1 – Fate – Dr. Dog
2 – Big Blue Ball – Big Blue Ball/Peter Gabriel
3 – In Rainbows – Radiohead
4 – Viva La Vida – Coldplay
5 – The Odd Couple – Gnarls Barkley
6 – Misadventures In Stereo – Jim Boggia
7 – All Rebel Rockers – Michael Franti & Spearhead
8 – Sticks And Stones – moe.
9 – Warpaint – The Black Crowes
10 – Modern Guilt – Beck

In alphabetical order. By first name.

MAJOR LABEL RELEASES
Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Paddy Casey – Addicted To Company Pt 1
REM – Accelerate
Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns

INDEPENDENT LABEL RELEASES
Griffin House – Flying Upside Down
Jesse Malin – On Your Sleeve
Jim Boggia – Misadventures In Stereo
Juliana Hatfield – How To Walk Away
Mark Geary – Opium
Michael Franti & Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers
Matthew Ryan – Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State
Nada Surf – Lucky
Passenger – Wicked Man’s Rest
Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
Poi Dog Pondering – 7
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Various Artists – A Few Uneven Rhymes: A Tribute To Winter Hours

LOCAL ARTIST RELEASES
American Babies – American Babies
Arlan Feiles – Come Sunday Morning
Divine Sign – Definitely Overdue
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
Predator Dub Assassins – The Hardest
Val Emmich – Little Daggers

1 – Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
2 – My Morning – Jacket Evil Urges
3 – Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark
4 – Devendra Banhart – Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
5 – Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
6 – Elvis Costello & the Imposters – Momofuku
7 – Panic at the Disco – Pretty. Odd.
8 – The Black Keys – Attack and Release
9 – Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
10 – Metallica - Death Magnetic

Reissue of the year:
Jennifer Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat: 20th Anniversary Vinyl Edition

in no particular order
Juliana Hatfield – How To Walk Away
Kula Shaker – Strange Folk
Matthew Sweet – Sunshine Lies
Tony Joe White – Deep Cuts
Neil Halstead – Oh! Mighty Engine
Sam Phillips – Don’t Do Anything
Duffy – Rockferry
Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Coldplay – Viva La Vida

1 – moe.- Sticks And Stones
2 – Dr. Dog – Fate
3 – Third of Never – Moodring
4 – Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static
5 – Donna Jean & The Tricksters – Donna Jean & The Tricksters
6 – Four Finger Five – Four Finger Five
7 – Bravo Johnson  – The Crooked And The Straight – Vol 1
8 – Blues Traveler – North Hollywood Shootout
9 – Mike Doughty – Golden Delicious
10 – Little Feat  – Join The Band