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

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label Sub Genre
1Lucifer on the SofaSpoonMatadorAlternative Rock
2The FutureNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsStaxRoots Rock
3Play LoudThe Record CompanyConcordRoots Rock
4El MiradorCalexicoAntiRoots Rock
5Downhill from EverywhereJackson BrowneInsideRoots Rock
6I Don’t Live Here AnymoreThe War on DrugsAtlanticAlternative Rock
7The DreamAlt-JAtlanticAlternative Rock
8The Boy Named ifElvis Costello & The ImpostersUniversalAlternative Rock
9Strictly a One-Eyed JackJohn MellencampRepublicRoots Rock
10Nashville AgainThe YoungersLet It RollRoots Rock
11Established 1972The NighthawksVizzToneRoots Rock
12Wet LegWet LegDominoAlternative Rock
13Turn My Radio UpThe Coffis BrothersBlue RoseRoots Rock
14Laurel HellMitskiDead OceansAlternative Rock
15Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel)Sarah BorgesBlue CornRoots Rock
16Things Take Time, Take TimeCourtney BarnettMom+PopAlternative Rock
17Stardust and SatellitesSteve PoltzRed HouseRoots Rock
18DreamlandAmos LeeDualtoneRoots Rock
19The Million Things That Never HappenedBilly BraggCooking VinylRoots Rock
20Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in YouBig Thief4ADRoots Rock
21Glowing LanternThe Mother HipsBlue RoseAlternative Rock
22Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1The Band of HeathensBOHRoots Rock
23Exit WoundsThe WallflowersNew WestRoots Rock
24Late Night TV GoldShinyribsEasy StreetRoots Rock
25My Morning JacketMy Morning JacketATOAlternative Rock
26In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping TigerBob SchneiderShockoramaRoots Rock
27CoversCat PowerDominoAlternative Rock
28DreamlandGlass AnimalsPolydorAlternative Rock
29Avondale DriveNicki Bluhm & The GramblersCompassRoots Rock
30Not Your Little GirlAbby Bryant & The EchoesSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
31What Happens NextDavy KnowlesMascotRoots Rock
32Lucky 13Babaux and The PeacemakersSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
33This is a PhotographKevin MorbyDead OceansAlternative Rock
34Songs of the RecollectionCowboy JunkiesProperRoots Rock
35One Last ThingJason Lee McKinney BandBonfireRoots Rock
36(watch My Moves)Kurt VileVerveAlternative Rock
37Help…I'm AliveThe BoxmastersThirty TigersRoots Rock
38If These Walls Could TalkLuke Winslow-KingGhost RiverRoots Rock
39In HeavenStrand of OaksThirty TigersAlternative Rock
40Follow Your HeartMichael Franti & SpearheadThirty TigersAlternative Rock
41Bloodline MaintenanceBen HarperChrysaliRoots Rock
42Paper Hearts and Broken ArrowsRod PicottWelding RodRoots Rock
43Welcome 2 Club XIIIDrive-By TruckersATORoots Rock
44Texas MoonKhruangbinColumbiaAlternative Rock
45Cool It DownYeah Yeah YeahsSecretly CanadianAlternative Rock
46Young BloodMarcus KingAmerican RecordingsRoots Rock
47House to HouseMatt AndersenSonicRoots Rock
48Sympathy for LifeParquet CourtsRough TradeAlternative Rock
49Time SkiffsAnimal CollectiveDominoAlternative Rock
50The Million Masks of GodManchester OrchestraLoma VistaAlternative Rock
51Colder StreamsThe SadiesYep RocAlternative Rock
52Blood HarmonyLarkin PoeTricki-WooRoots Rock
53External CombustionMike Campbell & Dirty KnobsBMGAlternative Rock
54Ballads of the BrokenJelly RollStoney CreekRoots Rock
55WEArcade FireSelf-ReleaseAlternative Rock
56Skinty FiaFontaines D.C.PartisanAlternative Rock
57When You See YourselfKings of LeonRCAAlternative Rock
58Manticore Shovels & RopeDualtoneAlternative Rock
59Lava LampJonah TolchinYep RocRoots Rock
60Letter to YouBruce SpringsteenSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
61Wilderness of MirrorsThe Black AngelsPartisanAlternative Rock
62Going PlacesJosh RouseYep RocRoots Rock
63NightroamerSarah Shook & the DisarmersThirty TigersRoots Rock
64Rich White Honky BluesHank Williams, Jr.Easy Eye SoundRoots Rock
65Asphalt MeadowsDeath Cab for CutieAtlanticAlternative Rock
66Love & AlgorhythmsSeratonesNew WestAlternative Rock
67The Lost Year Part 1Delta GeneratorsSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
68Leftover FeelingsJohn Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas BandNew WestRoots Rock
69Fear of the DawnJack WhiteThird ManAlternative Rock
70DaylightGrace PotterConcordAlternative Rock
71The OverloadYard ActZen F.C.Alternative Rock
72ObviouslyLake Street DiveNonesuchAlternative Rock
73Snail RocksSnailSelf-ReleaseClassic Rock
74Seth Avett Sings Greg BrownSeth AvettRamseurRoots Rock
75Floating Ghost HotelSlink Moss ExplosionHi-StyleRockabilly
76Circles & the FlamesAnthony AryaSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
77Medicine at MidnightFoo FightersRoswellAlternative Rock
78PRE PLEASUREJulia JacklinPolyvinylAlternative Rock
79This Machine Still Kills FascistsDropkick MurphysDummy LuckAlternative Rock
80Extreme WitchcraftEelsPIASAlternative Rock
81By No MeansJim KellerOrange MountainRoots Rock
82The Last Perfect PerformancePaul BibbinsSelf-ReleaseClassic Rock
83Blessings and MiraclesSantanaBMGProgressive Rock
84Daddy's HomeSt. VincentLoma VistaAlternative Rock
85Only the Strong SurviveBruce SpringsteenColumbiaRoots Rock
86Entering Heaven AliveJack WhiteThird ManAlternative Rock
87Lifetime AchievementLoudon Wainwright IIIStorySoundRoots Rock
88Fun Machine: the SequelLake Street DiveUMGAlternative Rock
89Hair on FireJake La BotzUnder the ElRoots Rock
90Leave the Light onPillow QueensRoyal MountainAlternative Rock
91In Plain SightNeal FrancisATOAlternative Rock
92Waiting for the DaylightErja LyytinenTuohiRoots Rock
93A Light for Attracting AttentionThe SmileSelf Help TapesAlternative Rock
94The Land That Time ForgotChuck ProphetYep RocRoots Rock
95MahalToro Y MoiDead OceansAlternative Rock
96Milky StarsMichael McArthurTransoceanicRoots Rock
97Normal Isn't Normal AnymoreRod AbernethySelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
98Never Too Late to CallPaul ThornThirty TigersRoots Rock
99The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild DogsThe Weber BrothersSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
100Bleed outThe Mountain GoatsMergeAlternative Rock
101Beware of Worthless Imitations Vol 1Jeffrey Halford & the HealersContinental Song CitRoots Rock
102For the Sake of Bethel WoodsMidlakeATORoots Rock
103No Rules SandySylvan EssoLoma VistaAlternative Rock
104Blue SkiesDehdFat PossumAlternative Rock
105The Memphis RecordingsJustin Pickard & the Thunderbird WinosFun GuyRockabilly
106The AstronautJana PochopPatient GrasshopperRoots Rock
107Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?Tyler ChildersSonyRoots Rock
108All That You Can DreamGrant Lee PhillipsYep RocRoots Rock
109Red, White and American Blues (it Couldn't Happen Here)Nathan BellSingularRoots Rock
110Ants from Up ThereBlack Country, New RoadNinja TuneAlternative Rock
111Omnium GatherumKing Gizzard & The Lizard WizardKGLWAlternative Rock
112The Other SideChristian Lopez BandParadoxRoots Rock
113Wild LonelinessSuperchunkMergeProgressive Rock
114I Wanna Go with YouWide Mouth MasonWe Are Busy BodiesRoots Rock
115CockadoodleDeuxThe Legendary Shack ShakersAlternative TentaclesRockabilly
116AlvaradoThe Wild FeathersNew WestRoots Rock
117Emerald BlueAndrew DuhonSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
118The MisfitRhett MillerATORoots Rock
119LABYRINTHITISDestroyerMergeAlternative Rock
120Spencer Gets It LitJon Spencer & the HITmakersSonyProgressive Rock
121NOESTÁSAQUÍCaramelo HazeNacionalAlternative Rock
122First Agnostic Church of Hope and WonderTodd SniderThirty TigersRoots Rock
123A Bit of PreviousBelle & SebastianMatadorAlternative Rock
124ObservatoryAeon StationSub PopAlternative Rock
125Everything Was BeautifulSpiritualizedFat PossumAlternative Rock
126Cave WorldViagra BoysYEAR0001Punk Rock
127MarriageDeap VallyCooking Vinyl LimitedAlternative Rock
128Rose Pink CadillacDope LemonBMGAlternative Rock
129Late Night Polaroids Bruce HughesBroke DickPop Rock
130American Static, Vol. 1Andrew Leahey & HomesteadMule KickRoots Rock
131Good PeopleBob MaloneDelta MoonSoft Rock
132DripfieldGooseNo CoincidenceJam Band
133See Through YouA Place to Bury StrangersDedstrangeAlternative Rock
134SoberishLiz PhairChrysalisAlternative Rock
135No Gods No MastersGarbageInfectiousAlternative Rock
136HavasuPedro the LionPolyvinylAlternative Rock
137Grizzly PeakThe DodosPolyvinylAlternative Rock
138Surface SoundsKaleoElectraAlternative Rock
139In the GameMick FlanneryChart Room MediaRoots Rock
140Ain't It TragicDead SaraAtlanticAlternative Rock
141The Day the Earth Stood StillWillie NileRiver HouseRoots Rock
142Love Songs for LosersThe Lone BellowDualtoneRoots Rock
143Black Pumas (Deluxe)Black PumasATOAlternative Rock
144This is for the BarbariansMondo CozmoLast GangAlternative Rock
145How Many MilesBo Ramsey3527670Roots Rock
146Calling CadenceCalling Cadencehi-resRoots Rock
147Bummer YearGood LooksKeeled ScalesAlternative Rock
148Reason in DeclineArchers of LoafMergeAlternative Rock
149Physical ThrillsSilversun PickupsWMGAlternative Rock
150ExcessAutomaticStones ThrowAlternative Rock
151ProjectorGeesePartisanAlternative Rock
152DoggerelPixiesBMGAlternative Rock
 

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