The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 16, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | XOXO | The Jayhawks | SHAM |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Work Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Boo Boo Wax |
| ▲ | 3 | 21 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | RCA |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | Good Luck with Whatever | Dawes | HUB |
| ▲ | 5 | 8 | Broken at the Break of Day | Fruition | Fruition |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | Love is the King | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm Records |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | Self Made Man | Larkin Poe | Trick-Woo |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Getting into Knives | The Mountain Goats | Merge |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | The Waterfall II | My Morning Jacket | ATO |
| *NEW* | 10 | - | Luca | Alex Maas | Innovative Leisure |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Island |
| ▲ | 12 | 23 | Black Pumas (Deluxe) | Black Pumas | ATO |
| - | 13 | 13 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden | Dirty Mag |
| - | 14 | 14 | Bitter Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards | Compass |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | 20/20 | The Walk-a-Bout | Shred The Evidence |
| - | 16 | 16 | Daylight | Grace Potter | Concord |
| ▲ | 17 | 30 | Gigaton | Pearl Jam | Monkey Wrench |
| ▲ | 18 | 22 | Someone New | Helena Deland | Luminelle |
| ▼ | 19 | 6 | III | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| ▼ | 20 | 17 | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Epic |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Monovision | Ray LaMontagne | RCA |
| ▼ | 22 | 15 | Black Pumas (Deluxe) | Black Pumas | ATO |
| ▼ | 23 | 19 | Earth to Dora | Eels | E Works |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Asthmatic Kitty |
| ▼ | 25 | 20 | 5EPs | Dirty Projectors | Domino |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | Holiday | Jennah Barry | Forward Music |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Black Hole Rainbow | Devon Gilfillian | Capitol |
| ▲ | 28 | 33 | Rearrange Us | Mt. Joy | Dualtone |
| ▼ | 29 | 12 | Free Love | Sylvan Esso | Loma Vista |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Living Mirage | The Head and The Heart | Warner Brothers |
| ▲ | 31 | 34 | Imploding the Mirage | The Killers | Island |
| ▲ | 32 | 35 | In Isolation | Elle King | RCA |
| ▲ | 33 | 36 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 34 | 37 | Babel | Mumford & Sons | Universal |
| ▼ | 35 | 28 | What is There | Delta Spirit | New West |
| ▼ | 36 | 31 | WITH | Sylvan Esso | Loma Vista |
| ▼ | 37 | 25 | Misfits' Jubilee | Jim White | Fluff & Gravy |
| ▼ | 38 | 11 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant | RCA |
| ▲ | 39 | 40 | Song for Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Chrysalis |
| ▲ | 40 | 58 | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? | Fantastic Negrito | Cooking Vinyl |
| ▲ | 41 | 43 | Surface Sounds | Kaleo | Electra |
| ▼ | 42 | 41 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Dead Oceans |
| ▲ | 43 | 44 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| ▲ | 44 | 47 | True Care | James Vincent McMorrow | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 45 | 49 | Part of the Light | Ray LaMontagne | Sony |
| ▲ | 46 | 50 | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | Glassnote |
| ▲ | 47 | 51 | All Your Favorite Bands | Dawes | HUB Records |
| ▲ | 48 | 52 | Wasteland, Baby! | Hozier | Rubyworks |
| ▲ | 49 | 61 | Jaime | Brittany Howard | ATO |
| ▲ | 50 | 63 | Texas Sun | Khruangbin | Dead Oceans |
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