The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of Dec 2, 2017
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | A Deeper Understanding | The War on Drugs | Atlantic |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Waiting on a Song | Dan Auerbach | Nonesuch |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Masseduction | St. Vincent | Concord |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | As You Were | Liam Gallagher | Warner Brothers |
| ▲ | 5 | 15 | Snake Handler | India Ramey | Little River |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Light | Moses Guest | Aufheben |
| - | 7 | 7 | La Divine | Cold War Kids | Capitol |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Queens of the Breakers | The Barr Brothers | Secret City |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Walk into a Storm | The Lone Bellow | Sony Masterworks |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | Graveyard Whistling | Old 97's | ATO |
| ▲ | 11 | 16 | Whiteout Conditions | The New Pornographers | Concord |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Hug of Thunder | Broken Social Scene | Arts & Crafts |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | Painted Ruins | Grizzly Bear | RCA |
| ▲ | 14 | 19 | Gold Rush | Hannah Aldridge | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Sleep Well Beast | The National | 4AD |
| ▲ | 16 | 21 | New Mistakes | Terra Lightfoot | Sonic Unyon |
| ▼ | 17 | 12 | New Magic | Son Little | Anti |
| ▲ | 18 | 23 | Cry Cry Cry | Wolf Parade | Sub Pop |
| ▼ | 19 | 14 | Tell It to the Judge | Walker Lukens | Modern Outsider |
| - | 20 | 20 | Lotta Sea Lice | Courtney Barnett | Matador |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Witness | Benjamin Booker | ATO |
| ▲ | 22 | 24 | A Black Mile to the Surface | Manchester Orchestra | Loma Vista |
| ▲ | 23 | 25 | The Wild | The Rural Alberta Advantage | Saddle Creek |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Reskinned | Larkin Poe | RH Music |
| ▲ | 25 | 27 | Now That the Light is Fading | Maggie Rogers | Capitol |
| ▲ | 26 | 30 | Turn out the Lights | Julien Baker | Matador |
| ▲ | 27 | 31 | Heartworms | The Shins | Columbia |
| - | 28 | 28 | What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood | The Mynabirds | Saddle Creek |
| ▲ | 29 | 32 | Mexican Dust | Mosquitos | Six Degrees |
| ▲ | 30 | 49 | Pure Comedy | Father John Misty | Sub Pop |
| ▲ | 31 | 41 | We Can Die Happy | Tennis | Mutually Ditrimental |
| ▼ | 32 | 18 | Gilded | Jade Jackson | Anti |
| ▲ | 33 | 35 | Glamour Child | Moonrise Nation | Zinc |
| ▲ | 34 | 37 | Heavy Meta | Ron Gallo | New West |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | Scavengers | My Goodness | Votiv |
| ▲ | 36 | 42 | Reservoir | Gordi | Jagjaguwar |
| ▲ | 37 | 43 | Firehorse | The Young Presidents | MKM Productions |
| ▲ | 38 | 44 | Hot Thoughts | Spoon | Matador |
| ▼ | 39 | 29 | Goodnight Rhonda Lee | Nicole Atkins | Single Lock |
| ▲ | 40 | 45 | Still Summer | Matt Pond PA | 131 |
| ▼ | 41 | 33 | Ease My Mind | Shout Out Louds | Merge |
| ▼ | 42 | 38 | This Old Dog | Mac DeMarco | Royal Mountain |
| ▲ | 43 | 46 | Two Hearts and No Brain | Kane Strang | Dead Oceans |
| ▲ | 44 | 51 | Jen Cloher | Jen Cloher | Marathon Artists |
| ▲ | 45 | 50 | Crack-Up | Fleet Foxes | Nonesuch |
| ▼ | 46 | 39 | It's a Myth | Sneaks | Merge |
| ▲ | 47 | 52 | How Did We Get So Dark? | Royal Blood | Warner Music |
| - | 48 | 48 | I See You | The xx | Young Turks Recordings |
| ▲ | 49 | 58 | Mental Illness | Aimee Mann | SuperEgo |
| ▼ | 50 | 47 | Humanz | Gorillaz | Warner Music Group |
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