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

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Heart is the HeroThe Wood BrothersHoney Jar
2WeathervanesJason Isbell and the 400 UnitSoutheastern
3Simple ThingsThe Band of HeathensBoH
4Get Behind the WheelEilen JewellSignature Sounds
5Blood HarmonyLarkin PoeTricki-Woo
6Moments in TimeBabaux and The PeacemakersSelf-Release
7Hackney DiamondsThe Rolling StonesPolydor
8Pour It out into the NightThe RevivalistsConcord
9Love Hope TrustRoger Street FriedmanSelf-Release
10Keep on Pushin'Johnny Wheels & the Swamp DonkeysLightning in a Bottle
11Bloodline MaintenanceBen HarperChrysali
12Lucky 13Babaux and The PeacemakersSelf-Release
13O Sun O MoonBruce CockburnTrue North
14Tunes for a DimeDavid RonaldoFandango Music Belgium
15Stories from a Rock and Roll HeartLucinda WilliamsHighway 20
16Grass RootsLeftover SalmonCompass
17Time Ain't AccidentalJess WilliamsonMexican Summer
18The Beginning of the EndThe PleasuresMGM
19Only the Strong SurviveBruce SpringsteenColumbia
20Honest LiesJustin Saladino BandSelf-Release
21In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping TigerBob SchneiderShockorama
22Seth Avett Sings Greg BrownSeth AvettRamseur
23PalominoFirst Aid KitColumbia
24Breakless HeartBrett SpauldingSelf-Release
25Alone at SeaJeff PlankenhornBlue Corn
26Turn My Radio UpThe Coffis BrothersBlue Rose
27Young BloodMarcus KingAmerican Recordings
28Mother RoadGrace PotterFantasy
29On the Blind SideRay BonnevilleSelf-Release
30This Far SouthTommy PrineNameless Knight
31Should've Learned by NowLuceroLiberty & Lament
32El MiradorCalexicoAnti
33Handled with CareJason LangFamgroup
34Frankie V and the Lonely ClubFrankie V and the Lonely ClubSelf-Release
35The FutureNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsStax
36Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1The Band of HeathensBOH
37Nobody Owns YouJoan OsborneWomanly Hips
38Live at the Shamrock LoungeDustin Arbuckle & the DamnationsSelf-Release
39Times Have ChangedCharlie MarsFoxgate
40Going PlacesJosh RouseYep Roc
41Little SongsColter WallBlack Hole
42Old Cane Back RockerDarrell ScottSoundly
43Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?Tyler ChildersSony
44Love Songs for LosersThe Lone BellowDualtone
45That and ChangeKelly FitzgeraldSelf-Release
46The Land That Time ForgotChuck ProphetYep Roc
47Rat Saw GodWednesdayDead Oceans
48Milky StarsMichael McArthurTransoceanic
49You Know WhoThe Pink StonesNormalltown
50Pieces of TreasureRickie Lee JonesBMG
51CoyoteDylan LeBlancATO
52Star Eaters DelightLael NealeSub Pop
53Festival EyesLillie Maes||c
54Garden PartyRose City BandThrill Jockey
55Downhill from EverywhereJackson BrowneInside
56Swinging StarsMapacheInnovative Leisure
57From a Dark CornerNathan Mongol WellsState Fair
58Late Night TV GoldShinyribsEasy Street
59What Matters MostBen FoldsNew West
60DreamlandAmos LeeDualtone
61Stardust and SatellitesSteve PoltzRed House
62Avondale DriveNicki Bluhm & The GramblersCompass
63Ten PacesRuen BrothersYep Roc
64Shadow KingdomBob DylanColumbia
65Paper Hearts and Broken ArrowsRod PicottWelding Rod
66Transit DamageShinyribsHardcharger
67ResurrectionLos Lonely BoysBMG
68Exit WoundsThe WallflowersNew West
69Nashville AgainThe YoungersLet It Roll
70Lifetime AchievementLoudon Wainwright IIIStorySound
71Strangers No MoreDrew Holcomb & The NeighborsMagnolia
72Waiting on a MiracleTim FlanneryWhalebone
73Working My Way DownMike Stinson & Johnny IrionSelf-Release
74Rumours (Live)Fleetwood MacWarner
75Only Dead for a Little WhileJon Dee GrahamStrolling Bones
76CavemanGurf MorlixRootball
77Strictly a One-Eyed JackJohn MellencampRepublic
78The Art of Feeling BlueBob BradshawFluke
79TexiCali (feat. the Guilty Ones)Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale GilmoreYep Roc
80DocksideJonah TolchinClover
81Play LoudThe Record CompanyConcord
82Circles & the FlamesAnthony AryaSelf-Release
83Not Your Little GirlAbby Bryant & The EchoesSelf-Release
84Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel)Sarah BorgesBlue Corn
85Outside SpectrumThe Empty PocketsMT Pockets
86Hair on FireJake La BotzUnder the El
87I Ain't Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1)Tom CiurczakLudlow TFC
88Fragments - Time out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): the Bootleg Series, Vol. 17Bob DylanColumbia
89Weed, Wine & TimeCaleb ElliottSingle Lock
90The Sea Between UsElliott BlaufussSelf-Release
91The Million Things That Never HappenedBilly BraggCooking Vinyl
92LuckyJeff Jolly BandSelf-Release
93Back on the Road to YouFreedy JohnstonForty Below
94Established 1972The NighthawksVizzTone
95The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild DogsThe Weber BrothersSelf-Release
96Burn These BridgesJustin Tipton & The TroublemakersSelf-Release
97Hits and MissesEli "Paperboy" ReedYep Roc
98Game is onCabela and SchmittSelf-Release
99Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way AgainLydia LovelessBloodshot
100Angels & QueensGabrielsAtlas Artists
101If These Walls Could TalkLuke Winslow-KingGhost River
102The HarvestAfton WolfeGrandiflora
103Live at the Fillmore, 1997Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersWarner
104Teeth MarksS.G. GoodmanVerve Forecast
105Help…I'm AliveThe BoxmastersThirty Tigers
106Howdies All AroundThe HowdiesNormalltown
107'Til JunePrateekSelf-Release
108Rewind ForwardRingo StarrRoccabella
109I/O (Bright-Side and Dark-Side Mixes)Peter GabrielReal World
110Lava LampJonah TolchinYep Roc
111Can't Stop TimeEric Hisaw BandSelf-Release
112A Step BehindAlex BlizzySelf-Release
113The Other SideChristian Lopez BandParadox
114Dusty AfternoonRoot Cellar XtractSelf-Release
115Rough TimeDerrick Dove & the PeacekeepersSelf-Release
116Human QuestionThe YawpersBloodshot
117Wild FlowerTyler T.Self-Release
118The Day the Earth Stood StillWillie NileRiver House
119Rockin' Legacy, Vol. 1Professor Louie & The CrowmatixWoodstock
120A Friend from out of TownBeaver NelsonEllipses
121The Third GleamThe Avett BrothersLoma Vista
122Leftover FeelingsJohn Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas BandNew West
123Be Right HereBlackberry Smoke3 Legged
124Waiting for the DaylightErja LyytinenTuohi
125Nothing Lasts ForeverTeenage FanclubMerge
126For Work or LoveThe CommonheartJullian
127Ozark SymphonyKelly HuntCompass
128NightroamerSarah Shook & the DisarmersThirty Tigers
 

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