The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 11, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 5 | 5 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| - | 6 | 6 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 7 | 7 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 8 | 13 | Love in Wartime | Birds Of Chicago | Signature Sounds | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 9 | 12 | Royal Mint | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | Old Salt Union | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 14 | 11 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Wondering About the Weather | Jared Rabin | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | Roughhousin' | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator | Blues |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Crooked Love | Ike Reilly | Rock Ridge | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Castles | Lissie | Lionboy | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Blues Superman | Jamiah Rogers | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Brett Eldredge | Brett Eldredge | Atlantic | Hot Country |
| ▲ | 21 | 23 | Your Great Name | Todd Dulaney | Entertainment One | Contemporary Gospel |
| ▲ | 22 | 25 | Make Room | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| *NEW* | 23 | - | A Great Work | Brian Courtney Wilson | Motown Gospel | Gospel |
| ▼ | 24 | 22 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 25 | 27 | L.Y.A. | Mucca Pazza | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 26 | 44 | Rattleshake | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 27 | 24 | Right Place, Right Time | Monster Mike Welch & Mike Ledbetter | Delta Groove | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | Quarter Past Tonight | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 31 | Universal Favorite | Noam Pikelny | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 31 | - | Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Joe Jencks | Turtle Bear Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 8 | Tribute to Carey Bell | Lurrie Bell | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 33 | 46 | Blues Immigrant | Matthew Skoller | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 34 | 33 | Ain’t Ready for the Grave | Hurricane Ruth | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 35 | 28 | Come Back Baby | Linsey Alexander | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| - | 36 | 36 | Dounia Tabolo | Boubacar Traore | LusAfrica | World |
| ▲ | 37 | - | The Chicago Way | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 38 | 40 | Blues with a Mood | Big Bill Morganfield | Black Shuck Records | Electric Blues |
| ▲ | 39 | 41 | The Power of the Blues...Feels Like a Hurricane | Hurricane Ruth | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 40 | 42 | Let's Talk About Love | Lurrie Bell | Unknown | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 41 | 43 | Jump Start | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 42 | - | Manifesto | Joe Moss | 212 Records | Chicago Blues |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | Night Beat | Sam Cooke | BMG | Soul |
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