| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | Papas Fritas | Buildings And Grounds | Minty Fresh |
| 2 | Yo La Tengo | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | Matador |
| 3 | Radiohead | Kid A | Capitol |
| 4 | St. Germain | Tourist | Blue Note |
| 5 | Elliot Smith | Figure 8 | Dreamworks |
| 6 | Modest Mouse | The Moon & Antarctica | Epic |
| 7 | Jurassic 5 | Quality Control | Interscope |
| 8 | 12 Rods | Separation Anxieties | V2 |
| 9 | Bright Eyes | Fevers And Mirrors | Saddle Creek |
| 10 | Outkast | Strankonia | Arista |
| 11 | Dillinger Four | Versus God | Hopeless |
| 12 | Bjork | Selmasongs | Elektra |
| 13 | Mallman, Mark | How I Lost My Life And Lived To Tell About It | {self-released} |
| 14 | King Biscuit Time | No Style | Astralwerks/ Regal |
| 15 | Har Mar Superstar | s/t | Kill Rock Stars |
| 16 | Ray Wonder | A New Kind Of Love | NONS |
| 17 | Tahiti 80 | Puzzle | Minty Fresh |
| 18 | Dandy Warhols, The | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | Capitol |
| 19 | Freddy Fresh | Yeah Daddy | BMG UK |
| 20 | Boss Hog | Whiteout | In The Red |
| 21 | Belle & Sebastian | Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant | Matador |
| 22 | Astronaut Wife | Now That 1999 Is Gone E.P. | {self-released} |
| 23 | Clientele, The | A Fading Summer E.P. | March |
| 24 | LTJ Bukem | Jouney Inwards | Good Looking |
| 25 | Death Cab For Cutie | We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes | Barsuk |
| 26 | Billy Bragg & Wilco | Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2 | Elektra |
| 27 | Smattering | Rajah Pink and Wading Pool Blue | (self-released) |
| 28 | Sleater Kinney | All Hands On The Bad One | Kill Rock Stars |
| 29 | Jennings, Mason | Birds Flying Away | {self-released} |
| 30 | Murder City Devils, The | In Name And Blood | Sub Pop |
| 31 | Grandaddy | The Software Slump | V2 |
| 32 | De La Soul | Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | Tommy Boy |
| 33 | Air | The Virgin Suicides | Astralwerks |
| 34 | Plastic Constellations, The | Let's War! | Modern Radio |
| 35 | Neko Case & Her Boyfriends | Furnace Room Lullaby | Bloodshot |
| 36 | Phoenix | United | Astralwerks/ Source |
| 37 | Blonde Redhead | Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons | Touch & Go |
| 38 | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain | Mute |
| 39 | At The Drive-In | Relationship Of Command | Grand Royal |
| 40 | v/a (Powerpuff Girls) | Heroes & Villians | Rhino |
| 41 | Black Heart Procession, The | Three | Touch & Go |
| 42 | Sunny Day Real Estate | The Rising Tide | Time Bomb |
| 43 | Rinocerose | Installation Sonore | V2 |
| 44 | Console | Rocket In The Pocket | Matador |
| 45 | No WTO Combo, The | Live From The Battle In Seattle | Alternative Tentacles |
| 46 | Sean Na Na | Dance 'Til Your Baby Is A Man | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 47 | Ts/ MattiX | Mechanical Man E.P. | Deviant Subculture |
| 48 | VNV Nation | Empires | Metropolis |
| 49 | Supergrass | Supergrass | Island |
| 50 | Ween | Whitepepper | Elektra |
| 51 | Modest Mouse | Building Nothing Out Of Something | Up |
| 52 | Dismemberment Plan | Emergency & I | DeSoto |
| 53 | Twilight Singers, The | Twilight | Columbia |
| 54 | Handsome Family, The | In The Air | Carrot Top |
| 55 | Pedro The Lion | Winners Never Quit | Jade Tree |
| 56 | Kitty Vermont, The | Wonderful You | Motorcoat |
| 57 | Belle and Sebastian | Legal Man | Matador |
| 58 | Ida | Will You Find Me | Tiger Style |
| 59 | Torrini, Emiliana | Love In The Time Of Science | Virgin |
| 60 | Dusty Trails | s/t | Atlantic |
| 61 | Badly Drawn Boy | The Hour Of Bewilderbeast | XL |
| 62 | Thievery Corporation | The Mirror Conspiracy | ESL |
| 63 | Maffeo, Lois & Canty, Brendan | The Union Themes | Kill Rock Stars |
| 64 | Sonic Youth | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Geffen |
| 65 | Damon & Naomi | with Ghost | Sub Pop |
| 66 | Deep Puddle Dynamics | s/t | Anticon |
| 67 | Enon | Believo | See Thru Broadcasting |
| 68 | O'Rourke, Jim | Halfway To A Threeway | Drag City |
| 69 | Sergent Garc'a | Un Poquito Quema'o | Higher Octave |
| 70 | Elf Power | The Winter Is Coming | Sugar Free |
| 71 | White Hassle | White Hassle | Orange |
| 72 | Broadcast | The Noise Made By People | Tommyboy |
| 73 | Hefner | Boxing Hefner | Too Pure |
| 74 | MC Paul Barman | It's Very Stimulating | WordSound/EFA |
| 75 | Slobberbone | Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today | New West |
| 76 | Coldplay | Parachutes | EMI/ Parlophone |
| 77 | Barcelona | Zero-One-Infinity | March |
