The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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