The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of May 17, 2025
1 ▲ LW 2 |  | Send a Prayer My Way by: Julien Baker & TORRES Buy Now:   | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
2 ▼ LW 1 |  | For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) by: Japanese Breakfast Buy Now: | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
3 - LW 3 |  | Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory by: Sharon Van Etten Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 - LW 4 |  | RUSHMERE by: Mumford & Sons Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
5 ▲ LW 7 |  | Thee Black Boltz by: Tunde Adebimpe Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 ▼ LW 5 |  | Return to Zero by: Neal Francis Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 ▲ LW 8 |  | SABLE, FABLE by: Bon Iver Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 ▼ LW 6 |  | Is by: My Morning Jacket Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 - LW 9 |  | Welcome to the Family by: Michael Franti & Spearhead Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 - LW 10 |  | Moisturizer by: Wet Leg Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 - LW 11 |  | Phonetics on and on by: Horsegirl Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 - LW 12 |  | The Scholars by: Car Seat Headrest Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 - LW 13 |  | Automatic by: The Lumineers Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 - LW 14 |  | Boys These Days by: Sports Team Buy Now: | Label: Bright Antenna Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 - LW 15 |  | Better Dreaming by: Tune-Yards Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 - LW 16 |  | Lost & Found by: Free Range Buy Now: | Label: Mick Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 - LW 17 |  | Slipper Imp and Shakaerator by: Babe Rainbow Buy Now: | Label: pdoom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 - LW 18 |  | If You Asked for a Picture by: Blondshell Buy Now: | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 - LW 19 |  | Hope We Have Fun by: Mt. Joy Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 - LW 20 |  | Phantom Island by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Buy Now: | Label: p(doom) Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 ▲ LW 24 |  | Billboard Heart by: Deep Sea Diver Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 ▲ LW 25 |  | Alternative History: a Cracker Retrospective by: Cracker Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 ▲ LW 26 |  | Rome by: The National Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 ▲ LW 27 |  | Cowards by: Squid Buy Now: | Label: Warp Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 ▲ LW 28 |  | DOGGOD by: L.A. WITCH Buy Now: | Label: Suicide Squeeze Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 *NEW* LW - |  | More by: Pulp Buy Now: | Label: Rough Trade Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 ▲ LW 29 |  | Dan's Boogie by: Destroyer Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 ▲ LW 30 |  | Tripla by: Miki Berenyi Trio Buy Now: | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 ▲ LW 31 |  | Ginkgo by: Panchiko Buy Now: | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 ▲ LW 32 |  | Lefty by: Penny & Sparrow Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 ▲ LW 33 |  | Glutton for Punishment by: Heartworms Buy Now: | Label: Speedy Wunderground Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 ▲ LW 34 |  | Better Wonder by: Kestrels Buy Now: | Label: Darla Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 ▲ LW 36 |  | No Name by: Jack White Buy Now: | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 ▲ LW 37 |  | Battery Lane by: Zack Keim Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 ▲ LW 38 |  | Ten Small Fractures by: Human Drama Buy Now: | Label: Bob Frank Ent Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 ▲ LW 39 |  | Moneyball by: Dutch Interior Buy Now: | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 ▼ LW 23 |  | Songs of a Lost World by: The Cure Buy Now: | Label: Polydor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 ▲ LW 41 |  | Everybody Needs a Hero by: Orla Gartland Buy Now: | Label: New Friends Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 ▲ LW 42 |  | Five Mile Point by: Unlettered Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 ▼ LW 21 |  | Perpetual Motion by: Phantoms Buy Now: | Label: Foreign Family Collective Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 ▲ LW 43 |  | 12 by: White Denim Buy Now: | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 ▼ LW 22 |  | Heavy Metal by: Cameron Winter Buy Now: | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 ▼ LW 35 |  | The Human Fear by: Franz Ferdinand Buy Now: | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 ▲ LW 45 |  | Dotr by: LP Giobbi Buy Now: | Label: Counter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 ▲ LW 46 |  | Manning Fireworks by: MJ Lenderman Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 ▲ LW 47 |  | Glory by: Perfume Genius Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 ▲ LW 48 |  | Two Star & the Dream Police by: Mk.gee Buy Now: | Label: Two Star & The Dream Police Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 ▲ LW 49 |  | In Plain Sight by: Neal Francis Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 ▲ LW 50 |  | Horror by: Bartees Strange Buy Now: | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 ▼ LW 40 |  | Forever is a Feeling by: Lucy Dacus Buy Now: | Label: Geffen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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