Favorites
- The Black Keys – Attack and Release
- Tift Merritt – Another Country
- Hayes Carll – Trouble in Mind
- Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us
- Duffy – Rockferry
- Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini
- Ray LaMontange – Gossip in the Grain
- Dan Tyminski – Wheels
- Metallica – Death Magnetic
- Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
Honorable Mention:
- Harvey Milk – Life… The Best Game in Town
- Brazilian Girls – New York City
- Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
- Taylor Swift – Fearless
- Coldplay – Viva La Vida
- The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
