| 1 | Various Artists | Blue Haze | Ruf Records |
| 2 | Papa Mali | Thunder Chicken | Fog Records |
| 3 | Home Cookin' | Afrobilly Soul Stew | Blue Dot Records |
| 4 | Jack Dupree | A Portrait Of Champion | Rounder |
| 5 | Etta James | Matriarch Of The Blues | BMG |
| 6 | Otis Rush | The Essential Otis Rush: 1956-58 | Fuel 2000 |
| 7 | Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee | Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 |
| 8 | Willie King | Freedom Creek | Rooster Blues Records |
| 9 | Various Artists | Dealin With The Devil | Cannonball |
| 10 | Various Artists | Mojo Mamas | Blue Chicago |
| 11 | Erica Brown Band | Body Work | Self Produced |
| 12 | Johnny Adams | There Is Always One More Time | Rounder |
| 13 | Barbara Lynn | Hot Night Tonight | Antone's Records |
| 14 | Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown | Double Shot | Electro Fi |
| 15 | Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts | King Of The Highway | Blind Pig Records |
| 16 | Peg Leg Sam | Kickin' It | 32 Blues |
| 17 | Roomful Of Blues | The Blues'll Make You Happy | Rounder |
| 18 | Dc Bellamy | Water To Wine | Rooster Blues Records |
| 19 | King Ernest | Blues Got Soul | Fat Possum |
| 20 | Roscoe Gordon | Memphis Tennessee | Stony Plain Records |