| 2001 | 2000 | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | The Dandy Warhols | Album | 4.25 | 13 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Heartbreaker | Ryan Adams | Album | 3.65 | 14 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Train of Thought | Reflection Eternal | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea | PJ Harvey | Album | 4.15 | 12 |
| 2001 | 2001 | Welcome 2 Detroit | Jay Dee | Album | | 12 |
| 2001 | 2001 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz | Album | 4 | 33 |
| 2001 | 2001 | Everybody Got Their Something | Nikka Costa | Album | | 2 |
| 2001 | 2001 | 1st Born Second | Bilal | Album | 5 | 3 |
| 2001 winner | 1999 | Ágætis byrjun | Sigur Rós | Album | 4.35 | 28 |
| 2002 | 2000 | Veni Vidi Vicious | The Hives | Album | 4.6 | 12 |
| 2002 | 2000 | Since I Left You | The Avalanches | Album | 4.65 | 18 |
| 2002 | 2001 | Simple Things | Zero 7 | Album | 4.2 | 20 |
| 2002 | 2001 | Vespertine | Björk | Album | 4.3 | 28 |
| 2002 | 2001 | drukQs | Aphex Twin | Album | 4.4 | 14 |
| 2002 | 2002 | Cee‐Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections | Cee‐Lo Green | Album | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2002 | The Last Broadcast | Doves | Album | 3.65 | 6 |
| 2002 | 2002 | The Private Press | DJ Shadow | Album | 4.25 | 13 |
| 2002 | 2002 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | The Flaming Lips | Album | 4.1 | 18 |
| 2002 winner | 2001 | In Search Of… | N*E*R*D | Album | 3.55 | 12 |
| 2003 | 2002 | Original Pirate Material | The Streets | Album | 3.35 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2002 | The Headphone Masterpiece | Cody ChesnuTT | Album | | 3 |
| 2003 | 2002 | LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | Bright Eyes | Album | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 2002 | Turn On the Bright Lights | Interpol | Album | 4.45 | 22 |
| 2003 | 2002 | ( ) | Sigur Rós | Album | 4.45 | 19 |
| 2003 | 2002 | Floetic | Floetry | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2003 | You Are Free | Cat Power | Album | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2003 | Thickfreakness | The Black Keys | Album | 3.65 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2003 | Fever to Tell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Album | 4.5 | 12 |
| 2003 winner | 2002 | O | Damien Rice | Album | 4.35 | 15 |
| 2004 | 2003 | Boy in da Corner | Dizzee Rascal | Album | 3.5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Talkie Walkie | Air | Album | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | Album | 4.1 | 21 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Get Away From Me | Nellie McKay | Album | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2004 | The Pretty Toney Album | Ghostface Killah | Album | | 2 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Van Lear Rose | Loretta Lynn | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2004 | A Grand Don’t Come for Free | The Streets | Album | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Hot Fuss | The Killers | Album | 3.85 | 27 |
| 2004 | 2004 | A Ghost Is Born | Wilco | Album | 4 | 12 |
| 2004 winner | 2004 | Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes | TV on the Radio | Album | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2004 | Funeral | Arcade Fire | Album | 4.3 | 14 |
| 2005 | 2004 | Aha Shake Heartbreak | Kings of Leon | Album | 3.8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 2005 | I Am a Bird Now | Antony and the Johnsons | Album | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Silent Alarm | Bloc Party | Album | 4.2 | 23 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Arular | M.I.A. | Album | 3.9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Extraordinary Machine | Fiona Apple | Album | 4.35 | 14 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Picaresque | The Decemberists | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Plans | Death Cab for Cutie | Album | 4.55 | 14 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Feels | Animal Collective | Album | 4.3 | 8 |
| 2005 winner | 2005 | Illinois | Sufjan Stevens | Album | 4.8 | 12 |
| 2006 | 2005 | Gulag Orkestar | Beirut | Album | 4.75 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Everything All the Time | Band of Horses | Album | 4.2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2006 | YoYoYoYoYo | Spank Rock | Album | | 3 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Night Ripper | Girl Talk | Album | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2006 | The Warning | Hot Chip | Album | 3.35 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Begin to Hope | Regina Spektor | Album | 4.4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2006 | The Letting Go | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Ys | Joanna Newsom | Album | 4.15 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards | Tom Waits | Album + Compilation | | 8 |
| 2006 winner | 2006 | The Greatest | Cat Power | Album | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Neon Bible | Arcade Fire | Album | 4 | 20 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Sound of Silver | LCD Soundsystem | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Sky Blue Sky | Wilco | Album | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 2007 | ✝ | Justice | Album | 4.1 | 17 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | Spoon | Album | 4.5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2007 | In Our Bedroom After the War | Stars | Album | 3.6 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Kala | M.I.A. | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Businessmen & Ghosts | Working for a Nuclear Free City | Album | | 1 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Standard Gargoyle Decisions | Robert Pollard | Album | | 2 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Untrue | Burial | Album | 4.75 | 13 |
| 2007 winner | 2007 | The Reminder | Feist | Album | 4.35 | 13 |
