The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heart is the Hero | The Wood Brothers | Honey Jar |
| 2 | Just Like That... | Bonnie Raitt | Redwing |
| 3 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
| 4 | Simple Things | The Band of Heathens | BoH |
| 5 | Get Behind the Wheel | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds |
| 6 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 7 | Moments in Time | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release |
| 8 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 9 | Sticks and Stones | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | 6 Ace |
| 10 | Pour It out into the Night | The Revivalists | Concord |
| 11 | Love Hope Trust | Roger Street Friedman | Self-Release |
| 12 | Keep on Pushin' | Johnny Wheels & the Swamp Donkeys | Lightning in a Bottle |
| 13 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | Chrysali |
| 14 | Lucky 13 | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release |
| 15 | O Sun O Moon | Bruce Cockburn | True North |
| 16 | Tunes for a Dime | David Ronaldo | Fandango Music Belgium |
| 17 | Stories from a Rock and Roll Heart | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
| 18 | Grass Roots | Leftover Salmon | Compass |
| 19 | Time Ain't Accidental | Jess Williamson | Mexican Summer |
| 20 | The Beginning of the End | The Pleasures | MGM |
| 21 | Only the Strong Survive | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| 22 | Honest Lies | Justin Saladino Band | Self-Release |
| 23 | In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger | Bob Schneider | Shockorama |
| 24 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | Ramseur |
| 25 | Palomino | First Aid Kit | Columbia |
| 26 | Breakless Heart | Brett Spaulding | Self-Release |
| 27 | Alone at Sea | Jeff Plankenhorn | Blue Corn |
| 28 | Turn My Radio Up | The Coffis Brothers | Blue Rose |
| 29 | Young Blood | Marcus King | American Recordings |
| 30 | Movie of the Week | Shakey Graves | Dualtone |
| 31 | Mother Road | Grace Potter | Fantasy |
| 32 | Should've Learned by Now | Lucero | Liberty & Lament |
| 33 | On the Blind Side | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release |
| 34 | El Mirador | Calexico | Anti |
| 35 | Handled with Care | Jason Lang | Famgroup |
| 36 | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Self-Release |
| 37 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| 38 | Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
| 39 | Nobody Owns You | Joan Osborne | Womanly Hips |
| 40 | Times Have Changed | Charlie Mars | Foxgate |
| 41 | Going Places | Josh Rouse | Yep Roc |
| 42 | Little Songs | Colter Wall | Black Hole |
| 43 | Old Cane Back Rocker | Darrell Scott | Soundly |
| 44 | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | Tyler Childers | Sony |
| 45 | Love Songs for Losers | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone |
| 46 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Dead Oceans |
| 47 | That and Change | Kelly Fitzgerald | Self-Release |
| 48 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
| 49 | Milky Stars | Michael McArthur | Transoceanic |
| 50 | Georgia Blue | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
| 51 | Pieces of Treasure | Rickie Lee Jones | BMG |
| 52 | Coyote | Dylan LeBlanc | ATO |
| 53 | You Know Who | The Pink Stones | Normalltown |
| 54 | Star Eaters Delight | Lael Neale | Sub Pop |
| 55 | Festival Eyes | Lillie Mae | s||c |
| 56 | Garden Party | Rose City Band | Thrill Jockey |
| 57 | Long Time Coming | Sierra Ferrell | Rounder |
| 58 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside |
| 59 | Swinging Stars | Mapache | Innovative Leisure |
| 60 | From a Dark Corner | Nathan Mongol Wells | State Fair |
| 61 | Late Night TV Gold | Shinyribs | Easy Street |
| 62 | What Matters Most | Ben Folds | New West |
| 63 | Ten Paces | Ruen Brothers | Yep Roc |
| 64 | Stardust and Satellites | Steve Poltz | Red House |
| 65 | Dreamland | Amos Lee | Dualtone |
| 66 | Avondale Drive | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass |
| 67 | Transit Damage | Shinyribs | Hardcharger |
| 68 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 69 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | StorySound |
| 70 | Strangers No More | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Magnolia |
| 71 | Nashville Again | The Youngers | Let It Roll |
| 72 | Exit Wounds | The Wallflowers | New West |
| 73 | Working My Way Down | Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion | Self-Release |
| 74 | Rumours (Live) | Fleetwood Mac | Warner |
| 75 | Only Dead for a Little While | Jon Dee Graham | Strolling Bones |
| 76 | Caveman | Gurf Morlix | Rootball |
| 77 | Dockside | Jonah Tolchin | Clover |
| 78 | The Art of Feeling Blue | Bob Bradshaw | Fluke |
| 79 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord |
| 80 | Hair on Fire | Jake La Botz | Under the El |
| 81 | Circles & the Flames | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
| 82 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes | Self-Release |
| 83 | Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges | Blue Corn |
| 84 | Outside Spectrum | The Empty Pockets | MT Pockets |
| 85 | Weed, Wine & Time | Caleb Elliott | Single Lock |
| 86 | Fragments - Time out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): the Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 | Bob Dylan | Columbia |
| 87 | I Ain't Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1) | Tom Ciurczak | Ludlow TFC |
| 88 | The Sea Between Us | Elliott Blaufuss | Self-Release |
| 89 | The Million Things That Never Happened | Billy Bragg | Cooking Vinyl |
| 90 | Established 1972 | The Nighthawks | VizzTone |
| 91 | Lucky | Jeff Jolly Band | Self-Release |
| 92 | Back on the Road to You | Freedy Johnston | Forty Below |
| 93 | Game is on | Cabela and Schmitt | Self-Release |
| 94 | The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild Dogs | The Weber Brothers | Self-Release |
| 95 | Hits and Misses | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc |
| 96 | Teeth Marks | S.G. Goodman | Verve Forecast |
| 97 | If These Walls Could Talk | Luke Winslow-King | Ghost River |
| 98 | Angels & Queens | Gabriels | Atlas Artists |
| 99 | Live at the Fillmore, 1997 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner |
| 100 | Last Days of Summer | Lucy Kaplansky | Self-Release |
| 101 | The Harvest | Afton Wolfe | Grandiflora |
| 102 | 'Til June | Prateek | Self-Release |
| 103 | Help…I'm Alive | The Boxmasters | Thirty Tigers |
| 104 | Rewind Forward | Ringo Starr | Roccabella |
| 105 | A Step Behind | Alex Blizzy | Self-Release |
| 106 | Dusty Afternoon | Root Cellar Xtract | Self-Release |
| 107 | Can't Stop Time | Eric Hisaw Band | Self-Release |
| 108 | Lava Lamp | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc |
| 109 | Human Question | The Yawpers | Bloodshot |
| 110 | The Other Side | Christian Lopez Band | Paradox |
| 111 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista |
| 112 | One Last Thing | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire |
| 113 | A Friend from out of Town | Beaver Nelson | Ellipses |
| 114 | Songs of the Recollection | Cowboy Junkies | Proper |
| 115 | Nightroamer | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Thirty Tigers |
| 116 | Rockin' Legacy, Vol. 1 | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 117 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Willie Nile | River House |
| 118 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| 119 | For Work or Love | The Commonheart | Jullian |
| 120 | Waiting for the Daylight | Erja Lyytinen | Tuohi |
| 121 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | New West |
| 122 | All the Misery Money Can Buy | Gasoline Lollipops | Soundly Music |
| 123 | Ozark Symphony | Kelly Hunt | Compass |
| 124 | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | Big Thief | 4AD |
| 125 | Mindsets | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Blackheart |
| 126 | Highways, Gamblers, Devils and Dreams | Hank Woji | Self-Release |
| 127 | Welcome 2 Club XIII | Drive-By Truckers | ATO |
| 128 | Double Funeral, Vol. 1 | Last Call Romance | Self-Release |
| 129 | The Misfit | Rhett Miller | ATO |
| 130 | Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 – 2020 | Jeffrey Foucault | Blueblade |
| 131 | Liberté | The Doobie Brothers | Island |
| 132 | Calling Cadence | Calling Cadence | hi-res |
| 133 | Mercy Rising | Maia Sharp | Crooked Crown |
| 134 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release |
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