The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 14, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 2 | 2 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 3 | 3 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| - | 4 | 4 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 5 | 5 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Nightbird | The Bankesters | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 7 | 10 | Love in Wartime | Birds Of Chicago | Signature Sounds | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Castles | Lissie | Lionboy | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | Right Place, Right Time | Monster Mike Welch & Mike Ledbetter | Delta Groove | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| - | 11 | 11 | Royal Mint | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 12 | 22 | Ain’t Ready for the Grave | Hurricane Ruth | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 13 | 40 | 340 Blues | Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band | Self-Release | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 15 | 13 | Brett Eldredge | Brett Eldredge | Atlantic | Hot Country |
| ▼ | 16 | 14 | Old Salt Union | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 17 | 27 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Make Room | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| ▲ | 19 | 26 | Night After Night | Corey Dennison | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 20 | 17 | Blues Superman | Jamiah Rogers | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 21 | 18 | Your Great Name | Todd Dulaney | Entertainment One | Contemporary Gospel |
| ▼ | 22 | 19 | Saint or Sinner | Sir The Baptist | Atlantic | Christian Rap |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Islands | Rob Clearfield | Rob Clearfield | Jazz |
| ▲ | 24 | 34 | Dounia Tabolo | Boubacar Traore | LusAfrica | World |
| ▲ | 25 | - | "For Pops" a Tribute to Muddy Waters | Mud Morganfield | Severn Records | Blues |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Terrible Human Beings | The Orwells | Atlantic Recording | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Livin' on a High Note | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | The Power of the Blues...Feels Like a Hurricane | Hurricane Ruth | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Rising Son | Big Bill Morganfield | BLIND PIG RECORDS | Electric Blues |
| - | 30 | 30 | For Better, or Worse | John Prine | Oh Boy | Americana Country |
| - | 31 | 31 | The Blues Don't Care | Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 32 | - | The Tolono Tapes | Kilborn Alley Blues Band | Run It Back | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 33 | 23 | Life Ain't That Long | Rich Krueger | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 34 | 15 | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 35 | 24 | Safety Fifth | Mucca Pazza | Electric Cowbell | Jazz |
| ▼ | 36 | 32 | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 37 | 33 | Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Joe Jencks | Turtle Bear Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | John the Conquer Root | Toronzo Cannon | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Sweet & Sour Blues | Charles Wilson | Blues Critic Records | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | Manifesto | Joe Moss | 212 Records | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | The Road So Far | Allan Frank | Apple Farm Music | True Country |
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