• Mark Kozelek – Live At Biko (1st)
• Corb Lund – Counterfeit Blues (1st)
• Old Crow Medicine Show – Remedy (1st)
• Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls (8th)
• Ministry – Last Tangle In Paris (8th)
• Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear (8th)
• Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestite (8th)
• Fink – Hard Believer (14th)
• John Hiatt – For Terms Of My Surrender (15th)
• Morrissey – World Peace Is None of Your Business (15th)
• Reigning Sound – Shattered (15th)
• Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals (15th)
• The Black Angels – Clear Lake Forest (22nd)
• White Fence – To The Recently Found Innocent (22nd)
• Imelda May – Tribal (29th)
• Jenny Lewis – The Voyager (29th)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye (29th)

August

• David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights – End Times Undone (5th)
• Spoon – They Want My Soul (5th)
• Willis Earl Beal – Experiments In Time (8th)
• Falty DL – In The Wild (12th)
• Lucero – Live From Atlanta (12th)
• Sinead O’Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss (12th)
• The Gaslight Anthem – Get Hurt (19th)
• Cymbals Eat Guitars – LOSE (26th)
• J Mascis – Tied To A Star (26th)
• The Bug – Angels & Devils (26th)
• Ty Segall – The Manipulator (26th)

September

• Blonde Redhead – Barragán (9th)
• Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers (9th)
• Interpol – El Pintor (9th)
• Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness Of Dancers (9th)
• Delta Spirit – Into The Wilde (9th)
• Karen O – Crush Songs (9th)
• Robert Plant – lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar (9th)
• Lia Ices – Ices (16th)
• My Brightest Diamond – This Is My Hand (16th)
• Slash – World On Fire (16th)
• Tweedy – Sukierae (16th)
• Alt-J – This Is All Yours (22nd)
• Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Tyranny (23rd)
• The Growlers – Chinese Fountain (23rd)
• The Vaselines – V For Vaselines (29th)

October

• Caribou – Our Love (7th)
• Phillip Selway – Weatherhouse (7th)
• Vashti Bunyan – Heartleap (7th)
• Zola Jesus – Taiga (7th)