Philby 100 Best Albums of 2022
1.Hearts in Need of Repair—Sarah Morris [Philby Album of the Year] [Best Album Cover From a Photo]
2.The Vestiges of Art—Bobby Pennock [Best Pop Album]
3.Time Didn’t Matter—The Blueflowers [Best Rock Album]
4.Pressed and Ironed—Crossword Smiles [Best Alt/Rock Album]
5.Turf Wars—The Joedai Warriors (Joe Peters and Friends)[Best multi artists album]
6.Particles to Pearls—Mike Ward [Best Male Folk Album]
7.Two Sides—Matthew French [Best Sincere Vocals]
8.The Sun Comes Shining Through—Linden Thoburn [Best Female Folk Album][Best Cello: Sara Gibson]
9.Dark Matter—The Stranglers [Best Classic Rock Album][Best We’re Not Finished Yet Album]
10.Bark and Roof Tales—Michael Snyder-Barker and David Roof [Best Group or Duo Album]
11.Good People—Bob Malone [Best Piano]
12.Still—David LaMotte [Best Lyrics]
13.A Devil Like Me—Wolf B. Reuter [Best All-Genre Album]
14.Heart Inside Your Head—Nick Piunti and The Complicated Men [Best Male Pop/Rock Album]
15.Of Hard Times and Harmony—Windborne [Best Choral Group Album][Best Political Album]
16.Person of Interest—Tom Curless [Best Rock/Pop Album]
17.Words of Love—Allison Lupton [Best Canadian Folk Album]
18.61356—Bill Edwards [Best Theme Album]
19.Sound Under Influence—Suimah [Best Rock/R&B Album]
20.Misfits—The Stone Souls [Best Import Rock Album]
21.Baby, I’m Hollywood—Judith Hill [Best Neo Soul Album]
22.Vivid—Julianne Ankley [Best Country Album]
23.The Mission Band—Billy Brandt [Best Folk/Rock Album]
24.Travel Light—The Steve Taylor 3 [Best Singer/Songwriter Album]
25.Rise Again—Laura Rain and The Caesars [Best R&B Album]
26.Start at the End—Tamar Berk [Best Female Garage Album]
27.Troubled Times—Mike Ward [Best Protest or Social Significance Album]
28.Banner Day—Signal Flags [Best Band Garage Album]
29.The Claudettes Go Out—The Claudettes
30.Dockside Saints—Cary Morin [Best Swamp/Blues Album]
31.Brother Johnny—Edgar Winter [Best Tribute Album]
32.Toxic Swamp and Other Love Songs—Kenny Young and the Eggplants [Best Sci Fi Rock Album]
33.Pete, Woody, and Me: Keep the Flame Alive, Vol.1—Spook Handy [Best Folk Tribute Album]
34.Radiophonic Supersonic—Dave Caruso [Best Album Title]
35.Lonesome Galaxy—The Volebeats
36.West Wind—Ian McFeron
37.The Word From the Swamp—Beowolf Kingsley
38.The Sweetwater Sessions—Jonatha Brooke
39.Meat Bird in Beigeville—Judy Nazemetz [Best Comedy Album][Best Female Vocals]
40.When You’re Leaving—Andrew Stonehome
41.From Those Sweet Ashes—Jeremy Facknitz
42.Strings, Wings, and Curious Things—Sue Horowitz
43.The Ballad of Larry’s Neighbor—Billy W. Brandt (Seattle Jazz Artist)[Best Male Jazz Album]
44.Planet A’Go-Go—Xposed 4Heads [Best Electronic or Dance Album}
45.Black Box Theory—Gretchen’s Wheel
46.Ponder This—Roger Ponder [2nd Best Album Title]
47.The Turning Year—Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra [Best Celtic Album]
48.Superimpostion—Suburban Hi—Fi
49.Light on the Horizon—Jerry Price
50.Far Above and Far Away—After Blue
51.Anthems of Home—HuDost
52.No. 5—Solomon King and The Chosen
53.A Little Life—Liz Miller
54.Every Moment—Sigrid Christiansen
55.Watercolor—Gary Browe
56.Where and When—Kelly’s Lot
57.Vessel—The Accidentals
58.Kismet—Kid Gulliver
59.Heroes and Legends—TJ George [Best Roster of Guests]
60.Big Wheel—Mick Clarke [Best British Blues Album]
61.Madison and Angelus—Bevin Luna [Best Punk Album]
62.Turning Stone—Dan Hazlett
63.Transitions de Bien—Mary Ann Kirt
64.Digging Deeper Toward the Sky—Bill Price
65.Novel Noel—Lyn Stanley [Best Female Jazz Album][Best Arrangements]
66.Vivus—John Barron and Rob Emanuel [Best Instrumental Jazz Album]
67.Earworms—Nick Frater [Best Drawn Album Cover]
68.Tanglewoods—The Empty Pockets
69.Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites—Phil Lee [Best Country Album]
70.Better Days—Corndaddy [Best Longest Overlooked Album]
71.Second Hand Mojo—Second Hand Mojo
72.One Year in the Lesser Middle—Tom Alter
73.The Space Between Two Thoughts—Memphis Hawk
74.September Songs of 2021—Roger Ponder
75.A Thin Thread—Phil Yates and The Affiliates
76.The Legacy of Billy Bob Sr—Barker and Broski [Best Billy Bob Album]
77.Ladyship Warship—Ladyship Warship
78.Oval—The ContraZoom Mixtapes
79.Relentless—Ilene Springer
80.Watershed—The Belle Curves
81.The EastWest Sessions—Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers [Best Saxophone: Mindi Abair]
82.Bloodline Maintenance—Ben Harper
83.Smote Reverser—Oh Sees [Best Prog/Rock Album]
84.We All Shine On: Celebrating the Music of 1970—Various Artists
85.Queendom—Analea Brown [Best Reggae Album]
86.Lago Ausente—Zoe Pollock [Best New Age Album]
87.Done Come Too Far—Shemekia Copeland
88.Kindness—Linda Marks
89.Live at the Logan Street Sanctuary—Thunderwude [Best Bluegrass Album]
90.Unleashed—Dog Sisters
91.Now With More Rockets—Rob Moss and Skin Tight Skin
92.The Supporting Character—Emily Kinney
93.Maybe I Will See You at the End of the World—Sydney Sprague
94.Permission—Lady Lark
95.Gonna Be Beautiful—Karney
96.The Absolute Error—Mercury Ulia
97.The Idealist—Flora Elmcolone
98.You Need the Needs—The Needs
99.Postcards From the Moon—Layla Frankel
100.Beat This—The Aesthetics (Janiculan)