The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Sep 14, 2019
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Lucky Guy | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| *NEW* | 2 | - | The Preacher, the Politician or the Pimp | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Hail to the Kings! | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Roots and Branches: the Songs of Little Walter | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | We Get by | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Kicks | Rickie Lee Jones | Thity Tigers | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | Going Back Home | Benny Turner & Cash McCall | Nola Blue | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Battle of the Blues Chicago Vs Oakland | Delta Roots | Delta Roots | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Travelin' Woman | Mary Lane | Women of the Blues | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Good As Your Last Dollar | Fruteland Jackson | Electro-Fi | Acoustic Blues |
| *NEW* | 12 | - | Slow Dance | AJ Mitchell | Epic | Pop |
| ▲ | 13 | 17 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Chicago Rambler | Tomislav Goluban | Spona | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 15 | 7 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Do the Hip-Shake Baby! | Bob Corritore | Vizztone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | Festival for One | Shadowfields | Hm Music | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 17 | 14 | Illusions | The Way Down Wanderers | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 18 | 12 | My Finest Work Yet | Andrew Bird | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 19 | 36 | The Chicago Way | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | Legacy! Legacy! | Jamila Woods | Jagjaguwar | R&B |
| ▼ | 21 | 19 | Make Room | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| ▼ | 22 | 20 | This Time | Bryan Andrew Wilson | Bryan's Songs | Gospel |
| - | 23 | 23 | Modern Flows, Vol. 2 | Marquis Hill | Black Unlimited | Jazz |
| ▼ | 24 | 15 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 26 | 21 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Royal Mint | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 28 | 30 | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| - | 31 | 31 | Blues Arising | Tomiko Dixon | Grand Blues | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 32 | 25 | Sugar Queen LIVE | Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band | Michele De Bruijn | Chicago Blues |
| - | 33 | 33 | Manifesto | Joe Moss | 212 Records | Chicago Blues |
| - | 34 | 34 | My Wild West | Lissie | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
| - | 35 | 35 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▲ | 37 | 38 | Sweet & Sour Blues | Charles Wilson | Blues Critic Records | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 38 | 39 | Soulophone | Chicago Soul Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | 40 | The Studio Albums 1969-1978, Vol. 1 | Chicago | Rhino | Classic Rock |
| ▲ | 40 | 41 | Being There | Wilco | Rhino | Alternative Country |
| ▲ | 41 | 42 | Weights & Wings | Brother Sun | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 43 | Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Joe Jencks | Turtle Bear Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 43 | 44 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 44 | 45 | Crooked Love | Ike Reilly | Rock Ridge | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 45 | 46 | Nothin' Left to Lose | Khalif Wailin Walter | Pepper Cake | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 46 | 26 | Drop the Hammer | Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers | Big Eye | Contemporary Blues |
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