| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Los Camperos De Valles | El Ave De Mi Sonar | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | Four Tet | Everything Ecstatic | Domino |
| 3 | The Go-Betweens | Oceans Apart | Yep Roc |
| 4 | The Mae Shi | Heartbeeps | 5rc/Kill Rock Stars |
| 5 | Boom Bip | Blue Eyed in the Red Room | Lex |
| 6 | Caribou | The Milk of Human Kindness | Domino/Leaf |
| 7 | Ibrahim Ferrar | Buenos Hermanos | Nonesuch |
| 8 | Vetiver | Between | DiCristina |
| 9 | Mice Parade | Bem-Vinda Vontade | Bubblecore |
| 10 | Ellen Allien | Thrills | BPitch Control |
| 11 | Chris Brokaw | "I Was Born, But" Original Film Score | Atavistic |
| 12 | The Cars are the Stars | Fragments | Chez Moi |
| 13 | Populous | Queue For Love | Morr Music |
| 14 | American Analog Set/White Magic | Songs of Hurt and Healing | Ouch |
| 15 | Pas/Cal/La Laque | Split | Romantic Air |
| 16 | P:ano | Brigadoon | Mint |
| 17 | Praveen | Backed by Spirits | Neo Ouija |
| 18 | Luke Vibert | Lover's Acid | Planet Mu |
| 19 | Of Montreal | The Sunlandic Twins | Polyvinyl |
| 20 | Cheb i Sabbah | La Kehena | Six Degrees |
| 21 | Halloween Swim Team | S/t | Self |
| 22 | Negativland | No Business | Mordam |
| 23 | Jason Forrest | Lady Fantasy EP | Sonig |
| 24 | Teen Wheat | Vs. Old Wheat | Dead Medium |
| 25 | Pit Er Pat/Icy Demons | Split 7" | Polyvinyl |
| 26 | The Pope | Society of Friends | Satellite City |
| 27 | Ruins | Vrresto | Skin Graft |
| 28 | Lokua Kanza | Toyebi Te | Yewo |
| 29 | Langhorne Slim | When the Sun's Gone Down | Narnack |
| 30 | Signaldrift | Girl | Audraglint |