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

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label Sub Genre
1Just Like That...Bonnie RaittRedwingRoots Rock
2Lucifer on the SofaSpoonMatadorAlternative Rock
3The FutureNathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsStaxRoots Rock
4Play LoudThe Record CompanyConcordRoots Rock
5El MiradorCalexicoAntiRoots Rock
6Downhill from EverywhereJackson BrowneInsideRoots Rock
7I Don’t Live Here AnymoreThe War on DrugsAtlanticAlternative Rock
8The DreamAlt-JAtlanticAlternative Rock
9The Boy Named ifElvis Costello & The ImpostersUniversalAlternative Rock
10Long Time ComingSierra FerrellRounderRoots Rock
11Georgia BlueJason Isbell and the 400 UnitSoutheasternRoots Rock
12Strictly a One-Eyed JackJohn MellencampRepublicRoots Rock
13Nashville AgainThe YoungersLet It RollRoots Rock
14Established 1972The NighthawksVizzToneRoots Rock
15Wet LegWet LegDominoAlternative Rock
16Turn My Radio UpThe Coffis BrothersBlue RoseRoots Rock
17Laurel HellMitskiDead OceansAlternative Rock
18Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel)Sarah BorgesBlue CornRoots Rock
19Things Take Time, Take TimeCourtney BarnettMom+PopAlternative Rock
20Stardust and SatellitesSteve PoltzRed HouseRoots Rock
21DreamlandAmos LeeDualtoneRoots Rock
22The Million Things That Never HappenedBilly BraggCooking VinylRoots Rock
23Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in YouBig Thief4ADRoots Rock
24Glowing LanternThe Mother HipsBlue RoseAlternative Rock
25Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1The Band of HeathensBOHRoots Rock
26Exit WoundsThe WallflowersNew WestRoots Rock
27Late Night TV GoldShinyribsEasy StreetRoots Rock
28My Morning JacketMy Morning JacketATOAlternative Rock
29In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping TigerBob SchneiderShockoramaRoots Rock
30CoversCat PowerDominoAlternative Rock
31DreamlandGlass AnimalsPolydorAlternative Rock
32Avondale DriveNicki Bluhm & The GramblersCompassRoots Rock
33Not Your Little GirlAbby Bryant & The EchoesSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
34What Happens NextDavy KnowlesMascotRoots Rock
35Lucky 13Babaux and The PeacemakersSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
36This is a PhotographKevin MorbyDead OceansAlternative Rock
37Songs of the RecollectionCowboy JunkiesProperRoots Rock
38One Last ThingJason Lee McKinney BandBonfireRoots Rock
39(watch My Moves)Kurt VileVerveAlternative Rock
40Help…I'm AliveThe BoxmastersThirty TigersRoots Rock
41If These Walls Could TalkLuke Winslow-KingGhost RiverRoots Rock
42In HeavenStrand of OaksThirty TigersAlternative Rock
43Bloodline MaintenanceBen HarperChrysaliRoots Rock
44Paper Hearts and Broken ArrowsRod PicottWelding RodRoots Rock
45Welcome 2 Club XIIIDrive-By TruckersATORoots Rock
46Texas MoonKhruangbinColumbiaAlternative Rock
47Cool It DownYeah Yeah YeahsSecretly CanadianAlternative Rock
48Young BloodMarcus KingAmerican RecordingsRoots Rock
49Follow Your HeartMichael Franti & SpearheadThirty TigersAlternative Rock
50House to HouseMatt AndersenSonicRoots Rock
51Sympathy for LifeParquet CourtsRough TradeAlternative Rock
52Time SkiffsAnimal CollectiveDominoAlternative Rock
53The Million Masks of GodManchester OrchestraLoma VistaAlternative Rock
54Colder StreamsThe SadiesYep RocAlternative Rock
55Blood HarmonyLarkin PoeTricki-WooRoots Rock
56External CombustionMike Campbell & Dirty KnobsBMGAlternative Rock
57Ballads of the BrokenJelly RollStoney CreekRoots Rock
58WEArcade FireSelf-ReleaseAlternative Rock
59Skinty FiaFontaines D.C.PartisanAlternative Rock
60When You See YourselfKings of LeonRCAAlternative Rock
61Manticore Shovels & RopeDualtoneAlternative Rock
62Lava LampJonah TolchinYep RocRoots Rock
63Letter to YouBruce SpringsteenSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
64Wilderness of MirrorsThe Black AngelsPartisanAlternative Rock
65Going PlacesJosh RouseYep RocRoots Rock
66NightroamerSarah Shook & the DisarmersThirty TigersRoots Rock
67Rich White Honky BluesHank Williams, Jr.Easy Eye SoundRoots Rock
68Asphalt MeadowsDeath Cab for CutieAtlanticAlternative Rock
69Love & AlgorhythmsSeratonesNew WestAlternative Rock
70The Lost Year Part 1Delta GeneratorsSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
71Leftover FeelingsJohn Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas BandNew WestRoots Rock
72Fear of the DawnJack WhiteThird ManAlternative Rock
73DaylightGrace PotterConcordAlternative Rock
74The OverloadYard ActZen F.C.Alternative Rock
75ObviouslyLake Street DiveNonesuchAlternative Rock
76Snail RocksSnailSelf-ReleaseClassic Rock
77Seth Avett Sings Greg BrownSeth AvettRamseurRoots Rock
78Floating Ghost HotelSlink Moss ExplosionHi-StyleRockabilly
79Circles & the FlamesAnthony AryaSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
80Medicine at MidnightFoo FightersRoswellAlternative Rock
81PRE PLEASUREJulia JacklinPolyvinylAlternative Rock
82This Machine Still Kills FascistsDropkick MurphysDummy LuckAlternative Rock
83Extreme WitchcraftEelsPIASAlternative Rock
84By No MeansJim KellerOrange MountainRoots Rock
85The Last Perfect PerformancePaul BibbinsSelf-ReleaseClassic Rock
86Blessings and MiraclesSantanaBMGProgressive Rock
87Daddy's HomeSt. VincentLoma VistaAlternative Rock
88Only the Strong SurviveBruce SpringsteenColumbiaRoots Rock
89Entering Heaven AliveJack WhiteThird ManAlternative Rock
90Lifetime AchievementLoudon Wainwright IIIStorySoundRoots Rock
91Fun Machine: the SequelLake Street DiveUMGAlternative Rock
92Hair on FireJake La BotzUnder the ElRoots Rock
93Leave the Light onPillow QueensRoyal MountainAlternative Rock
94In Plain SightNeal FrancisATOAlternative Rock
95Waiting for the DaylightErja LyytinenTuohiRoots Rock
96A Light for Attracting AttentionThe SmileSelf Help TapesAlternative Rock
97The Land That Time ForgotChuck ProphetYep RocRoots Rock
98MahalToro Y MoiDead OceansAlternative Rock
99Milky StarsMichael McArthurTransoceanicRoots Rock
100Normal Isn't Normal AnymoreRod AbernethySelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
101Never Too Late to CallPaul ThornThirty TigersRoots Rock
102The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild DogsThe Weber BrothersSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
103Surfing with a Vintage LadyThe B. Christopher BandGuitar OneSurf
104Bleed outThe Mountain GoatsMergeAlternative Rock
105Beware of Worthless Imitations Vol 1Jeffrey Halford & the HealersContinental Song CitRoots Rock
106For the Sake of Bethel WoodsMidlakeATORoots Rock
107No Rules SandySylvan EssoLoma VistaAlternative Rock
108Blue SkiesDehdFat PossumAlternative Rock
109The Memphis RecordingsJustin Pickard & the Thunderbird WinosFun GuyRockabilly
110The AstronautJana PochopPatient GrasshopperRoots Rock
111Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?Tyler ChildersSonyRoots Rock
112Red, White and American Blues (it Couldn't Happen Here)Nathan BellSingularRoots Rock
113Ants from Up ThereBlack Country, New RoadNinja TuneAlternative Rock
114The Other SideChristian Lopez BandParadoxRoots Rock
115All That You Can DreamGrant Lee PhillipsYep RocRoots Rock
116Omnium GatherumKing Gizzard & The Lizard WizardKGLWAlternative Rock
117Wild LonelinessSuperchunkMergeProgressive Rock
118I Wanna Go with YouWide Mouth MasonWe Are Busy BodiesRoots Rock
119CockadoodleDeuxThe Legendary Shack ShakersAlternative TentaclesRockabilly
120AlvaradoThe Wild FeathersNew WestRoots Rock
121Emerald BlueAndrew DuhonSelf-ReleaseRoots Rock
122The MisfitRhett MillerATORoots Rock
123LABYRINTHITISDestroyerMergeAlternative Rock
124Teeth MarksS.G. GoodmanVerve ForecastRoots Rock
125Spencer Gets It LitJon Spencer & the HITmakersSonyProgressive Rock
126NOESTÁSAQUÍCaramelo HazeNacionalAlternative Rock
127First Agnostic Church of Hope and WonderTodd SniderThirty TigersRoots Rock
128A Bit of PreviousBelle & SebastianMatadorAlternative Rock
129ObservatoryAeon StationSub PopAlternative Rock
130Everything Was BeautifulSpiritualizedFat PossumAlternative Rock
131MarriageDeap VallyCooking Vinyl LimitedAlternative Rock
132Cave WorldViagra BoysYEAR0001Punk Rock
133Early Morning RainSteve ForbertBlue Rose MusicRoots Rock
134American Static, Vol. 1Andrew Leahey & HomesteadMule KickRoots Rock
135Good PeopleBob MaloneDelta MoonSoft Rock
136DripfieldGooseNo CoincidenceJam Band
137See Through YouA Place to Bury StrangersDedstrangeAlternative Rock
138Rose Pink CadillacDope LemonBMGAlternative Rock
139SoberishLiz PhairChrysalisAlternative Rock
140No Gods No MastersGarbageInfectiousAlternative Rock
141HavasuPedro the LionPolyvinylAlternative Rock
142Change the WorldRingo StarrUniversalRock & Roll
143Grizzly PeakThe DodosPolyvinylAlternative Rock
144Surface SoundsKaleoElectraAlternative Rock
145In the GameMick Flannery & Susan O'NeillChart Room MediaRoots Rock
146The Day the Earth Stood StillWillie NileRiver HouseRoots Rock
147Love Songs for LosersThe Lone BellowDualtoneRoots Rock
148This is for the BarbariansMondo CozmoLast GangAlternative Rock
149Calling CadenceCalling Cadencehi-resRoots Rock
150Bummer YearGood LooksKeeled ScalesAlternative Rock
151Reason in DeclineArchers of LoafMergeAlternative Rock
152Physical ThrillsSilversun PickupsWMGAlternative Rock
153ExcessAutomaticStones ThrowAlternative Rock
 

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