| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Daedelus | Exquisite Corpse | Mush |
| 2 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | Ashmatic Kitty |
| 3 | V/A | Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip Hop | World Music Network |
| 4 | Entre Rios | Onda | Darla |
| 5 | Gowns | Dangers of Intimacy | Folk Tale |
| 6 | Colleen | The Golden Morning Breaks | Leaf |
| 7 | Deerhoof | Green Cosmos | Menlo Park |
| 8 | Nice Nice | Yesss! | Audraglint |
| 9 | V/A | Rough Guide to Tango Nuevo | World Music Network |
| 10 | V/A | Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing | World Music Network |
| 11 | Boy Robot | Rotten Cocktails | City Centre Offices |
| 12 | Jim Yoshii Pile Up | Picks Us Apart | Absolutely Kosher |
| 13 | Boom Bap Project | Reprogram | Rhymesayers |
| 14 | Parts and Labor | A Great Divide 7" | Plastic |
| 15 | Celso Fonseca | Rive Gauche Rio | Six Degrees |
| 16 | Drop the Lime | This Means Forever | Tigerbeat6 |
| 17 | nnnj | Monkey Straddle | Agriculture |
| 18 | Decomposure | At Home and Unaffected | Unschooled |
| 19 | Enuma Elish | Leviathan | Lithiq |
| 20 | Madvillain | Madvillainy (Four Tet and Koushik remixes) | Stones Throw |
| 21 | Bardo Pond | Selections Vol. I-IV | All Tomorrows Parties |
| 22 | Phosphorescent | Aw Come Aw Wry | Misra |
| 23 | Wevie Stonder | The Wooden Horse of Troy | Skam |
| 24 | Lyrics Born | Same !@#$ Different Day | Quannum Projects |
| 25 | Some Girls | The DNA Will Have Its Say | Three One G |
| 26 | Malcolm Kipe | Breakspiracy Theories | Merck |
| 27 | Astor Piazzolla | Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla | World Music Network |
| 28 | Antony and the Johnsons | Hope There's Someone | Secretly Canadian |
| 29 | The Mae Shi | Heartbeeps | 5RC/Kill Rock Stars |
| 30 | Manual | Azure Vista | Darla |