 | 2 | (38) | - Masako - Self Released | 9.51 |
 | 3 | (46) | - Michael Whalen - | 7.98 |
 | 4 | (--) | - Christoph Berghorn - Capitol Sound Records | 7.65 |
 | 5 | (3) | - Michele McLaughlin - Michele McLaughlin Music | 7.35 |
 | 6 | (1) | - Ciro Hurtado - Inti Productions | 7.02 |
 | 7 | (5) | - Perpetual Motion - Self Released | 6.72 |
 | 8 | (84) | - Louis Anthony deLise - | 6.33 |
 | 9 | (6) | - Raphael Groten - | 6.00 |
 | 10 | (9) | - Ed Blumenthal - Self Released | 5.67 |
 | 11 | (--) | - Rick Sparks - Rick Sparks Music | 5.23 |
 | 12 | (--) | - Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer - | 5.21 |
 | 13 | (4) | - Jonny Lipford - | 4.00 |
 | 14 | (2) | - Kathryn Kaye - Overland Mountain Music | 3.95 |
 | 15 | (8) | - Mike Woodlark - | 3.70 |
 | 16 | (--) | - Geoff Hall - Hall Studios | 3.58 |
 | 17 | (--) | - Camille Nelson - | 3.28 |
 | 18 | (13) | - Brooks & Day - Daybrook Records | 3.12 |
 | 19 | (16) | - David M. Edwards - Self Released | 3.00 |
 | 20 | (20) | - Robert Linton - October Moon Records | 1.95 |
| Rank | Prev. | Title | Artist | Label | Score |
| 21 | 17 | | Jon Durant | | 1.93 |
| 22 | 7 | | Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer | | 1.91 |
| 23 | 11 | | Juliet Lyons | | 1.81 |
| 23 | 12 | Summoning The Muse | Incendio | Incendio Music | 1.81 |
| 25 | -- | | Crystalline Dream | | 1.79 |
| 26 | 10 | | Ann Sweeten | | 1.70 |
| 27 | 15 | | Jim Ottaway | Self Released | 1.56 |
| 28 | 27 | | ELEON | | 1.42 |
| 29 | -- | | Cornell Kinderknecht | | 1.23 |
| 30 | 51 | Chilltopia | Ken Elkinson | | 1.21 |
| 31 | -- | Evanescent: Music for multiole acoustic guitars | David Pritchard | | 1.16 |
| 32 | 23 | | Forrest Smithson | | 1.14 |
| 32 | 24 | | Ludovico Einaudi | | 1.14 |
| 34 | -- | | Sharon Fendrich | Self Released | 1.09 |
| 35 | 14 | | Gerhard Daum | Tone Works | 1.07 |
| 36 | 18 | | Sverre Knut Johansen w/ Robert Rich | | 1.00 |
| 37 | 22 | | Pam Asberry | | 0.93 |
| 37 | -- | | Todd Mosby | MMG Discs | 0.93 |
| 39 | -- | Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (Extended Edition 2019 release) | Brian Eno w/ Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno | | 0.91 |
| 40 | 44 | | Michel Huygen | | 0.88 |
| 41 | 40 | Storyteller | Secret Garden | | 0.86 |
| 42 | -- | | Mirabai Ceiba | | 0.81 |
| 43 | -- | | Christopher Boscole | Self Released | 0.77 |
| 43 | 34 | | Ivan Teixeira | | 0.77 |
| 45 | 34 | | Tom Eaton | | 0.72 |
| 45 | 39 | | Michael Logozar | | 0.72 |
| 45 | 98 | Harmonic Dreams | Michelle Qureshi | Music as Metaphor | 0.72 |
| 48 | -- | | Ryan Marvel | | 0.70 |
| 48 | 44 | | Andy Iorio | Self Released | 0.70 |
| 50 | 49 | Henosis | Joep Beving | | 0.65 |
| 50 | 60 | | Christopher James | | 0.65 |
| 50 | 25 | | Stephen Peppos | | 0.65 |
| 50 | 75 | | Jeff Oster | Retso Records | 0.65 |
| 54 | 26 | | Shambhu | Acoustic Shine | 0.63 |
| 55 | 41 | | Stephen Wallack | Gale Road Records | 0.60 |
| 56 | 62 | Breath | Desert Dwellers | Black Swan | 0.56 |
| 57 | 32 | | Massergy | | 0.53 |
| 58 | 27 | | Grayhawk | Deep Space | 0.51 |
| 59 | 21 | | David Nevue | | 0.49 |
| 60 | 75 | The Secret of Letting Go | Lamb | | 0.47 |
| 60 | 48 | Tactile Ground | Robert Rich | | 0.47 |
| 60 | 53 | | Marcia Watson Bendo | | 0.47 |
| 60 | -- | | Steve Roach | | 0.47 |
| 60 | -- | Gold | Blow Up Hollywood | Self Released | 0.47 |
| 60 | 37 | Persistent Visions | Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig | | 0.47 |
| 60 | -- | | Michel Huygen (Neuronium) | | 0.47 |
| 60 | 62 | Phoenix Rising | Robert Fox | | 0.47 |
| 60 | 62 | American Love Call | Durand Jones & the Indications | Dead Oceans | 0.47 |
| 60 | -- | Intersection | Road Work Ahead | SBE | 0.47 |
| 60 | -- | Sage | Michelle Qureshi | Music as Metaphor | 0.47 |
| 71 | -- | Samba Jazz Alley | Antonio Adolfo | | 0.44 |
| 71 | -- | Horizons | Steven Grahn | Self-Released | 0.44 |
| 71 | 62 | The Return | Peru | | 0.44 |
| 71 | 75 | Timeless | Danny Wright | WH Sound Studio | 0.44 |
| 71 | 75 | Still On My Mind | Dido | BMG | 0.44 |
| 71 | 30 | | George Winston | | 0.44 |
| 71 | -- | | Timothy Wenzel | Coyote Floe Music | 0.44 |
| 71 | -- | | Howard Givens & Craig Padilla | | 0.44 |
| 71 | 98 | Riding the Thermals | Nicholas Gunn | Blue Dot Studios, LLC | 0.44 |
| 71 | 56 | | Kevin Keller | | 0.44 |
| 71 | 75 | The Interior Rhythms | Paul Ellis Daryl Groetsch | | 0.44 |
| 71 | -- | Goes West | William Tyler | Merge Records | 0.44 |
| 83 | -- | | Beacon | | 0.42 |
| 83 | -- | E-Live 2008 | Radio Massacre International | Northern Echo Recordings | 0.42 |
| 83 | 84 | | Stephanie Sante | | 0.42 |
| 83 | 84 | Symphronica Upfront | Ron Davis | | 0.42 |
| 83 | 84 | Mass Manipulation | Steel Pulse | Rootfire Cooperative | 0.42 |
| 83 | -- | | Omar Akram | | 0.42 |
| 83 | -- | Again With Attitude | George Colligan | IYOUWE.com | 0.42 |
| 83 | -- | | Michael Stribling | | 0.42 |
| 83 | -- | POV | Miles Richmond and Peter Grenader w/ Steve Roach | | 0.42 |
| 92 | -- | Back East | Jerry Vivino | | 0.40 |
| 92 | 98 | Leylines | Rising Appalachia | Self Released | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | By the Light of the Dark Moon | Ayla Nereo | Jumpsuit Records | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | IsalcâLi | Anaya | Anaya Music | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | Mosaik | Flen World Orchestra | Self Released | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | | Steve Roach | | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | | David Parsons | | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | | Cathy Oakes | | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | | Mary Lydia Ryan | Self Released | 0.40 |
| 92 | -- | | David Wright | | 0.40 |
| 92 | 18 | | Lisa Pressman | | 0.40 |
