| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | The Fall | The Real New Fall LP | Narnack |
| 2 | The New Black | The New Black | Thick Records |
| 3 | Various Artists | Difficult Easy Listening | Nonplace Records |
| 4 | RJD2 | Since We Last Spoke | Definitive Jux |
| 5 | Eleni Mandell | Afternoon | Zedtone |
| 6 | Various Artists | Third Unheard Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983 | Stone's Throw |
| 7 | Sunday Morning Einsteins | Kangnave | Prank |
| 8 | Black Dice | Creature Comforts | DFA |
| 9 | Viento De Agua | Materia Prima | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 10 | Deceptikon | Lost Subject | Merck |
| 11 | Blood On The Wall | Blood On The Wall | Social Registry |
| 12 | Mirah | C'Mon Miracle | K |
| 13 | Various Artists | No...W NOW! | Passive Aggressive |
| 14 | Vetiver | Vetiver | DiChristina Stairbuilder |
| 15 | Br Danielson | Brother to Son | Secretly Canadian |
| 16 | Les Georges Leningrad | Duex Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou | Alien 8 |
| 17 | !!! | Louden Up Now | Touch and Go |
| 18 | Animal Collective | Sung Tongs | Fat Cat |
| 19 | Juana Molina | Tres Casas | Domino |
| 20 | Tortoise | It's All Around You | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | Roitan | Roitan | Bulb |
| 22 | LKN | In The Leap Year | Grey Day |
| 23 | Various Artists | TRR50 Thank You | Temporary Residence |
| 24 | Lux Nova Umbra Est | Light Is The New Dark | Lux Nova Umbra Est |
| 25 | Tilly and the Wall | Wild Like Children | Team Love |
| 26 | Sunburned Hand of the Man | Spirit of Orr | Rare Wood |
| 27 | Tangle Eye | Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed | Zoe |
| 28 | Nina Nastasia | Dogs | Touch and Go |
| 29 | Kill Me Tomorrow | The Garbageman and the Prostitute | GSL |
| 30 | (The Real) Tuesday Weld | I, Lucifer | Six Degrees |
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