All albums receiving more than one vote are ranked by total votes, then by
relative individual placings.
Those with just one vote follow
alphabetically by artist (first-name).
Nanci's 'Hearts In Mind' achieved its ranking despite the lack of a US
release until the following year.
| Votes | Artist | Title |
| 9 | Patty Griffin | Impossible Dream |
| 8 | Nanci Griffith | Hearts In Mind |
| 7 | Alison Krauss | Lonely Runs Both Ways |
| 7 | Kasey Chambers | Wayward Angel |
| 6 | Mindy Smith | One Moment More |
| 5 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Between Here And Gone |
| 5 | Norah Jones | Feels Like Home |
| 4 | Buddy Miller | Universal United House Of Prayer |
| 4 | Eliza Gilkyson | Land Of Milk And Honey |
| 4 | Tift Merritt | Tambourine |
| 3 | Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose |
| 3 | Iris Dement | Lifeline |
| 3 | REM | Around The Sun |
| 3 | Lori McKenna | Bittertown |
| 3 | Jimmy Buffet | License To Chill |
| 3 | U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
| 2 | Jolie Holland | Escondida |
| 2 | Wilco | A Ghost Is Born |
| 2 | Kathleen Edwards | Failer |
| 2 | Notorious Cherry Bombs | Cherry Bombs |
| 2 | Maura O'Connell | Don't I Know |
| 2 | Lucy Kaplansky | The Red Thread |
| 2 | Tracy Grammer | The Verdant Mile |
| 2 | Gretchen Peters | Halcyon |
| 2 | Keane | Hopes And Fears |
| 2 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 2 | Eddi Reader | Sings the Songs of Robert Burns |
| 2 | Joanna Newsom | The Milk-Eyed Mender |
| 1 | Abbe Rivers | Ordinary Fool (2003) |
| 1 | Agnetha Faltskog | My Colouring Book |
| 1 | Alanis Morissette | So Called Chaos |
| 1 | Alecia Nugent | Alecia Nugent |
| 1 | Allison Moorer | The Duel |
| 1 | Anais Mitchell | Hymns For The Exiled |
| 1 | Anita Baker | My Everything |
| 1 | Anne McCue | Roll |
| 1 | Barbara Morgenstern | Nicht Muss |
| 1 | Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer | Music For Two |
| 1 | Bent | Ariels |
| 1 | Big And Rich | Horse Of A Different Colour |
| 1 | Billy Joe Shaver | Billy And The Kid |
| 1 | Bjork | Medulla |
| 1 | Blanche | If We Can't Trust The Doctors |
| 1 | Bruce Hornsby | Halcyon Days |
| 1 | Butch Walker | Letters |
| 1 | Cesaria Evoria | Club Sodade |
| 1 | Chris Smither | Honeysuckle Dog |
| 1 | Christene LeDoux | Little Lighthouse (2003) |
| 1 | Courtney Love | America's Sweetheart |
| 1 | Cowboy Junkies | One Soul Now |
| 1 | Dave Rummans | Love Is Strongest in Our Weakest Moments |
| 1 | Dayna Kurtz | Beautiful Yesterday |
| 1 | Dolly Parton | Live And Well |
| 1 | Elton John | Peachtree Road |
| 1 | Elvis Costello | The Delivery Man |
| 1 | E.Bibb, R.Block & M.Mudlour | Sisters And Brothers |
| 1 | Finn Brothers | Everyone Is Here |
| 1 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand |
| 1 | Gary Jules | Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets |
| 1 | George Canyon | One Good Friend |
| 1 | Grant-Lee Phillips | Virginia Creeper |
| 1 | Greenday | American Idiot |
| 1 | Gretchen Wilson | Here For The Party |
| 1 | Grey DeLisle | The Graceful Ghost |
| 1 | Guy Davis | Legacy |
| 1 | Jack Ingram | Accoustic Motel |
| 1 | Jeff and Vida | Loaded |
| 1 | Jeff Buckley | Grace ('Legacy' reissue) |
| 1 | Jeff Finlin | Epinonymous |
| 1 | Jem | Finally Woken |
| 1 | Jen Foster | Everybody's Girl (2003) |
| 1 | Joan Jett | Naked |
| 1 | John Arthur Martinez | Lone Starry |
| 1 | Jon Dee Graham | The Great Battle |
| 1 | Julia Fordham | That's Life |
| 1 | Julie Roberts | Julie Roberts |
| 1 | Kate Campbell | The Portable Kate Campbell (comp.) |
| 1 | Kate Rusby | Underneath The Stars |
| 1 | Katrina Elam | Katrina Elam |
| 1 | Keb Mo | Keep It Simple |
| 1 | Keiran Kane/Kevin Welch | You Can't Save Everybody |
| 1 | Kennedys | Stand (2003) |
| 1 | Kings Of Convenience | Riot On An Empty Street |
| 1 | Kris Delmhorst | Songs For A Hurricane (2003) |
| 1 | Laura Veirs | Carbon Glacier |
| 1 | Malcolm Holcolm | A Far Cry From Here |
| 1 | Marianne Faithful | Before The Poison |
| 1 | Mark Knopfler | Shangri-La |
| 1 | Mary McBride | By Any Other Name |
| 1 | Mavis Staples | Have A Little Faith |
| 1 | Meghan Cary | Live At Your House |
| 1 | Melissa Ferrick | 70 People At 70,000 feet (2003) |
| 1 | Melissa Ferrick | The Other Side |
| 1 | Melonie Cannon | Melonie Cannon |
| 1 | Missy Higgins | The Sound Of White |
| 1 | Nellie McKay | Get Away From Me |
| 1 | Omara Portuondo | Flor De Amor |
| 1 | Paul Geremia | Love, Murder And Mosquitos |
| 1 | Pink Martini | Hang On Little Tomato |
| 1 | Po' Girl | Vagabond Lullabies |
| 1 | Poco | Keeping The Legend Alive |
| 1 | Queen Latifah | The Dana Owens Album |
| 1 | Rachel Proctor | Where I Belong |
| 1 | Railroad Earth | The Good Life |
| 1 | Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous |
| 1 | Rod Picott | Girl From Arkansas |
| 1 | Rodney Crowell | Fate's Right Hand (2003) |
| 1 | Sam Phillips | A Boot And A Shoe |
| 1 | Sarah Harmer | All Of Our Names |
| 1 | Slaid Cleaves | Wishbones |
| 1 | Soundtrack | Ladykillers |
| 1 | Soundtrack | Cold Mountain |
| 1 | Steve Earle | The Revolutiion Starts Now |
| 1 | Sugarland | Twice The Speed Of Life |
| 1 | Susan Werner | I Can't Be New |
| 1 | Tegan and Sara | So Jealous |
| 1 | The Bisquits | The Bisquits |
| 1 | The Delgados | Universal Audio |
| 1 | The Killers | Hot Fuss |
| 1 | Todd Snider | East Nashville Skyline |
| 1 | Tom Russell | Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs |
| 1 | Various | KGSR Broadcasts vol 12 |
| 1 | Various | Raw Fiddle |
| 1 | Wailin Jennys | 40 Days |
| 1 | Willie Nelson | It Always Will Be |