This is our second year aggregate of our year-end best album lists representing another great year in music. This year we’ve broadened the list to include our Reader’s Picks and Bobby K’s annual picks. Scoring was based on 10 points for a #1 pick working its way down to 1 point for a #10 pick. Non-ranked picks defaulted to 5 points. Being that the number of lists we pull from is still small there quite a few ties including our first tie at the #1 spot. The first number in parenthesis represents the cumulative score and the second number is the number of editors who selected the album. Enough about the scoring, here are the results:
- #1 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West) (28/4)
- #1 THE HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant) (28/3)
- #3 RECKLESS KELLY, Bulletproof (Yep Roc) (26/4)
- #4 HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway) (20/4)
- #5 OLD 97S, Blame It On Gravity (New West) (19/3)
- #6 KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON, Rattlin’ Bones (Sugar Hill) (13/3)
- #6 ELI “PAPERBOY†REED, Roll With You (Q Dvision) (13/2)
- #6 AUSTIN COLLINS, Roses Are Black (Fat Caddy) (13/2)
- #9 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Real Animal (Back Porch) (11/3)
- #9 LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Little Honey (Lost Highway) (11/2)
See full lists from Tom, Mayer, Chip and Kelly. Todd’s list was included but remains unpublished at this time.
About the author: Washington, D.C. area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.