| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Danger Mouse | The Grey Album | Self-Released |
| 2 | Amps for Christ | The People at Large | 5RC |
| 3 | Metal Urbain | Anarchy in Paris! | Acute |
| 4 | The Hang Ups | The Hang Ups | Contact |
| 5 | Frenemies | Friendship | Self-Released |
| 6 | Various | Redesigned: The Free Design Remix EP Vol. 1 | Light in the Attic |
| 7 | Little Wings/Lee Baggett | Harvest Joy/Octember Sketches | Invisible City |
| 8 | Various | Dosage | Merck |
| 9 | Alan Watts | This Is It | Locust |
| 10 | Greg Davis | Curling Pond Woods | Carpark |
| 11 | Measles Mumps Rubella | Fountain of Youth | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 12 | Aesop Rock | Bazooka Tooth | Definitive Jux |
| 13 | Old Time Relijun | Lost Light | K |
| 14 | Private Lessons | False Alarms | No No |
| 15 | Retconned | Gamesounds | Stick Figure |
| 16 | Cerberus Shoal | Bastion of Itchy Preeves | North East Indie |
| 17 | Pas/Cal | Oh Honey We're Ridiculous | Le Gran Magistery |
| 18 | Music A.M. | A Heart and Two Stars | Quatermass |
| 19 | Espers | Espers | Locust |
| 20 | Former Friend | Bill | Self-Released |
| 21 | Coachwhips | Bangers v. Fuckers | Narnack |
| 22 | Skywave | Synthtastic | Blisscent |
| 23 | Flattbush | Smash the Octopus! | Kool Arrow |
| 24 | Numbers | In My Mind All the Time | Tigerbeat 6 |
| 25 | Tod Dockstader | 8 Electronic Pieces | Locust |
| 26 | Seksu Roba | Pleasure Vibrations | Eenie Meenie |
| 27 | Califone | Heron King Blues | Thrill Jockey |
| 28 | Ethel | Ethel | Cantaloupe |
| 29 | No. 9 | Mushi-No-Ne | Locust |
| 30 | The Black Keys | The Moan | Alive |
| 31 | Cul de Sac | The Strangler's Wife | Strange Attractors |
| 32 | The Flying Luttenbachers | Systems Emerge from Complete Disorder | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 33 | Will Oldham | Seafarer's Music | Drag City |
| 34 | Southern Culture on the Skids | Mojo Box | Yep Roc |
| 35 | Irving | I Hope You're Feeling Better Now | Eenie Meenie |