| 1 | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 |
| 2 | Jack Dupree | A Portrait Of Champion | Rounder |
| 3 | Johnny Adams | There Is Always One More Time | Rounder |
| 4 | Maria Muldaur | Music For Lovers | Telarc Blues |
| 5 | Papa Mali | Thunder Chicken | Fog Records |
| 6 | Lightnin' Hopkins | The Very Best Of | Rhino |
| 7 | Odetta | Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 |
| 8 | T-Bone Walker | Very Best Of... | Rhino Records |
| 9 | Various Artists | Screamin' And Hollerin' the Blues | Shanachie |
| 10 | Otis Rush | The Essential Otis Rush: 1956-58 | Fuel 2000 |
| 11 | Willie King | Freedom Creek | Rooster Blues |
| 12 | Etta James | Matriarch Of The Blues | BMG |
| 13 | Eddie C. Campbell | Hopes And Dreams | Rooster Blues |
| 14 | Robert Lockwood Jr. | Delta Crossroads | Telarc Blues |
| 15 | Various Artists | Dealin' With The Devil | Cannonball |
| 16 | Robert Nighthawk | Live On Maxwell Street 1964 | Bullseye |
| 17 | Home Cookin' | Afrobilly Soul Stew | Blue Dot Records |
| 18 | Kid Ramos | West Coast House Party | Evidence |
| 19 | King Ernest | Blues Got Soul | Fat Possum |
| 20 | Cephas & Wiggins | From Richmond To Atlanta | Bullseye |