| # | Musician | Band | Album Title | Votes | |
| 1 | Andreas Blomqvist | Seventh Wonder | Mercy Falls | 5 | |
| 2 | Andy Bonham | Thieves' Kitchen | The Water Road | 2 | |
| Antoine Fafard | Spaced Out | Evolution | 2 | |
| 4 | Arjen Lucassen | Ayreon | 01011001 | 4 | |
| 5 | Billy Sheehan | Devil's Slingshot | Clinophobia | 1 | |
| 6 | Bob Birch | Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | 2 | |
| 7 | Bryan Beller | Bryan Beller | Thanks In Advance | 3 | |
| 8 | Chris Postl | Rpwl | The Rpwl Experience | 2 | |
| Chris Wolstenholme | Muse | Haarp | 2 | |
| 10 | Colin Edwin | Porcupine Tree | Nil Recurring | 3 | |
| 11 | Daniel O'sullivan | Guapo | Elixirs | 1 | |
| Danny Trujillo | Metallica | Death Magnetic | 1 | |
| 13 | Dave Meros | Martin Orford | The Old Road | 3 | |
| 14 | Dave Meros | Spock's Beard | Spock's Beard Live | 1 | |
| Dominic Finley | Combination Head | Progress? | 1 | |
| 16 | Doug Pinnick | King's X | Xv | 2 | |
| 17 | Fabio Zuffanti | Rohmer | Rohmer | 1 | |
| Fran Turner | Resistor | Resistor | 1 | |
| 19 | Geddy Lee | Rush | Snakes & Arrows Live | 20 | |
| 20 | Hadrien Feraud | John Mclaughlin | Floating Point | 3 | |
| 21 | Hugh Banton | Van Der Graaf Generator | Trisector | 1 | |
| Izzy Rehaume | Presto Ballet | The Lost Art Of Time Travel | 1 | |
| Jan Van Olffen | Kayak | Coming Up For Air | 1 | |
| Janne Pylkkonen | Overhead | And We're Not Here After All | 1 | |
| 25 | Jannick Top | Jannick Top | Infernal Machine | 3 | |
| 26 | Johan Westerlund | Moon Safari | Blomljud | 2 | |
| 27 | John Jowitt | Caamora | She | 1 | |
| 28 | John Jowitt | Frost* | Experiments In Mass Appeal | 14 | |
| 29 | John Myung | Dream Theater | Chaos In Motion | 4 | |
| 30 | John Wetton | Asia | Phoenix | 7 | |
| 31 | John Wetton | Martin Orford | The Old Road | 1 | |
| 32 | Jon Sykes | The Pineapple Thief | Tightly Unwound | 4 | |
| 33 | Jonas Reingold | The Tangent | Not As Good As The Book | 10 | |
| 34 | Jonas Reingold | Karmakanic | Who's The Boss In The Factory? | 97 | |
| 35 | Jos Wernars | Us | Climbing Mount Improbable | 1 | |
| Juan Alderete | The Mars Volta | The Bedlam In Goliath | 1 | |
| Kenneth Seil | Scar Symmetry | Holographic Universe | 1 | |
| 38 | Kristofer Eng | Brighteye Brison | Believers & Deceivers | 2 | |
| 39 | Kristoffer Gildenlöw | Dark Suns | Grave Human Genuine | 1 | |
| 40 | Luca Baldassari | Dfa | 4th | 2 | |
| 41 | Lucio Grilli | Soul Secret | Flowing Portraits | 1 | |
| Mariusz Duda | Riverside | Schizophrenic Prayer | 1 | |
| 43 | Mariusz Duda | Lunatic Soul | Lunatic Soul | 15 | |
| 44 | Mark Bonilla | Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | 1 | |
| Markus Grützner | 7 For 4 | Diffusion | 1 | |
| 46 | Martin Mendez | Opeth | Watershed | 7 | |
| 47 | Matthew Cohen | The Reasoning | Dark Angel | 3 | |
| 48 | Matti Honkonen | Swallow The Sun | Plague Of Butterflies | 1 | |
| Mike Esparza | Little King | Legacy Of Fools | 1 | |
| Oliver Holzwarth | Sieges Even | Playgrounds | 1 | |
| 51 | Pete Trewavas | Marillion | Happiness Is The Road | 51 | |
| 52 | Pete Turner | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | 1 | |
| 53 | Peter Gee | Pendragon | Pure | 20 | |
| 54 | Phil Lesh | The Grateful Dead | Winterland '73: The Complete Concerts | 1 | |
| Philippe Bussonnet | One Shot | Dark Shot | 1 | |
| 56 | Randy George | Neal Morse | Lifeline | 8 | |
| 57 | Rob Reed | Magenta | Metamorphosis | 3 | |
| Rob Winslow | Resistor | Resistor | 3 | |
| 59 | Robert Hansen | Beardfish | Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two | 4 | |
| 60 | Robert James Pashman | 3rdegree | Narrow-caster | 2 | |
| Robert Trujillo | Metallica | Death Magnetic | 2 | |
| 62 | Ryan Martinie | Mudvayne | The New Game | 1 | |
| 63 | Sean Malone | Cynic | Traced In Air | 4 | |
| 64 | Shireen Khemiani | Unitopia | The Garden | 2 | |
| 65 | Stefan Renström | Simon Says | Tardigrade | 4 | |
| 66 | Tony Levin | King Crimson | King Crimson Live At Park West | 1 | |
| 67 | Tony Levin | Steven Wilson | Insurgentes | 5 | |
| 68 | Travis Davis | Keith Emerson Band | Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | 1 | |
| Trevor Boulder | Uriah Heep | Wake The Sleeper | 1 | |
| Troy Tipton | Zero Hour | The Dark Deceiver | 1 | |
| Yiorgos Fakanas | Yiorgos Fakanas | Echoes | 1 | |