The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Let's Rock" | The Black Keys | Nonesuch |
| 2 | III | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 3 | Daylight | Grace Potter | Concord |
| 4 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Lewis Capaldi | Vertigo Berlin |
| 5 | Father of the Bride | Vampire Weekend | Columbia |
| 6 | Jade Bird | Jade Bird | Glassnote |
| 7 | By Blood | Shovels & Rope | Dualtone |
| 8 | Jaime | Brittany Howard | ATO |
| 9 | Help Us Stranger | The Raconteurs | Third Man |
| 10 | Black Pumas (Deluxe) | Black Pumas | ATO |
| 11 | Thrilled to Be Here | Bailen | Fantasy |
| 12 | Wasteland, Baby! | Hozier | Rubyworks |
| 13 | The Unseen in Between | Steve Gunn | Matador |
| 14 | Look Alive | Guster | Nettwerk |
| 15 | Remind Me Tomorrow | Sharon Van Etten | Jagjaguwar |
| 16 | SOUND & FURY | Sturgill Simpson | Elektra |
| 17 | Hyperspace | Beck | Capital |
| 18 | On the Line | Jenny Lewis | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Mint | Alice Merton | Paper Plane |
| 20 | My Finest Work Yet | Andrew Bird | Concord |
| 21 | Heard It in a Past Life | Maggie Rogers | Debay Sounds |
| 22 | Living Mirage | The Head and The Heart | Warner Brothers |
| 23 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant | RCA |
| 24 | Secondhand Smoke | Sean McConnell | Big Picnic |
| 25 | Nick Waterhouse | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure |
| 26 | Part 1 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost | Foals | Warner |
| 27 | Oh My God | Kevin Morby | Dead Oceans |
| 28 | Everyday Life | Coldplay | Atlantic |
| 29 | All Mirrors | Angel Olsen | Jagjaguwar |
| 30 | Cause and Effect | Keane | Island |
| 31 | Stone for Stone | Cancion Franklin | Self-Release |
| 32 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Island |
| 33 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 34 | Press | Flora Cash | RCA |
| 35 | Black Hole Rainbow | Devon Gilfillian | Capitol |
| 36 | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | Deerhunter | 4AD |
| 37 | Keepsake | Hatchie | Double Double Whammy |
| 38 | Mystic Truth | Bad Suns | Epitaph |
| 39 | FEVER DREAM | Of Monsters and Men | Republic |
| 40 | Power | Seratones | Nine West |
| 41 | Lux Prima | Karen O | BMG |
| 42 | Busyhead | Noah Kahan | Republic |
| 43 | Karaoke Angel | Molly Sarle | Partisan |
| 44 | Phoenix | Pedro the Lion | Polyvinyl |
| 45 | Anak Ko | Jay Som | Polyvinyl |
| 46 | You Deserve Love | White Reaper | Elektra |
| 47 | Fishing for Fishies | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | ATO |
| 48 | Fongola | KOKOKO! | Transgressive |
| 49 | Duck | Kaiser Chiefs | Polydor |
| 50 | Without Fear | Dermot Kennedy | UMG |
| 51 | Doom Days | Bastille | Virgin |
| 52 | In the Land of | Wintersleep | Dine Alone |
| 53 | Titanic Rising | Weyes Blood | Sub Pop |
| 54 | Already Ready Already | Galactic | Tchoup-zilla |
| 55 | Sin | John Floreani | Hopeless |
| 56 | Adult | Walker Lukens | Modern Outsider |
| 57 | Shadowboxer | Mansionair | Glassnote |
| 58 | Gallipoli | Beirut | 4AD |
| 59 | Salt | Angie McMahon | Dualtone |
| 60 | I,i | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| 61 | First Taste | Ty Segall | Drag City |
| 62 | Four Songs | Blood Orange | RCA |
| 63 | Let's Try the After (Vol. 1) | Broken Social Scene | Arts & Crafts |
| 64 | Feels Like Love | Chrysta Bell | Meta Hari |
| 65 | South of Reality | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | ATO |
| 66 | Suck on Light | Boy & Bear | Nettwerk |
| 67 | Cheers | The Wild Reeds | Dualtone |
| 68 | Ghosteen | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Self-Release |
| 69 | Designer | Aldous Harding | 4AD |
| 70 | Mayonnaise | Deer Tick | Partisan |
| 71 | Add | Keller Williams | Freeky Disc |
| 72 | Why You So Crazy | The Dandy Warhols | Dine Alone |
| 73 | Crushing | Julia Jacklin | Transgressive |
| 74 | Everything Hits at Once: the Best of Spoon | Spoon | Matador |
| 75 | Waver | Royal Canoe | Paper Bag |
| 76 | Invisible | Son Little | Anti |
| 77 | Highway Hypnosis | Sneaks | Merge |
| 78 | Night of the Worm Moon | Shana Cleveland | Hardly Art |
| 79 | When I Wake Up | Maverick Sabre | FAMM |
| 80 | Into the Blue | Broken Bells | 30th Century |
| 81 | For the Morning | Tyler Ramsey | Fantasy |
| 82 | Gold Past Life | Fruit Bats | Merge |
| 83 | Building Balance | Allen Stone | ATO |
| 84 | Zeppelin over China | Guided By Voices | Self-Release |
| 85 | Myth of a Man | Night Beats | Heavenly |
| 86 | Natural Disguise | HalfNoise | Congrats |
| 87 | Silences | Adia Victoria | Atlantic |
| 88 | Do No Harm | The Deer | Keeled Scales |
| 89 | Absolute Zero | Bruce Hornsby | Zappo |
| 90 | Ahomale | Combo Chimbita | Anti |
| 91 | Showboat Honey | Kyle Craft | Sub Pop |
| 92 | Wave | Patrick Watson | Secret City |
| 93 | Meditations | Yoke Lore | Yellhouse |
| 94 | So That You Might Hear Me | Bear's Den | Concord |
| 95 | When I'm Alone: the Piano Retrospective | Lissie | Cooking Vinyl |
| 96 | Future Ruins | Swervedriver | Dangerbird |
| 97 | Jupiter Sidecar | The Shelters | Warner |
| 98 | Part 2 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost | Foals | Warner |
| 99 | Changes | Neal Francis | Karma Chief |
| 100 | Sling | Clairo | UMG |
| 101 | Eraserland | Strand of Oaks | Dead Oceans |
| 102 | New Age Norms 1 | Cold War Kids | AWAL |
| 103 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow | Self-Release |
| 104 | Signal | Automatic | Stones Throw |
| 105 | Ameri'kana | Making Movies | Self-Release |
| 106 | Lover | Noah Gunderson | Cooking Vinyl |
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