Ballots are listed in ranked order from top to bottom; the number is the total points they received. Ballots submitted unranked were scored at an average 5.5 points for each entry.

Peter Blackstock, editor/columnist
Basia Bulat, Oh My Darling – 10
Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend – 9
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, self-titled – 8
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 7
Colm Mac Con Iomaire, The Hare’s Corner – 6
Old 97’s, Blame It On Gravity – 5
R.E.M., Accelerate – 4
Chatham County Line, IV – 3
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 2
Barton Carroll, The Lost One – 1

Grant Alden, curmudgeon emeritus/columnist
Como Now: The Voices Of Panola Co., Mississippi – 10
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 9
Basia Bulat, Oh My Darling – 8
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, self-titled – 7
Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend – 6
Duffy, Rockferry – 5
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 4
Kathy Mattea, Coal – 3
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 2
Mavis Staples, Live At The Hideout – 1

Paul Cantin, senior editor/columnist
MGMT, Oracular Spectacular – 10
Santogold, self-titled – 9
Marah, Angels Of Destruction – 8
Fleet Foxes, self-titled – 7
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One – 6
Lindsey Buckingham, Gift Of Screws – 5
Radiohead, In Rainbows bonus disc with box set – 4
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 3
Koushik, Out My Window – 2
TV On The Radio, Dear Science – 1

David Cantwell, senior editor/columnist
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 10
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 9
SteelDrivers, self-titled – 8
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Leavin’ Town – 7
Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell – 6
Chris Knight, Heart Of Stone – 5
Cat Power, Jukebox – 4
Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue – 3
Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It – 2
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 1

Barry Mazor, senior editor/columnist
Old 97’s, Blame It On Gravity – 10
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 9
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 8
Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell – 7
Justin Townes Earle, The Good Life – 6
SteelDrivers, self-titled – 5
Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend – 4
Darrell Scott, Modern Hymns – 3
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 2
Charlie Haden Family & Friends, Rambling Boy – 1

Don McLeese, senior editor/columnist
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges – 10
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 9
Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs – 8
Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song – 7
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 6
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig Lazarus Dig – 5
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 4
Charlie Haden Family & Friends, Rambling Boy – 3
Tift Merritt, Another Country – 2
SteelDrivers, self-titled – 1

Kurt B. Reighley, senior editor/columnist
Hercules & Love Affair, self-titled – 10
Toumani Diabate, The Mande Variations – 9
Baby Dee, Safe Inside The Day – 8
Santogold, self-titled – 7
Parenthetical Girls, Entanglements – 6
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings And All – 5
Notwist, The Devil, You + Me – 4
Hauschka, Ferndorf – 3
Arthur Russell, Love Is Overtaking Me – 2
Ponytail, Ice Cream Spiritual – 1

Lloyd Sachs, senior editor/columnist
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 10
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig Lazarus Dig – 9
Rodney Crowell, Sex & Gasoline – 8
Robert Forster, The Evangelist – 7
Jason Collett, Here’s To Being Here – 6
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 5
Jenny Scheinman, Jenny Scheinman – 4
Conor Oberst, self-titled – 3
Pretenders, Breaking Up The Concrete – 2
Taylor Swift, Fearless – 1

Allison Stewart, senior editor/columnist
Taylor Swift, Fearless – 10
Laura Marling, Alas I Cannot Swim – 9
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges – 8
Basia Bulat, Oh My Darling – 7
New Frontiers, Mending – 6
Ashton Shepherd, Sounds So Good – 5
Bodeans, Still, He And He – 4
Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends – 3
Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song – 2
REM, Accelerate – 1

Silas House, contributing editor
Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend – 10
Caroline Herring, Lantana – 9
Adele, 19 – 8
Kathy Mattea, Coal – 7
Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need – 6
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Rattlin’ Bones – 5
Joan Osborne, Little Wild One – 4
Patty Loveless, Sleepless Nights – 3
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely – 2
She & Him, Volume 1 – 1

Edd Hurt, contributing editor
Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song – 10
Chuck Prophet, Dreaming Waylon’s Dreams – 9
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 8
Ross Johnson, Make It Stop – 7
Various, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story – 6
Linda Perhacs, Parallelograms – 5
Walter Becker, Circus Money – 4
Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, /Dirt Don’t Hurt – 3
Como Now: The Voices of Panola Co., Mississippi – 2
Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It – 1

Roy Kasten, contributing editor
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 10
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 9
Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs – 8
Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell – 7
Felice Brothers, self-titled – 6
Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It – 5
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 4
Matthew Ryan, Vs. The Silver State – 3
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 2
James McMurtry, Just Us Kids – 1

Rich Kienzle, contributing editor
John Pizzarelli, With A Song In My Heart – 10
Benny Goodman, Classic Columbia/Okeh Sessions – 9
Brad Paisley, Play – 8
Johnny Frigo, Summer Me: Live At Battle Ground – 7
Peter Cooper, Mission Door – 6
Hank III, Damn Right Rebel Proud – 5
Jessica Molaskey, A Kiss To Build A Dream On – 4
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition – 3
Jim Lauderdale & the Dream Players, Honey Songs – 2
Heybale, The Last Country Album – 1

David Menconi, contributing editor
Radiohead, In Rainbows – 10
TV On The Radio, Dear Science – 9
Fireman, Electric Arguments – 8
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 7
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 6
Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago – 5
Megafaun, Bury The Square – 4
Santogold, self-titled – 3
Duffy, Rockferry – 2
She & Him, Volume One – 1

Linda Ray, contributing editor
Elf Power, In a Cave – 10
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, self-titled – 9
Calexico, Carried To Dust – 8
Carlene Carter, Stronger – 7
Justin Townes Earle, The Good Life – 6
Cuchillo, self-titled – 5
Gary Louris, Vagabonds – 4
Giant Sand, Provisions – 3
Band of Heathens, self-titled – 2
Firewater, The Golden Hour – 1

Kim Ruehl, news editor
Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs – 10
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, Two Men With The Blues – 9
Ani DiFranco, Red Letter Year – 8
Jolie Holland, The Living and the Dead – 7
Grascals, Keep On Walkin’ – 6
Ray LaMontagne, Gossip In The Grain – 5
Emmylou Harris, All I Intended To Be – 4
Brett Dennen, Hope For the Hopeless – 3
Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago – 2
Kris Delmhorst, Shotgun Singer – 1

David Baxter
SteelDrivers, self-titled – 10
Ben Sollee, Learning To Bend – 9
Michael Franti & Spearhead, All Rebel Rockers – 8
Caroline Herring, Lantana – 7
Crooked Still, Still Crooked – 6
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely – 5
Blue Highway, Through The Window Of A Train – 4
Infamous Stringdusters, self-titled – 3
Patty Loveless, Sleepless Nights – 2
Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell – 1

Michael Berick
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 10
Band Of Heathens, self-titled – 9
Mark Erelli, Delivered – 8
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 7
Two Cow Garage, Speaking In Cursive – 6
Becky Schlegel, For All The World To See – 5
Collin Herring, Past Life Crashing – 4
Jason Collett, Here’s To Being Here – 3
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 2
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 1

Scott Brodeur
Vampire Weekend, self-titled – 10
Ryan Adams, Cardinology – 9
Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago – 8
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 7
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 6
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 5
Felice Brothers, self-titled – 4
Sun Kil Moon, April – 3
Winterpills, Central Chambers – 2
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 1

Rick Cornell
Gaslight Anthem, The ’59 Sound – 10
Frank Turner, Love Ire & Song – 9
Baseball Project, Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails – 8
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 7
Felice Brothers, self-titled – 6
Lost Crusaders, Have You Heard About The World? – 5
Chris Mills, Living In The Aftermath – 4
James McMurtry, Just Us Kids – 3
Chatham County Line, IV – 2
Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags, All The Great Aviators Agree – 1

Eric R. Danton
Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago – 10
Santogold, self-titled – 9
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 8
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 7
Magnetic Fields, Distortion – 6
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs – 5
Kanye West, 808’s & Heartbreak – 4
Mates Of State, Re-Arrange Us – 3
Castanets, City Of Refuge – 2
Ry Cooder, I Flathead – 1

Jim Desmond
Alejandro Escoved0, Real Animal – 10
I’m Not Jim, self-titled – 9
She & Him, Volume One – 8
R.E.M., Accelerate – 7
TV On The Radio, Dear Science – 6
Cat Power, Jukebox – 5
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 4
Blitzen Trapper, Furr – 3
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges – 2
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 1

Daniel Durchholz
Nick Cave, Dig Lazarus Dig – 10
Fleet Foxes, self-titled – 9
Girl Talk, Feed The Animals – 8
Buika, Nina De Fuego – 7
Parts & Labor, Receivers – 6
Santogold, self-titled – 5
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 4
Toumani Diabate, The Mande Variations – 3
Metallica, Death Magnetic – 2
Sigur Ros, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust – 1

Mark Guarino
Gary Louris, Vagabonds – 10
Nada Surf, Lucky – 9
Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes – 8
Sera Cahoone, Only As the Day Is Long – 7
David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today – 6
Mercury Rev, Snowflake Midnight – 5
Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs – 4
Nick Cave, Dig Lazarus Dig – 3
Raveonettes, Lust Lust Lust – 2
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely – 1

Russell Hall
Giant Sand, Provisions – 10
R.E.M., Accelerate – 9
Jakob Dylan, Seeing Things – 8
Patty Larkin, Watch the Sky – 7
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 6
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig Lazarus Dig – 4
She & Him, Volume One – 3
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 2
Grayson Capps, Rott ‘N’ Roll – 1

Jewly Hight
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 10
Justin Townes Earle, The Good Life – 9
Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song – 8
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Rattlin’ Bones – 7
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 6
Steeldrivers, self-titled – 5
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, self-titled – 4
Grayson Capps, Rott ‘N’ Roll – 3
Rory Block, Blues Walkin’ Like A Man – 2
Black Diamond Heavies, Touch Of Someone Else’s Class – 1

John Marks
Tift Merritt, Another Country – 10
Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers – 9
Old 97’s, Blame It On Gravity – 8
Sacred Shakers, Debut – 7
Calexico, Carried To Dust – 6
Grupo Fantasma, Sonidos Gold – 5
Duffy, Rockferry – 4
Gary Louris, Vagabonds – 3
Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy – 2
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 1

Eli Messinger
Hank Williams, The Unreleased Recordings – 10
Hayes Carll, Trouble In Mind – 9
Tift Merritt, Another Country – 8
Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell – 7
Dion, Heroes: Giants Of Early Guitar Rock – 6
Samantha Crain, The Confiscation – 5
Willie Nile, Live From The Streets Of New York – 4
Gibson Brothers, Iron & Diamonds – 3
Amelia, A Long Lovely List of Repairs – 2
Various, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story – 1

John Milward
Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 10
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges – 9
Eliza Gilkyson, Beautiful World – 8
Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need – 7
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 6
B.B. King, One Kind Favor – 5
Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It – 4
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 3
Al Green, Lay It Down – 2
Charlie Haden Family & Friends, Rambling Boy – 1

Andy Moore
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges – 10
Calexico, Carried To Dust – 9
Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago – 8
Pieta Brown, Flight Time – 7
Blueheels, Lessons In Sunday Driving – 6
Bonnie Prince Billy, Lie Down In The Light – 5
Old 97’s, Blame It On Gravity – 4
Backyard Tire Fire, The Places We Lived – 3
Michael Franti, All Rebel Rockers – 2
Old Crow Medicine Show, Tennessee Pusher – 1

Kevin Oliver
Raveonettes, Lust Lust Lust – 5.5
Jamie Lidell, Jim – 5.5
Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need – 5.5
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 5.5
Drive By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark – 5.5
Danielle Sansone, Two Flowers – 5.5
Anthony David, Acey Deucy – 5.5
Warm In The Wake, Speak Plainly EP – 5.5
Spring Standards, No One Will Know EP – 5.5
Avett Brothers, Second Gleam EP – 5.5

Steve Pick
Ray Davies, Working Man’s Cafe – 10
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 9
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 8
B.B. King, One Kind Favor – 7
Elvis Costello, Momofuku – 6
K.D. Lang, Watershed – 5
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 1 – 4
AC/DC, Black Ice – 3
Cassandra Wilson, Loverly – 2
Marah, Angels Of Destruction – 1

Britt Robson
Various Artists, Miles From India – 10
Roots, Rising Down – 9
Ani DiFranco, Red Letter Year – 8
Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman, Across The Crystal Sea – 7
Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal – 6
Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Midnight Blues – 5
Chiwoniso, Rebel Woman – 4
Michael Franti & Spearhead, All Rebel Rockers – 3
Hold Steady, Stay Positive – 2
David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today – 1

Mike Usinger
Amanda Palmer, Who Killed Amanda Palmer – 10
Black Keys, Attack & Release – 9
Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely – 8
Jolie Holland – The Living And The Dead – 7
Kills, Midnight Boom – 6
Pack A.D., Funeral Mixtape – 5
Okkervil River, The Stand Ins – 4
Los Campesinos, Hold On Now Youngster – 3
Vetiver, Thing Of The Past – 2
Sons & Daughters, The Gift – 1

Tom Wilk
Ry Cooder, I Flathead – 10
Hacienda Brothers, Arizona Motel – 9
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey – 8
Lindsey Buckingham, Gift Of Screws – 7
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 6
James McMurtry, Just Us Kids – 5
Kate Campbell, Save The Day – 4
John Hiatt, Same Old Man – 3
Dan Penn, Junkyard Junky – 2
James Talley, Heartsong – 1

Jerry Withrow
Como Now: The Voices Of Panola Co., Mississippi – 10
Paul Heaton, The Cross Eyed Rambler – 9
Buika, Nina De Fuega – 8
J.D. Souther, If The World Was You – 7
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig Lazarus Dig – 6
Randy Newman, Harps And Angels – 5
Eliza Gilkyson, Beautiful World – 4
James Blackshaw, Litany Of Echoes – 3
B.B. King, One Kind Favor – 2
Shelby Lynne, Just A Little Lovin’ – 1