The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Week of May 2, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 4 | Comin' Back Live | The Fabulous TruTones | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Keep Both Hands on the Wheel | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Guitar One |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Coast of Light | Luke Winslow-King | Bloodshot |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | Hen's Teeth | Iron & Wine | Sub Pop |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | World's Gone Wrong | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Pet | Big Richard | Signature Sounds |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Copper Changes Color | Caamp | By and By |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | Big Top | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | VSM |
| ▲ | 9 | 14 | Joyride | Steve Poltz | Compass |
| ▼ | 10 | 8 | Tell the Devil | Royal & Toulouse | Little Town Sound |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | Lost Cause Lover Fool | The Milk Carton Kids | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Bleeds | Wednesday | Dead Oceans |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | Saving Grace | Robert Plant | Nonesuch |
| ▲ | 14 | 19 | Million Voices Whisper | Warren Haynes | Fantasy |
| ▲ | 15 | 21 | Beautiful Disaster | Aaron Penton | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 16 | - | Field Recordings | Mark Branscombe | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 17 | 33 | Lucky | Jeff Jolly Band | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 18 | 27 | Imagination | Peter Lewis | Omad |
| ▲ | 19 | 29 | The Sky from the Underground | New Earth Farmers | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 20 | 30 | Heartbreakers Beach Party: the Soundtrack | Tom Petty | UMG |
| ▲ | 21 | 31 | Hillbilly Speedball | Webb Wilder | Landslide |
| ▲ | 22 | 34 | From Me to You | Pecos & The Rooftops | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 23 | 35 | Puff of Smoke | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 24 | 36 | Something to Say | Norman Collins | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 25 | 28 | Footprints | John Michael Hersey | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 26 | 37 | Long Shadows | Roger Street Friedman | The Playroom |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 28 | 17 | Hard Road | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Red Zero |
| ▲ | 29 | 39 | Paper Doll | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| ▲ | 30 | 46 | Waiting on a Miracle | Tim Flannery | Whalebone |
| ▼ | 31 | 20 | Bloom | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| ▲ | 32 | 47 | Kaw-Fis Bruth-Urs | The Coffis Brothers | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 33 | 48 | Love & Desperation | Rick Shea | Tres Pescadores |
| ▲ | 34 | 49 | Lamentations | American Aquarium | New West |
| ▲ | 35 | 50 | Desert Dove | Michaela Anne | Yep Roc |
| ▼ | 36 | 18 | Valentine | Courtney Marie Andrews | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 37 | 51 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams | Three Sirens |
| ▲ | 38 | 52 | Planting by the Signs | S.G. Goodman | Slough Water |
| ▲ | 39 | 53 | The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy | James McMurtry | New West |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Pastures | Natalie Del Carmen | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 41 | 25 | I Was Born, But... | David Huckfelt | Don Giovanni |
| ▲ | 42 | 55 | The Unraveling | Drive-By Truckers | ATO |
| ▲ | 43 | 56 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| ▲ | 44 | - | Depending on the Distance | Jimmy Lafave | Music Road Records |
| ▲ | 45 | 60 | Showbiz Kids: the Steely Dan Story 1972-1980 ((Remastered)) | Steely Dan | UMG |
| ▲ | 46 | 61 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord |
| ▲ | 47 | 62 | Heart of the Eternal | A.J. Croce | Seedling |
| ▲ | 48 | 63 | Rumours (Live) | Fleetwood Mac | Warner |
| ▲ | 49 | 64 | Change is Now: a Tribute to the Byrds | Christian Parker | Sub Cat |
| ▲ | 50 | 65 | Wake the Dead | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
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