1 Cat Power, The Greatest (Matador)
2 Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
3 Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac (Capitol)
4 Neil Young, Prairie Wind (Reprise)
5 Ryan Adams, 29 (Lost Highway)
6 K.T. Tunstall, Eye To The Telescope (Virgin)
7 Beth Orton, Comfort Of Strangers (Astralwerks)
8 My Morning Jacket, Z (ATO/RCA)
9 Belle & Sebastian, The Life Pursuit (Matador)
10 James Blunt, Back To Bedlam (Atlantic)
11 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of (Hip-O)
12 Wilco, Kicking Television (Nonesuch)
13 Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
14 Tortoise/Bonnie Prince Billy, The Brave And The Bold (Overcoat)
15 Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison (Legacy)
16 Various Artists, This Is Americana Vol. 2 (AMA)
17 Bright Eyes, Motion Sickness (Team Love)
18 Hank III, Straight To Hell (Curb)
19 Subdudes, Behind The Levee (Back Porch)
20 Calexico/Iron & Wine, In The Reins EP (Overcoat)
21 Rhett Miller, The Believer (Verve Forecast)
22 John Prine, Fair & Square (Oh Boy)
23 Avett Brothers, Four Thieves Gone (Ramseur)
24 Strokes, First Impressions Of (RCA)
25 Various Artists, Brokeback Mountain soundtrack (Verve Forecast)
26 James McMurtry, Childish Things (Compadre)
27 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (Lost Highway)
28 Various Artists, Walk The Line soundtrack (Wind-Up)
29 Gourds, Heavy Ornamentals (Eleven Thirty)
30 Ray Davies, Other People’s Lives (V2)
31 The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
32 Derek Trucks, Songlines (Sony)
33 Johnny Cash, The Legend (Sony Legacy)
34 Nickel Creek, Why Should The Fire Die? (Sugar Hill)
35 Son Volt, Okemah & The Melody Of Riot (Transmit Sound/Legacy)
36 Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Anti-)
37 Various Artists, Our New Orleans (Nonesuch)
38 Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (Righteous Babe)
39 Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Hidden Land (Columbia)
40 Rocky Votolato, Makers (Second Nature/Barsuk)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark Records (Minneapolis, MN), Amoeba (San Francisco, CA), Basement Discs (Melbourne, Australia), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), CD Central (Lexington, KY), CD Warehouse (Cedar Rapids, IA), Decatur CD (Decatur, GA), Disc Exchange (Knoxville, TN), Ear X-tacy (Louisville, KY), Electric Fetus (Duluth, MN), Fingerprints (Long Beach, CA), For The Record (Amherst, MA), Gem City Records (Dayton, OH), Grimey’s New & Preloved Music (Nashville, TN), Groovacious (Cedar City, UT), Hoodlums New & Used Music (Tempe, AZ), Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), Main Street Music (Philadelphia, PA), Mike’s Music (Toronto, Canada), Music Millennium (Portland, OR), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Plan 9 (Richmond, VA), Surf Club Records (Corpus Christ, TX), Record Exchange (Boise, ID), Rock-A-Billy’s (Utica, MI), Treehouse Records (Minneapolis, MN), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO), Wuxtry Records (Decatur, GA).
Top 10 DVDs
1 Bob Dylan, No Direction Home (Paramount)
2 Walk The Line (20th Century Fox)
3 Johnny Cash, Live From Austin TX (New West)
4 Guided By Voices, Electrifying Conclusion (Plexifilm)
5 The Band, The Last Waltz (MGM)
6 Various Artists, Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder (Shout! Factory)
7 Various Artists, Festival! (Eagle Rock)
8 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Road To God Knows Where (Mute)
9 Various Artists, Heartworn Highways (Snapper UK)
10 Lucero, Dreaming In America (Liberty & Lament)
Reporting Stores: Aardvark Records (Minneapolis, MN), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), Basement Discs (Melbourne, Australia), Book Cellar (Waupaca, WI), Decatur CD (Decatur, GA), Gem City Records (Dayton, OH), Grimey’s New & Preloved Music (Nashville, TN), Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), New World Record (Buffalo, NY), Plan 9 (Richmond, VA), Record Exchange (Boise, ID), Twist & Shout (Denver, CO)
