- Aimee Mann, The forgotten arm (V2);
- Ali Farka Toure/Toumani Diabaté, In the heart of the moon (Nonesuch);
- Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird & The mysterious production of eggs (Righteous Babe);
- Another Headache, Pushing the envelope (Thisco/FML);
- Anoushka Shankar, Rise (Angel);
- Antony and the Johnsons, I am a bird now (Secretly Canadian);
- Aranis, Aranis (Lowlands);
- Archer Prewitt, Wilderness (Thrill Jockey);
- Bernardo Sassetti, Ascent (Clean Feed);
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl (RCA);
- Brian Eno, Another day on Earth (Hannibal);
- Broadcast, Tender buttons (Warp);
- Bruce Springsteen, Devils & dust (Columbia);
- Camarão, The remixes (Loop);
- Coldplay, X & Y (Capitol);
- Cat Power, The greatest (Matador);
- Echolyn, The end is beautiful (Velveteen);
- Electrelane, Axes (Beggars Too Pure);
- Fiona Apple, Extraordinary machine (Epic);
- Go-Betweens (The), Oceans apart (Yep Roc);
- Jaga Jazzist, What we must (Ninja Tune);
- John Scofield, That's what I say (Verve);
- June Tabor, At the wood’s heart (Topic);
- KK Null, Kosmo incognita (Thisco/FML);
- KTU, 8 armed monkey (Thirsty Ear);
- Kate Bush, Aerial (Columbia);
- Keith Jarrett, Radiance (ECM);
- Kills (The), No wow (Rough Trade);
- King's Consort (The), Michael Haydn: Requiem; Missa in Honorem Sanctae Ursulae (Hyperion);
- M.I.A., Arular (XL);
- Micah P. Hinson, Micah P. Hinson and the gospel of progress (Overcoat);
- National (The), Alligator (Beggars Banquet);
- Neil Young, Prairie wind (Reprise);
- Old Jerusalem, Twice the humbling sun (Bor Land);
- Pat Metheny Group, The way up (Nonesuch);
- Rolling Stones (The), A bigger bang (Virgin);
- Salif Keita, M'Bemba (Universal);
- Sambasunda, Rahwana's cry (World Network);
- Sci Fi Industries, The air cutter (Thisco/FML);
- Shelby Lynne, Suit yourself (Capitol);
- Sierra Maestra, Son, Soul of a nation (World Music Network);
- Sleater-Kinney, The woods (Sub Pop);
- Slow Soldier/Flat Opak, Sloppy seconds (Thisco/FML);
- Smog, A river ain't too much to love (Spunk);
- Soopa/Randon Studio, United scum soundclash (Base/FML/Soopa/Randon Studio);
- Souad Massi, Mesk elil (Wrasse/Harmonia Mundi);
- Spoon, Gimme fiction (Merge);
- Steve Hackett, Metamorpheus (Inside Out Music);
- Steve Reich, You are (Variations)/Cello counterpoint (Nonesuch);
- Stevie Wonder, A time to love (Tamla Motown);
- Thelonius Monk Quartet/John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note);
- Thione Seck, Orientation (Stern's Africa);
- Turtle Island String Quartet/Ying Quartet, Four plus four (Telarc);
- Van der Graaf Generator, Present (EMI);
- Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering (Fat Cat);
- Vicious Five (The), Up on the walls (Loop).