The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | Nothing's About to Happen to Me by: Mitski   | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Hard Road by: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Label: Red Zero Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Getting Killed by: Geese | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | World's Gone Wrong by: Lucinda Williams | Label: Highway 20 Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist:  |
5 |  | Keep Both Hands on the Wheel by: Babaux and The Peacemakers | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Twilight Override by: Jeff Tweedy | Label: dBpm Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Hen's Teeth by: Iron & Wine | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Saving Grace by: Robert Plant | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Bleeds by: Wednesday | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Little Wide Open by: Kevin Morby | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Copper Changes Color by: Caamp | Label: By and By Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Snocaps by: Snocaps | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Belong by: Jay Som | Label: Polyvinyl Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | The Mountain by: Gorillaz | Label: Kong Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Doctrine of Love by: Jalen Ngonda | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Singin' to an Empty Chair by: Ratboys | Label: New West Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | All Before Yesterday by: PK Mayo | Label: New Folk Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Red River by: Matthew Patrick | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Best of Our Possible Lives by: Boy Golden | Label: Six Shooter Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Tell the Devil by: Royal & Toulouse | Label: Little Town Sound Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | SHISH by: Portugal. The Man | Label: KNIK Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | An Eraser and a Maze by: Modest Mouse | Label: Glacial Pace Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist:  |
23 |  | Established 1972 by: The Nighthawks | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Pet by: Big Richard | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | The Womack Sisters by: The Womack Sisters | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Everybody Scream by: Florence + the Machine | Label: Polydor Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Through the Fear and Famine by: Neville Campbell-Barker | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Progressive Rock Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | For the First Time, Again by: Tyler Ballgame | Label: Rough Trade Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Blues for Breakfast by: Lance and Lea | Label: Dream Loud Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Peaches! by: The Black Keys | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | EP #2 by: Kings of Leon | Label: Love Tap Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | The Clearing by: Wolf Alice | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Big Top by: Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Label: VSM Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Welcome to My Blue Sky by: Momma | Label: 2025 Polyviny Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Ricochet by: Snail Mail | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Coast of Light by: Luke Winslow-King | Label: Bloodshot Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Soul of a Nation by: Murali Coryell | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Heaven 2 by: Lala Lala | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Who is the Sky? by: David Byrne | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Muscle Shoals Record Shop by: Copperhead Six Project | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Lost Cause Lover Fool by: The Milk Carton Kids | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Comin' Back Live by: The Fabulous TruTones | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Beautiful Disaster by: Aaron Penton | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Road Trip by: Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Good God by: Leeann Atherton | Label: RainStorm Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Paper Doll by: Samantha Fish | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist:  |
47 |  | Neon Grey Midnight Green by: Neko Case | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Best of Bottleneck by: Christina Crofts | Label: Foghorn Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Masquerade by: Cardinals | Label: So Young Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Joyride by: Steve Poltz | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Is by: My Morning Jacket | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Fondness, Etc. by: Shakey Graves | Label: Secret Identity Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Memory Be a Blade by: Waterbaby | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. by: RAYE | Label: Human Re Sources Sub Genre: Pop Rock Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Oh Yeah? by: Steve Lacy | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Bloom by: Larkin Poe | Label: Tricki-Woo Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Valentine by: Courtney Marie Andrews | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Straight Line Was a Lie by: The Beths | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | 13 by: White Denim | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Reality Awaits by: The Strokes | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Hillbilly Speedball by: Webb Wilder | Label: Landslide Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Legends Losers and Lies by: Dirty Shoes Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Blizzard by: Dove Ellis | Label: Black Butter Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | It's a Beautiful Place by: Water From Your Eyes | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Something to Consume by: Die Spitz | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Hickey by: Royel Otis | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Pigus Drunkus Maximus by: Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs | Label: Blind Owl Sub Genre: Punk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Paper Doll (Live) by: Samantha Fish | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | American Romance by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Label: Sony Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Heartbreakers Beach Party: the Soundtrack by: Tom Petty | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Bitknot by: feeble little horse | Label: Saddle Creek Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | The Rock 'n' Roll Philosopher by: Dion | Label: Keeping The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | 8000 Days by: West Texas Exiles | Label: Floating Mesa Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Seventy by: Paul Kelly | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Planting by the Signs by: S.G. Goodman | Label: Slough Water Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Olustee by: JJ Grey & Mofro | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy by: James McMurtry | Label: New West Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy by: The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | RAW CRANIUM by: Almost Heaven | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Million Voices Whisper by: Warren Haynes | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Texnia by: Tinvis | Label: Mama Mañana Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | PLAY ME by: Kim Gordon | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Double Infinity by: Big Thief | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Sticks and Stones by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Label: 6 Ace Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Have a Good Time Tonight by: Sandy Atkinson | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | More - EP by: Hannah Jadagu | Label: Sub Pop Records Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Puff of Smoke by: The Wood Brothers | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Trio Asesino by: Adrian Quesada | Label: Electric Deluxe Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | SABLE, FABLE by: Bon Iver | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Again by: The Belair Lip Bombs | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Unseen by: Bonnie Paine | Label: Raven Song Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Disenchantment at a Distance by: Paul Bibbins | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Classic Rock Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Lucky by: Jeff Jolly Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Foxes in the Snow by: Jason Isbell | Label: Southeastern Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Yume by: Yukimi | Label: Ninja Tune Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Shut Your Eyes and See by: All Night Boogie Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Stay in Your Lane - Single by: Courtney Barnett | Label: Mom+Pop Music Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Waking Up by: Annabelle Chairlegs | Label: TODO Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Blue Girl Nice Day by: La Faute | Label: Distrokid Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | The Dawning by: Steven Troch Band | Label: Donor Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Keepsake by: Keepsake | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | The New World by: Shearwater | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | YORICK by: Tom Ciurczak | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Reimagined by: New Latitude | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soft Rock Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Imagination by: Peter Lewis | Label: Omad Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Maybe Not Tonight by: Lime Garden | Label: So Young Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | The Sky from the Underground by: New Earth Farmers | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | That's Life by: Nobody's Business | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Fate Euphoric by: Twen | Label: Stem Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Footprints by: John Michael Hersey | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 by: Lord Huron | Label: Mercury Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Moisturizer by: Wet Leg | Label: Domino Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Pastures by: Natalie Del Carmen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | From Me to You by: Pecos & The Rooftops | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Darling Blue by: Marcus King | Label: Republic Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Refugia Blues by: Nick Shoulders | Label: Gar Hole Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Hope We Have Fun by: Mt. Joy | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | The Trust of Crows by: Otis Gibbs | Label: Wanamaker Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Heart is the Hero by: The Wood Brothers | Label: Honey Jar Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Say Less by: Raul Malo | Label: Mono Mundo Sub Genre: Soft Rock Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Every Single Muscle by: The Bug Club | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | A Pound of Feathers by: The Black Crowes | Label: Silver Arrow Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Unhinged by: Sophie Gault | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | LUX by: ROSALÍA | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | The Things You Don't Know Yet by: Adult Leisure | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Hold Fast by: Stuart Hamm | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Progressive Rock Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Life is Just a Vapor by: Paul Thorn | Label: Perpetual Obscurity Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | This Far South by: Tommy Prine | Label: Nameless Knight Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Something to Say by: Norman Collins | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Sick Myth by: Big Bill | Label: TODO Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Shy Bairns Get Nowt by: Bartees Strange | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | From the Hellhole by: Marshall Crenshaw | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Comic Book Cowboy by: Lera Lynn | Label: Ruby Range Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Long Shadows by: Roger Street Friedman | Label: The Playroom Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Frankie V and the Lonely Club by: Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | Trickle Down by: Sprints | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | It's Happening by: Night Cap | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Blueprint for a Ghost by: Martin Devaney | Label: Pig's Eye Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Cook by: Lettuce | Label: Self- Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Panorama by: HELENE BARBIER | Label: Bonsound Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Live at Capricorn by: Roofdog | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | Anything to Get It by: Blah Spa | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | The Mountain by: Jason Sinay | Label: Unknown Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | The Universe Smiles Upon You Ii by: Khruangbin | Label: Dead Oceans Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Good Together by: Lake Street Dive | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | O by: Fcukers | Label: Ninja Tune Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | Dance Called Memory by: Nation of Language | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | I Was Born, But... by: David Huckfelt | Label: Don Giovanni Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs by: Saintseneca | Label: Lame-O Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | Hangover Terrace by: Ron Sexsmith | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Fathers, Sons and Brothers by: David Lowery | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | In the Hour of Dust by: Grant Lee Phillips | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Liquorice by: Hatchie | Label: Secretly Canadian Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | I’m DADA by: Holy Wave | Label: Suicide Squeeze Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | Cure for the Miseries by: Mulebone | Label: Red Tug Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | Face Down in the Garden by: Tennis | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | Worldwide by: SNOOPER | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | Hexagon by: Grant Ferguson | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Progressive Rock Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | Windswept Isle by: Grant Ferguson | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Progressive Rock Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | Big World by: Hovvdy | Label: Arts & Crafts Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | Live at Eden Project 25/07/2023 by: The Who | Label: MCA Sub Genre: British Invasion Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | What Goes Up: the Best of Blood, Sweat & Tears by: Blood, Sweat & Tears | Label: Columbia/Legacy Sub Genre: Classic Rock Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | Tequila and Bullets by: Jay Hooks | Label: Joplin Street Music Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | Split the Sheets by: Sunjay | Label: Mighty Tight Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | Stories from a Rock and Roll Heart by: Lucinda Williams | Label: Highway 20 Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | This Mirror Weighs a Ton by: Interpol | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | Celestun by: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | Neon Cowgirl by: Tami Neilson | Label: Outside Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
169 |  | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows by: Rod Picott | Label: Welding Rod Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
170 |  | Face the Feeling by: Jobi Riccio | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
171 |  | El Dorado by: Marcus King | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
172 |  | DO YOU SEE ME? by: Q | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
173 |  | I Ain't Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1) by: Tom Ciurczak | Label: Ludlow TFC Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
174 |  | Dance to the Rhythm by: Ana Popovic | Label: Electric Heel Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
175 |  | Loose Tooth and a Short Skirt by: Freak Slug | Label: Future Classic Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
176 |  | Life Behind Bars by: Vandoliers | Label: Break Maiden Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
177 |  | Field Recordings by: Mark Branscombe | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
178 |  | Heart of the Eternal by: A.J. Croce | Label: Seedling Sub Genre: Roots Rock Connect with the Artist: |
179 |  | Automatic by: The Lumineers | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Alternative Rock Connect with the Artist: |
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