| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | Beck | Sea Change | Geffen |
| 2 | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | Warner |
| 3 | The Soviettes | S/T 7" AND S/T split EP (with The Valentines) | Pop Riot |
| 4 | Sleater Kinney | One Beat | Kill Rock Stars |
| 5 | Tegan and Sara | If It Was You | Vapor |
| 6 | Sigur Ros | ( ) | PIAS America |
| 7 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Nonesuch |
| 8 | Interpol | Turn on the Bright Lights | Matador |
| 9 | Clinic | Walking With Thee | Domino |
| 10 | Selby Tigers | Curse Of The Selby Tigers | Hopeless |
| 11 | RJD2 | Deadringer | Definite Jux |
| 12 | Mclusky | Mclusky Do Dallas | Too Pure |
| 13 | Paul Westerberg | Stereo | Vagrant |
| 14 | A Whisper in the Noise | Throught the Ides of March | (self-released) |
| 15 | Jurassic 5 | Power In Numbers | Interscope |
| 16 | Low | Trust | Kranky |
| 17 | Mark Mallman | The Red Bedroom | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 18 | Johnny Cash | The Man Comes Around | Lost Highway |
| 19 | Har Mar Superstar | You Can Feel Me | Record Collection |
| 20 | Spoon | Kill the Moonlight | Merge |
| 21 | 12 Rods | Lost Time | (self-released) |
| 22 | Tom Waits | Alice | Anti |
| 23 | Atmosphere | God Loves Ugly | Rhymesayers |
| 24 | Black Heart Procession | Amore Del Tropico | Touch and Go |
| 25 | Traditional Methods | S/T | (self-released) |
| 26 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Good Health | Lookout! |
| 27 | Dillinger Four | Situationist Comedy | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 28 | Aimee Mann | Lost In Space | SuperEgo |
| 29 | Sahara Hotnights | Jennie Bomb | Jetset |
| 30 | White Stripes | B-Sides from White Blood Cells | V2 |
| 31 | Neko Case | Blacklisted | Bloodshot |
| 32 | Ladytron | Light & Magic | Emperor Norton |
| 33 | Work of Saws | The Pious Flats | Thick Furniture |
| 34 | Mary Lou Lord | Speeding Motorcycle | Rubric |
| 35 | Apartment Music | V/A | Free Election |
| 36 | Bright Eyes | There Is No Beginning to the Story EP AND Lifted or the Story Is In The Soil…. CD | Saddle Creek |
| 37 | Heiruspecs | Small Steps EP | Interlock |
| 38 | The Breeders | Title TK | Elektra |
| 39 | Blackalicious | Blazing Arrow | MCA |
| 40 | The Hives | Veni Vidi Vicious | Burning Heart |
| 41 | Song of Zarathustra | A View From Hight Tides | Troubleman Unlimited |
| 42 | DJ Shadow | The Private Press | MCA |
| 43 | The Promise Ring | Wood/Water | Anti |
| 44 | Fog | Pneumonia (including 'Check Fraud' 12" remix) | Ninja Tune |
| 45 | Death Cab For Cutie | You Can Play These Songs With Chords +10 AND The Stability EP | Barsuk |
| 46 | Rilo Kiley | The Execution of All Things | Saddle Creek |
| 47 | Sean Na Na | My Majesty | Frenchkiss |
| 48 | Ben Kweller | Sha Sha | ATO |
| 49 | Sweet J.A.P. | Virgin Vibe | 1+2 |
| 50 | Lauryn Hill | Unplugged 2.0 | Columbia |
| 51 | Elvis Costello | When I Was Cruel | Island |
| 52 | The Shins | Know Your Onion! | Sub Pop |
| 53 | Hem | Rabbit Songs | Bar None |
| 54 | Polara | Jetpack Blues | Susstones |
| 55 | Grandpa Boy | Mono | Vagrant |
| 56 | Cornelius | Point | Matador |
| 57 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Plastic Fang | Matador |
| 58 | The Icicles | Pure Sugar | Drive-In |
| 59 | St. Germain | Boulevard | PIAS America |
| 60 | Morcheeba | Charango | Reprise |
| 61 | Future Bible Heroes | Eternal Youth | Instinct |
| 62 | Cinerama | Torino | Manifesto |
| 63 | Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | Interscope |
| 64 | Pedro the Lion | Control | Jade Tree |
| 65 | The Crush | This Is Where I Cross My Fingers | Adeline |
| 66 | Verve//Remixed | V/A | Verve |
| 67 | Radio 4 | Gotham! | Gern Blandsten |
| 68 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | s/t | Shifty |
| 69 | Stereo Total | Musique Automatique | Kill Rock Stars |
| 70 | Cornershop | Handcream for a Generation | Beggars |
| 71 | Müm | Finally We Are No One | Fatcat |
| 72 | All Girl Summer Fun Band | S/T | K |
| 73 | The Streets | Original Pirate Material | Vice Recordings |
| 74 | Underworld | A Hundred Days Off | JBO |
| 75 | Jets to Brazil | Perfecting Loneliness | Jade Tree |
| 76 | Enon | High Society | Touch and Go |
| 77 | Mia Doi Todd | The Golden State | Columbia |
