Top Blues Album Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2022

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	Outdated Emotion	Delbert McClinton	Hot Shot	Classic Blues
2	The Blues Don't Lie	Buddy Guy	RCA	Contemporary Blues
3	Devil May Care	Tinsley Ellis	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
4	So Far So Good	Peter Veteska & Blues Train	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
5	Tempting Fate	Carolyn Wonderland	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
6	Mississippi Son	Charlie Musselwhite	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
7	Good to Be...	Keb Mo	Rounder	Contemporary Blues
8	Stomping Ground	Dion	Keeping The Blues Alive	Blues Rock
9	May Be the Last Time	John Németh	NOLA Blues	Classic Blues
10	Hard to Kill	Janiva Magness	Label Logic	Contemporary Blues
11	Brother Johnny	Edgar Winter	Quarto Valley	Classic Blues
12	There's Something About the Night	Scott Ellison	Liberation Hall	Blues Rock
13	I Got Love	Albert Castiglia	Gulf Coast	Blues Rock
14	Healing Kind of Blues	Val Starr & The Blues Rocket	Sandwich Factory	Contemporary Blues
15	Open Road	Colin James	Stony Plain	Blues Rock
16	The Sun is Shining Down	John Mayall	Forty Below	Blues Rock
17	Blues Called My Name	Anthony Geraci	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
18	Leave the Light on	The Love Light Orchestra	Nola Blue	Soul Blues
19	Done Come Too Far	Shemekia Copeland	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
20	Golden Girl	Trudy Lynn	Nola Blue	Soul Blues
21	662	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
22	Heavy Load Blues	Gov't Mule	Concord	Blues Rock
23	That's My Name	Bob Stroger & The Headcutters	Delmark	Classic Blues
24	Highs & Lows	Bernard Allison	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
25	One Louder	Misty Blues	Lunaria	Contemporary Blues
26	GET on BOARD	Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder	Perro Verde	Chicago Blues
27	Fully Charged	Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
28	In Too Deep	Sugaray Rayford	Forty Below	Soul Blues
29	Fight the Good Fight	Vaneese Thomas	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
30	Everybody Let's Roll	The Texas Horns	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
31	Straight from the Heart	Kenny Neal	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
32	I Ain't Playin'	Diunna Greenleaf	Little Village	Contemporary Blues
33	Just Gettin' Good	Mighty Mike Schermer	Little Village Foundation	Contemporary Blues
34	They Called It Rhythm & Blues	Duke Robillard	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
35	Serve It to Me Hot	Chickenbone Slim	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
36	Crown	Eric Gales	Provogue	Contemporary Blues
37	Hurricane Ruth: Live at 3rd and Lindsley (Live)	Hurricane Ruth	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
38	Hard Times	John Primer	Blues House	Classic Blues
39	Real Blues	Jim Dan Dee	Self-Release	Blues Rock
40	Goin' Back	Pierce Dipner	Self-Release	Blues Rock
41	Blues Without You	Larry McCray	Keeping The Blues Alive	Contemporary Blues
42	Borrowed Time	Dana Fuchs	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
43	Underground Blues	Breezy Rodio	Windchill	Chicago Blues
44	Rooted in the Blues	David Lumsden	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
45	Drifting	Bubba and the Big Bad Blues	Fullerton Gold	Blues Rock
46	Tumblin'	Mike Guldin	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
47	Bring It	Miss Bix	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
48	Changing Times	Silent Partners	Little Village	Blues Rock
49	Blues from Chicago to Paris	Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
50	Carry Me Home	Mavis Staples	Anti	Soul Blues
51	Let's Straighten It Out!	The Sully Band	Blu Elan	Soul Blues
52	Rise	Angela Easley	Class A	Contemporary Blues
53	Faster	Samantha Fish	Rounder	Blues Rock
54	Road to the Blues	Dave Thomas	Blonde On Blonde	Contemporary Blues
55	Buchanan Lane	Yates McKendree	Qualified	Classic Blues
56	Truth	Tim Gartland	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
57	Progeny	Kat Riggins	Gulf Coast	Contemporary Blues
58	Major League Blues (feat. Jimmy Johnson)	Jose Ramirez	Delmark	Contemporary Blues
59	Portrait	Mud Morganfield	Delmark	Contemporary Blues
60	Nightwalk	Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames	Delmark	Contemporary Blues
61	B-Side of My Life	Jon Spear Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
62	Snapshots from the Second Floor	The B. Christopher Band	Guitar One	Contemporary Blues
63	Emotional Gangster	Popa Chubby	DixieFrog	Blues Rock
64	Set the Record	HOROJO Trio	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
65	Jumpin' the Broom	Markey Blue Ric Latina Project	soulOsound	Blues Rock
66	On My Way	Katie Henry	Ruf	Blues Rock
67	Set Sail	North Mississippi Allstars	New West	Contemporary Blues
68	Mercy Me	Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
69	Doin' What I'm Supposed to Do	Demetria Taylor	Delmark	Chicago Blues
70	Into Your Blues	Johnny Sansone	Shortstack	Contemporary Blues
71	Ace of Blues	Angela Strehli	New West	Classic Blues
72	Digging in John's Backyard	Grant Dermody And Frank Fotusky	Self-Release	Acoustic Blues
73	The Dig 3	The Dig 3	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
74	Hello Mojo!	Derrick Procell	Catfood	Soul Blues
75	Been Here and Gone	Steve Howell & The Mighty Men	Out Of The Past	Country Blues
76	Strike Up the Band	Professor Louie & The Crowmatix	Woodstock	Contemporary Blues
77	Blues for Breakfast	Phantom Blues Band	Little Village Foundation	Contemporary Blues
78	Bigman	Big Llou Johnson	Golden Voice	Classic Blues
79	Unchange	Gina Sicilia	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
80	Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN') [feat. Trey Anastasio]	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Concord	Soul Blues
81	Ride	Walter Trout	Provogue	Contemporary Blues
82	Take Your Time	Ben Levin	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
83	Next Stop	Gary Cain	Self-Release	Blues Rock
84	Revelation	Robert Hill & Joanne Lediger	Self-Release	Gospel Blues
85	Thanks for Tomorrow	Harrison Kennedy	Electro-Fi	Classic Blues
86	BLOW	Colin Linden	Highway 20	Blues Rock
87	I'm Not from Chicago	Debra Power	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
88	Truth Hurts	Regina Bonelli	True Groove	Soul Blues
89	Deja Hoodoo	Lew Jetton & 61 South	Endless Blues	Contemporary Blues
90	Bob Corritore & Friends: You Shocked Me	Bob Corritore	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
91	Do Right, Say Right	Mississippi MacDonald	Another Planet	Contemporary Blues
92	Nasty Crime	Alex Lopez	MarEmil	Blues Rock
93	Raisin' Cain	Chris Cain	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
94	Blues That You Choose	Steve Shanholtzer	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
95	Rhythm Blues & Boogie	Dave Keyes	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
96	Blue Credentials	Malaya Blue	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
97	Holler if You Hear Me	Altered Five Blues Band	Blind Pig	Contemporary Blues
98	The Blues Album	Joanne Shaw Taylor	Keeping The Blues Alive	Blues Rock
99	Trying to Keep My Head Above Water	Levee Town	Hudtone	Blues Rock
100	Midnight Blues	Crystal Shawanda	True North	Blues Rock
101	I’ll Worry if I Wanna	Michael Rubin	Many Hats	Contemporary Blues
102	Behind the Sun	Grant Dermody	Self-Release	Acoustic Blues
103	Boston Bananafish	Bananafish	Treated & Released	Blues Rock
104	Winter's Coming	Bridget Kelly Band	Alpha Sun	Blues Rock
105	Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 2	The WildRoots	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
106	I'll Carry You Home	The Mighty Soul Drivers	Hog Heaven	Soul Blues
107	Hot Mess	Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers	BluesKitty	Contemporary Blues
108	Medication Time	Todd Sharpville	Dixiefrog	Blues Rock
109	Love One Another	Big Al & the Heavyweights	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
110	Let It Bleed Revisited - an Ovation from Nashville	The Rock House All Stars	Qualified	Blues Rock
111	Things Happen That Way	Dr. John	Rounder	Acoustic Blues
112	Breakfast Served Cold (feat. the Moons)	Sunny Bleau and The Moons	CoccoMusic	Blues Rock
113	Keep On!	Lil' Red & The Rooster	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
114	Madeleine	Mississippi Heat	Van Der Linden	Contemporary Blues
115	Hi-Fi Drive by	Jeremiah Johnson	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
116	Smokey Tango	Laura Tate	Blue Heart	Jazzy Blues
117	Brad "Guitar" Wilson	Brad "Guitar" Wilson	Cali Bee	Blues Rock
118	Good Trouble	Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
119	Damage Control	Curtis Salgado	Alligator	Contemporary Blues
120	Buffalo Nichols	Buffalo Nichols	Fat Possum	Acoustic Blues
121	Smoke and Mirrors	Eva Carboni	Mad Ears	Contemporary Blues
122	Over the Pain	Orphan Jon and the Abandoned	Vintage LaNell	Blues Rock
123	Delta Kream	The Black Keys	Nonesuch	Blues Rock
124	Sugar Hip Ya Ya	Dionne Bennett	Hunnia	Soul Blues
125	Revelation	Dennis Johnson	Booda Lee	Blues Rock
126	75 and Alive	Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars	Blue Heart	Classic Blues
127	Bitches Blues	Sass Jordan	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
128	Gentilo	Bobby Gentilo	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
129	Telegram	Mick Clarke	Rockfold	Blues Rock
130	20 Years on the Road	Tomislav Goluban	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
131	Memphis Moonlight	Deb Ryder	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
132	Hollywood Blues: Songs and Stories from the Family Tree (1997-2022)	The Reverend Shawn Amos	Immediate Family	Contemporary Blues
133	Earthling	Eddie Vedder	Republic	Blues Rock
134	Who is He?	Dylan Triplett	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
135	Goldfish Blues	Will Jacobs	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
136	Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol. 1	Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps	Blue Heart	Contemporary Blues
137	Healing Time	Ruthie Foster	Blue Corn	Contemporary Blues
138	Ain't Nobody Worried	Rory Block	Stony Plain	Acoustic Blues
139	One Foot in the Groove	Boneshakers	Take It To The Bridge	Soul Blues
140	I Hope I Know	Seth Walker	Royal Potato Family	Acoustic Blues
141	Bob Corritore & Friends: Down Home Blues Revue	Bob Corritore	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
142	Live at Power Station	Vanessa Collier	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
143	Crackdown	GA-20	Karma Chief	Chicago Blues
144	Live Acoustic Session (Live)	Little G Weevil	Hunnia	Acoustic Blues
145	Winter Hill Blues	Ryan Lee Crosby	Self-Release	Acoustic Blues
146	Ten	Albert Cummings	Ivy Music Company	Blues Rock
147	Forever on My Mind	Son House	Easy Eye Sound	Classic Blues
148	Booze, Blues and Southern Grooves	Reddog and Friends	Survival South	Contemporary Blues
149	You Good.?!	Walk That Walk	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
150	Tulsa Tea	Brad Absher	Horton	Contemporary Blues
151	Here Lies a Fool	The Wildcat O'Halloran Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
152	Badder to the Bone	Eliza Neals	E-H	Blues Rock
153	Bending the Rules	Travellin' Blue Kings	Naked	Blues Rock
154	Little Black Flies	Eddie 9V	Ruf	Contemporary Blues
155	Parish Blues	Josh Hyde	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
156	Blues All over My Shoes	Hanna PK	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
157	Hangin' at the DeVille Lounge	Rusty Wright Band	Sadson Music	Blues Rock
158	Resurrection	Mike Zito	Gulf Coast	Blues Rock
159	It's a Mad Mad Bad Dad World	Bad Daddy	Piehole	Blues Rock
160	Hard Case of the Blues	Patty Tuite	Thread City Productions	Contemporary Blues
161	Better Days	Cliff Stevens	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
162	We Are One	MojoMama	JRO Publishing	Contemporary Blues
163	Sarasota Swing	The Ron Kraemer Trio With The Nashville Cats	Self-Release	Jazzy Blues
164	Hog Wild	The Hogtown Allstars	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
165	Nothing but the Blues	Eric Clapton	Reprise	Classic Blues
166	Tell Me 'bout It	Louisiana Red & Bob Corritore	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
167	Under Your Spell	Tito Jackson	Gulf Coast	Contemporary Blues
168	Blues for the Southside (Live)	Mike Zito	Gulf Coast	Blues Rock
169	No More Worlds to Conquer	Robin Trower	Provogue	Blues Rock
170	Long As I Got My Guitar	Zac Harmon	Catfood	Soul Blues
171	Rolling Avenue	Eric's Blues Band	Self-Release	Blues Rock
172	Turquoise Blue	Micki Free	Dark Idol	Blues Rock
173	Flathead	Seth Lee Jones	Horton	Blues Rock
174	Voodoo Nation	Supersonic Blues Machine	Provogue	Blues Rock
175	Try It...You Might Like It: GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor	GA-20	Karma Chief	Chicago Blues
176	Savage's Life	The Sugar Roots	Lightning In A Bottle	Contemporary Blues
177	The Insurrection Blues	Corey Harris	MC	Acoustic Blues
178	The Slow Blues Sessions	Mick Simpson	Mad Ears Productions	Contemporary Blues
179	Modern Nostalgia	Hughes Taylor	The Bent Note	Blues Rock
180	Silver Cup	David Gogo	Cordova Bay	Acoustic Blues
181	The Way It is	Black Cat Biscuit	Donor	Contemporary Blues
182	Brace Yourself Live	Too Slim & the Taildraggers	VizzTone	Blues Rock
183	A Tribute to Led Zeppelin	Beth Hart	Mascot	Blues Rock
184	Six String Soul: 30 Years on Delmark	Dave Specter	Delmark	Chicago Blues
185	Hand in the Fire	Gunn	WOA	Blues Rock
186	I'm Just Getting Started!	Mick Kolassa	Endless Blues	Contemporary Blues
187	Walk when You Wanna Run	Ethan Askey	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
188	The Louisiana Record	Jimmy Carpenter	Gulf Coast	Contemporary Blues
189	Donkeyland	Fonky Donkey	Self-Release	Contemporary Swamp Blues
190	Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues	Martin Lang	Random Chance	Chicago Blues
191	Live at the Green Room Social Club	Katie Knipp	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
192	Life of Leisure	Richard Ray Farrell	Nuba	Contemporary Blues
193	Standin' Pat	The Lucky Losers	VizzTone	Contemporary Blues
194	Harley Kimbro Lewis	Harley Kimbro Lewis	Del Mundo	Acoustic Blues

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The Roots Music Report's Top Blues Album Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2022