#2 Master Musicians Of Bukkake "Totem Three" (Important)
#3 Lunar Dunes "Galaxsea" (4Zero)
#4 Mike Watt "hyphenated-man" (Clenched Wrench)
#5 Daughters Of The Sun "Ghost With Chains" (Not Not Fun)
#6 Lumerians "Transmalinnia" (Knitting Factory)
#7 Earthling Society "Stations Of The Ghost" (4Zero)
#8 The Black Lips "Arabia Mountain" (Vice)
#9 (tie) Sun Araw "Ancient Romans" (Drag City)
and Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw "Night Gallery" (Thrill Jockey)
#10 Eleanor Friedberger "Last Summer" (Merge)
#11 (tie) Thee Oh Sees "Castlemania" (In The Red)
and "Carrion Crawler - The Dream" (In The Red)
#12 White Fence "Is Growing Faith" (Woodsist)
#13 Van der Graaf Generator "A Grounding In Numbers" (Esoteric)
#14 MV & EE "Country Stash" (Three Lobed)
#15 Sonic Youth "Simon Werner a Disparu" (SYR)
#16 Moon Duo "Mazes" (Sacred Bones)
#17 Solus 3 "Corner Of The World" (Solus 3 Recordings)
#18 Zun Zun Egui "Katang" (Yep Rock)
#19 Wooden Shjips "West" (Thrill Jockey)
#20 (tie) Black Tempest "Secret Astronomies" (Tempest Towers)
and "Supernormal Recordings" (Tempest Towers)
Congrats & thanks to EarthlingFred, Squid Tempest & IanB (twice!)
PS - as an interesting aside, this year's best of list seems to feature more colorful album covers than past years (perhaps related to the return of vinyl and more space for artwork?)