The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closer to the Bone | Tommy Castro | Alligator |
| 2 | Down the Hatch | Tom Hambridge | Quarto Valley |
| 3 | The Blues Summit | Devon Allman | Ruf |
| 4 | Blues Cut Like Glass | Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch | Blue Lotus |
| 5 | Retrograde | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 6 | High Tide | BB & The Bullets | Dixiefrog |
| 7 | The Speed of Life | Dudley Taft | American Blues Artist Group |
| 8 | Farmhand Blues | Randy Lee Riviere | Guitar One |
| 9 | The Californian | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 10 | King Size | Big Shoes | Qualified |
| 11 | Good Company | Piper & The Hard Times | Hard Times |
| 12 | It's My Time Now | Garry Burnside | Strolling Bones |
| 13 | Passion and Regrets | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | Endless Blues |
| 14 | Last Nite at the Bluebird Live | Mike Henderson | Qualified |
| 15 | Drifter | Jovin Webb | Blind Pig |
| 16 | Man on a Mission | Manu Lanvin | Gel Production |
| 17 | Money & Power | Ally Venable Band | Ruf |
| 18 | Cool Blue Shoes | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 19 | Holy Sinners & Sinful Saints | David M'ore | Self-Release |
| 20 | Roasted | Hughes Taylor | Bent Note |
| 21 | All Fired Up | Wailin' Walker | Jitterbug |
| 22 | God Bless the USA | Aki Kumar | Little Village |
| 23 | Breadman's Blues | Bob Lanza Blues Band | Momojo |
| 24 | Live and Havin' Fun | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
| 25 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Early Blues Sessions | Bob Corritore | Vizztone |
| 26 | Fine by Me | Curtis Salgado | Little Village |
| 27 | Play the Blues | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Self-Release |
| 28 | Blues Lightnin' | Wailin' Walker | Jitterbug |
| 29 | With Love | Mitch Ryder | Ruf |
| 30 | How You Look at Things | Alison Joy Williams | Self-Release |
| 31 | The Blues Album | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 32 | Live from Daryl's House Club | Sean Chambers | Quarto Valley |
| 33 | The Hard Line | Chris O'Leary | Alligator |
| 34 | Mozelle | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 35 | Nothin' but the Truth | Max Hightower | MoMojo |
| 36 | The Bluesmasters Featuring Cassie Taylor | The Bluesmasters | Exulans |
| 37 | Red Rooster | Duwayne Burnside | Lucky 13 |
| 38 | Song for the Sinners | Dean Zucchero | Pugnacious |
| 39 | Mother Lode | Few Miles On | Self-Release |
| 40 | Six String Preacher | David Ronaldo | Fandango Music Belgium |
| 41 | Are We Ever Free | The Trevor B. Power Band | Farm 189 |
| 42 | Labyrinth | Rosetta West | Self-Release |
| 43 | Still Shakin' | North Mississippi Allstars | New West |
| 44 | Blues Experience | Jake Shimabukuro | Forty Below |
| 45 | Chasing the Sun | Colin James | Stony Plain |
| 46 | Guitar Kingdom | Dudley Taft | Self-Release |
| 47 | Easy Tiger | Ian Siegal and Johnny Mastro | Continental Blue Heaven |
| 48 | Blues Since Birth | J.P. Reali | Self-Release |
| 49 | Breakwater | Paul Filipowicz | BJ Big Jake |
| 50 | Smokey Bourbon | The Pszenny Project | Markonguitar |
| 51 | Dreancatcher | Micki Free | Dark Idol |
| 52 | Exorcist | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator |
| 53 | Have a Good Time | Dave Erickson | Self-Release |
| 54 | Planet 9 | Brad Dubay | Self-Release |
| 55 | Blu Ja Vu | Tom Hambridge | Quarto Valley |
| 56 | Traveling North | Mikey Junior | 8th Train |
| 57 | The Best of Sandy Atkinson | Sandy Atkinson | Guitar One |
| 58 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord |
| 59 | Steppin out Tonight | The Christopher Dean Band | Self-Release |
| 60 | Vivir En Espana | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Immediate Family |
| 61 | Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 2 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Provogue |
| 62 | Get Up off the Ground | Dick Earl's Electric Witness | ABP |
| 63 | Live in Mississippi | Eric Johanson | Ruf |
| 64 | Winter's Coming | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun |
| 65 | Tribute to Aleck "Rice" Miller - Sonny Boy Williamson | Mikey Junior | 8th Train |
| 66 | Unchained | The Bluesbones | Donor |
| 67 | Bluesin' It Up | Otilia Donaire | Self-Release |
| 68 | Hear My Heart | Steve Marriner | Cordova Bay |
| 69 | Old Soul: Live | Joe Flip | Joe Flip |
| 70 | Many Moons, Vol. 1 | Matt Schofield | Number 7 |
| 71 | Long Hollow Blues | Farmhand | Self-Release |
| 72 | Do the Rump! | J.D. Simo | Forty Below |
| 73 | Backstage II | Bart Bryant | Horizon |
| 74 | Live at the Palladium | Damon Fowler | Landslide |
| 75 | Very Best Fool | The Joel Dupuis Band | Self-Release |
| 76 | Texas Headhunters | Texas Headhunters | Blue Elan |
| 77 | Blues for the Southside (Live) | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 78 | Eye of the Storm | Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin | Phoenix |
| 79 | Pouring Water on a Drowning Man | Simon Kinny-Lewis | PepperCake |
| 80 | Born to Walk Alone | The Rev Douglas | Self-Release |
| 81 | Granite (Badlands) | Kelli Baker | Gulf Coast |
| 82 | Midnight at the Valencia | Cardinal Black | Jump In |
| 83 | Kingdom | Amanda Fish | VizzTone |
| 84 | Barnyard Smile | Damon Fowler | Landslide |
| 85 | Keepin' It Hot | Jim Kahr | PepperCake |
| 86 | Sign of the Times | Walter Trout | Provogue |
| 87 | Believe | Albert Cummings | Mascot |
| 88 | Genesis | The Resurrection Blues Band | Three Turkeys |
| 89 | Calling Long Distance | Hitman Blues Band | Unknown |
| 90 | Talkin About | Waterstreet Blues Band | Deyman, DiDonato, Sapounzi |
| 91 | Bending the Rules | Travellin' Blue Kings | Naked |
| 92 | Within Tension | Ross Neilsen | Under Pressure |
| 93 | Goin' off the Rails | Rosedale Junction | Center Block |
| 94 | Goin' Back | Pierce Dipner | Self-Release |
| 95 | Starshine | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 96 | Welcome to Shepherds Bush (Live) | The Rolling Stones | Mercury Studios |
| 97 | Leaving This Town | Levi Platero | Self-Release |
| 98 | Sonic Mojo | Foghat | Self-Release |
| 99 | Bag of Tracks | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | Self-Release |
| 100 | Gate C23 | Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots | Lightning In A Bottle |
| 101 | Stories | Levee Town | Hudtone |
| 102 | In-Between Times | Ernesto J. Ponce | Boogie Woogie |
| 103 | Best of Me | Joanna Connor | Gulf Coast |
| 104 | Ten | Albert Cummings | Ivy Music Company |
| 105 | Too Much Blues | Kevin & JD | OMS Ent |
| 106 | Real Blues | Jim Dan Dee | Self-Release |
| 107 | Baby, It's Late | Patrick Sweany | Nine Mile |
| 108 | Cougar | The Davidson Trio | Self-Release |
| 109 | Live from the Red Shed | Kurt Allen | Titanium Blue |
| 110 | 4801 South Indiana Avenue | Joanna Connor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 111 | Heavy Soul | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| 112 | Outside the Lines | Gary Cain | Self-Release |
| 113 | Kell's Kitchen | Shawn Kellerman | Songsurfer |
| 114 | Your Move | King Me Blues | Perimeter |
| 115 | A Shot of the Blues | Lone Star Mojo | Self-Release |
| 116 | Drifting | Bubba and the Big Bad Blues | Fullerton Gold |
| 117 | Family Matters | Gunn Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 118 | The Southern | The Cold Stares | Mascot |
| 119 | Reckless Abandon, Vol. II (Live) | Orphan Jon and the Abandoned | Vintage LaNel |
| 120 | Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T Festival | Slash | earMUSIC |
| 121 | The Noir Album | Big B and The Actual Proof | Self-Release |
| 122 | Sounds of an Old Soul | Chase Walker Band | Self-Release |
| 123 | Destination: Blues | Stevie & the Blue Flames | Sugar Smax |
| 124 | Live at 55 | Chicago | Mercury Studios |
| 125 | Black Light / White Noise | Smith/Kotzen | BMG |
| 126 | Plug It in | Mitch Grainger | Gent |
| 127 | Live from the Northern Plains | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 128 | Next Stop | Gary Cain | Self-Release |
| 129 | Outtakes | Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip | Hokahey! |
| 130 | Get Goin' | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 131 | Live on Tour | The Bluesbones | Naked |
| 132 | Rust Busters (The Collection) | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 133 | Containment Blues | Anthony Gomes | Up 2 Zero |
| 134 | Concrete Blues | Randy Lee Riviere | New Wilderness |
| 135 | Deja Hoodoo | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Endless Blues |
| 136 | Buckle Up! | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 137 | Live in Dallas, 1991 | Van Halen | Rhino |
| 138 | Looking for a Change | Alex Lopez | Maremil |
| 139 | Diamonds at the Rainbow's End (Live in Norway) | V&BT | Roller |
| 140 | Resting Place - the EP | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 141 | Walk This Road | The Doobie Brothers | Rhino |
| 142 | Rescue 3 | Mean Old Fireman | First Due Music |
| 143 | Mystic Chiefs | Johnny Ray Jones | Moondogg |
| 144 | Blue Diamonds | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 145 | Dealing from the Bottom of the Deck | Little Bobby | Untouchable Productions |
| 146 | The Love You Bleed | Danielle Nicole | Fourty Below |
| 147 | 63 Deluxe | 63 Deluxe | Self-Release |
| 148 | Live in Sin City | Alastair Greene | Ruf |
| 149 | The Pszenny Project | The Pszenny Project | Earwig |
| 150 | Strat's Got Your Tongue | Greg Koch | Self-Release |
| 151 | Life is Hard | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 152 | Roasted, Pt. 1: Dark Roast | Hughes Taylor | Bent Note |
| 153 | Philadelphia Mississippi | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers |
| 154 | Finyl Vinyl | Canned Heat | Ruf |
| 155 | Friendlytown | Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour | Mascot |
| 156 | YEAH! | David Gogo | Cordova Bay |
| 157 | Play Loud & Smoke Often | Cryin' Out Loud | Pilot Ligh |
| 158 | The Fury | Antonio Vergara | AVA |
| 159 | Blood Brothers | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 160 | Luther's Blues | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 161 | There's Something About the Night | Scott Ellison | Liberation Hall |
| 162 | Modern Nostalgia | Hughes Taylor | The Bent Note |
| 163 | Buried in the Hail | Dom Martin | Forty Below |
| 164 | Orgy of the Damned | Slash | Snakepit |
| 165 | Resurrection | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 166 | About Time | Dennis Jones | Blue Rock |
| 167 | Restless | The Commoners | Gypsy Soul |
| 168 | Jackdawg (feat. John McFee, Stu Cook & Keith Knudsen) | Jackdawg | Liberation Hall |
| 169 | Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition) | Tina Turner | Parlophone |
| 170 | The Warner Recordings (1985-1994) [2025 Remaster] | David Lee Roth | Rhino |
| 171 | Ultimate Hits | Rod Stewart | Warner |
| 172 | I Can't Give Everything Away (2002 - 2016) | David Bowie | Parlophone |
| 173 | The Journey, Pt. 3 | The Kinks | Sanctuary |
| 174 | Shout Sister Shout | Ghalia Volt | Ruf |
| 175 | Running from the Finish Line | Drew Sterchi | Self-Release |
| 176 | Dirty Work | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 177 | Speed of Heat | Skunk Baxter | BMG |
| 178 | Babel | Jhett Black | RumbleStump Entertainment |
| 179 | Out of Line | The Wicked Lo-Down | Gulf Coast |
| 180 | We Hot | The Wicked Lo-Down | Self-Release |
| 181 | Time to Fly | Catfish | Self-Release |
| 182 | Southern Light | Saverio Maccne | Velvet Utopia |
| 183 | Hill Country Love | Cedric Burnside | Provogue |
| 184 | Unusual Suspects | The Righteous Villains | VillaineousBluesBflo |
| 185 | The Blues, Man, the Blues | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 186 | Sound and Fury | Phil Coyne And The Wayward Aces | Self-Release |
| 187 | Desert Fox Blues | Todd Partridge | Old School |
| 188 | Kill or Be Kind | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 189 | The Sauce | Sauce Boss | Self-Release |
| 190 | Milwaukee and Friends - Crossing Borders | Milwaukee | Zoundr |
| 191 | Hi Class | Frenchie Moe | Lightning In A Bottle |
| 192 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 193 | Crazy All by Myself | Nick Schnebelen Band | Vizztone |
| 194 | Take It for a Ride | Lower Case Blues | Self-Release |
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