20. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit–Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
19. M. Ward–Hold Time
18. Slaid Cleaves–Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
17. Rickie Lee Jones–Balm in Gilead

16. Mountain Goats–The Life of the World to Come
15. Steve Earle–Townes
14. John Wesley Harding–Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

13. U2–No Line On the Horizon
12. Indigo Girls–Poseidon and the Bitter Bug