These critics also liked the following albums:
| Artist | Album | Year | Buy at Amazon | Song Samples |
| El-P |
Fantastic Damage | 2002 |
| Listen |
| Lambchop |
Nixon | 2000 |
| Listen |
| Mark Lanegan Band | Bubblegum | 2004 |
|
|
| Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | 2004 |
|
Listen |
| Shack |
H.M.S. Fable | 1999 |
| Listen |
| Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | 2002 |
|
Listen |
| Tom Waits | Real Gone | 2004 |
| Listen |
| Wilco |
A Ghost Is Born | 2004 |
| Listen |
| Robert Wyatt | Cuckooland | 2003 |
|
Listen |
| Warren Zevon | The Wind | 2003 |
| Listen |