The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard Road | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Red Zero |
| 2 | Bloom | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 3 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | Southeastern |
| 4 | Paper Doll | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 5 | Wake the Dead | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
| 6 | Road Trip | Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones | Self-Release |
| 7 | The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy | James McMurtry | New West |
| 8 | Saving Grace | Robert Plant | Nonesuch |
| 9 | Have a Good Time Tonight | Sandy Atkinson | Self-Release |
| 10 | Million Voices Whisper | Warren Haynes | Fantasy |
| 11 | Big Top | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | VSM |
| 12 | Spirits | The Devil Makes Three | New West |
| 13 | A Foolish Inconsistency | Ed Rawlings | Riff Raft |
| 14 | Planting by the Signs | S.G. Goodman | Slough Water |
| 15 | Keep Both Hands on the Wheel | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Guitar One |
| 16 | Bleeds | Wednesday | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | Olustee | JJ Grey & Mofro | Alligator |
| 18 | Heart of the Eternal | A.J. Croce | Seedling |
| 19 | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Self-Release |
| 20 | Double Infinity | Big Thief | 4AD |
| 21 | Owls, Omens, and Oracles | Valerie June | Concord |
| 22 | Copper Changes Color | Caamp | By and By |
| 23 | Somewhere | Caamp | By and By |
| 24 | Life is Just a Vapor | Paul Thorn | Perpetual Obscurity |
| 25 | Still + Bright | Amythyst Kiah | Rounder |
| 26 | Sticks and Stones | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | 6 Ace |
| 27 | Live 2025 | The Blues Project | Globe |
| 28 | Heart is the Hero | The Wood Brothers | Honey Jar |
| 29 | Stories from a Rock and Roll Heart | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
| 30 | American Romance | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Sony |
| 31 | Leaving Time | Shinyribs | Nine Mile |
| 32 | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | Rounder |
| 33 | Nite Owls | JD McPherson | New West |
| 34 | Dance to the Rhythm | Ana Popovic | Electric Heel |
| 35 | Crooked Boy | Ringo Starr | UMe |
| 36 | Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams | Patterson Hood | ATO |
| 37 | South of Here | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| 38 | The Dawning | Steven Troch Band | Donor |
| 39 | Tequila and Bullets | Jay Hooks | Joplin Street Music |
| 40 | Flash-A-Magic | Luke Winslow-King | Bloodshot |
| 41 | White Cadillac | The Ripcords | Self-Release |
| 42 | I Ain't Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1) | Tom Ciurczak | Ludlow TFC |
| 43 | Reckoners | Reckoners | Uptown Sound |
| 44 | Tracksuit Formal | Aris Paul Band | Red Caiman Media |
| 45 | Winged Victory | Willi Carlisle | Signature Sounds |
| 46 | Woodland | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | Acony |
| 47 | Live from the Ryman, Vol. 2 | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
| 48 | I Ain’t Ever Growing Up Vol. II | Tom Ciurczak | Ludlow FTC |
| 49 | Long Shadows | Roger Street Friedman | The Playroom |
| 50 | Little by Little | Ward Hayden & the Outliers | Self-Release |
| 51 | Medium Raw | Early James | Easy Eye Sound |
| 52 | Neon Cowgirl | Tami Neilson | Outside |
| 53 | In Love at Zero Degrees | Gurf Morlix | Crankbait |
| 54 | The Universal Fire | Jeffrey Foucault | Fluff and Gravy |
| 55 | The Rock 'n' Roll Philosopher | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 56 | Rituals | Watchhouse | Tiptoe Tiger |
| 57 | Resurrection | Los Lonely Boys | BMG |
| 58 | Puff of Smoke | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
| 59 | Gone Too Long | Doghouse Sam & His Magnatones | Self-Release |
| 60 | Established 1972 | The Nighthawks | VizzTone |
| 61 | Darling Blue | Marcus King | Republic |
| 62 | Yorick | Tom Ciurczak | Self-Release |
| 63 | The Trust of Crows | Otis Gibbs | Wanamaker |
| 64 | Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes | Robert Jon & The Wreck | Journeyman |
| 65 | Just a Stranger | Cash & Skye | Little Record Company |
| 66 | Sirens | The Wild Feathers | New West |
| 67 | And Now | Grant Lyle | Self-Release |
| 68 | Made by These Moments | The Red Clay Strays | RCA |
| 69 | Strangers No More, Vol. 2 | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Tone Tree |
| 70 | Burn It Down | Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers | Self-Release |
| 71 | Comic Book Cowboy | Lera Lynn | Ruby Range |
| 72 | More Love | FreeWorld | Swirldisc |
| 73 | From the Hellhole | Marshall Crenshaw | Yep Roc |
| 74 | Life Behind Bars | Vandoliers | Break Maiden |
| 75 | Kaw-Fis Bruth-Urs | The Coffis Brothers | Self-Release |
| 76 | Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (John's Version) | John Fogerty | Concord Music |
| 77 | Rewind Forward | Ringo Starr | Roccabella |
| 78 | Lucky | Jeff Jolly Band | Self-Release |
| 79 | I Got Something to Say | Leanne Binder | LadyMoon |
| 80 | Radio Waves | The Bones of J.R. Jones | Tone Tree |
| 81 | In the Hour of Dust | Grant Lee Phillips | Yep Roc |
| 82 | Seventy | Paul Kelly | Cooking Vinyl |
| 83 | Heartbreakers Beach Party: the Soundtrack | Tom Petty | UMG |
| 84 | Be Right Here | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
| 85 | Kingdom in My Mind | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
| 86 | Longtime Friend | The Wildmans | New West |
| 87 | Wild Birds Warble | Jubal Lee Young | 7 Bridges Ent. |
| 88 | TexiCali (feat. the Guilty Ones) | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Yep Roc |
| 89 | PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't over Til It Ends Edition) | Royel Otis | OURNESS |
| 90 | Pour It out into the Night | The Revivalists | Concord |
| 91 | Ship to Shore | Richard Thompson | New West |
| 92 | Rebel Rose | Travis Roberts | New West |
| 93 | Cookin' and Dancin' | Lord Bolt | Sound Vision |
| 94 | Main Attraction | Rosy Nolan | Treble in Mind |
| 95 | Cactus Lee | Cactus Lee | Western Vinyl |
| 96 | Dog Eared | Billie Marten | Fiction |
| 97 | More Acoustic Junk | Cowboy Junkies | Cooking Vinyl |
| 98 | Mood Swings | Marcus King | Republic |
| 99 | If It All Works out | Sir Woman | ONErpm |
| 100 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
| 101 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | Chrysali |
| 102 | Tell It to the Wind | Joy Clark | Righteous Babe |
| 103 | Refugia Blues | Nick Shoulders | Gar Hole |
| 104 | Simple Things | The Band of Heathens | BoH |
| 105 | Find What You Need | The Gravel Project | Self-Release |
| 106 | Paradise Breakdown | Randall Bramblett | Strolling Bones |
| 107 | Debbie Downers | Jonny Fritz | Gar Hole |
| 108 | Great Big Sky | Brian Grilli | Rugby |
| 109 | Thank the Lord… It’s the Pink Stones | The Pink Stones | New West |
| 110 | Ten Paces | Ruen Brothers | Yep Roc |
| 111 | Mantras | Katie Pruitt | Rounder |
| 112 | Between Time | Steve Louw | Self-Release |
| 113 | Blackjack David | Dave Alvin | Craft |
| 114 | Vultures of Love | Karl Blau | Otherly Love |
| 115 | Soul of a Nation | Murali Coryell | Self-Release |
| 116 | Moment of Truth | The Red Clay Strays | Thirty Tigers |
| 117 | Pepper Tree Hill | The Boxmasters | Keytone |
| 118 | Picasso's Villa | Anders Osborne | 501 Record Club |
| 119 | Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs | BMG |
| 120 | End of the World | Jim Keller | Self-Release |
| 121 | World's Gone Wrong | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
| 122 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 123 | Change is Now: a Tribute to the Byrds | Christian Parker | Sub Cat |
| 124 | Black and Blue - the Brick Hill Sessions | Digney Fignus | MTS |
| 125 | Homemade | Cody Dickinson | Strong Place |
| 126 | Times Have Changed | Charlie Mars | Foxgate |
| 127 | Smoking Gun | Euphoria Station | Self-Release |
| 128 | Paul Cebar | Paul Cebar | Storysound |
| 129 | Your Picture | The Sha La Das | Diamond Wes |
| 130 | Teeth Marks | S.G. Goodman | Verve Forecast |
| 131 | Defiance Part 2: Fiction | Ian Hunter | Sun |
| 132 | Defiance, Pt. 1 | Ian Hunter | Sun Label |
| 133 | Live at the Fillmore, 1997 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner |
| 134 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside |
| 135 | Ten Ton Groove Thing | Joe Candelario | Mad Hare |
| 136 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 137 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | Ramseur |
| 138 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista |
| 139 | Starlight Tour | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 140 | Love Calling | Darden Smith | Compass Music |
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