| Calexico/Iron & Wine | He Lays in the Reins | In The Reins | Overcoat |
| Keith Richards | Talk is Cheap | Big Enough | Virgin |
| Shawn Lee | Time to Say Goodbye | Soul in the Hole | Ubiquity |
| The Staple Singers | This World | Soul Power! | Mojo |
| Johnny Lang | Thankful | Live at the Ryman | Concord |
| The Animals | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | The Best of The Animals | Abkco |
| Eels | Rotten World Blues | Useless Trinkets | Geffen |
| John Hiatt | Little Head | Little Head | Capitol |
| Bill Withers | Kissing My Love | Lean On Me: The Best of Bill Withers | Columbia |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act) | The Evening of My Best Day | V2 |
| The Silos | Let's Take Some Drugs and Drive Around | Susan Across the Ocean | Watermelon |
| Pavement | Cut My Hair | Crooked Rain Crooked Rain | Matador |
| Eels | Paradise Blues | End Times | Vagrant |
| Citizen Cope | Friendly Fire | Every Waking Moment | RCA |
| Spearhead | Hello Bonjour | Yell Fire! | Anti |
| William Onyeabor | Better Change Your Mind | Love's A Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa | Luaka Bop |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Mustt Mustt | Daddy G: DJ Kicks | !K7 |
| Fever Ray | I'm Not Done | Fever Ray | Mute |
| Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill | The Whole Story | EMI |
| Leonard Cohen | Iodine | Death of a Ladies' Man | Columbia |
| Lou Reed | Satellite of Love | Transformer | RCA |
| Cat Power | Sea of Love | The Covers Record | Matador |
| Billy Bragg | Sexuality | Don't Try This at Home | Yep Roc |
| Nick Lowe | Too Many Teardrops | Nick the Knife | |
| Herbaliser | You're Not All That | Same As It Never Was | !K7 |