Each year, WNRN asks our listeners to vote on their top 10 albums of the year, and then we tally those results into the Top 100 Albums of the year. Below are a few of our most recent Top 100 lists!
100. Kiwi Jr. – Chopper
99. Dehd – Blue Skies
98. Dope Lemon – Rose Pink Cadillac
97. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Jerry Jeff
96. Cannons – Fever Dream
95. Rubblebucket – Earth Worship
94. Built To Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name
93. The Backseat Lovers – Waiting to Spill
92. Sylvan Esso – No Rules Sandy
91. Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
90. Bartees Strange – Farm to Table
89. Rayland Baxter – If I Were a Butterfly
88. Dogwood Tales – 13 Summers 13 Falls
87. Jack Johnson – Meet the Moonlight
86. Orville Peck – Bronco
85. Hackensaw Boys – Hackensaw Boys
84. Phoenix – Alpha Zulu
83. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
82. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board
81. S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks
80. Lettuce – Unify
79. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love
78. Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls
77. Chris Leggett & The Copper Line – From the Idle Mind
76. Lo Moon – A Modern Life
75. Mitski – Laurel Hell
74. Metric – Formentera
73. American Aquarium – Chicamacomico
72. Arctic Monkeys – The Car
71. Gang Of Youths – Angel in Realtime
70. Trombone Shorty – Lifted
69. Trampled By Turtles – Alpenglow
68. Del McCoury Band – Almost Proud
67. Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future
66. Fruit Bats – Sometimes a Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs
65. Madison Cunningham – Revealer
64. Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak
63. Punch Brothers – Hell on Church Street
62. Broken Bells – Into the Blue
61. Julian Lennon – Jude
60. The Lone Bellow – Love Songs for Losers
59. Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance
58. Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town
57. Marcus Mumford – Self-Titled
56. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer
55. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
54. Deau Eyes – Legacies
53. Calexico – El Mirador
52. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – The Alien Coast
51. Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII
50. Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If
49. Arcade Fire – We
48. Plains – I Walked with You a Ways
47. Lucius – Second Nature
46. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever
45. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Changes
44. Alvvays – Blue Rev
43. Alt-J – The Dream
42. 49 Winchester – Fortune Favors the Bold
41. Beabadoobie – Beatopia
40. Vieux Farka Toure et Khruangbin – Ali
39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
38. The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field
37. Beach House – Once Twice Melody
36. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
35. Band Of Horses – Things Are Great
34. The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
33. Kurt Vile – Watch My Moves
32. Dawes – Misadventures of Doomscroller
31. Florence + The Machine – Dance Fever
30. Beth Orton – Weather Alive
29. Marcus King – Young Blood
28. Various Artists – Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson
27. The Lumineers – Brightside
26. Wilco – Cruel Country
25. First Aid Kit – Palomino
24. Maggie Rogers – Surrender
23. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
22. Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams
21. Nilufer Yanya – Painless
20. The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention
19. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree
18. Father John Misty – Chloe and the Next 20th Century
17. Caamp – Lavender Days
16. The Head & The Heart – Every Shade of Blue
15. Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
14. Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
13. Mt. Joy – Orange Blood
12. Angel Olsen – Big Time
11. Tyler Childers – Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? (Hallelujah Version)
10. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Moon EP
9. Andrew Bird – Inside Problems
8. Bonnie Raitt – Just like That
7. Bonny Light Horseman – Rolling Golden Holy
6. Charley Crockett – The Man from Waco
5. Goose -Dripfield
4. Wet Leg – Wet Leg
3. Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am the Moon IV: Farewell
2. Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
1. Billy Strings – Me and Dad
100. Jungle – Loving In Stereo
99. Neal Francis – In Plain Sight
98. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – L.W.
97. Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 3
96. The Mountain Goats – Dark In Here
95. Torres – Thirstier
94. Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough
93. Wilson Banjo Company – Six Degrees Of Separation
92. Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns
91. Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues
90. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
89. The Marias – Cinema
88. Durand Jones & The Indications – Private Space
87. Brett Dennen – See The World
86. Ani DiFranco – Revolutionary Love
85. Gang Of Youths – Total Serene
84. Geese – Projector
83. Paula Fuga – Rain On Sunday
82. Bahamas – Live To Tape Vol. 1
81. St. Vincent – Daddy’s Home
80. Middle Kids – Today We’re The Greatest
79. Valerie June –The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
78. Paul McCartney – McCartney III Imagined
77. Blues Traveler – Traveler’s Blues
76. Radiohead – Kid A Mnesia
75. Gorillaz – Meanwhile EP
74. Amy Helm – What The Flood Leaves Behind
73. Free Union – No Pressure
72. Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space
71. Amythyst Kiah – Wary And Strange
70. The Weather Station – Ignorance
69. First Aid Kit – Who By Fire: Live Tribute To Leonard Cohen
68. Hayes Carll – You Get It All
67. The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds
66. Snail Mail – Valentine
65. Kings Of Leon – When You See Yourself
64. Cautious Clay – Deadpan Love
63. Heartless Bastards – A Beautiful Life
62. Bomba Estéreo – Deja
61. Flock Of Dimes – Head Of Roses
60. Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
59. Clairo – Sling
58. Beabadoobee – Our Extended Play
57. Parker Millsap – Be Here Instead
56. Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres
55. The Record Company – Play Loud
54. Jose Gonzalez – Local Valley
53. Jackson Browne – Downhill From Everywhere
52. Liz Phair – Soberish
51. Julien Baker – Little Oblivions
50. Various Artists – Highway Butterfly: The Songs Of Neal Casal
49. Parquet Courts – Sympathy For Life
48. Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic
47. Yola – Stand For Myself
46. Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno – Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
45. Watchhouse – Watchhouse
44. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn
43. Los Lobos – Native Sons
42. Leftover Salmon – Brand New Good Old Days
41. Billy Idol – The Roadside
40. Dori Freeman – Ten Thousand Roses
39. Sleater-Kinney – Path Of Wellness
38. Jade Bird – Different Kinds Of Light
37. Sierra Ferrell – Long Time Coming
36. Fruit Bats – The Pet Parade
35. Matthew E. White – K Bay
34. Bryan Elijah Smith – Apocalyptic Blues
33. James McMurtry – The Horses And The Hounds
32. Counting Crows – Butter Miracle Suite One
31. Hiss Golden Messenger – O Come All Ye Faithful
30. Manchester Orchestra – The Million Masks Of God
29. David Wax Museum – Euphoric Ouroboric
28. Big Red Machine – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?
27. Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket
26. Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – A Few Stars Apart
25. Charley Crockett – Music City USA
24. Christone Kingfish Ingram – 662
23. The Black Keys – Delta Kream
22. Strand Of Oaks – In Heaven
21. John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band – Leftover Feelings
20. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raise The Roof
19. Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita
18. Tedeschi Trucks Band featuring Trey Anastasio – Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN’)
17. My Morning Jacket – My Morning Jacket
16. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – The Future
15. Lord Huron – Long Lost
14. Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed
13. Jon Batiste – We Are
12. Leon Bridges – Gold-Diggers Sound
11. Adele – 30
10. Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
9. Lake Street Dive – Obviously
8. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Georgia Blue
7. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
6. Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It
5. The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
4. Lucy Dacus – Home Video
3. Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams
2. Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
1. Billy Strings – Renewal
100. Butcher Brown – King Butch
99. Kendall Street Company – The Stories We Write For Ourselves
98. Watkins Family Hour – Brother, Sister
97. Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
96. Kalbells – Mothertime
95. Deau Eyes – Let It Leave
94. Nick Lowe – Lay It On Me
93. Delta Spirit – What Is There
92. Becca Mancari – The Greatest Part
91. Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor
90. Maceo Parker – Soul Food: Cooking With Maceo
89. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts Of West Virginia
88. Robert Cray – That’s What I Heard
87. Early James – Singing For My Supper
86. Bahamas – Sad Hunk
85. Real Estate – The Main Thing
84. Tennis – Swimmer
83. S.G. Goodman – Old Time Feeling
82. Rufus Wainwright – Unfollow The Rules
81. Dinner Party – Dinner Party
80. The Pretenders – Hate For Sale
79. The Allman Betts Band – Bless Your Heart
78. Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thiele – Not Our First Goat Rodeo
77. Fruition – Broken At The Break Of Day
76. The Lone Bellow – Half Moon Light
75. EOB – Earth
74. Samia – The Baby
73. Erin Lunsford – The Damsel
72. Curt Sydnor – Revolutionary Etudes
71. Willie Nelson – First Rose Of Spring
70. Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
69. Toots And The Maytals – Got To Be Tough
68. David Wax Museum – Carpenter Bird 10th Anniversary
67. Chuck Prophet – The Land That Time Forgot
66. Marcus King – El Dorado
65. Songhoy Blues – Optimisme
64. Old 97’s – Twelfth
63. Perfume Genius – Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
62. The Chicks – Gaslighter
61. Kurt Vile – Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
60. Gorillaz – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
59. Future Islands – As Long As You Are
58. Pearl Jam – Gigaton
57. Neil Young – Homegrown
56. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1
55. Caroline Rose – Superstar
54. Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
53. Washed Out – Purple Noon
52. John Craigie – Asterisk The Universe
51. Ray LaMontagne – Monovision
50. Mt. Joy – Rearrange Us
49. Sarah Jarosz – World On The Ground
48. Cordovas – Destiny Hotel
47. Chamomile & Whiskey – Red Clay Heart
46. Gold Connections – Ammunition
45. X – Alphabetland
44. Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – Secret Garden
43. Katie Pruitt – Expectations
42. Josh Ritter – See Here, I Have Built You A Mansion
41. Chicano Batman – Invisible People
40. The Avett Brothers – The Third Gleam
39. Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was
38. Bruce Hornsby – Non-Secure Connection
37. The Wood Brothers – Kingdom In My Mind
36. Charley Crockett – Welcome To Hard Times
35. The Strokes – The New Abnormal
34. Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King
33. Sylvan Esso – Free Love
32. Father John Misty – Anthem +3
31. Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
30. Phish – Sigma Oasis
29. Arlo McKinley – Die Midwestern
28. Haim – Women In Music Pt. III
27. Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open
26. 49 Winchester – III
25. Devon Gilfillian – Black Hole Rainbow
24. Dawes – Good Luck With Whatever
23. Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started
22. Blitzen Trapper – Holy Smokes Future Jokes
21. Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
20. Kathleen Edwards – Total Freedom
19. Khruangbin – Mordechai
18. My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall II
17. Tom Petty – Wildflowers And All The Rest
16. Drive-By Truckers – The New Ok
15. Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
14. Run The Jewels – RTJ4
13. Nathaniel Rateliff – And It’s Still Alright
12. Tyler Childers – Long Violent History
11. Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
10. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy
9. Bob Dylan – Rough & Rowdy Ways
8. Fleet Foxes – Shore
7. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
6. Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
5. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band – Letter To You
4. Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
3. Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters
2. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
1. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Reunions
