The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of May 3, 2025

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For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
by: Japanese Breakfast

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Label: Dead Oceans
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SABLE, FABLE
by: Bon Iver

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
by: Sharon Van Etten

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Is
by: My Morning Jacket

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Label: ATO
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RUSHMERE
by: Mumford & Sons

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Label: Glassnote
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Return to Zero
by: Neal Francis

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Label: ATO
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Send a Prayer My Way
by: Julien Baker & TORRES

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Label: Matador
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Lefty
by: Penny & Sparrow

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Thee Black Boltz
by: Tunde Adebimpe

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Label: Sub Pop
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Glory
by: Perfume Genius

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Label: Matador
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Moisturizer
by: Wet Leg

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Label: Domino
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Ginkgo
by: Panchiko

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Label: Nettwerk
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The Scholars
by: Car Seat Headrest

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Label: Matador
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Phonetics on and on
by: Horsegirl

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Label: Matador
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Automatic
by: The Lumineers

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Label: Dualtone
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Welcome to the Family
by: Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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If You Asked for a Picture
by: Blondshell

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Label: Partisan
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Better Dreaming
by: Tune-Yards

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Label: 4AD
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Lost & Found
by: Free Range

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Label: Mick Music
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Manning Fireworks
by: MJ Lenderman

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Label: Anti
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Hope We Have Fun
by: Mt. Joy

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Label: Dualtone
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Flight B741
by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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Label: Self-Release
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Boys These Days
by: Sports Team

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Label: Bright Antenna
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Slipper Imp and Shakaerator
by: Babe Rainbow

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Label: pdoom
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Moneyball
by: Dutch Interior

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Label: Fat Possum
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The Human Fear
by: Franz Ferdinand

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Label: Domino
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Billboard Heart
by: Deep Sea Diver

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Label: Sub Pop
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Alternative History: a Cracker Retrospective
by: Cracker

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Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited
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Rome
by: The National

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Label: 4AD
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Cowards
by: Squid

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Label: Warp
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DOGGOD
by: L.A. WITCH

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Label: Suicide Squeeze
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No Name
by: Jack White

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Label: Third Man
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Dan's Boogie
by: Destroyer

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Label: Merge
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Tripla
by: Miki Berenyi Trio

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Label: Bella Union
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Evergreen
by: Soccer Mommy

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Label: Loma Vista
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Glutton for Punishment
by: Heartworms

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Label: Speedy Wunderground
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Better Wonder
by: Kestrels

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Label: Darla
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Songs of a Lost World
by: The Cure

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Label: Polydor
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Ten Small Fractures
by: Human Drama

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Label: Bob Frank Ent
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Forever is a Feeling
by: Lucy Dacus

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Label: Geffen
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Cutouts
by: The Smile

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Label: Self Help
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Dotr
by: LP Giobbi

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Label: Counter
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What's Wrong with New York?
by: The Dare

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Label: UMG
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Five Mile Point
by: Unlettered

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Label: Self-Release
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12
by: White Denim

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Label: Bella Union
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The Record
by: Boygenius

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Label: Interscope
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Battery Lane
by: Zack Keim

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Label: Self-Release
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Everybody Needs a Hero
by: Orla Gartland

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Label: New Friends
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In Plain Sight
by: Neal Francis

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Label: ATO
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One of a Kind
by: The Heavy Heavy

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