The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blues in My DNA | Ronnie Baker Brooks | Alligator |
| 2 | Retrograde | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 3 | High Tide | BB & The Bullets | Dixiefrog |
| 4 | Farmhand Blues | Randy Lee Riviere | Guitar One |
| 5 | The Californian | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 6 | The Great Women in Blues (Feat. Terrie Odabi) [Live] | Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars | Self-Release |
| 7 | Drifter | Jovin Webb | Blind Pig |
| 8 | One Guitar Woman | Sue Foley | Stony Plain |
| 9 | Money & Power | Ally Venable Band | Ruf |
| 10 | Holy Sinners & Sinful Saints | David M'ore | Self-Release |
| 11 | Roasted | Hughes Taylor | Bent Note |
| 12 | All Fired Up | Wailin' Walker | Jitterbug |
| 13 | God Bless the USA | Aki Kumar | Little Village |
| 14 | Breadman's Blues | Bob Lanza Blues Band | Momojo |
| 15 | Blues Lightnin' | Wailin' Walker | Jitterbug |
| 16 | With Love | Mitch Ryder | Ruf |
| 17 | Light It Up | Long Tall Deb & Colin John | Vizztone |
| 18 | The Blues Album | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 19 | Live from Daryl's House Club | Sean Chambers | Quarto Valley |
| 20 | The Hard Line | Chris O'Leary | Alligator |
| 21 | Mozelle | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 22 | The Bluesmasters Featuring Cassie Taylor | The Bluesmasters | Exulans |
| 23 | Song for the Sinners | Dean Zucchero | Pugnacious |
| 24 | Mother Lode | Few Miles On | Self-Release |
| 25 | Six String Preacher | David Ronaldo | Fandango Music Belgium |
| 26 | Labyrinth | Rosetta West | Self-Release |
| 27 | Have a Good Time Tonight | Sandy Atkinson | Self-Release |
| 28 | Still Shakin' | North Mississippi Allstars | New West |
| 29 | Blues Experience | Jake Shimabukuro | Forty Below |
| 30 | Chasing the Sun | Colin James | Stony Plain |
| 31 | Easy Tiger | Ian Siegal and Johnny Mastro | Continental Blue Heaven |
| 32 | Blues Since Birth | J.P. Reali | Self-Release |
| 33 | Breakwater | Paul Filipowicz | BJ Big Jake |
| 34 | Smokey Bourbon | The Pszenny Project | Markonguitar |
| 35 | Dreancatcher | Micki Free | Dark Idol |
| 36 | Have a Good Time | Dave Erickson | Self-Release |
| 37 | Planet 9 | Brad Dubay | Self-Release |
| 38 | Traveling North | Mikey Junior | 8th Train |
| 39 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord |
| 40 | The Best of Sandy Atkinson | Sandy Atkinson | Guitar One |
| 41 | Vivir En Espana | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Immediate Family |
| 42 | Get Up off the Ground | Dick Earl's Electric Witness | ABP |
| 43 | Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 2 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Provogue |
| 44 | Tribute to Aleck "Rice" Miller - Sonny Boy Williamson | Mikey Junior | 8th Train |
| 45 | Bluesin' It Up | Otilia Donaire | Self-Release |
| 46 | Hear My Heart | Steve Marriner | Cordova Bay |
| 47 | Old Soul: Live | Joe Flip | Joe Flip |
| 48 | Do the Rump! | J.D. Simo | Forty Below |
| 49 | Very Best Fool | The Joel Dupuis Band | Self-Release |
| 50 | Texas Headhunters | Texas Headhunters | Blue Elan |
| 51 | Eye of the Storm | Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin | Phoenix |
| 52 | Granite (Badlands) | Kelli Baker | Gulf Coast |
| 53 | Kingdom | Amanda Fish | VizzTone |
| 54 | Believe | Albert Cummings | Mascot |
| 55 | Genesis | The Resurrection Blues Band | Three Turkeys |
| 56 | Within Tension | Ross Neilsen | Under Pressure |
| 57 | Starshine | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 58 | Welcome to Shepherds Bush (Live) | The Rolling Stones | Mercury Studios |
| 59 | Sonic Mojo | Foghat | Self-Release |
| 60 | Best of Me | Joanna Connor | Gulf Coast |
| 61 | Too Much Blues | Kevin & JD | OMS Ent |
| 62 | Ten | Albert Cummings | Ivy Music Company |
| 63 | Baby, It's Late | Patrick Sweany | Nine Mile |
| 64 | Cougar | The Davidson Trio | Self-Release |
| 65 | 4801 South Indiana Avenue | Joanna Connor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 66 | Songs from the Road | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 67 | Heavy Soul | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| 68 | Reckless Abandon, Vol. II (Live) | Orphan Jon and the Abandoned | Vintage LaNel |
| 69 | The Southern | The Cold Stares | Mascot |
| 70 | Sounds of an Old Soul | Chase Walker Band | Self-Release |
| 71 | Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T Festival | Slash | earMUSIC |
| 72 | Live at 55 | Chicago | Mercury Studios |
| 73 | Black Light / White Noise | Smith/Kotzen | BMG |
| 74 | Live from the Northern Plains | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 75 | Get Goin' | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 76 | Rust Busters (The Collection) | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 77 | Live on Tour | The Bluesbones | Naked |
| 78 | Outtakes | Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip | Hokahey! |
| 79 | Dave's Picks Volume 56 | Grateful Dead | Rhino |
| 80 | Buckle Up! | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 81 | Live in Dallas, 1991 | Van Halen | Rhino |
| 82 | Resting Place - the EP | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 83 | Diamonds at the Rainbow's End (Live in Norway) | V&BT | Roller |
| 84 | Concrete Blues | Randy Lee Riviere | New Wilderness |
| 85 | Walk This Road | The Doobie Brothers | Rhino |
| 86 | Mystic Chiefs | Johnny Ray Jones | Moondogg |
| 87 | The Love You Bleed | Danielle Nicole | Fourty Below |
| 88 | Blue Diamonds | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 89 | 63 Deluxe | 63 Deluxe | Self-Release |
| 90 | Live in Sin City | Alastair Greene | Ruf |
| 91 | Strat's Got Your Tongue | Greg Koch | Self-Release |
| 92 | Roasted, Pt. 1: Dark Roast | Hughes Taylor | Bent Note |
| 93 | Philadelphia Mississippi | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers |
| 94 | Finyl Vinyl | Canned Heat | Ruf |
| 95 | Play Loud & Smoke Often | Cryin' Out Loud | Pilot Ligh |
| 96 | The Fury | Antonio Vergara | AVA |
| 97 | There's Something About the Night | Scott Ellison | Liberation Hall |
| 98 | Modern Nostalgia | Hughes Taylor | The Bent Note |
| 99 | Friendlytown | Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour | Mascot |
| 100 | YEAH! | David Gogo | Cordova Bay |
| 101 | Resurrection | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 102 | Jackdawg (feat. John McFee, Stu Cook & Keith Knudsen) | Jackdawg | Liberation Hall |
| 103 | Blood Brothers | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 104 | About Time | Dennis Jones | Blue Rock |
| 105 | Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition) | Tina Turner | Parlophone |
| 106 | The Warner Recordings (1985-1994) [2025 Remaster] | David Lee Roth | Rhino |
| 107 | Ultimate Hits | Rod Stewart | Warner |
| 108 | I Can't Give Everything Away (2002 - 2016) | David Bowie | Parlophone |
| 109 | The Journey, Pt. 3 | The Kinks | Sanctuary |
| 110 | Luther's Blues | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 111 | Restless | The Commoners | Gypsy Soul |
| 112 | Running from the Finish Line | Drew Sterchi | Self-Release |
| 113 | Life is Hard | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 114 | Shout Sister Shout | Ghalia Volt | Ruf |
| 115 | Dirty Work | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 116 | We Hot | The Wicked Lo-Down | Self-Release |
| 117 | Babel | Jhett Black | RumbleStump Entertainment |
| 118 | Southern Light | Saverio Maccne | Velvet Utopia |
| 119 | The Blues, Man, the Blues | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 120 | Sound and Fury | Phil Coyne And The Wayward Aces | Self-Release |
| 121 | Unusual Suspects | The Righteous Villains | VillaineousBluesBflo |
| 122 | Time to Fly | Catfish | Self-Release |
| 123 | Kill or Be Kind | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 124 | Milwaukee and Friends - Crossing Borders | Milwaukee | Zoundr |
| 125 | The Sauce | Sauce Boss | Self-Release |
| 126 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 127 | Orgy of the Damned | Slash | Snakepit |
| 128 | Desert Fox Blues | Todd Partridge | Old School |
| 129 | Hill Country Love | Cedric Burnside | Provogue |
| 130 | Crazy All by Myself | Nick Schnebelen Band | Vizztone |
| 131 | Take It for a Ride | Lower Case Blues | Self-Release |
| 132 | Changing Times | Silent Partners | Little Village |
| 133 | Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair | The Kentucky Headhunters | Alligator |
| 134 | Just Won't Burn (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Susan Tedeschi | Concord |
| 135 | Breakfast Served Cold (feat. the Moons) | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | CoccoMusic |
| 136 | Hi Class | Frenchie Moe | Lightning In A Bottle |
| 137 | Bluesdaddy | Will Johns | Galetone |
| 138 | Watch Your Step! | Mojo Minefield | Self-Release |
| 139 | On My Way | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 140 | Child of the State | Ayron Jones | Big Machine |
| 141 | BLOW | Colin Linden | Highway 20 |
| 142 | Painting Stars | LH Express | Self-Release |
| 143 | Gin House | Wayne Nicholson | Grindstone |
| 144 | Red, Hot and Blue | Glenn Marais and the Mojo Train | Self-Release |
| 145 | Old Girl | Lisa Mann | JayRay |
| 146 | The Roof is on Fire | Mitch Ryder | Ruf |
| 147 | Grackle Deux - the Grackling | Grackles | Yes Country for Old Men |
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