The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 |  | For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) by: Japanese Breakfast Buy Now:   | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Manning Fireworks by: MJ Lenderman Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory by: Sharon Van Etten Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Send a Prayer My Way by: Julien Baker & TORRES Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Thee Black Boltz by: Tunde Adebimpe Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | RUSHMERE by: Mumford & Sons Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
7 |  | Is by: My Morning Jacket Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Moisturizer by: Wet Leg Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Songs of a Lost World by: The Cure Buy Now: | Label: Polydor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | No Name by: Jack White Buy Now: | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | SABLE, FABLE by: Bon Iver Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Return to Zero by: Neal Francis Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Cutouts by: The Smile Buy Now: | Label: Self Help Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Automatic by: The Lumineers Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Evergreen by: Soccer Mommy Buy Now: | Label: Loma Vista Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | The Human Fear by: Franz Ferdinand Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Forever is a Feeling by: Lucy Dacus Buy Now: | Label: Geffen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | If You Asked for a Picture by: Blondshell Buy Now: | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Dotr by: LP Giobbi Buy Now: | Label: Counter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | One of a Kind by: The Heavy Heavy Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | I Blow out Big Candles by: Freak Slug Buy Now: | Label: Future Classic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Lucius by: Lucius Buy Now: | Label: Wildewoman Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Hope We Have Fun by: Mt. Joy Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Better Dreaming by: Tune-Yards Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Welcome to the Family by: Michael Franti & Spearhead Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Phonetics on and on by: Horsegirl Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Aperture by: The Head and The Heart Buy Now: | Label: Every Shade of Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Boys These Days by: Sports Team Buy Now: | Label: Bright Antenna Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | The Scholars by: Car Seat Headrest Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Patterns in Repeat by: Laura Marling Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | No Rain, No Flowers by: The Black Keys Buy Now: | Label: Warner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | No Obligation by: The Linda Lindas Buy Now: | Label: Epitaph Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | EELS by: Being Dead Buy Now: | Label: Bayonet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Memoir of a Sparklemuffin by: Suki Waterhouse Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Instant Holograms on Metal Film by: Stereolab Buy Now: | Label: Duophonic UHF Disks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Lefty by: Penny & Sparrow Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Everybody Needs a Hero by: Orla Gartland Buy Now: | Label: New Friends Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Billboard Heart by: Deep Sea Diver Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Rodeo by: Momma Buy Now: | Label: Polyvinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Ten Small Fractures by: Human Drama Buy Now: | Label: Bob Frank Ent Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Horror by: Bartees Strange Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Lost & Found by: Free Range Buy Now: | Label: Mick Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Five Dice, All Threes by: Bright Eyes Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Glory by: Perfume Genius Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Two Star & the Dream Police by: Mk.gee Buy Now: | Label: Two Star & The Dream Police Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Love Made Trees by: Loaded Honey Buy Now: | Label: AWAL Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Wild God by: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Buy Now: | Label: Play It Again Sam Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Ginkgo by: Panchiko Buy Now: | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Moon Mirror by: Nada Surf Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Real Deal by: Honeyglaze Buy Now: | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | A Million Knives by: The Velveteers Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Here Comes the Good Part by: Gyasi Buy Now: | Label: Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | What's Wrong with New York? by: The Dare Buy Now: | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Tigers Blood by: Waxahatchee Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Something is Working Up Above My Head by: Shovels & Rope Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | This Side of the Island by: Hamilton Leithauser Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | More by: Pulp Buy Now: | Label: Rough Trade Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Battery Lane by: Zack Keim Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Young-Girl Forever by: Sofie Royer Buy Now: | Label: Stones Throw Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Slipper Imp and Shakaerator by: Babe Rainbow Buy Now: | Label: pdoom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | You Are the Morning by: jasmine.4.t Buy Now: | Label: Saddest Factory Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Daniel by: Real Estate Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Viva Hinds by: Hinds Buy Now: | Label: Lucky Number Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Lagos Paris London (feat. Tony Allen) by: Yannis & The Yaw Buy Now: | Label: Transgressive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | 12 by: White Denim Buy Now: | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Subtropical by: Variety Buy Now: | Label: Very Soft Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Adagio by: Σtella Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Glutton for Punishment by: Heartworms Buy Now: | Label: Speedy Wunderground Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Ohio Players by: The Black Keys Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Better Wonder by: Kestrels Buy Now: | Label: Darla Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Glimmer of God by: Jean Dawson Buy Now: | Label: P+ Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | The Cleansing by: Peter Perrett Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Alternative History: a Cracker Retrospective by: Cracker Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Perpetual Motion by: Phantoms Buy Now: | Label: Foreign Family Collective Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Rome by: The National Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Flight B741 by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Cowards by: Squid Buy Now: | Label: Warp Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Strange Burden by: Font Buy Now: | Label: Acrophase Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Lucifer on the Sofa by: Spoon Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by: The Decemberists Buy Now: | Label: YABB Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Lucky for You by: Bully Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | News of the Universe by: La Luz Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Phantom Island by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Buy Now: | Label: p(doom) Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Year of the Banana by: Rubblebucket Buy Now: | Label: EggHunt Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Changes All the Time by: James Bay Buy Now: | Label: Mercury Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Heavy Metal by: Cameron Winter Buy Now: | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | H.E.A.R.T. by: Katrina Ford Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Make It Right by: Steve Wynn Buy Now: | Label: Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Searching for Strawberries: the Story of Jongo Bongo by: Rare Americans Buy Now: | Label: Crooked City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | The 4th Album by: The Record Company Buy Now: | Label: Round Hill Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Moneyball by: Dutch Interior Buy Now: | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Dan's Boogie by: Destroyer Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Tripla by: Miki Berenyi Trio Buy Now: | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | 1 by: bby Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Fate & Alcohol by: Japandroids Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | DOGGOD by: L.A. WITCH Buy Now: | Label: Suicide Squeeze Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Nightmare Daydream by: The Velveteers Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Good Together by: Lake Street Dive Buy Now: | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Pacific Highway Music by: Skegss Buy Now: | Label: Loma Vista Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Cardinals by: Cardinals Buy Now: | Label: So Young Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | All Born Screaming by: St. Vincent Buy Now: | Label: Loma Vista Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Soberish by: Liz Phair Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | 2 by: Foxwarren Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Five Mile Point by: Unlettered Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | SLO MO by: Fat Freddy's Drop Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Untame the Tiger by: Mary Timony Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Dream Noise by: Spun Out Buy Now: | Label: Shuga Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Power by: illuminati hotties Buy Now: | Label: Snack Shack Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | My Method Actor by: Nilufer Yanya Buy Now: | Label: Ninja Tune Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Wet Leg by: Wet Leg Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Mucho Mistrust by: Fake Fruit Buy Now: | Label: Carpark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | It's a Beautiful Place by: Water From Your Eyes Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Rose Pink Cadillac by: Dope Lemon Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Black Lipstick by: Chicano Batman Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | I Got Too Sad for My Friends by: Shura Buy Now: | Label: Play It Again Sam Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Adesso by: Sophia Warren Buy Now: | Label: Universal Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Paradise Pop. 10 by: Christian Lee Hutson Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Glasgow Eyes by: The Jesus And Mary Chain Buy Now: | Label: Fuzz Club Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Digital Dream by: Deap Vally Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Viny Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Commander Trainwreck by: Skinner Buy Now: | Label: Faction Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | The Breaks by: Suuns Buy Now: | Label: Joyful Noise Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Boeckner! by: Boeckner Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Not God by: Finom Buy Now: | Label: Joyful Noise Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Sugarcoat by: Blushing Buy Now: | Label: Kanine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Fathers, Sons and Brothers by: David Lowery Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | We Do Not Fear Ruins by: Mobley Buy Now: | Label: MNRK/Last Gang Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | What Do We Do Now by: J Mascis Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | My Light, My Destroyer by: Cassandra Jenkins Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Careful! by: Deeper Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Iovi by: Trees Inside Out Buy Now: | Label: Sonic Halo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Flowers by: Durand Jones & The Indications Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Ain't It Tragic by: Dead Sara Buy Now: | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Little Rope (Deluxe) by: Sleater-Kinney Buy Now: | Label: Loma Vista Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | SORCS 80 by: Thee Oh Sees Buy Now: | Label: Castle Face Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Only God Was Above Us by: Vampire Weekend Buy Now: | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | Bite Down by: Rosali Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | FEVER / SKY by: Wilder Woods Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Through Today by: Chimers Buy Now: | Label: 12XU Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Charm by: Clairo Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Dance Called Memory by: Nation of Language Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | The Record by: Boygenius Buy Now: | Label: Interscope Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | The Moon is in the Wrong Place by: Shannon & The Clams Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Golden Wolf by: Dope Lemon Buy Now: | Label: Angus Stone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | The Collective by: Kim Gordon Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Frog in Boiling Water by: DIIV Buy Now: | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here by: Friko Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | TANGK by: IDLES Buy Now: | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Bright Future by: Adrianne Lenker Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | Light Verse by: Iron & Wine Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | OUI, LSF by: Les Savy Fav Buy Now: | Label: Frenchkiss Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Evolve by: Phish Buy Now: | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | Big Big Love by: Michael Franti & Spearhead Buy Now: | Label: Boo Boo Wax Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Sunshine by: The Black Moods Buy Now: | Label: STEELHORSE Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | Three Bells by: Ty Segall Buy Now: | Label: Drag City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | I Got Heaven by: Mannequin Pussy Buy Now: | Label: Epitaph Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | Souvenir by: Omni Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | Interplay by: Ride Buy Now: | Label: Wichita Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | Up on Gravity Hill by: Metz Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | Parallel Realms by: STRFKR Buy Now: | Label: Polyvinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | Before It's Gone by: Salt Cathedral Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | Plunge by: Sam Evian Buy Now: | Label: Flying Cloud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | AMAMA by: Crumb Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | Final Summer by: Cloud Nothings Buy Now: | Label: Pure Noise Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | Hovvdy by: Hovvdy Buy Now: | Label: Arts & Crafts Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | Carrot on Strings by: Man Man Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | Name Your Sorrow by: Pillow Queens Buy Now: | Label: Royal Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | EELS TIME! by: Eels Buy Now: | Label: Play It Again Sam Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | Lapse by: Idaho Buy Now: | Label: Arts & Crafts Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
169 |  | Valebol (feat. V.V. Lightbody & Daniel Villarreal) by: Valebol Buy Now: | Label: Otherly Love Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
170 |  | Bunny by: Beach Fossils Buy Now: | Label: Bayonet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
171 |  | X's by: Cigarettes After Sex Buy Now: | Label: Spanish Prayers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
172 |  | High Water Line by: Mark Oblinger Buy Now:  | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
173 |  | A LA SALA by: Khruangbin Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
174 |  | The Million Masks of God by: Manchester Orchestra Buy Now: | Label: Loma Vista Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
175 |  | In Plain Sight by: Neal Francis Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
176 |  | Come and See by: Gurriers Buy Now: | Label: No Filter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
177 |  | Everything Hits at Once: the Best of Spoon by: Spoon Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
178 |  | Texas Sun by: Khruangbin Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
179 |  | Voices by: Phantogram Buy Now: | Label: Republic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
180 |  | 1-800 FANTASY by: Blk Odyssy Buy Now: | Label: EARTHCHILD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
181 |  | Obviously by: Lake Street Dive Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
182 |  | When You See Yourself by: Kings of Leon Buy Now: | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
183 |  | "Let's Rock" by: The Black Keys Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
184 |  | Smalltown Stardust by: King Tuff Buy Now: | Label: Subpop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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