Top Alt-Country Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
257
 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Americana 1998
2
334
 Bonnie "Prince" Billy I See a Darkness Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1999
3
498
 Ryan Adams Heartbreaker Americana 2000
4
582
 Wilco Being There Country Rock, Roots Rock 1996
5
715
 Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2019
6
964
 Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1988
7
976
 Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session Contemporary Folk 1988
8
1043
 Bill Callahan Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle Singer/Songwriter 2009
9
1045
 Steve Earle Guitar Town Country Rock 1986
10
1069
 Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue Americana, Folk Rock 1998
11
1071
 The Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall Americana, Country Rock 1992
12
1098
 Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball 1995
13
1221
 Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2006
14
1243
 Calexico The Black Light Americana 1998
15
1310
 Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose 2004
16
1345
 Uncle Tupelo Anodyne Americana 1993
17
1346
 Ryan Adams Gold Pop Rock 2001
18
1425
 Palace Brothers There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Indie Folk 1993
19
1475
 Wilco Sky Blue Sky Alternative Rock, Pop Rock 2007
20
1577
 Calexico Feast of Wire Americana 2003
21
1730
 Neko Case Blacklisted Alternative Singer/Songwriter 2002
22
1733
 Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy Americana, Indie Rock 1993
23
1900
 The Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass Americana 1995
24
1908
 Son Volt Trace Americana 1995
25
1931
 Lucinda Williams World Without Tears 2003
26
2211
 Neko Case Middle Cyclone Singer/Songwriter 2009
27
2232
 Michelle Shocked Short Sharp Shocked Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1988
28
2266
 Steve Earle El Corazon Americana, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1997
29
2280
 Meat Puppets Up on the Sun Alternative Rock, Cowpunk 1985
30
2371
 Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide to Earth Country Soul 2016
31
2481
 Lyle Lovett Pontiac 1988
32
2500
 Lambchop How I Quit Smoking Americana, Chamber Pop 1996
33
2604
 Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Southern Rock 2001
34
2646
 Steve Earle Jerusalem Americana, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2002
35
2665
 Uncle Tupelo No Depression Americana, Country Rock 1990
36
2797
 Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark Country Rock, Southern Rock 2008
37
2823
 Lucinda Williams Essence Singer/Songwriter 2001
38
2886
 Blue Rodeo Five Days in July Country Rock 1993

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Steve Earle Copperhead Road Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1988
Lambchop Is a Woman Chamber Pop 2002
Uncle Tupelo March 16-20, 1992 Americana 1992
Bright Eyes Cassadaga Indie Folk 2007
Steve Earle Transcendental Blues Americana, Roots Rock 2000
Steve Earle I Feel Alright Americana, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1996
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat 2006
Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World 1992
Songs: Ohia Magnolia Electric Co. Contemporary Folk 2003
Whiskeytown Stranger's Almanac Americana 1997
The Jayhawks Rainy Day Music Pop Rock 2003
The Avett Brothers I and Love and You Americana, Folk Pop 2009
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit The Nashville Sound Americana 2017
Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Contemporary Country 2000
Jimmie Dale Gilmore After Awhile Progressive Country 1991
Drive-By Truckers American Band Southern Rock 2016
Neko Case Hell-On Singer/Songwriter 2018
The Jayhawks Sound of Lies 1997
My Morning Jacket Evil Urges Indie Rock 2008
Giant Sand Chore of Enchantment Americana 2000
16 Horsepower Sackcloth 'n' Ashes Gothic Country 1996
Califone Roots & Crowns Psychedelic Folk 2006
Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon Alternative Rock, Americana 1994
Wilco Schmilco Indie Rock 2016
She & Him Volume One Folk Pop 2008
16 Horsepower Secret South Gothic Country 2000
Vic Chesnutt West of Rome Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1992
Palace Brothers Days in the Wake Singer/Songwriter 1994
Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence Gothic Country Dark Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2019
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Ease Down the Road Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2001
Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2019
T-Bone Burnett T-Bone Burnett Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1986
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Lie Down in the Light Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2008
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney Superwolf Contemporary Folk 2005
Califone Quicksand/Cradlesnakes 2003
Orville Peck Pony Singer/Songwriter 2019
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cold Roses Americana 2005
Mojave 3 Excuses for Travellers 2000
My Morning Jacket Circuital Indie Rock 2011
Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes Americana, Contemporary Folk 2014
Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Contemporary Country 2006
Giant Sand Center of the Universe Indie Rock 1992
The Walkabouts Satisfied Mind Americana 1993
Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy Americana 2010
Tweedy Sukierae Singer/Songwriter 2014
Calexico Carried to Dust Americana 2008
Jeff Tweedy Warm Singer/Songwriter 2018
Steve Earle The Revolution Starts Now Americana, Country Rock 2004
Ryan Adams Easy Tiger Singer/Songwriter 2007
Lucinda Williams Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2014
Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue Americana, Pop Rock 2008
Blitzen Trapper Furr Country Rock, Indie Rock 2008
Howe Gelb Sno Angel Like You 2006
Amanda Shires To the Sunset Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2018
The Delines The Imperial Americana 2019
Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire Singer/Songwriter 2011
The Avett Brothers Emotionalism Contemporary Folk 2007
Ryan Adams 1989 Pop Rock 2015
Cass McCombs Catacombs Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2009
Lucinda Williams Little Honey Country Rock 2008
Lydia Loveless Real Pop Rock 2016
Marah Kids in Philly Rock 2000
Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2008
Lucinda Williams West Singer/Songwriter 2007
Beachwood Sparks The Tarnished Gold 2012
Bill Callahan Woke on a Whaleheart Singer/Songwriter 2007
Drive-By Truckers Go-Go Boots 2011
Calexico Garden Ruin Americana, Folk Rock 2006
The Handsome Family Last Days of Wonder 2006
Calexico Algiers Americana 2012