The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy | Roots Rock |
| 2 | Tides of a Teardrop | Mandolin Orange | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 3 | All of This Life | The Record Company | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 4 | My New Moon | Amos Lee | Dualtone | Roots Rock |
| 5 | American Love Song | Ryan Bingham | Axster Bingham | Roots Rock |
| 6 | Carolina Confessions | The Marcus King Band | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 7 | Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | Roots Rock |
| 8 | III | The Lumineers | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
| 9 | Tearing at the Seams | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax | Roots Rock |
| 10 | Take Good Care | The Revivalists | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| 11 | Down to the River | The Allman Betts Band | BMG | Roots Rock |
| 12 | Ode to Joy | Wilco | dBpm | Rock & Roll |
| 13 | Free Yourself Up | Lake Street Dive | Nonesuch | Alternative Rock |
| 14 | Daylight | Grace Potter | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| 15 | Delta | Mumford & Sons | Glassnote | Alternative Rock |
| 16 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Lewis Capaldi | Vertigo Berlin | Alternative Rock |
| 17 | Jade Bird | Jade Bird | Glassnote | Alternative Rock |
| 18 | Revolution in Your Heart | Eric Lindell | Alligator | Roots Rock |
| 19 | Father of the Bride | Vampire Weekend | Columbia | Alternative Rock |
| 20 | I Am Easy to Find | The National | 4AD | Alternative Rock |
| 21 | By Blood | Shovels & Rope | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
| 22 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 23 | Buddha and the Blues | Anders Osborne | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 24 | A Glimmer on the Outskirts | Ben Dickey | Dualtone | Roots Rock |
| 25 | Jaime | Brittany Howard | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 26 | In the Morse Code of Brake Lights | The New Pornographers | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| 27 | Black Pumas (Deluxe) | Black Pumas | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 28 | The Walk | Bonnie Bishop | Plan BB | Roots Rock |
| 29 | Fog & Bling | Shinyribs | Mustard Lid | Roots Rock |
| 30 | Kicks | Rickie Lee Jones | Thity Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 31 | Help Us Stranger | The Raconteurs | Third Man | Alternative Rock |
| 32 | Sinematic | Robbie Robertson | UMG | Roots Rock |
| 33 | Violet Street | Local Natives | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
| 34 | Egypt Station | Paul McCartney | Capitol | Alternative Rock |
| 35 | Thrilled to Be Here | Bailen | Fantasy | Alternative Rock |
| 36 | At King Electric | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 37 | Desert Dove | Michaela Anne | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 38 | Ace of Cups | Ace Of Cups | High Moon | Classic Rock |
| 39 | Gold | Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
| 40 | Anthem of the Peaceful Army | Greta Van Fleet | Republic | Classic Rock |
| 41 | 13 Rivers | Richard Thompson | New West | Roots Rock |
| 42 | The Modern Lives, Vol. 1 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
| 43 | Some People I Know | The Brother Brothers | Compass | Roots Rock |
| 44 | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | The Jayhawks | Sony | Roots Rock |
| 45 | Big Mistake | Mister Goodfaith | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 46 | The Unseen in Between | Steve Gunn | Matador | Alternative Rock |
| 47 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass | Roots Rock |
| 48 | Wasteland, Baby! | Hozier | Rubyworks | Alternative Rock |
| 49 | Full Circle & then Some | Trigger Hippy | Turkey Grass | Roots Rock |
| 50 | Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil | Rod Picott | Welding Rod | Roots Rock |
| 51 | Slowly Speeding | Kim Lenz | Blue Star | Rockabilly |
| 52 | Look Alive | Guster | Nettwerk | Alternative Rock |
| 53 | WARM | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm | Alternative Rock |
| 54 | Things Are Looking Up | The Walk-a-Bout | Ridge Hill | Alternative Rock |
| 55 | Impossible Blue | Gurf Morlix | Rootball | Roots Rock |
| 56 | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy | Roots Rock |
| 57 | Remind Me Tomorrow | Sharon Van Etten | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Rock |
| 58 | The Saint of Lost Causes | Justin Townes Earle | New West | Roots Rock |
| 59 | SOUND & FURY | Sturgill Simpson | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 60 | West Towards South | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Floating Records | Roots Rock |
| 61 | One Drop of Truth | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 62 | Hyperspace | Beck | Capital | Alternative Rock |
| 63 | On the Line | Jenny Lewis | Warner Bros. | Alternative Rock |
| 64 | Find a Llight | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged | Roots Rock |
| 65 | Can't Go Home | Josie Bello | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 66 | The Modern Lives Vol. 2 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose | Alternative Rock |
| 67 | From Another World | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 68 | Songs of the Plains | Colter Wall | Young Mary's | Roots Rock |
| 69 | Thank You for Today | Death Cab for Cutie | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
| 70 | Chorus | The Mother Hips | Blue Rose Music | Alternative Rock |
| 71 | Things Change | American Aquarium | New West | Roots Rock |
| 72 | Going to California | Anthony Arya | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 73 | Last Surviving Son | David Gelman | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 74 | Mint | Alice Merton | Paper Plane | Alternative Rock |
| 75 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies | Roots Rock |
| 76 | A Message from the People Revisited | The Band of Heathens | BOH | Roots Rock |
| 77 | My Finest Work Yet | Andrew Bird | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| 78 | Restless | David Luning | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
| 79 | Heard It in a Past Life | Maggie Rogers | Debay Sounds | Alternative Rock |
| 80 | Nina Cried Power | Hozier | Columbia | Alternative Rock |
| 81 | Dragons | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 82 | Sidewalk Astronomy | Clare Means | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 83 | The Best of Everything - the Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty - Greatest Hits | Pop Rock |
| 84 | Living Mirage | The Head and The Heart | Warner Brothers | Alternative Rock |
| 85 | Secondhand Smoke | Sean McConnell | Big Picnic | Alternative Rock |
| 86 | Dust Devil | Kevin Welch | Dead Rekoning | Roots Rock |
| 87 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 88 | Busted Jukebox, Vol. 2 | Shovels & Rope | New West | Alternative Rock |
| 89 | The Nashville Sound | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Sotheastern | Roots Rock |
| 90 | Rabbit in the Moon | Sparrow Blue | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 91 | Wild! Wild! Wild! | Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | Bloodshot | Rock & Roll |
| 92 | Part 1 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost | Foals | Warner | Alternative Rock |
| 93 | Don't Let the Devil Ride | Paul Thorn | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 94 | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 95 | Nick Waterhouse | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure | Alternative Rock |
| 96 | The Great Divide | JD & The Straight Shot | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 97 | Mirror Master | Young The Giant | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 98 | Fires for the Cold | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 99 | Live at Red Rocks | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 100 | Revolution Come...Revolution Go | Gov't Mule | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 101 | Oh My God | Kevin Morby | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 102 | Young Sick Camellia | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Columbia Red | Alternative Rock |
| 103 | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Universal | Roots Rock |
| 104 | Other People's Stuff | John Mellencamp | Republic | Roots Rock |
| 105 | Edge of Blue | Jonathan Soucy | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 106 | Dr. Feelgood's Traveling Medicine Show | Great American Taxi | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 107 | Other Girls | Lillie Mae | Third Man | Roots Rock |
| 108 | Tokyo Bay / Crying Inside | Nick Lowe | Yep Roc | Classic Rock |
| 109 | In Waves | Bay Ledges | S-Curve | Alternative Rock |
| 110 | The Southern Ground Sessions | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged | Roots Rock |
| 111 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Asthmatic Kitty | Alternative Rock |
| 112 | Mean Dog, Trampoline | The Suitcase Junket | Signature Sounds | Roots Rock |
| 113 | Everyday Life | Coldplay | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
| 114 | Watching It All Fall Apart | Fruition | Lohi | Alternative Rock |
| 115 | Forget About Georgia | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 116 | Belle of the West | Samantha Fish | Ruf | Roots Rock |
| 117 | Shine on | Steve Poltz | Red House | Roots Rock |
| 118 | Red Arrow | Christian Lopez Band | Blaster | Roots Rock |
| 119 | Country Squire | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler | Roots Rock |
| 120 | Dancing with the Beast | Gretchen Peters | Scarlet Letter | Roots Rock |
| 121 | They're Coming for Me | Jake La Botz | Hi-Style/Free Dirt | Roots Rock |
| 122 | Mountain Sun | Cabin Dogs | Kwait Brothers | Roots Rock |
| 123 | Kingdom in My Mind | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 124 | Roll with It | The Coffis Brothers | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 125 | Starseeds | Kerri Powers | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 126 | The Messenger | Rhett Miller | ATO | Roots Rock |
| 127 | All Mirrors | Angel Olsen | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Rock |
| 128 | Low Down Ways | Daddy Long Legs | Yep Roc | Alternative Rock |
| 129 | Bottle It in | Kurt Vile | Matador | Alternative Rock |
| 130 | Lux Prima | Karen O | BMG | Alternative Rock |
| 131 | Wanderer | Cat Power | Domino | Alternative Rock |
| 132 | Outer Peace | Toro Y Moi | Carpark | Alternative Rock |
| 133 | Staying at Tamara's | George Ezra | Sony | Alternative Rock |
| 134 | Cause and Effect | Keane | Island | Alternative Rock |
| 135 | True Sadness | The Avett Brothers | Republic | Roots Rock |
| 136 | Stone for Stone | Cancion Franklin | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 137 | C'est La Vie | Phosphorescent | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 138 | Politics of Living | Kodaline | Sony | Alternative Rock |
| 139 | I,i | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Rock |
| 140 | Due North | The Marcus King Band | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 141 | Soul Searching | Mountain Heart | Compass Group | Roots Rock |
| 142 | Renegade | Dylan LeBlanc | ATO | Roots Rock |
| 143 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 144 | Four Four | Scott Cooper | Volume media | Jam Band |
| 145 | Press | Flora Cash | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 146 | Springsteen on Broadway | Bruce Springsteen | Sony | Roots Rock |
| 147 | Love, Lust & Other Wreckage | John Vento | MTS | Roots Rock |
| 148 | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | Deerhunter | 4AD | Alternative Rock |
| 149 | Traveling on | The Decemberists | Capitol | Roots Rock |
| 150 | Peace Town | Jimmy Lafave | Music Road | Roots Rock |
| 151 | Live at Bonnaroo | Warren Haynes | ATO | Roots Rock |
| 152 | Servants of the Sun | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow | Roots Rock |
| 153 | Remember What You Knew Before | Katy Guillen & the Girls | VizzTone | Roots Rock |
| 154 | Lights | Heather Kropf | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 155 | Peace of Mind | Danny Lynn Wilson | Swingnation | Roots Rock |
| 156 | Keepsake | Hatchie | Double Double Whammy | Alternative Rock |
| 157 | The Easy Way | Keith Glass Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 158 | Mystic Truth | Bad Suns | Epitaph | Alternative Rock |
| 159 | Good Farmer | Chris & Adam Carroll | Down Hole | Roots Rock |
| 160 | Truth | Jeff Beck | Epic | Rock |
| 161 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Rock |
| 162 | FEVER DREAM | Of Monsters and Men | Republic | Alternative Rock |
| 163 | Power | Seratones | Nine West | Alternative Rock |
| 164 | Pressure | The Commonheart | Julian | Roots Rock |
| 165 | Great Divides | Massy Ferguson | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 166 | The Northern South, Vol. 2 | Whitehorse | Six Shooter | Roots Rock |
| 167 | Busyhead | Noah Kahan | Republic | Alternative Rock |
| 168 | Mt. Joy | Mt. Joy | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
| 169 | Karaoke Angel | Molly Sarle | Partisan | Alternative Rock |
| 170 | You Deserve Love | White Reaper | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 171 | Phoenix | Pedro the Lion | Polyvinyl | Alternative Rock |
| 172 | Fongola | KOKOKO! | Transgressive | Alternative Rock |
| 173 | Moving East | Jimmy Rankin | True North | Roots Rock |
| 174 | The Atlas Underground | Tom Morello | MOM + POP | Alternative Rock |
| 175 | Fishing for Fishies | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 176 | Anak Ko | Jay Som | Polyvinyl | Alternative Rock |
| 177 | The Fun in the Fight | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Bridge Road | Roots Rock |
| 178 | Everything I Could Never Say... | lovelytheband | Another Century | Alternative Rock |
| 179 | Duck | Kaiser Chiefs | Polydor | Alternative Rock |
| 180 | Without Fear | Dermot Kennedy | UMG | Alternative Rock |
| 181 | Sons | The Heavy | BMG | Rock |
| 182 | Doom Days | Bastille | Virgin | Alternative Rock |
| 183 | The Hidden Hills Sessions | Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe | Red Parlor | Roots Rock |
| 184 | In the Land of | Wintersleep | Dine Alone | Alternative Rock |
| 185 | Fooled Again | Teresa Eggertsen Cooke | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 186 | Upside Down Flowers | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Fantasy | Alternative Rock |
| 187 | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | Glassnote | Alternative Rock |
| 188 | Soul Insight | The Marcus King Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 189 | Let's Try the After (Vol. 1) | Broken Social Scene | Arts & Crafts | Alternative Rock |
| 190 | Broke in Two | Grant Farm | Self-Release | Jam Band |
| 191 | Come Back Home | Whatley & Co. | Big Gassed | Roots Rock |
| 192 | Hot Chicken Wisdom | Rich Mahan | Snortin' Horse | Roots Rock |
| 193 | Titanic Rising | Weyes Blood | Sub Pop | Alternative Rock |
| 194 | Little Rooms and Broken Doors | The B. Christopher Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 195 | Already Ready Already | Galactic | Tchoup-zilla | Alternative Rock |
| 196 | We See Through It | Jim Donovan | Jim Donovan | Roots Rock |
| 197 | Adult | Walker Lukens | Modern Outsider | Alternative Rock |
| 198 | Sin | John Floreani | Hopeless | Alternative Rock |
| 199 | As I Go Ramblin' Around | Nicholas Edward Williams | EarthTone | Roots Rock |
| 200 | Shadowboxer | Mansionair | Glassnote | Alternative Rock |
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