These albums are listed in the order that I thought of them. The 2010s are heavily covered, as are the last few years, but I tried to find some earlier albums as well. All of these were chosen because I loved them when I first heard them, and still love to listen to them now. Pretty much all indie rock, with a smattering of folk, Americana and pop. Enjoy!
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label | Release Year |
| 1 | p.s. eliot | Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds | Salinas Records | 2009 |
| 2 | Remember Sports | All of Something | Father/Daughter Records | 2015 |
| 3 | Wednesday | Rat Saw God | Dead Oceans | 2023 |
| 4 | Radiator Hospital | Something Wild | Salinas Records | 2013 |
| 5 | Forth Wanderers | Forth Wanderers | Sub Pop Records | 2018 |
| 6 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Old Flowers | Fat Possum Records | 2020 |
| 7 | Cassandra Jenkins | An Overview on Phenomenal Nature | Ba Da Bing! | 2021 |
| 8 | Angel Olsen | MY WOMAN | Jagjaguwar | 2016 |
| 9 | Adult Mom | Momentary Lapse of Happily | Adult Mom | 2015 |
| 10 | Chastity Belt | Time To Go Home | Hardly Art | 2015 |
| 11 | Gillian Welch | Soul Journey | Acony Records | 2003 |
| 12 | Rilo Kiley | The Execution Of All Things | Saddle Creek | 2002 |
| 13 | Arthur Russell | Love Is Overtaking Me | Audika Records | 2008 |
| 14 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans | 2019 |
| 15 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge Records | 2020 |
| 16 | IAN SWEET | Show Me How You Disappear | Polyvinyl Record Co. | 2021 |
| 17 | Corinne Bailey Rae | Corinne Bailey Rae | EMI Records | 2006 |
| 18 | Japanese Breakfast | Soft Sounds from Another Planet | Dead Oceans | 2017 |
| 19 | Palehound | A Place I’ll Always Go | Polyvinyl Record Co. | 2017 |
| 20 | SZA | Ctrl | RCA Records | 2017 |
| 21 | Hop Along | Painted Shut | Saddle Creek | 2015 |
| 22 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador Records | 2018 |
| 23 | This Is Lorelei | Box for Buddy, Box for Star | Double Double Whammy | 2024 |
| 24 | MJ Lenderman | Boat Songs | Dear Life Records | 2022 |
| 25 | Madi Diaz | Weird Faith | ANTI | 2024 |
