The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Album Chart
for the Year of 2023

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1My Soft MachineArlo ParksTransgressive
2I Walked with You a WaysPlainsAnti
3Dropout BoogieThe Black KeysNonesuch
4Okemah RisingDropkick MurphysDummy Luck
5And in the Darkness, Hearts AglowWeyes BloodSub Pop
6SEA/SONSAbraham AlexanderDualtone
7Blue RevAlvvaysTransgressive
8ResetPanda BearDomino
9Lavender DaysCaampBy and By
10I Inside the Old Year DyingPJ HarveyPartisan
111982A Certain RatioMute
12Life and Life OnlyThe Heavy HeavyATO
13NormAndy ShaufAnti
14Waiting to SpillThe Backseat LoversUMG
15We've Been Going About This All WrongSharon Van EttenUnknown
16Freewheelin' WomanJewelWords Matter
17Careful of Your KeepersThis Is the KitRough Trade
18Last Night in the BittersweetPaolo NutiniAtlantic
19BRIGHTSIDEThe LumineersDualtone
20MercyJohn CaleDomino
21Sometimes, ForeverSoccer MommyLoma Vista
22Second NatureLuciusMOM + POP
23Game ChangingTuomo & MarkusGrandpop
24Big TimeAngel OlsenJagjaguwar
25Cruel CountryWilcodBPM
26Meet the MoonlightJack JohnsonRepublic
27Household NameMommaPolyvinyl
28Inside ProblemsAndrew BirdLoma Vista
29Long LostLord HuronUMG
30IvoryOmar ApolloWarner
31The SunJosephATO
32When the Wind Forgets Your NameBuilt To SpillSub Pop
33The Last GoodbyeODESZAForeign Family Collective
34Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)Noah KahanMercury
35Dance FeverFlorence + the MachineUniversal
36Henry St.The Tallest Man On EarthAnti
37CampanitaSummer SaltCherry Lime
38SurrenderMaggie RogersCapitol
39The Great White Sea EagleJames Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand OrchestraDomino
40Wandering RebelJuan WautersCaptured Tracks
41Bad Days and HeartachesInyaki LeighSelf-Release
42Chloe and the Next 20th CenturyFather John MistySub Pop
43Strange IllusionThe Copper ChildrenSelf-Release
44FrameCharlie CunninghamBMG
45This is WhyParamoreAtlantic
46WAKAAN Mixtape (Live)STS9Wakaan
47New Year'sWildermissSelf-Release
48ILYSMWild PinkRoyal Mountain
49Genius KillerThe MommyheadsSelf-Release
50Being Funny in a Foreign LanguageThe 1975Dirty Hit
51Underdressed at the SymphonyFaye WebsterSecretly Canadian
52Paradigmes : SupplémentsLa FemmeDisque Pointu
53PollenTennisMutually Detrimental
54Forever MeansAngel OlsenJagjaguwar
55OK to WonderArkansauceSelf-Release
56Sisyphus HappyM. Lockwood PorterrBlack Mesa
57PompeiiCate Le BonMexican Summer
58Unlimited LoveRed Hot Chili PeppersWarner
59Living in a HazeMilky ChanceMuggelig
60Swiss Army KnifeThe MommyheadsSelf-Release
61Too Late for EdelweissThe Tallest Man On EarthAnti
62JubileeJapanese BreakfastDead Oceans
63World's Most Stressed out GardenerChad VanGaalenSub Pop
64AboogiImarhanCity Slang
65The BibleLambchopMerge
66Lullaby for a StrangerJamie StillwayFluff and Gravy
67Happier Than EverBillie EilishDarkroom
68The JunglePlants and AnimalsSecret City
69The Gods We Can TouchAURORAGlassnote
70New Kings of PopThe MommyheadsSelf-Release
71Age of IsolationThe MommyheadsSelf-Release
72Misadventures of DoomscrollerDawesRounder
73NarrativesAlisa AmadorSelf-Release
 

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