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Top Albums 5/17/2022

WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station.  Below are our most recent top recording reports for the week ending on Sunday, May 15th, 2022.  Our next airplay chart will be computed on May 24th, 2022!

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May 9th, 2022 through May 15th, 2022

Top Ten Blues Albums

  Artist Record Label
1 EDGAR WINTER Brother Johnny Quarto Valley
2 BONNIE RAITT Just Like That… Redwing
3 MISS BIX Bring It Blue Heart
4 DANA FUCHS Borrowed Time Ruf
5 DELBERT MCCLINTON Outdated Emotion Hot Shot/Thirty Tigers
6 TROMBONE SHORTY Lifted Blue Note/UMG
7 VANEESE THOMAS Fight The Good Fight Blue Heart
8 LARRY MCCRAY Blues Without You KTBA
9 JOHN MAYALL The Sun Is Shining Down Forty Below
10 CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM 662 (Six Sixty-Two) Alligator

 

Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 BECCA BIGGS Genie Self-Released
2 BONNIE RAITT Just Like That… Redwing
3 TRAY WELLINGTON Black Banjo Crossroads
4 EARGOGGLE, THE The Eargoggle Regales, The Eargoggle Revels Very Special
5 EDGAR WINTER Brother Johnny Quarto Valley
6 FATHER JOHN MISTY Chloe And The Next 20th Century Sub Pop
7 LIED TO’S, THE The Worst Kind Of New Self-Released
8 RAILROAD EARTH All For The Song Self-Released
9 ALLISON DE GROOT AND TATIANA HARGREAVES Hurricane Clarice Free Dirt
10 BEAU JENNINGS AND THE TIGERS Heavy Light Black Mesa
11 ELI PAPERBOY REED Down Every Road Yep Roc
12 ERIKA LEWIS A Walk Around The Sun Self-Released
13 JEWEL Free Wheelin’ Woman Words Matter
14 MISS BIX Bring It Blue Heart
15 PAULA BOGGS BAND Janus Self-Released
16 ARLO MCKINLEY This Mess We’re In Oh Boy
17 BRENNEN LEIGH “In Texas With A Band” [Single] Signature Sounds
18 CAMP COPE Running With The Hurricane Run For Cover
19 COWBOY JUNKIES Songs Of The Recollection Proper
20 DANA FUCHS Borrowed Time Ruf
21 DELBERT MCCLINTON Outdated Emotion Hot Shot/Thirty Tigers
22 EELS Extreme Witchcraft E Works/PIAS
23 JOHN MAYALL The Sun Is Shining Down Forty Below
24 JOHNSMITH Backroads Self-Released
25 KAITLIN BUTTS What Else Can She Do Soundly
26 KURT VILE (watch my moves) Verve
27 PETER DONOVAN This Better Be Good Red Parlor
28 PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS, THE Never Slow Down Smithsonian Folkways
29 RAIN PERRY A White Album Precipitous
30 SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS Nightroamer Abeyance/Thirty Tigers

 

Top “Adds”  

  Artist Record Label
1 CODY LEE’S LAST DETAIL Live At Fullerton Studios Periscope
2 MERCY ALLIANCE, THE Watchin’ The Dancers Self-Released
3 SUZIE BROWN Some See The Flowers Mule Kick
4 ARIEE Fiya [EP] Ariee
5 BEAUX ATKINS Redfearn [EP] Self-Released
6 CAITLIN COBB-VIALET Endless Void War Chant
7 DIANA ROSE The Tree Self-Released
8 KELZ 5am And I Can’t Sleep Bayonet
9 TWO TRUTHS “Electric Campfire” [EP] Self-Released
10 GRAIN HOPPERS, THE Driving Evil Spirits Crazy Who Are These Guys

 

Top Ten World Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 FANTASTIC NEGRITO “Highest Bidder” [Single] Storefront
2 GROUNDATION “Original Riddim” [Single] Baco
3 HOLLIE COOK “Full Moon Baby” [Single] Merge
4 IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE Electricity Merge
5 CONGOTRONICS INTERNATIONAL Where’s The One? Crammed Discs
6 PIERRE KWENDERS José Louis And The Paradox Of Love Arts & Crafts
7 IMARHAN Aboogi City Slang
8 YUNGCHEN LHAMO Awakening Six Degrees
9 LOS BITCHOS Let The Festivities Begin! City Slang
10 ROSALIA MOTOMAMI Columbia

 

Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 DENZEL CURRY Melt My Eyez See Your Future Loma Vista/Concord
2 FLY ANAKIN Frank Lex
3 ROBERT GLASPER Black Radio III Loma Vista/Concord
4 CARRTOONS HOMEGROWN Wichita
5 LINQUA FRANQA Bellringer Ernest Jenning
6 ACTION BRONSON Cocodrillo Turbo Loma Vista/Concord
7 DEFCEE AND BOATHOUSE For All Debts Public And Private Closed Sessions
8 KING KHAZM Return Of A MAD Fresh Chopped Beats
9 KOJEY RADICAL Reason To Smile Asylum/Atlantic
10 PUSHA T It’s Almost Dry Getting Out Our Dreams

 

Top Ten Jazz Albums

 

  Artist Record Label
1 BILL EVANS Morning Glory Resonance
2 CATHERINE RUSSELL Send For Me Dot Time
3 TROMBONE SHORTY Lifted Blue Note/UMG
4 AARON BAZZELL Aesthetic Self-Released
5 DAVID LARSEN G2 And You G2
6 DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE DIVA Swings Broadway DIVA Jazz
7 MARCO PIGNATARO’S DREAM ALLIANCE Awakening Zoho
8 TAKE 2 Take 2 Outrageous8
9 MIKE MILLER Trust Blue Canoe
10 ANDY ROTHSTEIN BAND, THE Truth Against The World Vemicious Knid

 

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

 

  Artist Record Label
1 HOT CHIP “Down” [Single] Domino
2 IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE Electricity Merge
3 HEALTH DISCO 4 :: PART II Loma Vista/Concord
4 ROYKSOPP Profound Mysteries Dog Triumph/PIAS
5 ISHI Sweet Gold Icons Creating Evil Art
6 HARVEY SUTHERLAND Boy House Anxiety
7 ACID ARAB Remixes Crammed Discs
8 CHARLOTTE ADIGERY AND BOLIS PUPUL Topical Dancer DEEWEE/Because
9 TENSNAKE L.A. Noir True Romance
10 ADULT Becoming Undone Dais

 

Jazz “Adds”  

  Artist Record Label
1 ANGELA O’NEILL AND THE OUTRAGEOUS8 Light At The End Of The Tunnel Outrageous8
2 JOEY ALEXANDER Origin Mack Avenue

 

May 17, 2022 By Denis Howard

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