Albums that i can remember enjoying and can recommend this year have been:
Ali Farka Toure - Savane
Tv on the radio - Return to Cookie mountain
Akron/Family - Meek Warrior
Serena Maneesh - s/t
Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
The Roots - Game Theory
Gnarls Barkely - St Elsewhere
Cat Power - The Greatest
Vetiver - To find me gone
Bert Jansch - The Black Swan
Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell - Ballad of the broken seas
Sunset Rubdown - Shut up I'm Dreaming
Clogs - Lantern
Matthew Herbert - Scales
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
Charalambides - A Vintage Burden
Junior Boys - So this is goodbye
Oneida - Happy New Year
Built to Spill - You in reverse