| 1 | Various Artists | Blue Haze | Ruf Records |
| 2 | Etta James | Matriarch Of The Blues | BMG |
| 3 | Holmes Brothers | Speaking In Tongues | Alligator |
| 4 | Roomful Of Blues | The Blues'll Make You Happy | Rounder |
| 5 | Jack Dupree | A Portrait Of Champion | Rounder |
| 6 | Big Bill Broonzy | Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 |
| 7 | Honeyboy Edwards | Mississippi Delta Blues | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | Roy Buchanan | Deluxe Edition | Alligator |
| 9 | Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts | King Of The Highway | Blind Pig |
| 10 | Johnny Adams | There Is Always One More Time | Rounder |
| 11 | Willie King | Freedom Creek | Rooster Blues Records |
| 12 | Barbara Lynn | Hot Night Tonight | Antone's Records |
| 13 | Cephas & Wiggins | From Richmond To Atlanta | Bullseye Blues |
| 14 | Junior Wells | Calling All Blues | Fuel 2000 |
| 15 | Roscoe Gordon | Memphis Tennessee | Stony Plain |
| 16 | Home Cookin' | Afrobilly Soul Stew | Blue Dot |
| 17 | Various Artists | Mojo Mamas | Blue Chicago |
| 18 | Erica Brown Band | Body Work | Self Produced |
| 19 | Curtis Salgado | Soul Activated | Shanachie |
| 20 | King Ernest | Blues Got Soul | Fat Possum |