End of The Year Poll: Final Tally Artist-Title-Points-Votes-First Place Votes 1.Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose 178-28-7 2.Drive By Truckers - Dirty South 159-23-4 3.Buddy Miller - Universal United House of Prayer 109-20-1 4.Gretchen Wilson - Life of The Party 91-14-2 5.Slaid Cleaves - Wishbones 69-11-1 6.Dave Alvin - Ashgrove 62-11-1 7.Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken 61-9-2 8.V.A. - Touch My Heart: Tribute To Johnny Paycheck 52-12 9.Bobby Bare Jr. - From The End of Your Leash 52-9-1 10.Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show 52-9-1 11.Allison Moorer - The Duel 51-8-1 12.Tift Merritt - Tambourine 47-9-1 13.Sam Phillips - A Boot And A Shoe 43-6-1 14.Jon Dee Graham - The Great Battle 38-6-1 15.Old 97s - Drag It Up 36-7-1 16.Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Shake The Streets 33-4-2 17.Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now 31-7 18.Big & Rich - Horse of A Different Color 31-5 19.Green Day - American Idiot 31-4-1 20.Annie McCue - Roll 30-5 21.Alecia Nugent - Alecia Nugent 27-4-1 22.Patti Griffin - Impossible Dream 27-4 23.Marah - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sky 26-3-2 24.Fred Eaglesmith - Dusty 26-3-1 25.Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Delivery Man 25-6 26.I See Hawks in LA - Grapevine 25-5 27.Jason Ringenberg - Empire Builders 24-5 28.James McMurtry - Live in Aught Three 23-5 29.Patti Scialfa - 23rd St. Lullaby 23-4-1 30.Black Keys - Rubber Factory 23-4 31.V.A. - Por Vida: Tribute To Alejandro Escovedo 22-4 32.Ollabelle - Ollabelle 21-4 (tie)The Cherrry Bombs - The Notorious Cherry Bombs 21-4 34.Chuck Prophet - Age of Miracles 20-5 (tie)Holmes Brothers - Simple Truth 20-5 36.Moot Davis - Moot Davis 20-4-1 37.Elizabeth Cook - This Side of The Moon 20-4 38.V.A. - Beautiful Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster 20-3 39.Iris Dement -Lifeline 19-4 40.Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways 19-2-1 41.The Silos - When The Telephone Rings 18-2 42.Dale Watson - Dreamland 17-4 43.Mavis Staples - Have A Little Faith 17-3 (tie)Ron Sexsmith - Retriever 17-3 45.Jack Clement - Guess Things Happen 17-2 (tie)Roger Cline & The Pacemakers - Americano! 17-2 47.Tres Chicas - Sweetwater 16-4 48.Otis Taylor - Double V 16-2-1 49.Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel 16-3 50.The Mendoza Line - Fortune 16-2 (tie)Gibson Brothers - Long Way Back Home 16-2 52.Jim White - Drill A Hole In That Substrate 15-2-1 53.Mark Chestnutt - Savin The Honky Tonks 14-4 54.Amber Digby - Music From The Honky Tonks 14-2-1 55.Snow Patrol - Final Straw 14-2 56.The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives 13-3 (tie)U2 - HT Build An Atomic Bomb 13-3 58.Two Cow Garage - The Wall Against Our Back 13-2-1 59.Brian Wilson - Smile 13-2 (tie)Mountain Heart - Force of Nature 13-2 (tie)Nora O'Connor - Till The Dawn 13-2 62.Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous 12-3 63.The Libertines - The Libertines 12-2-1 64.Eliza Gilkyson - Land of Milk and Honey 12-2 65.Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La 11-2-1 66.Wilco - A Ghost Is Born 11-2 (tie)V.A., Unbroken Circle: Musical Heritage of The Carter Family 11-2 (tie)Ian Moore - Luminaria 11-2 (tie)Darryl Worley - Darryl Worley 11-2 (tie)Elliott Smith - From A Basement on The Hill 11-2 71.Julie Roberts - Julie Roberts 10-3 72.Ed Burleson - The Cold Hard Truth 10-2 (tie)Blueridge-Side by Side 10-2 (tie)Joe Nichols - Revelation 10-2 (tie)Shawn Camp - Live at The Station Inn 10-2 76.Queen Esther - Talkin' Fishbowl Blues 10-1-1 (tie)Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight 10-1-1 (tie)Dave McCann & The Ten Toed Frogs - Country Medicine 10-1-1 (tie)Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times 10-1-1 (tie)Jackson Taylor Band - Goin' Down Swingin' 10-1-1 (tie)A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder 10-1-1 (tie)Kate Jacobs - You Call That Dark 10-1-1 REISSUES 1.V.A. - Night Train To Nashville 29-8-1 2.The Faces - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar 22-6-1 3.Candi Staton - Candi Staton 20-5-2 4.Doug Sahm - Genuine Texas Groover 14-4-1 5.Beatles - Capitol Albums Vol 1 11-3-1 6.Bettye Swann - Bettye Swann 10-3-1 7.The Funk Brothers - Best of 10-3 (tie)Elvis Costello - Almost Blue 10-3 9.Bob Dylan - Live 1964 9-3-1 10.Beat Farmers - Tales Of The New West 9-2 11.Red Allen - Lonesome & Blue: Comp County Recordings 7-2-1 12.Jimmy Martin - Don't Cry To Me 6-2 (tie)V.A. - Close Harmony 6-2 14.Ted Daffan - Born to Lose 5-2 15.Gun Club - Miami 5-1-1 (tie)Brian Wilson - Smile 5-1-1 (tie)Bill Withers - Just As I Am/Still Bill 5-1-1 (tie)Al Dexter - Honky Tonk Blues: 1936-40 5-1-1 (tie)Mac Wiseman - Tis Sweet To Be Remembered 5-1-1 (tie)Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans 5-1-1