Based on revealed preference (no cheap talk treatment necessary) as submitted to the WNCW and No Depression top polls:
- Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else
- Hard Working Americans - Hard Working Americans
- Drive-by Truckers - English Oceans
- Old 97s - Most Messed Up
- Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
- Rosanne Cash - The River and the Thread
- Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers
- Sarah Borges - Radio Sweetheart
- Karen and the Sorrows - The Names of Things [Just a Little Hearbreak]
- Caroline Rose - I Will Not be Afraid
Notes:
- It was difficult to rank the bottom 6 or 7 since most of the year I listened to the top 3 or, especially Lydia Lovelace (I heard her song in Earthfare the other day!). So, I put in the top 7 those that I didn't need to write in at the WNCW poll with write ins for the bottom 3.
- Sarah Borges was released on December 10, 2013 so it didn't make last year's list.
- I also bought Wilco (Rare Tracks) and Shelby Lynne (I Am Shelby Lynne, which is a rerelease with a few new songs). Both are great.
- Here is a link to last year's list.
What did I miss (besides Sturgill Simpson)?
