Top Country Rock Albums





Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
57
The Band The Band Folk Rock, Roots Rock 1969
2
60
Neil Young After the Gold Rush Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1970
3
102
Neil Young Harvest Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1972
4
108
Eagles Hotel California Pop Rock 1976
5
158
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1979
6
190
The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo 1968
7
204
Neil Young Tonight's the Night Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1975
8
224
Gram Parsons Grievous Angel Country, Singer/Songwriter 1974
9
229
The Flying Burrito Bros The Gilded Palace of Sin 1969
10
239
Neil Young with Crazy Horse Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Singer/Songwriter 1969
11
401
Grateful Dead American Beauty Folk Rock 1970
12
460
Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead Folk Rock 1970
13
515
Neil Young On the Beach Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1974
14
526
Gram Parsons GP Country, Singer/Songwriter 1973
15
582
Wilco Being There Alt-Country, Roots Rock 1996
16
677
Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline Country, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1969
17
901
Gene Clark No Other Singer/Songwriter 1974
18
910
Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel Soft Rock 1974
19
989
Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II Cowpunk Alternative Rock 1984
20
1045
Steve Earle Guitar Town Alt-Country 1986
21
1071
The Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall Alt-Country, Americana 1992
22
1143
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand Americana 2007
23
1403
Eagles Desperado 1973
24
1432
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live Rust Singer/Songwriter 1979
25
1482
Neil Young Harvest Moon Acoustic Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1992
26
1511
Bob Dylan/The Band Before the Flood Folk Rock, Roots Rock 1974
27
1532
The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies Pop Rock 1971
28
1592
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Folk Rock 1966
29
1782
Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day Southern Rock 2003
30
2076
J.J. Cale Naturally Americana, Blues Rock 1972
31
2099
Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground Cowpunk Alternative Rock, Folk Punk 1984
32
2193
Mekons Fear and Whiskey Cowpunk Post-Punk 1985
33
2201
Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music Blues, Roots Rock 1976
34
2223
Stephen Stills Manassas Folk Rock 1972
35
2257
Joe Ely Honky Tonk Masquerade Outlaw Country 1978
36
2259
Eagles Eagles 1972
37
2266
Steve Earle El Corazon Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1997
38
2280
Meat Puppets Up on the Sun Cowpunk Alt-Country, Alternative Rock 1985
39
2456
J.J. Cale Troubadour Blues Rock 1976
40
2646
Steve Earle Jerusalem Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2002
41
2665
Uncle Tupelo No Depression Alt-Country, Americana 1990
42
2700
Emmylou Harris Elite Hotel Progressive Country 1975
43
2797
Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark Alt-Country, Southern Rock 2008
44
2886
Blue Rodeo Five Days in July Alt-Country 1993

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino 1969
Steve Earle Copperhead Road Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter 1988
The Decemberists The King Is Dead Indie Folk 2011
Eagles One of These Nights 1975
Dan Penn Nobody's Fool Country Soul 1973
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Psychedelic Pill Psychedelic Rock 2012
Steve Earle I Feel Alright Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1996
Neil Young Time Fades Away 1973
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams Jr. & Friends Country 1975
Creedence Clearwater Revival Pendulum Roots Rock 1970
Gene Clark Gene Clark/White Light Singer/Songwriter 1971
The Flying Burrito Bros Burrito Deluxe 1970
Jason & The Scorchers Fervor EP Cowpunk 1983
Euphoria A Gift from Euphoria Psychedelic Rock 1969
The Byrds (Untitled) Folk Rock 1970
Ry Cooder Into the Purple Valley Americana, Folk Rock 1972
Link Wray Link Wray Americana, Roots Rock 1971
Neil Young Prairie Wind Folk Rock 2005
Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Delivery Man Blues Rock 2004
The Marshall Tucker Band Searchin' for a Rainbow Southern Rock 1975
Lucinda Williams The Ghosts of Highway 20 Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2016
Robert Plant Band of Joy Americana 2010
Lone Justice Lone Justice Pop Rock 1985
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas Western Swing 1973
Michael Nesmith Magnetic South Singer/Songwriter 1970
Neil Young with Crazy Horse Colorado Singer/Songwriter 2019
Steve Earle The Revolution Starts Now Alt-Country, Americana 2004
Blitzen Trapper Furr Alt-Country, Indie Rock 2008
The Beau Brummels Bradley's Barn Folk Rock 1968
Lucinda Williams Little Honey Alt-Country 2008