The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heart is the Hero | The Wood Brothers | Honey Jar |
| 2 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
| 3 | Simple Things | The Band of Heathens | BoH |
| 4 | Get Behind the Wheel | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds |
| 5 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 6 | Moments in Time | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release |
| 7 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 8 | Pour It out into the Night | The Revivalists | Concord |
| 9 | Love Hope Trust | Roger Street Friedman | Self-Release |
| 10 | Keep on Pushin' | Johnny Wheels & the Swamp Donkeys | Lightning in a Bottle |
| 11 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | Chrysali |
| 12 | Lucky 13 | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release |
| 13 | O Sun O Moon | Bruce Cockburn | True North |
| 14 | Tunes for a Dime | David Ronaldo | Fandango Music Belgium |
| 15 | Stories from a Rock and Roll Heart | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
| 16 | Grass Roots | Leftover Salmon | Compass |
| 17 | Time Ain't Accidental | Jess Williamson | Mexican Summer |
| 18 | The Beginning of the End | The Pleasures | MGM |
| 19 | Only the Strong Survive | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| 20 | Honest Lies | Justin Saladino Band | Self-Release |
| 21 | In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger | Bob Schneider | Shockorama |
| 22 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | Ramseur |
| 23 | Palomino | First Aid Kit | Columbia |
| 24 | Breakless Heart | Brett Spaulding | Self-Release |
| 25 | Alone at Sea | Jeff Plankenhorn | Blue Corn |
| 26 | Turn My Radio Up | The Coffis Brothers | Blue Rose |
| 27 | Young Blood | Marcus King | American Recordings |
| 28 | Mother Road | Grace Potter | Fantasy |
| 29 | On the Blind Side | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release |
| 30 | This Far South | Tommy Prine | Nameless Knight |
| 31 | Should've Learned by Now | Lucero | Liberty & Lament |
| 32 | El Mirador | Calexico | Anti |
| 33 | Handled with Care | Jason Lang | Famgroup |
| 34 | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Self-Release |
| 35 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| 36 | Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
| 37 | Nobody Owns You | Joan Osborne | Womanly Hips |
| 38 | Live at the Shamrock Lounge | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations | Self-Release |
| 39 | Times Have Changed | Charlie Mars | Foxgate |
| 40 | Going Places | Josh Rouse | Yep Roc |
| 41 | Little Songs | Colter Wall | Black Hole |
| 42 | Old Cane Back Rocker | Darrell Scott | Soundly |
| 43 | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | Tyler Childers | Sony |
| 44 | Love Songs for Losers | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone |
| 45 | That and Change | Kelly Fitzgerald | Self-Release |
| 46 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
| 47 | Rat Saw God | Wednesday | Dead Oceans |
| 48 | Milky Stars | Michael McArthur | Transoceanic |
| 49 | You Know Who | The Pink Stones | Normalltown |
| 50 | Pieces of Treasure | Rickie Lee Jones | BMG |
| 51 | Coyote | Dylan LeBlanc | ATO |
| 52 | Star Eaters Delight | Lael Neale | Sub Pop |
| 53 | Festival Eyes | Lillie Mae | s||c |
| 54 | Garden Party | Rose City Band | Thrill Jockey |
| 55 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside |
| 56 | Swinging Stars | Mapache | Innovative Leisure |
| 57 | From a Dark Corner | Nathan Mongol Wells | State Fair |
| 58 | Late Night TV Gold | Shinyribs | Easy Street |
| 59 | What Matters Most | Ben Folds | New West |
| 60 | Dreamland | Amos Lee | Dualtone |
| 61 | Stardust and Satellites | Steve Poltz | Red House |
| 62 | Avondale Drive | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass |
| 63 | Ten Paces | Ruen Brothers | Yep Roc |
| 64 | Shadow Kingdom | Bob Dylan | Columbia |
| 65 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 66 | Transit Damage | Shinyribs | Hardcharger |
| 67 | Resurrection | Los Lonely Boys | BMG |
| 68 | Exit Wounds | The Wallflowers | New West |
| 69 | Nashville Again | The Youngers | Let It Roll |
| 70 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | StorySound |
| 71 | Strangers No More | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Magnolia |
| 72 | Waiting on a Miracle | Tim Flannery | Whalebone |
| 73 | Working My Way Down | Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion | Self-Release |
| 74 | Rumours (Live) | Fleetwood Mac | Warner |
| 75 | Only Dead for a Little While | Jon Dee Graham | Strolling Bones |
| 76 | Caveman | Gurf Morlix | Rootball |
| 77 | Strictly a One-Eyed Jack | John Mellencamp | Republic |
| 78 | The Art of Feeling Blue | Bob Bradshaw | Fluke |
| 79 | TexiCali (feat. the Guilty Ones) | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Yep Roc |
| 80 | Dockside | Jonah Tolchin | Clover |
| 81 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord |
| 82 | Circles & the Flames | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
| 83 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes | Self-Release |
| 84 | Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges | Blue Corn |
| 85 | Outside Spectrum | The Empty Pockets | MT Pockets |
| 86 | Hair on Fire | Jake La Botz | Under the El |
| 87 | I Ain't Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1) | Tom Ciurczak | Ludlow TFC |
| 88 | Fragments - Time out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): the Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 | Bob Dylan | Columbia |
| 89 | Weed, Wine & Time | Caleb Elliott | Single Lock |
| 90 | The Sea Between Us | Elliott Blaufuss | Self-Release |
| 91 | The Million Things That Never Happened | Billy Bragg | Cooking Vinyl |
| 92 | Lucky | Jeff Jolly Band | Self-Release |
| 93 | Back on the Road to You | Freedy Johnston | Forty Below |
| 94 | Established 1972 | The Nighthawks | VizzTone |
| 95 | The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild Dogs | The Weber Brothers | Self-Release |
| 96 | Burn These Bridges | Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers | Self-Release |
| 97 | Hits and Misses | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc |
| 98 | Game is on | Cabela and Schmitt | Self-Release |
| 99 | Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again | Lydia Loveless | Bloodshot |
| 100 | Angels & Queens | Gabriels | Atlas Artists |
| 101 | If These Walls Could Talk | Luke Winslow-King | Ghost River |
| 102 | The Harvest | Afton Wolfe | Grandiflora |
| 103 | Live at the Fillmore, 1997 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner |
| 104 | Teeth Marks | S.G. Goodman | Verve Forecast |
| 105 | Help…I'm Alive | The Boxmasters | Thirty Tigers |
| 106 | Howdies All Around | The Howdies | Normalltown |
| 107 | 'Til June | Prateek | Self-Release |
| 108 | Rewind Forward | Ringo Starr | Roccabella |
| 109 | I/O (Bright-Side and Dark-Side Mixes) | Peter Gabriel | Real World |
| 110 | Lava Lamp | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc |
| 111 | Can't Stop Time | Eric Hisaw Band | Self-Release |
| 112 | A Step Behind | Alex Blizzy | Self-Release |
| 113 | The Other Side | Christian Lopez Band | Paradox |
| 114 | Dusty Afternoon | Root Cellar Xtract | Self-Release |
| 115 | Rough Time | Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers | Self-Release |
| 116 | Human Question | The Yawpers | Bloodshot |
| 117 | Wild Flower | Tyler T. | Self-Release |
| 118 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Willie Nile | River House |
| 119 | Rockin' Legacy, Vol. 1 | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 120 | A Friend from out of Town | Beaver Nelson | Ellipses |
| 121 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista |
| 122 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | New West |
| 123 | Be Right Here | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
| 124 | Waiting for the Daylight | Erja Lyytinen | Tuohi |
| 125 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Teenage Fanclub | Merge |
| 126 | For Work or Love | The Commonheart | Jullian |
| 127 | Ozark Symphony | Kelly Hunt | Compass |
| 128 | Nightroamer | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Thirty Tigers |
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