| 1 | 1 | WAR ON DRUGS, THE | A Deeper Understanding | Atlantic |
| 2 | 5 | OH SEES | Orc | Castle Face |
| 3 | 3 | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | American Dream | DFA/Columbia |
| 4 | 29 | ALVVAYS | Antisocialites | Polyvinyl |
| 5 | 2 | IRON AND WINE | Beast Epic | Sub Pop |
| 6 | 7 | GRIZZLY BEAR | Painted Ruins | RCA |
| 7 | 14 | DEERHOOF | Mountain Moves | Joyful Noise |
| 8 | 33 | NATIONAL, THE | Sleep Well Beast | 4AD |
| 9 | 6 | BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | Hug Of Thunder | Arts & Crafts |
| 10 | 28 | ZOLA JESUS | Okovi | Sacred Bones |
| 11 | 4 | ARCADE FIRE | Everything Now | Columbia |
| 12 | 12 | WIDOWSPEAK | Expect The Best | Captured Tracks |
| 13 | 18 | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | Villains | Matador |
| 14 | 25 | GOGOL BORDELLO | Seekers and Finders | Cooking Vinyl |
| 15 | 16 | LIARS | TFCF | Mute |
| 16 | 19 | TURNOVER | Good Nature | Run For Cover |
| 17 | 30 | MOGWAI | Every Country's Sun | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 18 | 10 | DENT MAY | Across The Multiverse | Carpark |
| 19 | 15 | COAST MODERN | Coast Modern | +1/300 Entertainment |
| 20 | 13 | JAPANESE BREAKFAST | Soft Sounds From Another Planet | Dead Oceans |
| 21 | 141 | DEER TICK | Deer Tick Vol. 1 + Deer Tick Vol. 2 | Partisan |
| 22 | N/A | MOUNT KIMBIE | Love What Survives | Warp |
| 23 | 8 | WAXAHATCHEE | Out in the Storm | Merge |
| 24 | N/A | FAITH HEALER | Try ;-) | Mint |
| 25 | 22 | A GIANT DOG | Toy | Merge |
| 26 | 27 | BECK | Colors [Advance Tracks] | Capitol |
| 27 | 32 | PORTUGAL. THE MAN | Woodstock | Atlantic |
| 28 | 24 | TORO Y MOI | Boo Boo | Carpark |
| 29 | 17 | DOWNTOWN BOYS | Cost Of Living | Sub Pop |
| 30 | 35 | ALEX CAMERON | Forced Witness | Secretly Canadian |
| 31 | N/A | DREAM SYNDICATE, THE | How Did I Find Myself Here? | Anti- |
| 32 | 21 | MYNABIRDS, THE | Be Here Now | Saddle Creek |
| 33 | N/A | CHAD VANGAALEN | Light Information | Sub Pop |
| 34 | 9 | MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA | A Black Mile To The Surface | Loma Vista |
| 35 | 67 | PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, THE | The Echo Of Pleasure | Painbow |
| 36 | 34 | FLEET FOXES | Crack-Up | Nonesuch |
| 37 | 36 | PREATURES, THE | Girlhood | Harvest |
| 38 | 39 | PASSION PIT | Tremendous Sea Of Love | Wishart |
| 39 | 11 | DISTRICTS, THE | Popular Manipulations | Fat Possum |
| 40 | N/A | EMILY HAINES AND THE SOFT SKELETON | Choir Of The Mind | Last Gang |
| 41 | 72 | LOMELDA | Thx | Double Double Whammy |
| 42 | 38 | ARON D'ALESIO | Aron D'Alesio | Paper Bag |
| 43 | 20 | RAINER MARIA | S/T | Polyvinyl |
| 44 | 26 | WASHED OUT | Mister Mellow | Stones Throw |
| 45 | N/A | L.A. WITCH | L.A. WITCH | Suicide Squeeze |
| 46 | 23 | JEN CLOHER | Jen Cloher | Milk!/Marathon Artists |
| 47 | 183 | PARTNER | In Search of Lost Time | You've Changed |
| 48 | 143 | ANTIBALAS | Where the Gods Are in Peace | Daptone |
| 49 | N/A | MOTÖRHEAD | Under Cöver | Silver Lining |
| 50 | 83 | ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER | Talk Tight Reissue [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 51 | 112 | WILD CUB | Closer | Mom+Pop |
| 52 | 44 | DAN AUERBACH | Waiting On A Song | Easy Eye Sound |
| 53 | N/A | NOSAJ THING | Parallels | Innovative Leisure |
| 54 | 61 | MIDNIGHT SISTER | Saturn Over Sunset | Jagjaguwar |
| 55 | 52 | DANIEL CAESAR | Freudian | Self-Released |
| 56 | 51 | MADELINE KENNEY | Night Night At The First Landing | Company |
| 57 | 31 | GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH | Desert Center | Suicide Squeeze |
| 58 | N/A | GREGG ALLMAN | Southern Blood | Rounder |
| 59 | 37 | BIG THIEF | Capacity | Saddle Creek |
| 60 | 46 | KELLEY STOLTZ | Que Aura | Castle Face |
| 61 | N/A | ARIEL PINK | Dedicated to Bobby Jameson | Mexican Summer |
| 62 | 132 | ST. VINCENT | MASSEDUCTION [Advance Tracks] | Loma Vista |
| 63 | N/A | WALTER TV | Carpe Diem | Sinderlyn |
| 64 | 111 | SAFES, THE | Tasty Waves | Hidden Volume |
| 65 | 41 | OFFA REX | The Queen of Hearts | Nonesuch |
| 66 | 59 | WALTER ETC. | Gloom Cruise | Lame-O |
| 67 | 47 | BEACH FOSSILS | Somersault | Bayonet |
| 68 | 114 | COURTNEY BARNETT AND KURT VILE | Over Everything [EP] | Matador, Marathon Artists, Milk! |
| 69 | 63 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Murder Of The Universe | ATO |
| 70 | 42 | SOCCER MOMMY | Collection | Fat Possum |
| 71 | N/A | ODESZA | A Moment Apart | Counter |
| 72 | 85 | CLOUD CONTROL | Zone | Votiv/Ivy League |
| 73 | 50 | QUEEN MOO | Mean Well | Topshelf |
| 74 | 119 | BABY JESUS | Took Our Sons Away | Yippee Ki Yay |
| 75 | 43 | TRAILER TRASH TRACYS | Althaea | Double Six |
| 76 | 176 | COMMON DEER | II [EP] | Self-Released |
| 77 | N/A | TED LEO | The Hanged Man | Self-Released |
| 78 | 55 | GIRL RAY | Earl Grey | Moshi Moshi |
| 79 | 40 | BENJAMIN GIBBARD | Bandwagonesque | Canvasback |
| 80 | 87 | JD MCPHERSON | Undivided Heart And Soul [Advance Tracks] | New West |
| 81 | N/A | LUNA | A Sentimental Education | Double Feature |
| 82 | 186 | TWIN PEAKS | Sweet '17 Singles Series, Vol. 1 | Grand Jury |
| 83 | 48 | THIS IS THE KIT | Moonshine Freeze | Rough Trade |
| 84 | 78 | SPOON | Hot Thoughts | Matador |
| 85 | 53 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Quazars: Born On A Gangster Star/Quazarz: Vs The Jealous Machines | Sub Pop |
| 86 | N/A | CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT | What Goes Up | Self-Released |
| 87 | N/A | CUT COPY | Haiku From Zero | Astralwerks |
| 88 | 54 | TOOTHLESS | The Pace Of The Passing | Rostrum/Island |
| 89 | 122 | HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR | Omnion | Big Beat/Atlantic |
| 90 | 92 | FILTHY FRIENDS | Invitation | Kill Rock Stars |
| 91 | 68 | ALICE GLASS | Alice Glass [EP] | Loma Vista |
| 92 | 130 | TERA MELOS | Trash Generator | Sargent House |
| 93 | N/A | KEDR LIVANSKIY | Ariadna | 2MR |
| 94 | 115 | KINGSBOROUGH | Fifteen Forty-Four (1544) | Kingsborough |
| 95 | 60 | TENDER | Modern Addiction | Partisan |
| 96 | 57 | MATT POND P.A. | Still Summer | 131 |
| 97 | 86 | BABE RAINBOW, THE | The Babe Rainbow | 30th Century/ Columbia |
| 98 | N/A | LOVELY BAD THINGS | Teenage Grown Ups | Burger |
| 99 | 126 | SO MANY WIZARDS | Heavy Vision | Lolipop |
| 100 | 91 | BABY IN VAIN | More Nothing | Partisan |
| 101 | 107 | DINNER | New Work | Captured Tracks |
| 102 | 82 | FRANKIE ROSE | Cage Tropical | Slumberland |
| 103 | 75 | RATBOYS | GN | Topshelf |
| 104 | 89 | WOLF PARADE | Cry Cry Cry | Sub Pop |
| 105 | 105 | JOLIE HOLLAND AND SAMANTHA PARTON | Wildflower Blues | Cinquefoil |
| 106 | 120 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Sketches of Brunswick East | ATO |
| 107 | 180 | EILEN JEWELL | Down Hearted Blues | Signature Sounds |
| 108 | 131 | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC, THE | Blue Ceilings | Indica |
| 109 | 98 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | The Nashville Sound | Southeastern |
| 110 | 96 | DUSTIN LOVELIS | Been Hit Before | Friendship Fever |
| 111 | 77 | FOSTER THE PEOPLE | Sacred Hearts Club | Columbia |
| 112 | 79 | GRIEVES | Running Wild | Rhymesayers |
| 113 | 88 | DAVID RAWLINGS | Poor David's Almanack | Acony |
| 114 | N/A | BELLE GAME | Fear / Nothing | Arts & Crafts |
| 115 | 100 | SYLVAN ESSO | What Now | Loma Vista |
| 116 | 58 | GUIDED BY VOICES | How Do You Spell Heaven | GBV Inc. |
| 117 | N/A | FLAMIN' GROOVIES | Fantastic Plastic | Sonic Kicks/Severn |
| 118 | N/A | PIERRE KWENDERS | MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time | Bonsound |
| 119 | 149 | LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL | Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| 120 | N/A | METZ | Strange Peace | Sub Pop |
| 121 | 97 | MAYA JANE COLES | Take Flight | I/AM/ME |
| 122 | N/A | DEATH FROM ABOVE | Outrage! Is Now | Warner Bros./Last Gang |
| 123 | 118 | BRAND NEW | Science Fiction | Procrastinate! Msic Traitors |
| 124 | 70 | AVEY TARE | Eucalyptus | Domino |
| 125 | 45 | MAC DEMARCO | This Old Dog | Captured Tracks |
| 126 | 64 | BEACH HOUSE | B-Sides and Rarities [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 127 | 127 | JOAN OSBORNE | Songs Of Bob Dylan | Womanly Hips |
| 128 | 106 | GORILLAZ | Humanz | Parlophone |
| 129 | 168 | STANTON MOORE | With You in Mind | Mascot |
| 130 | 66 | MISE EN SCENE | Still Life On Fire | Light Organ |
| 131 | 171 | JUICEBOXXX | Freaked Out American Loser | Dangerbird |
| 132 | 179 | BRUCE COCKBURN | Bone On Bone | True North |
| 133 | 101 | CHARLIE PARR | Dog | Red House |
| 134 | 71 | ALT-J | Relaxer | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 135 | 104 | MAPPE OF | A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone | Paper Bag |
| 136 | 123 | CIGARETTES AFTER SEX | Cigarettes After Sex | Partisan |
| 137 | 139 | PALEHOUND | A Place I'll Always Go | Polyvinyl |
| 138 | 73 | NINE INCH NAILS | Add Violence [EP] | Capitol |
| 139 | 129 | MOSQUITOS | Mexican Dust | Six Degrees |
| 140 | 80 | EMA | Exile In The Outer Ring | City Slang |
| 141 | 102 | BRIANA MARELA | Call It Love | Jagjaguwar |
| 142 | 74 | GREAT GRANDPA | Plastic Cough | Double Double Whammy |
| 143 | 198 | PARDONER | Uncontrollable Salvation | Father/Daughter |
| 144 | N/A | MORRICONE YOUTH | Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans | Country Club |
| 145 | 169 | LILLY HIATT | Trinity Lane | New West |
| 146 | 185 | KACY AND CLAYTON | The Siren's Song | Dine Alone |
| 147 | 110 | ALGIERS | The Underside Of Power | Matador |
| 148 | 140 | WOOLWORM | Deserve To Die | Mint |
| 149 | 56 | DAN CROLL | Emerging Adulthood | Dan Croll/Kobalt |
| 150 | 182 | MATTHEW DEAR | "Bad Ones (feat. Tegan & Sara)" [Single] | Ghostly |
| 151 | N/A | DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA | "Bye Bye" b/w "Into the Night" [Single] | Jansen Plateproduksjon |
| 152 | 103 | FRESH AND ONLYS, THE | Wolf Lie Down | Sinderlyn |
| 153 | N/A | ALYESKA | Crush | Self-Released |
| 154 | 165 | DAVID BARBE | 10th Of Seas | Orange Twin |
| 155 | 113 | DEAD LEAVES | Vultures | Take This To Heart |
| 156 | 152 | NOOKY JONES | Nooky Jones | Young & Foolish |
| 157 | N/A | CHAIN AND THE GANG | Best of Crime Rock | In the Red |
| 158 | 125 | DRUMS, THE | Abysmal Thoughts | Anti- |
| 159 | 84 | (SANDY) ALEX G | Rocket | Domino |
| 160 | N/A | SUFJAN STEVENS, BRYCE DESSNER, NICO MUHLY, JAMES MCALISTER | Planetarium | 4AD |
| 161 | 76 | YAWPERS, THE | Boy In A Well | Bloodshot |
| 162 | 99 | LISA LEBLANC | Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? | Bonsound |
| 163 | N/A | ROBERT PLANT | Carry Fire [Advance Tracks] | Nonesuch |
| 164 | 65 | ACCIDENTALS, THE | Odyssey | Sony Masterworks |
| 165 | 145 | RANDY NEWMAN | Dark Matter | Nonesuch |
| 166 | 95 | NO USE FOR A NAME | Rarities Vol. 1: The Covers | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 167 | 160 | ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE | Swim Inside The Moon | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 168 | 142 | WHITEHORSE | Panther In The Dollhouse | Six Shooter |
| 169 | N/A | BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA | Almost Home | BBOA |
| 170 | 69 | BOMBAY ROYALE, THE | Run Kitty Run | HopeStreet |
| 171 | 191 | SUMMER HEART | 101 | Perfect Texture |
| 172 | 117 | CAGE THE ELEPHANT | Unpeeled | RCA |
| 173 | N/A | JOSH RITTER | Gathering [Advance Tracks] | Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers |
| 174 | 192 | TYLER, THE CREATOR | Flower Boy | Columbia |
| 175 | N/A | TONY ALLEN | The Source | Blue Note |
| 176 | N/A | JUPE JUPE | Lonely Creatures | Self-Released |
| 177 | 175 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | "We Were Beautiful" [Single] | Matador |
| 178 | 148 | PICKWICK | LoveJoys | Small Press |
| 179 | N/A | HIPPO CAMPUS | "Baseball" [Single] | Grand Jury |
| 180 | N/A | GOLD CLASS | Drum | Felte |
| 181 | N/A | URSULA 1000 | Galleria | Insect Queen |
| 182 | N/A | LADAMA | Ladama | Six Degrees |
| 183 | 121 | BETH DITTO | Fake Sugar | Virgin |
| 184 | 195 | CAR SEAT HEADREST | "War Is Coming (If You Want It)" [Single] | Matador |
| 185 | N/A | WEAVES | Wide Open [Advance Tracks] | Kanine |
| 186 | N/A | NEIL YOUNG | Hitchhiker | Reprise |
| 187 | 174 | MINOR POET | And How! | EggHunt |
| 188 | 93 | NAOMI PUNK | Yellow | Captured Tracks |
| 189 | 134 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Sudan Archives [EP] | Stones Throw |
| 190 | 90 | CLOAKROOM | Time Well | Relapse |
| 191 | 94 | CAROLINE SAYS | 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong | Western Vinyl |
| 192 | N/A | STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES | So You Wannabe An Outlaw | Warner Bros. |
| 193 | 128 | UNKLE | The Road: Part I | Cooking Vinyl |
| 194 | N/A | BULLY | Losing [Advance Tracks] | Sub Pop |
| 195 | 194 | PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING | Every Valley | PIAS |
| 196 | N/A | FOONYAP | Apropos [EP] | Self-Released |
| 197 | 124 | TOPS | Sugar at the Gate | Arbutus |
| 198 | 81 | SLEEPY SUN | Private Tales | Dine Alone |
| 199 | N/A | MOON BOOTS | First Landing | Anjunadeep |
| 200 | 166 | DANIEL ROMANO | Modern Pressure | New West |
