The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
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1 | El Dorado | Marcus King | Concord |
2 | And It’s Still Alright | Nathaniel Rateliff | Stax |
3 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
4 | Kingdom in My Mind | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
5 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
6 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Self-Release |
7 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
8 | Carolina Confessions | The Marcus King Band | Concord |
9 | Stranger | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
10 | Down to the River | The Allman Betts Band | BMG |
11 | Trouble and Strife | Joan Osborne | Womanly Hips |
12 | Lamentations | American Aquarium | New West |
13 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista |
14 | All of This Life | The Record Company | Concord |
15 | Tides of a Teardrop | Mandolin Orange | Yep Roc |
16 | Full Circle & then Some | Trigger Hippy | Turkey Grass |
17 | Night Without Love | Webb Wilder | Landslide |
18 | The Walk | Bonnie Bishop | Plan BB |
19 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies |
20 | Darrell Scott Sings the Blues of Hank Williams | Darrell Scott | Soundly Music |
21 | City of Love | Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene | Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene |
22 | Lickskillet | The Subdudes | Self-Release |
23 | Sinematic | Robbie Robertson | UMG |
24 | Desert Dove | Michaela Anne | Yep Roc |
25 | Expectations | Katie Pruitt | Rounder |
26 | Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
27 | Saturn Return | The Secret Sisters | New West |
28 | Can't Go Home | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
29 | Buddha and the Blues | Anders Osborne | Self-Release |
30 | Twelfth | Old 97's | ATO |
31 | Fires for the Cold | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc |
32 | They're Coming for Me | Jake La Botz | Hi-Style/Free Dirt |
33 | Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
34 | One Drop of Truth | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
35 | Fog & Bling | Shinyribs | Mustard Lid |
36 | Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff | Grant Lee Phillips | Yep Roc |
37 | The Unraveling | Drive-By Truckers | ATO |
38 | June is Short, July is Long | Jeb Loy Nichols | Compass |
39 | Tearing at the Seams | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
40 | Dragons | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Thirty Tigers |
41 | Keeper | Elliott Brood | Six Shooter |
42 | Pieces | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire Music Group |
43 | From Another World | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc |
44 | The Southern Ground Sessions | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
45 | The Modern Lives, Vol. 1 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose Music |
46 | Going to California | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
47 | An American Treasure | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Reprise |
48 | Pine Needle Fire | Randall Bramblett | New West Records |
49 | Logan Ledger | Logan Ledger | Rounder |
50 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass |
51 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams | Three Sirens |
52 | Singing for My Supper | Early James | Nonesuch |
53 | Bone Structure | Ron Pope | Brooklyn Basement |
54 | My New Moon | Amos Lee | Dualtone |
55 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release |
56 | Big Mistake | Mister Goodfaith | Self-Release |
57 | South Front Street | Grayson Capps | Royal Potato Family |
58 | Early Morning Rain | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose Music |
59 | The Third Mind | The Third Mind | Yep Roc |
60 | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | The Jayhawks | Sony |
61 | On the Widow's Walk | The White Buffalo | Snakefarm |
62 | West Towards South | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Floating Records |
63 | One Night in November (Live) | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Bridge Road |
64 | Holy Smokes Future Jokes | Blitzen Trapper | Yep Roc |
65 | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Universal |
66 | Forget About Georgia | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Concord |
67 | My Getaway | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations | Self-Release |
68 | American Love Song | Ryan Bingham | Axster Bingham |
69 | Country Squire | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler |
70 | The Road | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
71 | True Sadness | The Avett Brothers | Republic |
72 | Fall Like Rain | Martin Sexton | Kitchen Table |
73 | From Liberty Street | Mapache | Yep Roc |
74 | Soul Insight | The Marcus King Band | Self-Release |
75 | I Am Afraid to Die | Freddy & Francine | Brad Paul Media |
76 | Live at Bonnaroo | Warren Haynes | ATO |
77 | Impossible Blue | Gurf Morlix | Rootball |
78 | I'm the One | Carrington MacDuffie | Pointy Head |
79 | Revolution in Your Heart | Eric Lindell | Alligator |
80 | Songs from the Exile | Dalton Domino | Lightning Rod |
81 | Remember What You Knew Before | Katy Guillen & the Girls | VizzTone |
82 | Wildflowers: All the Rest | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner |
83 | Love, Lust & Other Wreckage | John Vento | MTS |
84 | Other Girls | Lillie Mae | Third Man |
85 | Wild Flower | Tyler T. | Self-Release |
86 | Servants of the Sun | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow |
87 | Songs of the Plains | Colter Wall | Young Mary's |
88 | The Lion's Roar | First Aid Kit | Wichita Recordings |
89 | Bitter Ballads & Cynical Prayers | Chris Moyse | Self-Release |
90 | Stay Gold | First Aid Kit | Columbia |
91 | Goats Head Soup (2020) | The Rolling Stones | Promotone B.V |
92 | All the Misery Money Can Buy | Gasoline Lollipops | Soundly Music |
93 | Shakey Graves on Audiotree Live (Session #1) | Shakey Graves | Audiotree |
94 | The High Road to Ruin | The Black Oil Brothers | Rocksauce |
95 | Any Kind of Angel | Jenny Reynolds | PrettyOkay |
96 | A Glimmer on the Outskirts | Ben Dickey | Dualtone |
97 | Kindred Spirits | Larkin Poe | Tricki Woo |
98 | The Great Divide | JD & The Straight Shot | Self-Release |
99 | Los Dos | Nocona | Mule Kick |
100 | The Hidden Hills Sessions | Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe | Red Parlor |
101 | Kiss of the Diamondback | Gurf Morlix | Self-Release |
102 | My Sister, My Brother (feat. Sean McConnell & Garrison Starr) | My Sister, My Brother | Soundly |
103 | Spirit of 74 | Spirit of 74 | Self-Release |
104 | Live from the Ryman | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
105 | The Bonnie Raitt Collection | Bonnie Raitt | Capitol |
106 | Birmingham | Nescora | Self-Release |
107 | Human Question | The Yawpers | Bloodshot |
108 | Cheers to Solitude | The Two Tracks | The Two Tracks |
109 | Who Works for Who? | Beauwater | Self-Release |
110 | The End is New | The Suitcase Junket | Renew |
111 | Troubled Mind | The Liberators | Self-Release |
112 | Primates | The Greyhounds | Nine Mile |
113 | A Message from the People Revisited | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
114 | Belle of the West | Samantha Fish | Ruf |
115 | Love & Desperation | Rick Shea | Tres Pescadores |
116 | Double Funeral, Vol. 1 | Last Call Romance | Self-Release |
117 | Absolution | Gann Brewer | Self-Release |
118 | The Nashville Calling | Ben Reel | Self-Release |
119 | Purgatory | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler |
120 | Blood from a Stone | Eric Krasno | Feel Music |
121 | Colorado | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Reprise |
122 | Goats Head Soup | The Rolling Stones | Promotone |
123 | New World Arisin' | Big Head Todd & The Monsters | Big |
124 | Wildflowers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner Bros |
125 | Band Together | The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow | Blackwing |
126 | Dr. Feelgood's Traveling Medicine Show | Great American Taxi | Self-Release |
127 | Black Beehive | Big Head Todd & The Monsters | Shout! Factory |
128 | Road Goes All Night | Dirtwire | Other |
129 | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Concord |
130 | Kicks | Rickie Lee Jones | Thity Tigers |
131 | Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! | Aaron Lee Tasjan | New West |
132 | Live at Red Rocks | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Concord |
133 | Dust Devil | Kevin Welch | Dead Rekoning |
134 | Fishstory | Young Ancients | Self-Release |
135 | The Saint of Lost Causes | Justin Townes Earle | New West |
136 | High Water I | The Magpie Salute | Eagle Rock |
137 | Prick of the Litter | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | Hot Shot |
138 | Drive All Night | Aris Paul Band | Self-Release |
139 | De Nada | 3 Twins | Sleeping Elephant Music |
140 | At King Electric | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release |
141 | Perfectamundo | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's | Concord |
142 | Boys & Girls | Alabama Shakes | ATO Records |
143 | Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
144 | Sleeping Dogs | Jeff Plankenhorn | Spike Steel |
145 | Black Pistol Fire | Black Pistol Fire | mudhutdigital.com |
146 | Song in My Head | The String Cheese Incident | SCI Fidelity |
147 | Moments of Silver | Sarah Levecque | Self-Release |
148 | Dig in Deep | Bonnie Raitt | Redwing |
149 | The Big Black and the Blue | First Aid Kit | Wichita |
150 | The Nashville Sound | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Sotheastern |
151 | Let It Bleed (Remastered) | The Rolling Stones | Universal Music |
152 | 7 Cities | Moreland & Arbuckle | Telarc |
153 | Dixie Chicken | Little Feat | Warner Bros |
154 | Dust to Gold | Cris Jacobs | American Showplase |
155 | The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: the London Years | The Rolling Stones | ABKCO |
156 | Come Back Home | Whatley & Co. | Big Gassed |
157 | Find a Llight | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
158 | Chasing Lights | Ida Mae | Thirty Tigers |
159 | Hush or Howl | Black Pistol Fire | Modern Outsider |
160 | The Outsider | Davy Knowles | Self Release |
161 | A Little Something More from | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Concord |
162 | Blind, Crippled & Crazy | Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark | New West |
163 | Black Irish | Shannon McNally | Compass |
164 | Duende | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
165 | Delilah | Anderson East | Elektra Records |
166 | Free Yourself | Mark Easton | Self-Release |
167 | Moving East | Jimmy Rankin | True North |
168 | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
169 | Wrote a Song for Everyone | John Fogerty | Vanguard |
170 | The Long Road Home | Cory M. Coons | MTS |
171 | Nied's Hotel Band | John Vento | MTS |
172 | Disraeli Gears | Cream | Universal International Music B.V. |
173 | Burn Something Beautiful | Alejandro Escovedo | Concord |
174 | Rambler Pacifico | Matt Ellis | Self-Release |
175 | Dying Star | The Suitcase Junket | Signature Sounds |
176 | Hypnotic Eye | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Reprise Records |
177 | American Beauty | Grateful Dead | Warner Bros |
178 | A Cure for Loneliness | Peter Wolf | Concord |
179 | Country Hustle | Jeb Loy Nichols | City Country City |
180 | Last Call Romance | Last Call Romance | Self-Release |
181 | Marc Cohn | Marc Cohn | MFSL |
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