| 1 | John Hammond | Wicked Grin | Virgin Records |
| 2 | Delbert McClinton | Nothing Personal | New West |
| 3 | Jimmy Smith | Dot Com Blues | Blue Thumb |
| 4 | Big Bill Broonzy | Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 |
| 5 | Various Artists | Devil's Blues | Fuel 2000 |
| 6 | Holmes Brothers | Speaking In Tongues | Alligator Records |
| 7 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Blues Summit | Fuel 2000 |
| 8 | Various Artists | This Is The Blues Harmonica | Delmark Records |
| 9 | Various Artists | Keep It Rollin: Best Of Blues | Rounder |
| 10 | Marcia Ball | Presumed Innocent | Alligator Records |
| 11 | Erica Brown Band | Body Work | Self Produced |
| 12 | Honeyboy Edwards | Mississippi Delta Blues | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 13 | Zora Young | Learned My Lesson | Delmark Records |
| 14 | John Kay | Heretics And Pirateers | Cannonball |
| 15 | Buddy Guy | Sweet Tea | Silvertone |
| 16 | Otis Taylor | White African | Northern Blues |
| 17 | Lucky Peterson | Double Dealin | Blue Thumb |
| 18 | Magic Sam | The Essential | Fuel 2000 |
| 19 | Terry Evans | Mississippi Magic | Valley |
| 20 | Harmonica Shah | Deep Detroit | SSR/Freezone/Crammed Disc |