The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
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1 | Just Like That... | Bonnie Raitt | Redwing | Roots Rock |
2 | Lucifer on the Sofa | Spoon | Matador | Alternative Rock |
3 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax | Roots Rock |
4 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord | Roots Rock |
5 | El Mirador | Calexico | Anti | Roots Rock |
6 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside | Roots Rock |
7 | I Don’t Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
8 | The Dream | Alt-J | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
9 | The Boy Named if | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Universal | Alternative Rock |
10 | Long Time Coming | Sierra Ferrell | Rounder | Roots Rock |
11 | Georgia Blue | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern | Roots Rock |
12 | Strictly a One-Eyed Jack | John Mellencamp | Republic | Roots Rock |
13 | Nashville Again | The Youngers | Let It Roll | Roots Rock |
14 | Established 1972 | The Nighthawks | VizzTone | Roots Rock |
15 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Domino | Alternative Rock |
16 | Turn My Radio Up | The Coffis Brothers | Blue Rose | Roots Rock |
17 | Laurel Hell | Mitski | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
18 | Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges | Blue Corn | Roots Rock |
19 | Things Take Time, Take Time | Courtney Barnett | Mom+Pop | Alternative Rock |
20 | Stardust and Satellites | Steve Poltz | Red House | Roots Rock |
21 | Dreamland | Amos Lee | Dualtone | Roots Rock |
22 | The Million Things That Never Happened | Billy Bragg | Cooking Vinyl | Roots Rock |
23 | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | Big Thief | 4AD | Roots Rock |
24 | Glowing Lantern | The Mother Hips | Blue Rose | Alternative Rock |
25 | Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 | The Band of Heathens | BOH | Roots Rock |
26 | Exit Wounds | The Wallflowers | New West | Roots Rock |
27 | Late Night TV Gold | Shinyribs | Easy Street | Roots Rock |
28 | My Morning Jacket | My Morning Jacket | ATO | Alternative Rock |
29 | In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger | Bob Schneider | Shockorama | Roots Rock |
30 | Covers | Cat Power | Domino | Alternative Rock |
31 | Dreamland | Glass Animals | Polydor | Alternative Rock |
32 | Avondale Drive | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass | Roots Rock |
33 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
34 | What Happens Next | Davy Knowles | Mascot | Roots Rock |
35 | Lucky 13 | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
36 | This is a Photograph | Kevin Morby | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
37 | Songs of the Recollection | Cowboy Junkies | Proper | Roots Rock |
38 | One Last Thing | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire | Roots Rock |
39 | (watch My Moves) | Kurt Vile | Verve | Alternative Rock |
40 | Help…I'm Alive | The Boxmasters | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
41 | If These Walls Could Talk | Luke Winslow-King | Ghost River | Roots Rock |
42 | In Heaven | Strand of Oaks | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
43 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | Chrysali | Roots Rock |
44 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod | Roots Rock |
45 | Welcome 2 Club XIII | Drive-By Truckers | ATO | Roots Rock |
46 | Texas Moon | Khruangbin | Columbia | Alternative Rock |
47 | Cool It Down | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Secretly Canadian | Alternative Rock |
48 | Young Blood | Marcus King | American Recordings | Roots Rock |
49 | Follow Your Heart | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
50 | House to House | Matt Andersen | Sonic | Roots Rock |
51 | Sympathy for Life | Parquet Courts | Rough Trade | Alternative Rock |
52 | Time Skiffs | Animal Collective | Domino | Alternative Rock |
53 | The Million Masks of God | Manchester Orchestra | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
54 | Colder Streams | The Sadies | Yep Roc | Alternative Rock |
55 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo | Roots Rock |
56 | External Combustion | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs | BMG | Alternative Rock |
57 | Ballads of the Broken | Jelly Roll | Stoney Creek | Roots Rock |
58 | WE | Arcade Fire | Self-Release | Alternative Rock |
59 | Skinty Fia | Fontaines D.C. | Partisan | Alternative Rock |
60 | When You See Yourself | Kings of Leon | RCA | Alternative Rock |
61 | Manticore | Shovels & Rope | Dualtone | Alternative Rock |
62 | Lava Lamp | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
63 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
64 | Wilderness of Mirrors | The Black Angels | Partisan | Alternative Rock |
65 | Going Places | Josh Rouse | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
66 | Nightroamer | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
67 | Rich White Honky Blues | Hank Williams, Jr. | Easy Eye Sound | Roots Rock |
68 | Asphalt Meadows | Death Cab for Cutie | Atlantic | Alternative Rock |
69 | Love & Algorhythms | Seratones | New West | Alternative Rock |
70 | The Lost Year Part 1 | Delta Generators | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
71 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | New West | Roots Rock |
72 | Fear of the Dawn | Jack White | Third Man | Alternative Rock |
73 | Daylight | Grace Potter | Concord | Alternative Rock |
74 | The Overload | Yard Act | Zen F.C. | Alternative Rock |
75 | Obviously | Lake Street Dive | Nonesuch | Alternative Rock |
76 | Snail Rocks | Snail | Self-Release | Classic Rock |
77 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | Ramseur | Roots Rock |
78 | Floating Ghost Hotel | Slink Moss Explosion | Hi-Style | Rockabilly |
79 | Circles & the Flames | Anthony Arya | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
80 | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters | Roswell | Alternative Rock |
81 | PRE PLEASURE | Julia Jacklin | Polyvinyl | Alternative Rock |
82 | This Machine Still Kills Fascists | Dropkick Murphys | Dummy Luck | Alternative Rock |
83 | Extreme Witchcraft | Eels | PIAS | Alternative Rock |
84 | By No Means | Jim Keller | Orange Mountain | Roots Rock |
85 | The Last Perfect Performance | Paul Bibbins | Self-Release | Classic Rock |
86 | Blessings and Miracles | Santana | BMG | Progressive Rock |
87 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
88 | Only the Strong Survive | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | Roots Rock |
89 | Entering Heaven Alive | Jack White | Third Man | Alternative Rock |
90 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | StorySound | Roots Rock |
91 | Fun Machine: the Sequel | Lake Street Dive | UMG | Alternative Rock |
92 | Hair on Fire | Jake La Botz | Under the El | Roots Rock |
93 | Leave the Light on | Pillow Queens | Royal Mountain | Alternative Rock |
94 | In Plain Sight | Neal Francis | ATO | Alternative Rock |
95 | Waiting for the Daylight | Erja Lyytinen | Tuohi | Roots Rock |
96 | A Light for Attracting Attention | The Smile | Self Help Tapes | Alternative Rock |
97 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
98 | Mahal | Toro Y Moi | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
99 | Milky Stars | Michael McArthur | Transoceanic | Roots Rock |
100 | Normal Isn't Normal Anymore | Rod Abernethy | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
101 | Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
102 | The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild Dogs | The Weber Brothers | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
103 | Surfing with a Vintage Lady | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One | Surf |
104 | Bleed out | The Mountain Goats | Merge | Alternative Rock |
105 | Beware of Worthless Imitations Vol 1 | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Continental Song Cit | Roots Rock |
106 | For the Sake of Bethel Woods | Midlake | ATO | Roots Rock |
107 | No Rules Sandy | Sylvan Esso | Loma Vista | Alternative Rock |
108 | Blue Skies | Dehd | Fat Possum | Alternative Rock |
109 | The Memphis Recordings | Justin Pickard & the Thunderbird Winos | Fun Guy | Rockabilly |
110 | The Astronaut | Jana Pochop | Patient Grasshopper | Roots Rock |
111 | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | Tyler Childers | Sony | Roots Rock |
112 | Red, White and American Blues (it Couldn't Happen Here) | Nathan Bell | Singular | Roots Rock |
113 | Ants from Up There | Black Country, New Road | Ninja Tune | Alternative Rock |
114 | The Other Side | Christian Lopez Band | Paradox | Roots Rock |
115 | All That You Can Dream | Grant Lee Phillips | Yep Roc | Roots Rock |
116 | Omnium Gatherum | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | KGLW | Alternative Rock |
117 | Wild Loneliness | Superchunk | Merge | Progressive Rock |
118 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies | Roots Rock |
119 | CockadoodleDeux | The Legendary Shack Shakers | Alternative Tentacles | Rockabilly |
120 | Alvarado | The Wild Feathers | New West | Roots Rock |
121 | Emerald Blue | Andrew Duhon | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
122 | The Misfit | Rhett Miller | ATO | Roots Rock |
123 | LABYRINTHITIS | Destroyer | Merge | Alternative Rock |
124 | Teeth Marks | S.G. Goodman | Verve Forecast | Roots Rock |
125 | Spencer Gets It Lit | Jon Spencer & the HITmakers | Sony | Progressive Rock |
126 | NOESTÁSAQUÍ | Caramelo Haze | Nacional | Alternative Rock |
127 | First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder | Todd Snider | Thirty Tigers | Roots Rock |
128 | A Bit of Previous | Belle & Sebastian | Matador | Alternative Rock |
129 | Observatory | Aeon Station | Sub Pop | Alternative Rock |
130 | Everything Was Beautiful | Spiritualized | Fat Possum | Alternative Rock |
131 | Marriage | Deap Vally | Cooking Vinyl Limited | Alternative Rock |
132 | Cave World | Viagra Boys | YEAR0001 | Punk Rock |
133 | Early Morning Rain | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose Music | Roots Rock |
134 | American Static, Vol. 1 | Andrew Leahey & Homestead | Mule Kick | Roots Rock |
135 | Good People | Bob Malone | Delta Moon | Soft Rock |
136 | Dripfield | Goose | No Coincidence | Jam Band |
137 | See Through You | A Place to Bury Strangers | Dedstrange | Alternative Rock |
138 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon | BMG | Alternative Rock |
139 | Soberish | Liz Phair | Chrysalis | Alternative Rock |
140 | No Gods No Masters | Garbage | Infectious | Alternative Rock |
141 | Havasu | Pedro the Lion | Polyvinyl | Alternative Rock |
142 | Change the World | Ringo Starr | Universal | Rock & Roll |
143 | Grizzly Peak | The Dodos | Polyvinyl | Alternative Rock |
144 | Surface Sounds | Kaleo | Electra | Alternative Rock |
145 | In the Game | Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill | Chart Room Media | Roots Rock |
146 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Willie Nile | River House | Roots Rock |
147 | Love Songs for Losers | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone | Roots Rock |
148 | This is for the Barbarians | Mondo Cozmo | Last Gang | Alternative Rock |
149 | Calling Cadence | Calling Cadence | hi-res | Roots Rock |
150 | Bummer Year | Good Looks | Keeled Scales | Alternative Rock |
151 | Reason in Decline | Archers of Loaf | Merge | Alternative Rock |
152 | Physical Thrills | Silversun Pickups | WMG | Alternative Rock |
153 | Excess | Automatic | Stones Throw | Alternative Rock |
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