The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| 2 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord |
| 3 | El Mirador | Calexico | Anti |
| 4 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside |
| 5 | Strictly a One-Eyed Jack | John Mellencamp | Republic |
| 6 | Nashville Again | The Youngers | Let It Roll |
| 7 | Established 1972 | The Nighthawks | VizzTone |
| 8 | Turn My Radio Up | The Coffis Brothers | Blue Rose |
| 9 | Together Alone (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges | Blue Corn |
| 10 | Stardust and Satellites | Steve Poltz | Red House |
| 11 | Dreamland | Amos Lee | Dualtone |
| 12 | The Million Things That Never Happened | Billy Bragg | Cooking Vinyl |
| 13 | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | Big Thief | 4AD |
| 14 | Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
| 15 | Exit Wounds | The Wallflowers | New West |
| 16 | Late Night TV Gold | Shinyribs | Easy Street |
| 17 | In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger | Bob Schneider | Shockorama |
| 18 | Avondale Drive | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass |
| 19 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes | Self-Release |
| 20 | What Happens Next | Davy Knowles | Mascot |
| 21 | Lucky 13 | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Self-Release |
| 22 | Songs of the Recollection | Cowboy Junkies | Proper |
| 23 | One Last Thing | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Bonfire |
| 24 | Help…I'm Alive | The Boxmasters | Thirty Tigers |
| 25 | If These Walls Could Talk | Luke Winslow-King | Ghost River |
| 26 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | Chrysali |
| 27 | Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 28 | Welcome 2 Club XIII | Drive-By Truckers | ATO |
| 29 | Young Blood | Marcus King | American Recordings |
| 30 | House to House | Matt Andersen | Sonic |
| 31 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 32 | Ballads of the Broken | Jelly Roll | Stoney Creek |
| 33 | Lava Lamp | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc |
| 34 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Self-Release |
| 35 | Going Places | Josh Rouse | Yep Roc |
| 36 | Nightroamer | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Thirty Tigers |
| 37 | Rich White Honky Blues | Hank Williams, Jr. | Easy Eye Sound |
| 38 | The Lost Year Part 1 | Delta Generators | Self-Release |
| 39 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | New West |
| 40 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | Ramseur |
| 41 | Circles & the Flames | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
| 42 | By No Means | Jim Keller | Orange Mountain |
| 43 | Only the Strong Survive | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| 44 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | StorySound |
| 45 | Hair on Fire | Jake La Botz | Under the El |
| 46 | Waiting for the Daylight | Erja Lyytinen | Tuohi |
| 47 | The Land That Time Forgot | Chuck Prophet | Yep Roc |
| 48 | Milky Stars | Michael McArthur | Transoceanic |
| 49 | Normal Isn't Normal Anymore | Rod Abernethy | Self-Release |
| 50 | Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn | Thirty Tigers |
| 51 | The Water Street Trilogy Pt. 1: Wild As the Wild Dogs | The Weber Brothers | Self-Release |
| 52 | Beware of Worthless Imitations Vol 1 | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Continental Song Cit |
| 53 | For the Sake of Bethel Woods | Midlake | ATO |
| 54 | The Astronaut | Jana Pochop | Patient Grasshopper |
| 55 | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | Tyler Childers | Sony |
| 56 | Red, White and American Blues (it Couldn't Happen Here) | Nathan Bell | Singular |
| 57 | The Other Side | Christian Lopez Band | Paradox |
| 58 | All That You Can Dream | Grant Lee Phillips | Yep Roc |
| 59 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies |
| 60 | Alvarado | The Wild Feathers | New West |
| 61 | Emerald Blue | Andrew Duhon | Self-Release |
| 62 | The Misfit | Rhett Miller | ATO |
| 63 | First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder | Todd Snider | Thirty Tigers |
| 64 | Early Morning Rain | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose Music |
| 65 | American Static, Vol. 1 | Andrew Leahey & Homestead | Mule Kick |
| 66 | In the Game | Mick Flannery | Chart Room Media |
| 67 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Willie Nile | River House |
| 68 | Love Songs for Losers | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone |
| 69 | How Many Miles | Bo Ramsey | 3527670 |
| 70 | Calling Cadence | Calling Cadence | hi-res |
| 71 | For Work or Love | The Commonheart | Jullian |
| 72 | Nation of Heat Revisited | Joe pug | Nation Head |
| 73 | On the Blind Side | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release |
| 74 | At Home with Southern Culture on the Skids | Southern Culture On The Skids | Kudzu |
| 75 | Thirsty | Desert Hollow | Self-Release |
| 76 | 2020 Vision | Martin Sexton | Kitchen Table |
| 77 | For Free | David Crosby | Three Blind Mice |
| 78 | Still Got the Jacket | Jr. Gone Wild | Weewerk |
| 79 | You Reap What You Sow | The Weeping Willows | Compass Bros |
| 80 | Red Beets & Horseradish | The Little Wretches | Self-Release |
| 81 | Caveman | Gurf Morlix | Rootball |
| 82 | Times Have Changed | Charlie Mars | Foxgate |
| 83 | Autumn | Kelly Pardekooper | Self-Release |
| 84 | Outside Spectrum | The Empty Pockets | MT Pockets |
| 85 | Clues of My Existence | Dave Desmelik | Self-Release |
| 86 | Hot off the Line | Yeah Buddy! Band | Self-Release |
| 87 | Heart of the Eternal | A.J. Croce | Seedling |
| 88 | Life Street Closed | Noise Floor Delirium | Self-Release |
| 89 | Keeper | Elliott Brood | Six Shooter |
| 90 | Interlude | Travel Horse | Self-Release |
| 91 | Nightmares | Gasoline Lollipops | Self-Release |
| 92 | Wild Flower | Tyler T. | Self-Release |
| 93 | Tricks of the Trade | Malcolm Holcombe | Gypsy Eyes |
| 94 | Back on the Road to You | Freedy Johnston | Forty Below |
| 95 | Human Question | The Yawpers | Bloodshot |
| 96 | Liberté | The Doobie Brothers | Island |
| 97 | Live at the Fillmore, 1997 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner |
| 98 | Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 – 2020 | Jeffrey Foucault | Blueblade |
| 99 | Paint the Roses (Live in Concert) | Larkin Poe & Nu Deco Ensemble | Tricki-Woo |
| 100 | Heart in a Hurry | Christine Sweeney | Self-Release |
| 101 | Waiting on a Miracle | Tim Flannery | Whalebone |
| 102 | Can't Stop Time | Eric Hisaw Band | Self-Release |
| 103 | That and Change | Kelly Fitzgerald | Self-Release |
| 104 | Depending on the Distance | Jimmy Lafave | Music Road Records |
| 105 | Highways & Rocketships | Florence Dore | Propeller Sound |
| 106 | Angels & Queens | Gabriels | Atlas Artists |
| 107 | Always Smilin' | Oliver Wood | Honey Jar |
| 108 | By Request | A.J. Croce | Compass |
| 109 | The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers | Loma Vista |
| 110 | Wrong Me | Kate Dulcich | Self-Release |
| 111 | Something More Than Love | Lera Lynn | Self-Release |
| 112 | Words & Music, May 1965 | Lou Reed | Light in the Attic |
| 113 | Into the Wild Mystic Mountain | Charlie Treat | Self-Release |
| 114 | EP3 | Ringo Starr | UME |
| 115 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release |
| 116 | Maverick Thinker | William The Conqueror | Chrysalis |
| 117 | The United States of the Broken Hearted | Jeb Loy Nichols | On-U Sound |
| 118 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
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