| 1 | 2 | WAR ON DRUGS, THE | A Deeper Understanding | Atlantic |
| 2 | 4 | IRON AND WINE | Beast Epic | Sub Pop |
| 3 | 25 | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | American Dream | DFA/Columbia |
| 4 | 1 | ARCADE FIRE | Everything Now | Columbia |
| 5 | 6 | OH SEES | Orc | Castle Face |
| 6 | 3 | BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | Hug Of Thunder | Arts & Crafts |
| 7 | 29 | GRIZZLY BEAR | Painted Ruins | RCA |
| 8 | 9 | WAXAHATCHEE | Out in the Storm | Merge |
| 9 | 5 | MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA | A Black Mile To The Surface | Loma Vista |
| 10 | 17 | DENT MAY | Across The Multiverse | Carpark |
| 11 | 8 | DISTRICTS, THE | Popular Manipulations | Fat Possum |
| 12 | 14 | WIDOWSPEAK | Expect The Best | Captured Tracks |
| 13 | 10 | JAPANESE BREAKFAST | Soft Sounds From Another Planet | Dead Oceans |
| 14 | 150 | DEERHOOF | Mountain Moves | Joyful Noise |
| 15 | 15 | COAST MODERN | Coast Modern | +1/300 Entertainment |
| 16 | 21 | LIARS | TFCF | Mute |
| 17 | 7 | DOWNTOWN BOYS | Cost Of Living | Sub Pop |
| 18 | 28 | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | Villains | Matador |
| 19 | 27 | TURNOVER | Good Nature | Run For Cover |
| 20 | 11 | RAINER MARIA | S/T | Polyvinyl |
| 21 | 20 | MYNABIRDS, THE | Be Here Now | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | 19 | A GIANT DOG | Toy | Merge |
| 23 | 12 | JEN CLOHER | Jen Cloher | Milk!/Marathon Artists |
| 24 | 13 | TORO Y MOI | Boo Boo | Carpark |
| 25 | 30 | GOGOL BORDELLO | Seekers and Finders | Cooking Vinyl |
| 26 | 16 | WASHED OUT | Mister Mellow | Stones Throw |
| 27 | N/A | BECK | Colors [Advance Tracks] | Capitol |
| 28 | 145 | ZOLA JESUS | Okovi | Sacred Bones |
| 29 | N/A | ALVVAYS | Antisocialites | Polyvinyl |
| 30 | N/A | MOGWAI | Every Country's Sun | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 31 | 18 | GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH | Desert Center | Suicide Squeeze |
| 32 | 26 | PORTUGAL. THE MAN | Woodstock | Atlantic |
| 33 | N/A | NATIONAL, THE | Sleep Well Beast | 4AD |
| 34 | 23 | FLEET FOXES | Crack-Up | Nonesuch |
| 35 | 61 | ALEX CAMERON | Forced Witness | Secretly Canadian |
| 36 | 56 | PREATURES, THE | Girlhood | Harvest |
| 37 | 37 | BIG THIEF | Capacity | Saddle Creek |
| 38 | 46 | ARON D'ALESIO | Aron D'Alesio | Paper Bag |
| 39 | 43 | PASSION PIT | Tremendous Sea Of Love | Wishart |
| 40 | 22 | BENJAMIN GIBBARD | Bandwagonesque | Canvasback |
| 41 | 24 | OFFA REX | The Queen of Hearts | Nonesuch |
| 42 | 31 | SOCCER MOMMY | Collection | Fat Possum |
| 43 | 34 | TRAILER TRASH TRACYS | Althaea | Double Six |
| 44 | 33 | DAN AUERBACH | Waiting On A Song | Easy Eye Sound |
| 45 | 47 | MAC DEMARCO | This Old Dog | Captured Tracks |
| 46 | 39 | KELLEY STOLTZ | Que Aura | Castle Face |
| 47 | 40 | BEACH FOSSILS | Somersault | Bayonet |
| 48 | 44 | THIS IS THE KIT | Moonshine Freeze | Rough Trade |
| 49 | N/A | FAITH HEALER | Try ; -) | Mint |
| 50 | 53 | QUEEN MOO | Mean Well | Topshelf |
| 51 | N/A | MADELINE KENNEY | Night Night At The First Landing | Company |
| 52 | 176 | DANIEL CAESAR | Freudian | Self-Released |
| 53 | 54 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Quazars: Born On A Gangster Star/Quazarz: Vs The Jealous Machines | Sub Pop |
| 54 | 70 | TOOTHLESS | The Pace Of The Passing | Rostrum/Island |
| 55 | 38 | GIRL RAY | Earl Grey | Moshi Moshi |
| 56 | 50 | DAN CROLL | Emerging Adulthood | Dan Croll/Kobalt |
| 57 | 32 | MATT POND P.A. | Still Summer | 131 |
| 58 | 41 | GUIDED BY VOICES | How Do You Spell Heaven | GBV Inc. |
| 59 | 112 | WALTER ETC. | Gloom Cruise | Lame-O |
| 60 | 95 | TENDER | Modern Addiction | Partisan |
| 61 | 173 | MIDNIGHT SISTER | Saturn Over Sunset | Jagjaguwar |
| 62 | N/A | MOTORHEAD | Under Cover | Motörhead/Silver Lining |
| 63 | 52 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Murder Of The Universe | ATO |
| 64 | 59 | BEACH HOUSE | B-Sides and Rarities [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 65 | 58 | ACCIDENTALS, THE | Odyssey | Sony Masterworks |
| 66 | 86 | MISE EN SCENE | Still Life On Fire | Light Organ |
| 67 | 182 | PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, THE | The Echo Of Pleasure | Painbow |
| 68 | N/A | ALICE GLASS | Alice Glass [EP] | Loma Vista |
| 69 | 84 | BOMBAY ROYALE, THE | Run Kitty Run | HopeStreet |
| 70 | 42 | AVEY TARE | Eucalyptus | Domino |
| 71 | 85 | ALT-J | Relaxer | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 72 | N/A | LOMELDA | Thx | Double Double Whammy |
| 73 | 36 | NINE INCH NAILS | Add Violence [EP] | Capitol |
| 74 | 68 | GREAT GRANDPA | Plastic Cough | Double Double Whammy |
| 75 | 45 | RATBOYS | GN | Topshelf |
| 76 | 62 | YAWPERS, THE | Boy In A Well | Bloodshot |
| 77 | 63 | FOSTER THE PEOPLE | Sacred Hearts Club | Columbia |
| 78 | 149 | SPOON | Hot Thoughts | Matador |
| 79 | 158 | GRIEVES | Running Wild | Rhymesayers |
| 80 | 119 | EMA | Exile In The Outer Ring | City Slang |
| 81 | 57 | SLEEPY SUN | Private Tales | Dine Alone |
| 82 | 102 | FRANKIE ROSE | Cage Tropical | Slumberland |
| 83 | N/A | ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER | Talk Tight Reissue [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 84 | 83 | (SANDY) ALEX G | Rocket | Domino |
| 85 | N/A | CLOUD CONTROL | Zone | Votiv/Ivy League |
| 86 | N/A | BABE RAINBOW, THE | The Babe Rainbow | 30th Century/ Columbia |
| 87 | 197 | JD MCPHERSON | Undivided Heart And Soul [Advance Tracks] | New West |
| 88 | 73 | DAVID RAWLINGS | Poor David's Almanack | Acony |
| 89 | 187 | WOLF PARADE | Cry Cry Cry | Sub Pop |
| 90 | 64 | CLOAKROOM | Time Well | Relapse |
| 91 | 66 | BABY IN VAIN | More Nothing | Partisan |
| 92 | 131 | FILTHY FRIENDS | Invitation | Kill Rock Stars |
| 93 | 55 | NAOMI PUNK | Yellow | Captured Tracks |
| 94 | 98 | CAROLINE SAYS | 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong | Western Vinyl |
| 95 | 74 | NO USE FOR A NAME | Rarities Vol. 1: The Covers | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 96 | 101 | DUSTIN LOVELIS | Been Hit Before | Friendship Fever |
| 97 | 89 | MAYA JANE COLES | Take Flight | I/AM/ME |
| 98 | 105 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | The Nashville Sound | Southeastern |
| 99 | 72 | LISA LEBLANC | Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? | Bonsound |
| 100 | 82 | SYLVAN ESSO | What Now | Loma Vista |
| 101 | 65 | CHARLIE PARR | Dog | Red House |
| 102 | 113 | BRIANA MARELA | Call It Love | Jagjaguwar |
| 103 | 109 | FRESH AND ONLYS, THE | Wolf Lie Down | Sinderlyn |
| 104 | 124 | MAPPE OF | A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone | Paper Bag |
| 105 | 165 | JOLIE HOLLAND AND SAMANTHA PARTON | Wildflower Blues | Cinquefoil |
| 106 | 142 | GORILLAZ | Humanz | Parlophone |
| 107 | N/A | DINNER | New Work | Captured Tracks |
| 108 | 78 | GREGG ALLMAN | Southern Blood [Advance Tracks] | Rounder |
| 109 | 77 | OH WONDER | Ultralife | Lava/Republic |
| 110 | 48 | ALGIERS | The Underside Of Power | Matador |
| 111 | N/A | SAFES, THE | Tasty Waves | Hidden Volume |
| 112 | 179 | WILD CUB | Closer | Mom+Pop |
| 113 | 152 | DEAD LEAVES | Vultures | Take This To Heart |
| 114 | N/A | COURTNEY BARNETT AND KURT VILE | Over Everything [EP] | Matador, Marathon Artists, Milk! |
| 115 | 79 | KINGSBOROUGH | Fifteen Forty-Four (1544) | Kingsborough |
| 116 | 51 | EL TEN ELEVEN | Unusable Love | El Ten Eleven |
| 117 | 97 | CAGE THE ELEPHANT | Unpeeled | RCA |
| 118 | 81 | BRAND NEW | Science Fiction | Procrastinate! Msic Traitors |
| 119 | N/A | BABY JESUS | Took Our Sons Away | Yippee Ki Yay |
| 120 | 96 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Sketches of Brunswick East | ATO |
| 121 | 111 | BETH DITTO | Fake Sugar | Virgin |
| 122 | N/A | HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR | Omnion | Big Beat/Atlantic |
| 123 | 91 | CIGARETTES AFTER SEX | Cigarettes After Sex | Partisan |
| 124 | 156 | TOPS | Sugar at the Gate | Arbutus |
| 125 | 121 | DRUMS, THE | Abysmal Thoughts | Anti- |
| 126 | 75 | SO MANY WIZARDS | Heavy Vision | Lolipop |
| 127 | 164 | JOAN OSBORNE | Songs Of Bob Dylan | Womanly Hips |
| 128 | 67 | UNKLE | The Road: Part I | Cooking Vinyl |
| 129 | 87 | MOSQUITOS | Mexican Dust | Six Degrees |
| 130 | N/A | TERA MELOS | Trash Generator | Sargent House |
| 131 | N/A | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC, THE | Blue Ceilings | Indica |
| 132 | N/A | ST. VINCENT | MASSEDUCTION [Advance Tracks] | Loma Vista |
| 133 | 100 | GORDI | Reservoir | Jagjaguwar |
| 134 | 60 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Sudan Archives [EP] | Stones Throw |
| 135 | 49 | SEE THROUGH DRESSES | Horse of the Other World | Tiny Engines |
| 136 | 115 | MARCH DIVIDE, THE | Don't Let Me Die In Arizona [EP] | Burnside |
| 137 | 157 | PLAX | Clean Feeling | Super Secret |
| 138 | N/A | KELELA | "LMK" [Single] | Warp |
| 139 | 117 | PALEHOUND | A Place I'll Always Go | Polyvinyl |
| 140 | N/A | WOOLWORM | Deserve To Die | Mint |
| 141 | N/A | DEER TICK | Deer Tick Vol. 1 + Deer Tick Vol. 2 | Partisan |
| 142 | 189 | WHITEHORSE | Panther In The Dollhouse | Six Shooter |
| 143 | N/A | ANTIBALAS | Where the Gods Are in Peace | Daptone |
| 144 | N/A | GRIZ | Good Will Continue | All Good |
| 145 | 118 | RANDY NEWMAN | Dark Matter | Nonesuch |
| 146 | 163 | KRONOS QUARTET, THE | Folk Songs | Nonesuch |
| 147 | 122 | MOON KING | Hamtramck '16 [EP] | Arbutus |
| 148 | 116 | PICKWICK | LoveJoys | Small Press |
| 149 | 94 | LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL | Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| 150 | 123 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Good Times OST | Warp |
| 151 | 143 | BENJAMIN BOOKER | Witness | ATO |
| 152 | 80 | NOOKY JONES | Nooky Jones | Young & Foolish |
| 153 | 90 | RIDE | Weather Diaries | Wichita |
| 154 | 174 | KILLER KAYA | 29 Lives | Self-Released |
| 155 | N/A | JIM-E STACK | It's Jim-ee [EP] | Self-Released |
| 156 | 171 | JOHNNY JEWEL | Windswept | Italians Do It Better |
| 157 | 136 | MOONRISE NATION | Glamour Child | Zinc |
| 158 | 99 | SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS | Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs | Burger/Dine Alone |
| 159 | 155 | CHIMNEY | Chimney | Dine Alone |
| 160 | 185 | ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE | Swim Inside The Moon | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 161 | 107 | SUN SEEKER | Biddeford [EP] | Third Man |
| 162 | 103 | HAIM | Something To Tell You | Columbia |
| 163 | 140 | LILA DOWNS | Salón, Lágrimas, Y Deseo | Sony |
| 164 | 168 | SHE SIR | Rival Island | Shelflife |
| 165 | 88 | DAVID BARBE | 10th Of Seas | Orange Twin |
| 166 | 125 | DANIEL ROMANO | Modern Pressure | New West |
| 167 | 135 | STONE IRR | Sinner | Darling |
| 168 | 147 | STANTON MOORE | With You in Mind | Mascot |
| 169 | N/A | LILLY HIATT | Trinity Lane | New West |
| 170 | 129 | TRISTEN | Sneaker Waves | Modern Outsider |
| 171 | N/A | JUICEBOXXX | Freaked Out American Loser | Dangerbird |
| 172 | 120 | VIC MENSA | The Autobiography | Roc Nation/Capitol |
| 173 | N/A | LEIF ERIKSON | Leif Erikson | Arts & Crafts |
| 174 | 128 | MINOR POET | And How! | EggHunt |
| 175 | 132 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | "We Were Beautiful" [Single] | Matador |
| 176 | N/A | COMMON DEER | II [EP] | Self-Released |
| 177 | 134 | BLEACHERS | Gone Now | RCA |
| 178 | N/A | SZA | CTRL | Top Dawg |
| 179 | 175 | BRUCE COCKBURN | Bone On Bone | True North |
| 180 | 139 | EILEN JEWELL | Down Hearted Blues | Signature Sounds |
| 181 | N/A | BICEP | Bicep | Ninja Tune |
| 182 | N/A | MATTHEW DEAR | "Bad Ones (feat. Tegan & Sara)" [Single] | Ghostly |
| 183 | N/A | PARTNER | In Search of Lost Time | You've Changed |
| 184 | 162 | ROSS GOLDSTEIN | Inverted Jenny | Northern Spy |
| 185 | 183 | KACY AND CLAYTON | The Siren's Song | Dine Alone |
| 186 | N/A | TWIN PEAKS | Sweet '17 Singles Series, Vol. 1 | Grand Jury |
| 187 | 69 | CORNELIUS | Mellow Waves | Rostrum |
| 188 | N/A | POPPY | I.Am.Poppy | Mad Decent |
| 189 | N/A | CASH BOX KINGS, THE | Royal Mint | Delta Groove |
| 190 | N/A | BLACK KIDS | Rookie | Chase Park Transduction |
| 191 | N/A | SUMMER HEART | 101 | Perfect Texture |
| 192 | N/A | TYLER, THE CREATOR | Flower Boy | Columbia |
| 193 | N/A | TEENANGER | Teenager | Telephone Explosion |
| 194 | 110 | PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING | Every Valley | PIAS |
| 195 | 167 | CAR SEAT HEADREST | "War Is Coming (If You Want It)" [Single] | Matador |
| 196 | 144 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Whiteout Conditions | Collected Works/Concord |
| 197 | 193 | PHOENIX | Ti Amo | Glassnote |
| 198 | N/A | PARDONER | Uncontrollable Salvation | Father/Daughter |
| 199 | 127 | PEARL EARL | Pearl Earl | Dreamy Life |
| 200 | 130 | YORKS, THE | The Yorks [EP] | Self-Released |
