| 1 Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel | Epic |
| 2 Driftwood Singers | The Driftwood Singers | Trailer Fire |
| 3 Chris Daniels | Better Days | |
| 4 Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 5 Tallest Man on Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 6 Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man In The Universe | XL |
| 7 Langhorne Slim | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 8 Hacienda | Shakedown | Collective |
| 9 Metric | Synthetica | Mom and Pop |
| 10 Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros | Here | Vagrant |
| 11 Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 12 Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Americana | Reprise |
| 13 These United States | These United States | United Interests |
| 14 Beachwood Sparks | The Tarnished Gold | Sub Pop |
| 15 Dirty Projectors | Swing Low Magellan | Domino |
| 16 Glen Hansard | Rhythm And Repose | Anti |
| 17 Guided By Voices | Class Clown Spots a UFO | GBV |
| 18 Regina Spektor | What We Saw From The Cheap Seats | Advance |
| 19 Spiritualized | Sweet Heart Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 20 Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Atlantic |
| 21 Infantree | Hero's Dose | Vapor |
| 22 Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles | Heat | Periscope |
| 23 Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 24 Jack White | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 25 Black Box Revelation | My Perception | Merovee |
| 26 Rocky Votolato | Television Of Saints | Self-Released |
| 27 Lumineers | The Lumineers | Self-Released |
| 28 Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 29 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band | One Of My Kind: The Story Of The Mystic Valley Band | Team Love |
| 30 Husky | Forever So | Sub Pop |
