The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 20, 2019
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Going Back Home | Benny Turner & Cash McCall | Nola Blue | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | Drop the Hammer | Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers | Big Eye | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Do the Hip-Shake Baby! | Bob Corritore | Vizztone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 4 | 8 | Sugar Queen LIVE | Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band | Michele De Bruijn | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 10 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▼ | 7 | 3 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | Chicago Rambler | Tomislav Goluban | Spona | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | My Finest Work Yet | Andrew Bird | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Illusions | The Way Down Wanderers | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Trialogue | Andrew Lawrence | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 12 | 15 | Soulophone | Chicago Soul Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | Brett Eldredge | Brett Eldredge | Atlantic | Hot Country |
| ▲ | 14 | 23 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 15 | - | The Devil Ain't Got No Music | Lurrie Bell | Aria B. G. | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 16 | 16 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 17 | - | This Time | Bryan Andrew Wilson | Bryan's Songs | Gospel |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | Make Room | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | A Great Work | Brian Courtney Wilson | Motown Gospel | Gospel |
| - | 20 | 20 | Old Salt Union | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Modern Flows, Vol. 2 | Marquis Hill | Black Unlimited | Jazz |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Hues of Blues | David Lumsden | Self-Release | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 23 | 25 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 33 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 25 | 27 | Ben There, Done That (Live Around the World) | Ben Sidran | Unlimited Media | Jazz |
| ▲ | 26 | 29 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 27 | 38 | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 28 | 12 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 29 | 26 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| - | 30 | 30 | My Mood is You | Freddy Cole | HighNote | Jazz |
| - | 31 | 31 | Superheroes | Randy Waldman | BFM | Jazz |
| ▼ | 32 | 22 | When I'm Alone: the Piano Retrospective | Lissie | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 33 | 28 | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Times Have Changed | Ronnie Baker Brooks | Provogue | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | Ain’t Ready for the Grave | Hurricane Ruth | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 36 | 34 | The Power of the Blues...Feels Like a Hurricane | Hurricane Ruth | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 37 | 35 | Holding Court | The Cash Box Kings | Blind Pig Records | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | Winds of Change | Hurricane Ruth | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Livin' on a High Note | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | Crooked Love | Ike Reilly | Rock Ridge | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 41 | 40 | Nothin' Left to Lose | Khalif Wailin Walter | Pepper Cake | Chicago Blues |
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