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KGNU's Top 100 albums of the year, ranked by number of spins. Considering the variety of music programs in our schedule and the sheer number of DJ's (100+) doing them, it's no surprise that this is a diverse list. Thanks for listening with open minds and ears. It's a credit to you, the listeners, that KGNU has been able to offer true freeform, ecclectic, music since 1978.
1.
Artist: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Album: Crooked Tree
Label: Nonesuch
2.
Artist: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Album: Get on Board
Label: Nonesuch
3.
Artist: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Album: Raise The Roof
Label: Rounder
4.
Artist: Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
Album: Carry Me Home
Label: Anti-
5.
Artist: Calexico
Album: El Mirador
Label: Anti-
6.
Artist: Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Album: Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert (Live)
Label: Nonesuch
7.
Artist: Peter Rowan
Album: Calling You From My Mountain
Label: Rebel Records
8.
Artist: The Del McCoury Band
Album: Almost Proud
Label: McCoury Music
9.
Artist: Delbert McClinton
Album: Outdated Emotion
Label: Hot Shot Records
10.
Artist: Punch Brothers
Album: Hell On Church Street
Label: Warner Music Group
11.
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Sacred Soul of North Carolina
Label: Bible And Tire Recording Company
12.
Artist: Wilco
Album: Cruel Country
Label: dBpm Records Inc.
13.
Artist: Bonnie Raitt
Album: Just Like That...
Label: Redwing
14.
Artist: Willie Nelson
Album: A Beautiful Time
Label: Legacy
15.
Artist: Congotronics International
Album: Where's The One? (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons)
Label: Crammed Disc US
16.
Artist: Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee
Album: Bamanan
Label: Rokia Kone
17.
Artist: Big Thief
Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Label: 4AD
18.
Artist: Billy Strings
Album: Renewal
Label: Rounder
19.
Artist: Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan
Album: Sage Motel
Label: Colemine Records
20.
Artist: Catherine Russell
Album: Send For Me
Label: Dot Time Records
21.
Artist: Protoje
Album: Third Time's The Charm
Label: in.Digg.Nation Collective
22.
Artist: Steve Earle
Album: Jerry Jeff
Label: New West Records
23.
Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show
Album: Paint This Town
Label: ATO Records
24.
Artist: Asleep At The Wheel
Album: Half A Hundred Years
Label: Home Records Marketed And Distributed By Thirty Tigers
25.
Artist: L'Entourloop
Album: La clarté dans la confusion
Label: L'Entourloop
26.
Artist: Mary Gauthier
Album: Dark Enough To See The Stars
Label: In the Black Records
27.
Artist: Noori & His Dorpa Band
Album: Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast
Label: Ostinato Records
28.
Artist: Leyla McCalla
Album: Breaking The Thermometer
Label: Anti
29.
Artist: Eliza Gilkyson
Album: Songs From The River Wind
Label: Howlin Dog Records
30.
Artist: Cimafunk
Album: El Alimento
Label: Terapia Productions
31.
Artist: Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Album: Ali
Label: Dead Oceans - Night Time Stories, Ltd
32.
Artist: The Harlem Gospel Travelers
Album: Look Up!
Label: Colemine
33.
Artist: Various Artists
Album: A Guide To The Birdsong Of Western Africa
Label: Shika Shika
34.
Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album: Dirt Does Dylan
Label: MRI
35.
Artist: Oumou Sangaré
Album: Timbuktu
Label: World Circuit
36.
Artist: Keb' Mo'
Album: Good To Be...
Label: Rounder
37.
Artist: Andrew Bird
Album: Inside Problems
Label: Loma Vista
38.
Artist: Ibibio Sound Machine
Album: Electricity
Label: Ibibio Sound Machine
39.
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Rough Guide to Texas Blues
Label: World Music Network
40.
Artist: Trombone Shorty
Album: Lifted
Label: Blue Note
41.
Artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Album: Butterfly 3001
Label: KGLW
42.
Artist: Bonobo
Album: Fragments
Label: Ninja Tune
43.
Artist: Thee Sacred Souls
Album: Thee Sacred Souls
Label: Daptone Records
44.
Artist: Deca
Album: Smoking Gun
Label: Deca
45.
Artist: Brennen Leigh
Album: Obsessed With The West (feat. Asleep At The Wheel)
Label: Signature Sounds
46.
Artist: Wet Leg
Album: Wet Leg
Label: Domino Record Company
47.
Artist: The Spy from Cairo
Album: Animamundi
Label: Zeb the Spy from Cairo
48.
Artist: Fantastic Negrito
Album: White Jesus Black Problems
Label: Storefront Records
49.
Artist: Adrian Quesada
Album: Boleros Psicodélicos
Label: ATO
50.
Artist: Neko Case
Album: Wild Creatures
Label: Anti/Epitaph
51.
Artist: The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
Album: Step Down
Label: Colemine Records
52.
Artist: Death by Dub
Album: Abundance
Label: Color Red Records
53.
Artist: Dr. John
Album: Things Happen That Way
Label: Low A9 LLC / Rounder
54.
Artist: Wood Belly
Album: Great Big Skies
Label: Americana Vibes
55.
Artist: Patty Griffin
Album: Tape
Label: PGM
56.
Artist: Vieux Farka Touré
Album: Les Racines
Label: World Circuit
57.
Artist: Third Coast Percussion
Album: Perspectives
Label: Cedille
58.
Artist: Kikagaku Moyo
Album: Kumoyo Island
Label: Guruguru Brain
59.
Artist: Tuba Skinny
Album: Magnolia Stroll
Label: Tuba Skinny
60.
Artist: Yonder Mountain String Band
Album: Get Yourself Outside
Label: Frog Pad Records
61.
Artist: Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Album: Texas Moon - EP
Label: Dead Oceans
62.
Artist: Spoon
Album: Lucifer On The Sofa
Label: Matador
63.
Artist: Gonora Sounds
Album: Hard Times Never Kill
Label: The Vital Record
64.
Artist: Los Bitchos
Album: Let The Festivities Begin!
Label: City Slang
65.
Artist: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Album: Barn
Label: Reprise
66.
Artist: Ernest Honny
Album: Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 / Ghana Music Power House
Label: Analog Africa
67.
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Album: The Future
Label: Stax
68.
Artist: Sturgill Simpson
Album: Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine, Vol. 2
Label: Oh Boy Records
69.
Artist: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Album: Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson
Label: Easy Eye Sound
70.
Artist: The Bongo Hop
Album: La Napa
Label: Underdog Records
71.
Artist: Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
Album: Topical Dancer
Label: Because Music
72.
Artist: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Album: Cold As Weiss
Label: Colemine Records
73.
Artist: Norman Blake
Album: Day By Day
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
74.
Artist: James McMurtry
Album: The Horses And The Hounds
Label: New West Records
75.
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Putumayo Presents Afro - Cubano
Label: Putumayo
76.
Artist: King Jammy
Album: King Jammy Destroys The Virus With Dub
Label: Greensleeves Records Ltd
77.
Artist: Project Gemini
Album: The Children Of Scorpio
Label: Mr Bongo
78.
Artist: Tank And The Bangas
Album: Red Balloon
Label: Verve
79.
Artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Album: Omnium Gatherum
Label: KGLW - King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard
80.
Artist: Fontaines D.C.
Album: Skinty Fia
Label: Parisan Records
81.
Artist: Junior Y Su Equipo
Album: Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962 - 1983
Label: Analog Africa
82.
Artist: Kurt Vile
Album: Watch My Moves
Label: Verve
83.
Artist: Juanita Euka
Album: Mabanzo
Label: Strut Records
84.
Artist: Mr. Sun
Album: Extrovert
Label: Compass Records
85.
Artist: The Diasonics
Album: Origin Of Forms
Label: Record Kicks
86.
Artist: Anaïs Mitchell
Album: Anaïs Mitchell
Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
87.
Artist: Cat Power
Album: Covers
Label: Domino Recording Co
88.
Artist: Parquet Courts
Album: Sympathy For Life
Label: Rough Trade
89.
Artist: Quantic & Nidia Góngora
Album: Almas Conectadas
Label: Tru Thoughts
90.
Artist: Makaya McCraven
Album: Deciphering The Message
Label: Blue Note
91.
Artist: Balsam Range
Album: Moxie And Mettle
Label: Mountain Home Music Company
92.
Artist: J Rocc
Album: A Wonderful Letter
Label: Stones Throw Records
93.
Artist: Daniel Villarreal
Album: Panamá 77
Label: International Anthem Recording Co
94.
Artist: Seratones
Album: Love & Algorhythms
Label: New West Records
95.
Artist: Father John Misty
Album: Chloë And The Next 20th Century
Label: Sub Pop
96.
Artist: Animal Collective
Album: Time Skiffs
Label: Domino Record Company
97.
Artist: Curtis Harding
Album: If Words Were Flowers
Label: Anti
98.
Artist: Jake Blount
Album: The New Faith
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
99.
Artist: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Album: Hold On
Label: Compass Records
100.
Artist: Al-Qasar
Album: Who Are We?
Label: Glitterbeat Records
The end of 2022 is here, and our DJs are taking a look back at their favorite releases from this year. See what album your favorite KGNU DJs loved this year!
KGNU's Top 100 albums of the year, ranked by how many spins each record received. Considering the variety of music programs in our schedule and the sheer number of DJ's (100+) doing them, it's no surprise that this is a diverse list. Thanks for listening with open minds and ears. It's a credit to you, the listeners, that KGNU has been able to offer a true musical alternative for nearly 40 years. You can always check our Top 30 charts as well.
The end of 2021 is here, and our DJs are taking a look back at their favorite releases from this year. Take a look at what album releases your favorite KGNU DJs loved in 2021!
KGNU's Top 100 albums of the year, ranked by how many spins each record received. Considering the variety of music programs in our schedule and the sheer number of DJ's (100+) doing them, it's no surprise that this is a diverse list. Thanks for listening with open minds and ears. It's a credit to you, the listeners, that KGNU has been able to offer a true musical alternative for nearly 40 years. You can always check our Top 30 charts as well.
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