| 1 Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | Epic |
| 2 The Mynabirds | Generals | Saddle Creek |
| 3 Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 4 Langhorne Slim | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 5 Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 6 Cat Power | "Ruin" [Single] | |
| 7 Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man In The Universe | XL |
| 8 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros | Here | Vagrant |
| 9 Jack White | Blunderbuss | Columbia |
| 10 The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Self |
| 11 Glen Hansard | Rhytm & Repose | Anrti |
| 12 Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Americana | Reprise |
| 13 Spiritualized | Sweet Heart Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 14 Santigold | Master of my Make Believe | Atlantic |
| 15 Rocky Votolato | Television of Saints | Self |
| 16 Cold Specks | I Predict a Graceful Expulsion | Mute |
| 17 Guided By Voices | Class Clown Spots a UFO | GBV |
| 18 Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 19 Lucy Michelle & the Vlevet Lapelles | Heat | Periscope |
| 20 Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 21 Regina Spektor | What We Saw From The Cheap Seats | Advance |
| 22 These United States | These United States | United Interests |
| 23 The Walkmen | Heaven | Fat Possum |
| 24 ScaTTer GaTHer | Just Smile | |
| 25 Beck | I Just Started Hating Some People Today [7in] | Third Man |
| 26 Danielle Ate The Sandwich | Like A King | |
| 27 Metric | Synthetica | Mom & Pop - MMI |
| 28 The Congress | Whatever You Want | |
| 29 Joe Sampson | Kill Our Friends | |
| 30 The Beach Boys | "That's Why God Made The Radio" [Single] | Capitol |
