The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 4, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Blues is Alive and Well | Buddy Guy | RCA | Electric Blues |
| - | 2 | 2 | America's Child | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator | Electric Blues |
| - | 3 | 3 | Something Smells Funky 'Round Here | Elvin Bishop | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 4 | 17 | In the Boys' Club | Kat Riggins | Bluzpik | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | The NOLA Sessions | Tom Hambridge | Superstar | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Hard to Love | Joyann Parker | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 7 | 4 | Shine Bright | Marcia Ball | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Victor Wainwright & the Train | Victor Wainwright | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | First Class Life | Mike Zito | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | Southbound I-95 | JP Soars | Soars High | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 18 | Get Your Groove! | Bruce Katz Band | American Showplace | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 12 | 5 | Secundus | Travis Bowlin | Moonbeam | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 84 | The Whiskey Bayou Session | Damon Fowler | Whiskey Bayou | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 16 | 26 | Out of the Blues | Boz Scaggs | Concord | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 17 | 23 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 18 | 21 | Let It Go | Bernard Allison | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| - | 19 | 19 | Uptown Cool | Big Harp George | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 20 | 13 | No Mercy in This Land | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Anti | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 21 | 25 | Cry No More | Danielle Nicole | Concord | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 22 | 16 | Love Lives on | Dana Fuchs | Get Along | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Memphis Song | Tas Cru | SubCat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 24 | 51 | The Ice Queen | Sue Foley | Stony Plain | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 25 | 15 | Blind Spot | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | Still I Rise | Brigitte Purdy | Dirtshack | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 27 | 11 | Honey Up | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 28 | 24 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 29 | 35 | Love is an Army | Janiva Magness | Blue Élan | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 30 | 33 | Rough Cut | Curtis Salgado and Alan Hagar | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 31 | 22 | Blues Warrior | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 32 | 43 | A Woman's Soul: a Tribute to Bessie Smith | Rory Block | Stony Plain | Acoustic Blues |
| ▲ | 33 | 49 | Raised in Muddy Water | Markey Blue Ric Latina Project | EllerSoul | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 34 | 29 | VooDoo Woman | Crystal Shawanda | New Sun | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 35 | 38 | Cold November | Spencer Mackenzie | Gypsy Soul | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 36 | 40 | Me & the Originator | Al Basile | Sweetspot | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 37 | 32 | Run to Me | Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | Gypsy Soul | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 38 | 48 | Signs | Jonny Lang | Mascot | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 39 | 44 | Wild Again | The Proven Ones | Roseleaf | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 40 | 45 | Call Me Lucky | Chris Smither | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 41 | 52 | Keep Pushing | Artur Menezes | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 42 | 50 | Dial It in | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 43 | 34 | Manhattan Alley | Big Apple Blues | Stone Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 44 | 61 | David Vest | David Vest | Cordova Bay | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 45 | 69 | Something New | Michael Kaeshammer | Linus Entertainment | Jazzy Blues |
| - | 46 | 46 | Fineprint | James Harman | Electro-F | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 47 | 53 | Reckoning | Billy Price | Vizztone | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 48 | 41 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 49 | 30 | We3 (Live) | Dennis Jones | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 50 | 67 | Brighter Days | Grand Marquis | Self-Release | Jazzy Blues |
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