| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Comets on Fire | Field Recordings Fromthe Sun | Ba Da Bing |
| 2 | Cockroach Huxtable | Maidmoiselle Disco Technique | We're Twins |
| 3 | Spaceheads | Low Pressure | Merge |
| 4 | Tino Corp | Tino's Breaks 5: Dub | Tino Corp |
| 5 | Various Artists | And the Beat Goes Off! | Tigerbeat6/Wire |
| 6 | Radar Secret Service | Stop Communication | On/On Switch |
| 7 | 4tRECk | No. 1 | 4track |
| 8 | Mum | Finally We Are No One | Fat Cat |
| 9 | 400 Blows | Black Rainbow | Tone Capsule |
| 10 | Boom Box 2000 | Boom Box 2000 | Orange Twin |
| 11 | Dntel | (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan | Plug Research |
| 12 | Various Artists | Angels and Insects | Mondrian Sound |
| 13 | Sissy Spacek | Sissy Spacek Camp | Helicopter |
| 14 | Warlocks | Rise and Fall | Bomp |
| 15 | Psychatrone Rhonedakk | Keep On Psychedelic Mind | Black Plastic Sound |
| 16 | Ben Vida | Mpls | BOXmedia |
| 17 | Sharp Ease | Sharp Ease | Soft Spot |
| 18 | Spectral Light and Moonshine Firefly Snake Oil Jamboree | Scarecrow Stuffing | Dark Holler |
| 19 | Numbers | Life | Tigerbeat6 |
| 20 | Various Artists | California Ain't Fun No More | Just Add Water |
| 21 | Chromatics/Monitr Bats | Split 7" | GSL |
| 22 | Pirahnas | Untitled | On/On Switch |
| 23 | Thomas Buckner and Tom Hamilton | Jump the Circle, Jump the Line | Mutable music |
| 24 | Ludicra | Hollow Psalms | Life is Abuse |
| 25 | Reynols | No Reynols | Freedom From |
| 26 | Fenn O' Berg | Return of Fenn O' Berg | Mego |
| 27 | Townes Van Zandt | Live at McCabe's | Return to Sender/Normal |
| 28 | Various Artists | Winged We Were: A Tribute to the Incredible Stirng Band | Argoknot |
| 29 | Peppermints | Sweet Tooth Abortion | NGWTT/IVY Oh! |
| 30 | New Tweedy Brothers | New Tweedy Brothers | Shadoks |
| 31 | Cherry Valence | Riffin' | Estrus |
| 32 | Ampbuzz | This is My Ampbuzz | Strange Attractors Audio House |
| 33 | Various Artists | Every Tone A Testimony | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 34 | Subtonix | Tarantism | Troubleman |
| 35 | Sparkles | All the Kids are Gonna Fuck You Up | Smooch |