| Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project | Blue Creek Hop | Seriously | Smog Veil |
| The Beach Boys | Holidays | The SMiLE Sessions | Capitol |
| Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra | Sly Notions | MTO Plays Sly | Royal Potato Family |
| The Youngbloods | Darkness Darkness | Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods | RCA / BMG Heritage |
| Mekons | Dark, Dark, Dark | Natural | Quarterstick |
| Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town | The Essential Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| Graham Parker | Howlin' Wind | Passion Is No Ordinary Word | Rhino RCA |
| Richard & Linda Thompson | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Island |
| Wilco | Born Alone | The Whole Love | Nonesuch |
| The National | Bloodbuzz Ohio | High Violet | 4AD |
| John Lennon | Gimme Some Truth | Imagine | Capitol |
| John Lennon | Oh My Love | Imagine | Capitol |
| John Lennon | Look at Me | Plastic Ono Band | Capitol |
| Bill Frisell | Julia | All We Are Saying . . . | Savoy Jazz |
| The Decemberists | Sleepless | Dark Was the Night | 4AD |
| Barbara Higbie | Variations on a Happy Ending | Variations on a Happy Ending | Slowbaby |
| Tiptons Saxophone Quartet | Song for Marjorie | Strange Flower | Zipa/Spoot |
| Dave Douglas & So Percussion | Bad Mango | Bad Mango | Greenleaf/Koch |
| Trio M | Hope (For the Cause) | The Guest House | Enja |
| Rudresh Mahanthappa | Parakram #2 | Samdhi | ACT |
| Craig Taborn | True Life Near | Avenging Angel | ECM |
| Iro Haarla Quintet | Satoyama | Vespers | ECM |
