The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Dorado | Marcus King | Concord | Roots Rock |
| 2 | And It’s Still Alright | Nathaniel Rateliff | Stax | Roots Rock |
| 3 | XOXO | The Jayhawks | SHAM | Alternative Rock |
| 4 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern | Roots Rock |
| 5 | Kingdom in My Mind | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 6 | Work Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Boo Boo Wax | Alternative Rock |
| 7 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 8 | Daylight | Grace Potter | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| 9 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 10 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy | Roots Rock |
| 11 | III | The Lumineers | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
| 12 | Stranger | The Band of Heathens | BOH | Roots Rock |
| 13 | Down to the River | The Allman Betts Band | BMG | Roots Rock |
| 14 | Broken at the Break of Day | Fruition | Fruition | Alternative Rock |
| 15 | Trouble and Strife | Joan Osborne | Womanly Hips | Roots Rock |
| 16 | Lamentations | American Aquarium | New West | Roots Rock |
| 17 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista | Roots Rock |
| 18 | Hyperspace | Beck | Capital | Alternative Rock |
| 19 | Bitter Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards | Compass | Alternative Rock |
| 20 | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Lewis Capaldi | Vertigo Berlin | Alternative Rock |
| 21 | "Let's Rock" | The Black Keys | Nonesuch | Alternative Rock |
| 22 | Texas Sun | Khruangbin | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 23 | Tides of a Teardrop | Mandolin Orange | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 24 | Self Made Man | Larkin Poe | Trick-Woo | Alternative Rock |
| 25 | Full Circle & then Some | Trigger Hippy | Turkey Grass | Roots Rock |
| 26 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
| 27 | Night Without Love | Webb Wilder | Landslide | Roots Rock |
| 28 | Black Hole Rainbow | Devon Gilfillian | Capitol | Alternative Rock |
| 29 | The Walk | Bonnie Bishop | Plan BB | Roots Rock |
| 30 | Color Theory | Soccer Mommy | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
| 31 | Hate for Sale | Pretenders | BMG | Classic Rock |
| 32 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies | Roots Rock |
| 33 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Island | Alternative Rock |
| 34 | Darrell Scott Sings the Blues of Hank Williams | Darrell Scott | Soundly Music | Roots Rock |
| 35 | Lickskillet | The Subdudes | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 36 | Sinematic | Robbie Robertson | UMG | Roots Rock |
| 37 | Ode to Joy | Wilco | dBpm | Rock & Roll |
| 38 | Desert Dove | Michaela Anne | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 39 | Expectations | Katie Pruitt | Rounder | Roots Rock |
| 40 | Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | Roots Rock |
| 41 | Everyday Life | Coldplay | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
| 42 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 43 | Monovision | Ray LaMontagne | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 44 | Good Luck with Whatever | Dawes | HUB | Alternative Rock |
| 45 | Saturn Return | The Secret Sisters | New West | Roots Rock |
| 46 | Buddha and the Blues | Anders Osborne | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 47 | Twelfth | Old 97's | ATO | Roots Rock |
| 48 | New Age Norms 1 | Cold War Kids | AWAL | Alternative Rock |
| 49 | 20/20 | The Walk-a-Bout | Shred The Evidence | Alternative Rock |
| 50 | Jaime | Brittany Howard | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 51 | Fires for the Cold | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 52 | Rearrange Us | Mt. Joy | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
| 53 | They're Coming for Me | Jake La Botz | Hi-Style/Free Dirt | Roots Rock |
| 54 | Holiday | Jennah Barry | Forward Music | Alternative Rock |
| 55 | Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil | Rod Picott | Welding Rod | Roots Rock |
| 56 | Fog & Bling | Shinyribs | Mustard Lid | Roots Rock |
| 57 | Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff | Grant Lee Phillips | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 58 | The Unraveling | Drive-By Truckers | ATO | Roots Rock |
| 59 | June is Short, July is Long | Jeb Loy Nichols | Compass | Roots Rock |
| 60 | You Deserve Love | White Reaper | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 61 | Dragons | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
| 62 | Keeper | Elliott Brood | Six Shooter | Roots Rock |
| 63 | Black Pumas (Deluxe) | Black Pumas | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 64 | The Waterfall II | My Morning Jacket | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 65 | Pieces | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire Music Group | Roots Rock |
| 66 | From Another World | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 67 | Imploding the Mirage | The Killers | Island | Alternative Rock |
| 68 | FEVER DREAM | Of Monsters and Men | Republic | Alternative Rock |
| 69 | The Unseen in Between | Steve Gunn | Matador | Alternative Rock |
| 70 | Pine Needle Fire | Randall Bramblett | New West Records | Roots Rock |
| 71 | Best of Luck | Christopher Paul Stelling | Anti | Alternative Rock |
| 72 | Logan Ledger | Logan Ledger | Rounder | Roots Rock |
| 73 | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Epic | Alternative Rock |
| 74 | Living Mirage | The Head and The Heart | Warner Brothers | Alternative Rock |
| 75 | Slowly Speeding | Kim Lenz | Blue Star | Rockabilly |
| 76 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams | Three Sirens | Roots Rock |
| 77 | Singing for My Supper | Early James | Nonesuch | Roots Rock |
| 78 | Bone Structure | Ron Pope | Brooklyn Basement | Roots Rock |
| 79 | Love is the King | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm Records | Alternative Rock |
| 80 | Father of the Bride | Vampire Weekend | Columbia | Alternative Rock |
| 81 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 82 | The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Pt. 1 | Saint Motel | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 83 | Song for Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Chrysalis | Alternative Rock |
| 84 | South Front Street | Grayson Capps | Royal Potato Family | Roots Rock |
| 85 | Early Morning Rain | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
| 86 | The Third Mind | The Third Mind | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 87 | Gigaton | Pearl Jam | Monkey Wrench | Alternative Rock |
| 88 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 89 | Will You Be My Yellow? | Bakar | Black Butter | Alternative Rock |
| 90 | On the Widow's Walk | The White Buffalo | Snakefarm | Roots Rock |
| 91 | One Night in November (Live) | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Bridge Road | Roots Rock |
| 92 | West Towards South | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Floating Records | Roots Rock |
| 93 | Free Love | Sylvan Esso | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
| 94 | SOUND & FURY | Sturgill Simpson | Elektra | Alternative Rock |
| 95 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 96 | Without Fear | Dermot Kennedy | UMG | Alternative Rock |
| 97 | Holy Smokes Future Jokes | Blitzen Trapper | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 98 | My Getaway | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 99 | Are You in Love? | Basia Bulat | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 100 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 101 | Sister | Puss N Boots | UMG | Alternative Rock |
| 102 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Merge | Alternative Rock |
| 103 | All That Emotion | Hannah Georgas | Brassland | Alternative Rock |
| 104 | Help Us Stranger | The Raconteurs | Third Man | Alternative Rock |
| 105 | All Mirrors | Angel Olsen | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Rock |
| 106 | Country Squire | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler | Roots Rock |
| 107 | The Road | Anthony Arya | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 108 | Fall Like Rain | Martin Sexton | Kitchen Table | Roots Rock |
| 109 | From Liberty Street | Mapache | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
| 110 | Women in Music Pt. III | Haim | Sony | Alternative Rock |
| 111 | Christian | Allan Rayman | 512 Productions | Alternative Rock |
| 112 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden | Dirty Mag | Alternative Rock |
| 113 | I Am Afraid to Die | Freddy & Francine | Brad Paul Media | Roots Rock |
| 114 | Dixie Blur | Jonathan Wilson | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
| 115 | Deep Down Happy | Sports Team | Bright Antenna | Alternative Rock |
| 116 | Busyhead | Noah Kahan | Republic | Alternative Rock |
| 117 | Beginners | Christian Lee Hutson | Anti | Alternative Rock |
| 118 | Caretakers | Pete Yorn | Shelly | Alternative Rock |
| 119 | Father of All... | Green Day | Reprise | Alternative Rock |
| 120 | Such Pretty Forks in the Road | Alanis Morissette | Crush | Alternative Rock |
| 121 | Impossible Blue | Gurf Morlix | Rootball | Roots Rock |
| 122 | Invisible People | Chicano Batman | ATO | Alternative Rock |
| 123 | The Main Thing | Real Estate | Domino | Alternative Rock |
| 124 | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? | Fantastic Negrito | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Rock |
| 125 | Earth | EOB | Capitol | Alternative Rock |
| 126 | I'm the One | Carrington MacDuffie | Pointy Head | Roots Rock |
| 127 | Wildflowers: All the Rest | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner | Roots Rock |
| 128 | In Isolation | Elle King | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| 129 | The Best of Everything - the Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty - Greatest Hits | Pop Rock |
| 130 | Made of Rain | The Psychedelic Furs | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Rock |
| 131 | Bury the Moon | Ásgeir | One Little Indian | Alternative Rock |
| 132 | Live | Moses Guest | Sclanard | Jam Band |
| 133 | Aloha | Son Little | Anti | Alternative Rock |
| 134 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| 135 | There Will Come Soft Rains | Esme Patterson | BMG | Soft Rock |
| 136 | There is No Other… | Isobel Campbell | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Rock |
| 137 | Songs from the Exile | Dalton Domino | Lightning Rod | Roots Rock |
| 138 | Natural Affair | The Growlers | Beach Goth | Alternative Rock |
| 139 | Making a Door Less Open | Car Seat Headrest | Matador | Alternative Rock |
| 140 | Wasteland, Baby! | Hozier | Rubyworks | Alternative Rock |
| 141 | Other Girls | Lillie Mae | Third Man | Roots Rock |
| 142 | Wild Flower | Tyler T. | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| 143 | Servants of the Sun | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow | Roots Rock |
| 144 | Thrilled to Be Here | Bailen | Fantasy | Alternative Rock |
| 145 | What is There | Delta Spirit | New West | Alternative Rock |
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