The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinky's Blues | Sue Foley | Stony Plain |
| 2 | There's Something About the Night | Scott Ellison | Liberation Hall |
| 3 | I Got Love | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 4 | Open Road | Colin James | Stony Plain |
| 5 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord |
| 6 | Real Blues | Jim Dan Dee | Self-Release |
| 7 | Goin' Back | Pierce Dipner | Self-Release |
| 8 | Drifting | Bubba and the Big Bad Blues | Fullerton Gold |
| 9 | Changing Times | Silent Partners | Little Village |
| 10 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 11 | Emotional Gangster | Popa Chubby | DixieFrog |
| 12 | Jumpin' the Broom | Markey Blue Ric Latina Project | soulOsound |
| 13 | On My Way | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 14 | Next Stop | Gary Cain | Self-Release |
| 15 | BLOW | Colin Linden | Highway 20 |
| 16 | Deja Hoodoo | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Endless Blues |
| 17 | Nasty Crime | Alex Lopez | MarEmil |
| 18 | Winter's Coming | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun |
| 19 | Midnight Blues | Crystal Shawanda | True North |
| 20 | The Blues Album | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 21 | Trying to Keep My Head Above Water | Levee Town | Hudtone |
| 22 | Boston Bananafish | Bananafish | Treated & Released |
| 23 | Let It Bleed Revisited - an Ovation from Nashville | The Rock House All Stars | Qualified |
| 24 | Medication Time | Todd Sharpville | Dixiefrog |
| 25 | Breakfast Served Cold (feat. the Moons) | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | CoccoMusic |
| 26 | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 27 | Over the Pain | Orphan Jon and the Abandoned | Vintage LaNell |
| 28 | Delta Kream | The Black Keys | Nonesuch |
| 29 | Revelation | Dennis Johnson | Booda Lee |
| 30 | Telegram | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 31 | Earthling | Eddie Vedder | Republic |
| 32 | Ten | Albert Cummings | Ivy Music Company |
| 33 | Badder to the Bone | Eliza Neals | E-H |
| 34 | Bending the Rules | Travellin' Blue Kings | Naked |
| 35 | Hangin' at the DeVille Lounge | Rusty Wright Band | Sadson Music |
| 36 | It's a Mad Mad Bad Dad World | Bad Daddy | Piehole |
| 37 | Resurrection | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 38 | Blues for the Southside (Live) | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 39 | No More Worlds to Conquer | Robin Trower | Provogue |
| 40 | Turquoise Blue | Micki Free | Dark Idol |
| 41 | Flathead | Seth Lee Jones | Horton |
| 42 | Modern Nostalgia | Hughes Taylor | The Bent Note |
| 43 | Brace Yourself Live | Too Slim & the Taildraggers | VizzTone |
| 44 | A Tribute to Led Zeppelin | Beth Hart | Mascot |
| 45 | Hand in the Fire | Gunn | WOA |
| 46 | Tribute to Peter Green: Fleetwood Mac Years | Rick Berthod | Self-Release |
| 47 | Always | Eric Krasno | Mascot |
| 48 | Morningstar | Chris Antonik | Second Half |
| 49 | Burn It All Down | Lauren Anderson | Self-Release |
| 50 | King Biscuit | Simon Kinny-Lewis | Self-Release |
| 51 | Living in a Burning House | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator |
| 52 | Live at Third & Lindsley Nashville (Live) | Scott Ramminger | Arbor Lane |
| 53 | Best of | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Ruf |
| 54 | Supply Chain Blues | Brooks Young | Self-Release |
| 55 | Queen of the Hill | Niecie | Ride The Tiger |
| 56 | Philadelphia Mississippi | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers |
| 57 | Talkin About | Waterstreet Blues Band | Deyman, DiDonato, Sapounzi |
| 58 | Traveler's Blues | Blues Traveler | Round Hill |
| 59 | Blues on the Edge | Chris Ford | Self-Release |
| 60 | Splashdown | Broke Fuse | Self-Release |
| 61 | Preach to My Soul | Spencer Mackenzie | Gypsy Soul |
| 62 | Lets All Go Insane | Tony Baltimore | Conch Town |
| 63 | Dumpster Fire | Mean Old Fireman | First Due |
| 64 | The Language of Curiosity | Starlite Campbell Band | Supertone |
| 65 | That's What I'm Talkin About - Tribute to Hubert Sumlin | Sean Chambers | Quarto Valley |
| 66 | Hope Dies Last | Steve Marriner | Stony Plain |
| 67 | Almost Made It | The Matt Woods Band | Self-Release |
| 68 | Live Down Underground | Matty T. Wall | Hipsterdumpster |
| 69 | Live at the King Eddy | The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer | Self-Release |
| 70 | 4801 South Indiana Avenue | Joanna Connor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 71 | Angel's 11, Vol. II | Angel Forrest | Ad Litteram |
| 72 | Brother of Mine | Rare Union | Self-Release |
| 73 | Papa Didn't Raise Me Right | The Porkroll Project | Roadhouse Redemption |
| 74 | Do You Have the Blues or Do the Blues Have You | The Rev Douglas | Self-Release |
| 75 | Pure | Robben Ford | earMUSIC |
| 76 | Blues from Jupiter | Boogie Beasts | Donor |
| 77 | Containment Blues | Anthony Gomes | Up 2 Zero |
| 78 | Tribute | Jack de Keyzer | Blue Star |
| 79 | Refearn | Beaux Atkins | Self-Release |
| 80 | Fighting Fire with Fire | Geminii Dragon | Nepotism |
| 81 | Volume One | The Atomic 44's | Bird Dog |
| 82 | Believe | Albert Cummings | Mascot |
| 83 | Dear Illusion | Steve Hill | No Label |
| 84 | Everybody Wants the Blues | Committee of Vultures | Robert M. Zaleski |
| 85 | I Be Trying | Cedric Burnside | Single Lock |
| 86 | Heart of Fire | Ally Venable Band | Ruf |
| 87 | Los Angeles Forum - April 26, 1969 (Live) | Jimi Hendrix Experience | Sony |
| 88 | The Noir Album | Big B and The Actual Proof | Self-Release |
| 89 | Live in Texas | Clay Melton | Watchtower |
| 90 | Blues Hotel | Catch 23 | Self-Release |
| 91 | Keys to the Kingdom | The Kenneth Brian Band | Southern Shift |
| 92 | Love on the Rocks | Lauren Anderson | Self-Release |
| 93 | Whiskey, Women & Trouble | Kurt Allen | Titanium Blue |
| 94 | Out of My Head | Hamish Anderson | Self-Release |
| 95 | Rock 'n' Roll: a Tribute to Chuck Berry | Mike Zito | Ruf |
| 96 | Bob Wolfman (Tribute to a Friend) | Bob Wolfman | Self-Release |
| 97 | Bad News Rising | Chris 'Bad News' Barnes | VizzTone |
| 98 | Strat's Got Your Tongue | Greg Koch | Self-Release |
| 99 | The Call of the Blues | Whitey Somers | Motorhome |
| 100 | Horizons | Jesse Roper | Factor |
| 101 | Money Ain't Time | The Halley DeVestern Band | Self-Release |
| 102 | Find a Better Way | The Commoners | Gypsy Soul |
| 103 | Below Sea Level | Eric Johanson | Nola Blue |
| 104 | Dying Breed | Levi Platero | Self-Release |
| 105 | Bluesdaddy | Will Johns | Galetone |
| 106 | A Night at the Rhythm Room (Live) | Until The Sun | Self-Release |
| 107 | The Ballad of Albert Johnson | The Smoke Wagon Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 108 | The Remedy | Too Slim & the Taildraggers | VizzTone |
| 109 | Bywater Call | Bywater Call | Gypsy Soul |
| 110 | Betting on a Gambling Man | Dwane Dixon | Self-Release |
| 111 | It's Not You...It's Me | Fish Eyed Blues | Bavaro/Iannizzollo |
| 112 | Simple Search for Truth | PK Mayo | Self-Release |
| 113 | Speed of Heat | Skunk Baxter | BMG |
| 114 | In My Hands | Steve Keenan | Self-Release |
| 115 | Be Love | The Alexis P. Suter Band | Hipbone |
| 116 | Moment to Lose | The Old No. 5s | High Bar Rekkads |
| 117 | Back to Blue | Clay Melton | Watchtower |
| 118 | Alafia Moon | Damon Fowler | Landslide |
| 119 | Rocket Ride | Broke Fuse | Self-Release |
| 120 | The Bag | 53 Across | Self-Release |
| 121 | Order out of Chaos | Xander & The Peace Pirates | Self-Release |
| 122 | Still out There | Dmitri Resnik | Rusty Nail |
| 123 | Eclectic Electric | Joe Louis Walker | Cleopatra |
| 124 | Plug in and Play | Tommy Z | South Blossom |
| 125 | Sweet Thing | Moonshine Society | Mojo |
| 126 | Bless Your Heart | The Allman Betts Band | BMG |
| 127 | Fancy Hercules | Makar | Andrea Deangelis & Mark Purnell |
| 128 | Killin' It Live (Live) | Tommy Castro | Alligator |
| 129 | Radio Free Gristle - Just the Jams | Greg Koch | Self-Release |
| 130 | Kill or Be Kind | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 131 | Blues and Black Culture | Jordan Patterson | Groove Suite Music |
| 132 | Alive | Sister Lucille | Endless Blues |
| 133 | Hardware | Billy F Gibbons | Concord |
| 134 | Love Me Some | Boogie Beasts | Donor Productions |
| 135 | What the Cat Dragged in | Norman Collins & the Tumblers | Self-Release |
| 136 | Signs | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy |
| 137 | Wanted | Five Points Gang | Lunaria |
| 138 | One Woman Band | Ghalia Volt | Ruf |
| 139 | Ice Cream in Hell | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| 140 | Dark Spaces | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun |
| 141 | What is Real | The Trevor B. Power Band | Farm 189 |
| 142 | Live from the Red Shed | Kurt Allen | Titanium Blue |
| 143 | The Firewater Sessions, Vol. II | Grandaddy Short Leg | Hillbilly Underground |
| 144 | Magnificent Heart | Peter Karp | Rose Cottage |
| 145 | Blues in My Blood | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson | Nola Blue |
| 146 | Gild the Black Lily | Queen Esther | EL Recordings |
| 147 | Goin' 50 | ZZ Top | Warner |
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