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 15
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 14
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come On Back -- 13
Joel Rafael Band, Woodyboye -- 12
Patty Loveless, Dreamin' My Dreams -- 11

ANDERS SMITH LINDALL
Andrew Bird, Mysterious Production Of Eggs -- 20
Hold Steady, Separation Sunday -- 19
Amadou et Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako -- 18
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 17
Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree -- 16
Stars, Set Yourself On Fire -- 15
Ben Lee, Awake Is The New Sleep -- 14
Low, The Great Destroyer -- 13
Nada Surf, The Weight Is A Gift -- 12
Robert Skoro, That These Things Could Be Ours -- 11
Feist, Let It Die -- 10
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 9
Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman's Woman -- 8
Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning -- 7
Iron & Wine/Calexico, In The Reins -- 6
Magnolia Electric Co., What Comes After The Blues -- 5
Steve Dawson, Sweet Is The Anchor -- 4
Micah P. Hinson & the Gospel of Progress, self-titled -- 3
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 2
Dr. Dog, Easy Beat -- 1

SCOTT MANZLER
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods -- 20
Kanye West, Late Registration -- 19
Buck 65, This Right Here Is Buck 65 -- 18
Clem Snide, The End of Love -- 17
Pernice Brothers, Discover A Lovelier You -- 16
Bruce Springsteen, Devils And Dust -- 15
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois -- 14
Hold Steady, Separation Sunday -- 13
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 12
White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan -- 11

MICHAEL MCCALL
Tom Russell, Hotwalker -- 20
Duhks, self-titled -- 19
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 18
Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Moments From This Theatre -- 17
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks -- 16
Death Cab for Cutie, Plan -- 15
Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die? -- 14
Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning -- 13
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 12
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 11
Adrienne Young, The Art Of Virtue -- 10
John Hiatt, Master Of Disaster -- 9
Greg Trooper, Make It Through This World -- 8
Solomon Burke, Make Do With What You Got -- 7
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 6
Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From -- 5
Patty Loveless, Dreamin' My Dreams -- 4
Joy Lynn White, One More Time -- 3
Cherryholmes, self-titled -- 2
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 1

FRED MILLS
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 20
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 19
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3, …tick…tick…tick -- 18
M. Ward, Transistor Radio -- 17
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy -- 16
Devendra Banhart, Cripple Crow -- 15
Pernice Brothers, Discover A Lovelier You -- 14
Kathleen Edwards, Back To Me -- 13
Bruce Springsteen, Devils And Dust -- 12
Richmond Fontaine, The Fitzgerald -- 11
Wilco, Kicking Television: Live In Chicago -- 10
Ribeye Brothers, Bar Ballads And Cautionary Tales -- 9
Arizona Amp And Alternator, self-titled -- 8
Otis Taylor, Below The Fold -- 7
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 6
Iron & Wine/Calexico, In The Reins -- 5
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Exploration -- 4
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 3
Deadly Snakes, Porcella -- 2
Petra Haden, Sings: The Who Sell Out -- 1

JOHN MILWARD
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 10.5
Coldplay, X&Y -- 10.5
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel -- 10.5
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 10.5
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 10.5
Kanye West, Late Registration -- 10.5
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From Came From -- 10.5
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 10.5

JIM MUSSER
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 10.5
Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry -- 10.5
Dictators, Viva Dictators! -- 10.5
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 10.5
Brian Wilson, What I Really Want For Christmas -- 10.5
Ike Reilly Assassination, Junkie Faithful -- 10.5
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 10.5
Thea Gilmore, Songs From The Gutter -- 10.5
Jimmy LaFave, Blue Nightfall -- 10.5
Dwight Twilley, 47 Moons -- 10.5
Tracy Grammer, Flower of Avalon -- 10.5
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Dominos -- 10.5
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Delirium Tremolos -- 10.5
Dwight Yoakam, Blame The Vain -- 10.5
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 10.5
Bettye LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise -- 10.5
Honeybrowne, Something To Believe In -- 10.5
Merle Haggard, Unforgettable -- 10.5
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 10.5
Nic Armstrong, The Greatest White Liar -- 10.5

RICK PETREYCIK
Paul McCartney, Chaos And Creation -- 20
New Pornographers, Twin Cinema -- 19
Richie Furay, I Am Sure -- 18
Jimmy Webb, Twilight of the Renegades -- 17
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs -- 16
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 15
Dwight Yoakam, Blame the Vain -- 14
Clientele, Strange Geometry -- 13
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 12
Alternate Routes, Good And Reckless And True -- 11
Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang -- 10
Poco, Bareback At Big Sky -- 9
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 8
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 7
Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning -- 6
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better -- 5
Shannon McNally, Geronimo -- 4
Decemberists, Picaresque -- 3
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 2
Beck, Guero -- 1

LELAND RUCKER
North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon -- 10.5
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 10.5
Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Moments From This Theatre -- 10.5
Bruce Springsteen, Devils And Dust -- 10.5
Son Volt, Okemah & The Riot Of Melody -- 10.5
Robert Cray, Twenty -- 10.5
Earl Thomas, Intersection -- 10.5
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 10.5
Los Super Seven, Heard It On the X -- 10.5
Tim O’Brien, Cornbread Nation -- 10.5
various artists, Chicago Blues Reunion -- 10.5
Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic Vol 1 -- 10.5
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 10.5
Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang -- 10.5
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 10.5
Frank Black, Honeycomb -- 10.5

WILLIAM MICHAEL SMITH
Marty Stuart, Souls’ Chapel -- 20
My Morning Jacket, Z -- 19
Drywall, Barbeque Babylon -- 18
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 17
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Delirium Tremolos -- 16
Hayes Carll, Little Rock -- 15
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 14
Kevin Gordon, O Come Look At The Burning -- 13
Decemberists, Picaresque -- 12
Joy Lynn White, One More Time -- 11
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 10
Richard Thompson, Front Parlour Ballads -- 9
various artists, Big Sweet Life: Songs Jon D Graham -- 8
Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning -- 7
Domino Kings, Some Kind Of Sign -- 6
Del McCoury, The Company We Keep -- 5
Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak -- 4
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 3
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks -- 2

ANDY TURNER
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias -- 20
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Delirium Tremolos -- 19
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 18
Terry Anderson & OAKT, self-titled -- 17
Bluerunners, Honey Slides -- 16
Dallas Wayne, I’m Your Biggest Fan -- 15
Volebeats, Like Her -- 14
Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now -- 13
Kevin Gordon, O Come Look At The Burning -- 12
Laura Cantrell, Humming By The Flowered Vine -- 11
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 10
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 9
Marah, If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry -- 8
Dwight Yoakam, Blame The Vain -- 7
Robyn Ludwick, For So Long -- 6
Hacienda Brothers, self-titled -- 5
Shooter Jennings, Put The O Back In Country -- 4
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 3
Last Train Home, Bound Away -- 2
Dave Insley, Call Me Lonesome -- 1

TOM WILK
Hacienda Brothers, self-titled -- 20
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 19
Amy Rigby, Little Fugitive -- 18
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Come On Back -- 17
James McMurtry, Childish Things -- 16
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider -- 15
Neil Young, Prairie Wind -- 14
John Prine, Fair and Square -- 13
Bobby Purify, Better To Have It -- 12
Bonnie Raitt, Souls Alike -- 11
Blasters, 4-11-44 -- 10
Los Super Seven, Heard It On The X -- 9
Delbert McClinton, Cost of Living -- 8
John Doe, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet -- 7
Sid Selvidge, Live At Otherlands -- 6
Morells, Think About It -- 5
Kate & Anna McCarrigle, The McGarrigle Xmas Hour -- 4
Joan Baez, Bowery Songs -- 3
soundtrack, 40 Shades Of Blue -- 2
Tom Russell, Hotwalker -- 1

GREG YOST
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs -- 20
Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot -- 19
Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die? -- 18
Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard -- 17
Ry Cooder, Chavez Ravine -- 16
Kate Rusby, The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly -- 15
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses -- 14
Cherryholmes, self-titled -- 13
John Prine, Fair & Square -- 12
Avett Brothers, Live Volume 2 -- 11
Dallas Wayne, I’m Your Biggest Fan -- 10
Ryan Adams, Jacksonville City Nights -- 9
Glen Phillips, Winter Pays For Summer -- 8
Brian Keane, I Ain’t Even Lonely -- 7
Tim O’Brien, Fiddler’s Green -- 6
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Garage -- 5
Shooter Jennings, Put The O Back In Country -- 4
Bobby Bare, The Moon Was Blue -- 3
Ani Difranco, Knuckle Down --2
Tim O’Brien, Cornbread Nation -- 1