The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 California Album Chart
for the Week of Nov 17, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Hold on | Kirk Fletcher | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | All of This Life | The Record Company | Concord | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 3 | 6 | No Mercy in This Land | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Anti | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Downey to Lubbock | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Yep Roc | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Horrible World | Kathy Kallick Band | Live Oak | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 6 | 9 | Chains Are Broken | The Devil Makes Three | New West | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 7 | 2 | Journeys to the Heart of the Blues | Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz & Giles Robson | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Uptown Cool | Big Harp George | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Living with Your Ghost | Kara Grainger | Station House | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 10 | 5 | Something Smells Funky 'Round Here | Elvin Bishop | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Shades | Doyle Bramhall II | Provogue | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Let It Go | Bernard Allison | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 13 | 21 | The Modern Lives Vol. 2 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Everything I Could Never Say... | lovelytheband | Another Century | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 15 | 19 | Still I Rise | Brigitte Purdy | Dirtshack | Blues Rock |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Beth Hart | Mascot | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 17 | 16 | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Concord | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 18 | 14 | Shooter | Shooter Jennings | Elektra | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | The Modern Lives, Vol. 1 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 20 | - | Keb' Mo' | Keb Mo | Sony Music | Blues |
| ▼ | 21 | 17 | Live from the 805 | Alastair Greene | Rip Cat | Blues Rock |
| - | 22 | 22 | Sex & Cigarettes | Toni Braxton | Def Jam | Soul |
| - | 23 | 23 | Chorus | The Mother Hips | Blue Rose Music | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | New Change | Sarah Reich | Tap Music Productions | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 26 | - | Look Twice | Saverio Maccne | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| - | 27 | 27 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 28 | 35 | Hard Truth | Coco Montoya | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | Roll with It | The Coffis Brothers | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 30 | 20 | Red Pill Blues | Maroon 5 | Interscope | Adult Contemporary |
| ▲ | 31 | 54 | All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do | The Milk Carton Kids | Anti | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 12 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 33 | 24 | Raising Our Voice | Yellowjackets | Mack Avenue | Jazz |
| ▼ | 34 | 32 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Atlantic | Pop |
| ▲ | 36 | 40 | Electric Café | En Vogue | En Vogue | Soul |
| ▲ | 37 | 38 | Blind Spot | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 38 | 33 | Keep Pushing | Artur Menezes | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 39 | 36 | No Rain, No Rose | John Craigie | Zabriskie Point | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | Lo Fi Dreams | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Shoeless | Country Blues |
| ▼ | 41 | 37 | We3 (Live) | Dennis Jones | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 42 | 30 | All I Got for Christmas is the Blues | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Pretty Good For A Girl | Christmas |
| - | 43 | 43 | Like Hell It's Yours | Jacki Stone | El Hefe Music | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 44 | 29 | Traces | Steve Perry | Fantasy | Adult Contemporary |
| ▼ | 45 | 44 | Ride out the Storm | Kaz Murphy | Barn Wall Media | True Country |
| ▼ | 46 | 45 | Restless | David Luning | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | Hey Karma | Michael Gaither | Miracle Mile | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 48 | 47 | Great White Noise | The Sam Chase & the Untraditional | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 49 | 52 | Balancing Act | Judy Nazemetz | Smokey Lady Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | That's What Love Can Do to Your Heart | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements | Kabeauty Music | Contemporary Folk |
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