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WFHB Top 100 Albums of 2022

The WFHB Top 100 List identifies the most popular musical recordings of the year as chosen by the all-volunteer programming staff of community radio station WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Data was compiled from playlists for all music shows which aired between Oct. 1, 2021 and Dec. 30, 2022. Only albums added to WFHB’s Add Pool or Pond before Nov. 25, 2022, AND whose balance of overall chart performance came after Dec. 31, 2021, were eligible for inclusion. Music Director Christine Brackenhoff. Compiled by Steve Volan.

  1. Beach House – Once Twice Melody
  2. Phương Tâm – Magical Nights: Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964​-​1966)
  3. fika and Bambie – Coffee & Clouds
  4. Busman’s Holiday – Good Songs
  5. SoundR LampN – SoundR LampN
  6. Various Artists – Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  7. Céu – Um Gosto de Sol
  8. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Cold as Weiss
  9. Andrew Bird – Inside Problems
  10. Schmetterling – Zwei
  11. Vieux Farka Touré – Les Racines
  12. Toro y Moi – MAHAL
  13. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Georgia Blue
  14. Curtis Harding – If Words Were Flowers
  15. Oliver Rodley – Sweet Green Tea
  16. The Hammer and The Hatchet – Shake Off The Cold
  17. Mitski – Laurel Hell
  18. Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Oscillate Wisely (10th Anniversary Edition)
  19. Renee Rosnes – Kinds of Love
  20. Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
  21. Robert Glasper – Black Radio III
  22. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble – Step Down
  23. Kurt Vile – Watch My Moves
  24. Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
  25. John Doe – Fables in a Foreign Land
  26. Lettuce – Unify
  27. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree
  28. Cat Power – Covers
  29. Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance
  30. Σtella – Up and Away
  31. Caesar Frazier – Tenacity / As We Speak
  32. Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
  33. Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That…
  34. Billy Bragg – The Million Things That Never Happened
  35. Los Bitchos – Let The Festivities Begin!
  36. Boogie Belgique – Machine
  37. Vieux Farka Toure et Khruangbin – Ali
  38. Sofi Tukker – Wet Tennis
  39. Mattiel – Georgia Gothic
  40. Trombone Shorty – Lifted
  41. The Brother Brothers – Cover to Cover
  42. Makaya McCraven – Deciphering the Message
  43. Cristina Vane – Make Myself Me Again
  44. Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Graphic Blandishment
  45. Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu
  46. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Under These Streets
  47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
  48. Hana Vu – Public Storage
  49. Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

Ties

50. Angel Olsen – Big Time
50. Kokoroko – Could We Be More
51-60. Wet Leg – Wet Leg
51-60. Marquis Hill – New Gospel Revisited
51-60. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee – BAMANAN
51-60. DJ Harrison – Tales from the Old Dominion
51-60. Atmosphere – WORD?
51-60. Barrie – Barbara
51-60. Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
51-60. The Winston Brothers – Drift
51-60. Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island
61-70. Eels – Extreme Witchcraft
61-70. Flight Facilities – FOREVER
61-70. Father John Misty – Chloe and The Next 20th Century
61-70. Natalie Hemby – Pins and Needles
61-70. Punch Brothers – Hell On Church Street
61-70. Cecile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song
61-70. Mr. Sun – Extrovert
61-70. She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson
61-70. Lalalar – Bi Cinnete Bakar
61-70. Ghost Funk Orchestra – Night Walker / Death Waltz
71-80. Peter Rowan – Calling You From My Mountain
71-80. Murder By Death – Spell/Bound
71-80. Valerie June – Under Cover
71-80. The Weeping Willows – You Reap What You Sow
71-80. The Sadies – Colder Streams
71-80. Lil Silva – Yesterday is Heavy
71-80. George Is Lord – My Sweet George
71-80. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever
71-80. Lyle Lovett – 12th of June
71-80. Pierre Kwenders – José Louis and the Paradox of Love
81-90. Florist – Florist
81-90. Moonchild – Starfruit
81-90. Joan Shelley – The Spur
81-90. Kendra Morris – Nine Lives
81-90. Plains – I Walked With You A Ways
81-90. Ron Trent presents Warm – What Do The Stars Say to You
81-90. Superchunk – Wild Loneliness
81-90. The Jones Sisters – Ceremony Jones
81-90. Sophie & The Broken Things – Delusions of Grandeur
81-90. Michael Weiss – Persistence
91-100. Mary Gauthier – Dark Enough to See the Stars
91-100. Maya de Vitry – Violet Light
91-100. Sessa – Estrela Acesa
91-100. Built To Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name
91-100. Miko Marks and The Resurrectors – Feel Like Going Home
91-100. Lean Year – Sides
91-100. Harvey Sutherland – Boy
91-100. Tennyson – Rot
91-100. Janet Batch – You Be The Wolf
91-100. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen

 

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