The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
1 |  | Long Lost by: Lord Huron   | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
2 |  | Wary + Strange by: Amythyst Kiah | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
3 |  | Jubilee by: Japanese Breakfast | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Evermore by: Taylor Swift | Label: Republic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
5 |  | Scaled and Icy by: Twenty One Pilots | Label: Fueled by Ramen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Different Kinds of Light by: Jade Bird | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Little Oblivions by: Julien Baker | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Hunter and the Dog Star by: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | Label: Shuffle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | BRIGHTSIDE by: The Lumineers | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Serpentine Prison by: Matt Berninger | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Take the Sadness out of Saturday Night by: Bleachers | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? by: Big Red Machine | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | A Billion Little Lights by: Wild Pink | Label: Royal Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Narratives by: Alisa Amador | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Trip Tape by: Milky Chance | Label: Muggelig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Happier Than Ever by: Billie Eilish | Label: Darkroom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | World's Most Stressed out Gardener by: Chad VanGaalen | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Home by: Rhye | Label: Last Gang Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Soberish by: Liz Phair | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Super Monster by: Claud | Label: Saddest Factory Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | OK Human by: Weezer | Label: Crush Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Ignorance by: The Weather Station | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Don't Shy Away by: Loma | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Good Woman by: The Staves | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Ocean to Ocean by: Tori Amos | Label: Decca Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | The Jungle by: Plants and Animals | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Keep on Keepin on by: Andy Frasco | Label: Fun Machine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | History of a Feeling by: Madi Diaz | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | When the Day Leaves by: Valley Maker | Label: Frenchkiss Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | The Art of Falling Apart by: Serena Ryder | Label: Serenader Source Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Fake It Flowers by: beabadoobee | Label: Dirty Hit Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Impossible Weight by: Deep Sea Diver | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Fits of Laughter by: Bendigo Fletcher | Label: Elektra Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Covers by: Marika Hackman | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Roses by: The Paper Kites | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | America, Location 12 by: Dispatch | Label: Bomber Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Halfway to Somewhere by: Late Night Special | Label: Full Time Pilot Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Honeychurch by: Widowspeak | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Strike Me Down by: Whitehorse | Label: Six Shooter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Sincerely, E by: Elizabeth & The Catapult | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Songs by: Adrianne Lenker | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | The Future of an End by: Woodlock | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Dawn by: Yebba | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Terra Firma by: Tash Sultana | Label: Lonely Lands Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | This Time I See It by: The Franklin Electric | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | I Know I'm Funny Haha by: Faye Webster | Label: Secretly Canadian Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Amidst the Chaos by: Sara Bareilles | Label: Epic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
48 |  | Copycat Killer (feat. Rob Moose) by: Phoebe Bridgers | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Dad Jams by: Thee More Shallows | Label: Monotreme Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong by: Gracie and Rachel | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Run out by: The Still Tide | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | PREP by: Prep | Label: Bright Antenna Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Life, and Another by: Mega Bog | Label: Paradise of Bachelors Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | The Olympians by: The Olympians | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | In Between Dreams by: Jack Johnson | Label: Brushfire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Winwood: Greatest Hits Live by: Steve Winwood | Label: Wincraft Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Unpeeled by: Cage the Elephant | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Stranger to Stranger by: Paul Simon | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Surface Noise by: Jennifer O'Connor | Label: Kiam Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Eye Above by: Write Minded | Label: Write Minded Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Signs of Light by: The Head and The Heart | Label: Warner Bros. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Midnight Room by: Springtime Carnivore | Label: Autumn Tone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | The Getaway by: Red Hot Chili Peppers | Label: Warner Bros. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | We're All Gonna Die by: Dawes | Label: HUB Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Rehab Reunion by: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | Label: Savoy Label Group Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Big Boat by: Phish | Label: Jemp Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Sleeping Through the War by: All Them Witches | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Iii by: Miike Snow | Label: Jackalope Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Ape in Pink Marble by: Devendra Banhart | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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