The Roots Music Report's
Top Classic Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talkin' Heavy | D.K. Harrell | Alligator |
| 2 | Need to Know | Yates McKendree | Qualified |
| 3 | Bring It on Back to Me | John Brennan | Guitar One |
| 4 | Sleeping While the River Runs | Mother Blues With Gerald McClendon | Sleeping Dog |
| 5 | Outdated Emotion | Delbert McClinton | Hot Shot |
| 6 | Happy Hour | Mitch Woods | Momojo |
| 7 | One Way Ride | John Brennan | Guitar One |
| 8 | Teardrops for Magic Slim | John Primer | Blue House |
| 9 | Stripped Down in Memphis | Big Jack Johnson | M.C. |
| 10 | Toronto Bound | Sugar Brown | Sugar Brown |
| 11 | Brand New Shoes | Cat Wells Blues Band | Self Release |
| 12 | The Right Man | D.K. Harrell | Little Village |
| 13 | Back to Baton Rouge | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin | Nola Blue |
| 14 | Don't Need but One | Kim Field and the Perfect Gentlemen | Blues Dream |
| 15 | Slow Burn | Kim Wilson | M.C. |
| 16 | Over the Hill | The Too Bad Jims | Thunder Town |
| 17 | Roll with Me | Duke Robillard | Stony Plain |
| 18 | Get off My Lawn | The Love Dogs | Edward Scheer |
| 19 | May Be the Last Time | John Németh | NOLA Blues |
| 20 | Cooking with Gas | Big Harp George | Blues Mountain |
| 21 | Baby Please Come Home | Jimmie Vaughan | The Last Music Company |
| 22 | These Hard Times Will Come to Pass | D. Scott Riggs | Self-Release |
| 23 | Nowhere Left to Go | Brothers Brown | Woodward Avenue |
| 24 | In Session (Deluxe Edition / Remastered 2024) | Albert King | Craft |
| 25 | Real Trap Blues | Neck Barham | Self-Release |
| 26 | Brother Johnny | Edgar Winter | Quarto Valley |
| 27 | That's My Name | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters | Delmark |
| 28 | Buchanan Lane | Yates McKendree | Qualified |
| 29 | Thanks for Tomorrow | Harrison Kennedy | Electro-Fi |
| 30 | Hard Times | John Primer | Blues House |
| 31 | Ace of Blues | Angela Strehli | New West |
| 32 | Live at Rosa's | Linsey Alexander | Delmark |
| 33 | 100 Years of Blues | Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite | Alligator |
| 34 | Keep Moving on | Deuce 'n a Quarter | 225 Entertainment |
| 35 | Porch Sessions, Vol. 2 | Tony Holiday | Blue Heart |
| 36 | Church of the Blues | Watermelon Slim | Northern Blues |
| 37 | If You Can't Be Good, Be Good at It! | Mick Kolassa | Endless Blues |
| 38 | Postcard from Beale Street | Eric Hughes Band | Endless Blues |
| 39 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Spider in My Stew | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 40 | Bigman | Big Llou Johnson | Golden Voice |
| 41 | Blues Medicine | Little Freddie King | MadeWright |
| 42 | Original Dap King | Ernie Vincent | Cornelius Chapel |
| 43 | Unfinished Business | Rhythm Krewe | Rhombus |
| 44 | For Love and Money | Harpdog Brown | Dog House |
| 45 | Live at Hermann’s | David Vest | Cordova Bay |
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