With the Jammys fast approaching (nominations will be solicited shortly), this seemed like an ideal moment to look back at the music released last year. What follows are the year-end album and radio charts.

Albums- editor's selections. Final placement determined through a mildly- complex algorithm reflecting duration on the charts and highest peak position
(number of months at number one appear in parentheses)

(1)String Cheese Incident- Carnival 99 (5)
(2)Phish- Farmhouse (4)
(3)Phish- Hampton Comes Alive (2)
(4)Medeski Martin & Wood- The Dropper(1)
(5)moe.- L
(6)Widespread Panic- Another Joyous Occasion
(7)Frogwings- Croakin' at Toads
(8)Grateful Dead- So Many Roads
(9)Leftover Salmon- The Nashville Sessions
(10)Widespread Panic- Til The Medicine Takes
(11)Medeski Martin & Wood- Tonic
(12)Galactic- Late For The Future
(13)Gov't Mule- Life Before Insanity
(14)Ratdog- Evening Moods
(15)John Scofield- Bump
(16)The Slip- Does
(17)Sector 9- Interplanetary Escape Vehicle
(18)Soulive- Turn It Out
(19)Jazz Mandolin Project- Xenoblast
(20)Bela Fleck & The Flecktones- Outbound
(21)Strangefolk- A Great Long While
(22)Sound Tribe Sector 9- Offered Schematics Suggesting Peace
(23)Lake Trout- Alone at Last
(24)Keller Williams- Breathe
(25)Blueground Undergrass- Live At The Variety Playhouse
(26)Karl Denson's Tiny Universe- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
(27)The New Deal- Portland, Maine EP
(28)Steve Kimock Band- Live From The West Coast
(29)ulu- Live At Wetlands
(30)Pizza Tapes- Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice
(31)Schleigho- Continent
(32)Comotion- Head West
(33)Ominous Seapods- Super Man Curse
(34)Deep Banana Blackout- Rowdy Duty
(35)Jiggle The Handle- Live at The Stone Coast Brewing Company
(36)Keller Williams- Loop
(37)The Big Wu- Folktales
(38)On The Corner With Fuzz- B'Gock!
(39) Charlie Hunter- Charlie Hunter
(40)Hot Tuna- And Furthurmore
(41)Wise Monkey Orchestra- Pathways
(42)North Mississippi All-Stars- Shake Hands With Shorty
(43)Grateful Dead- Dick's Picks XVI
(44)The Big Wu- Live at the Fitzgerald Theater
(45)Miracle Orchestra- Live
(46)Phil and Friends- Love Will See You Through
(47)Rockin' Teenage Combo- 6/4 Getaway
(48)The Recipe- Geode
(49) DJ Logic- Project Logic
(50)Fat Mama- Loadstar

Radio Tracks- compiled from our Jamband radio correspondents
(number of month at number one appear in parentheses)