Year-End Lists

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BBC Radio 6 Music: Albums of the Year 2022

29 November 2022

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

BBC Radio 6 Music: Albums of the Year 2022

[see also 2021]

  1. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  2. The Overload
    Yard Act
  3. The Line Is A Curve
    Kae Tempest
  4. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
  5. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
  6. At The Hotspot
    Warmduscher
  7. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
  8. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
  9. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
  10. Tresor
    Gwenno

Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022

28 November 2022

Midnights - Taylor Swift

Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022, unranked and in alphabetical order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

28 November 2022

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
  2. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
  3. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
  4. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
  5. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
  6. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
  7. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
  8. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
  9. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
  10. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
  11. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
  12. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
  13. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
  14. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
  15. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
  16. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
  17. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
  18. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
  19. Janky Star
    Grace Ives
  20. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
  21. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
  22. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
  23. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
  24. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
  25. I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
    Tomberlin
  26. Motomami
    Rosalía
  27. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
  28. Household Name
    Momma
  29. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
  30. God's Country
    Chat Pile
  31. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
  32. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  33. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
  34. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
  35. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
  36. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
  37. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
  38. Revealer
    Madison Cunningham
  39. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
  40. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
  41. Dance Fever
    Florence + The Machine
  42. Florist
    Florist
  43. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
  44. Glitch Princess
    yeule
  45. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
  46. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
  47. Too Much to Ask
    Cheekface
  48. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
  49. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
  50. Fossora
    Björk

Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2022

28 November 2022

King Cobra - Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021]

  1. King Cobra
    Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals
  2. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
  3. Quiet As Kept, F.O.G.
    Kai Whiston
  4. Crash
    Charli XCX
  5. caroline
    caroline
  6. Thoughtless Cruelty
    Thank
  7. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  8. Barbarism
    Katie Alice Greer
  9. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
  10. Finally, New
    They Hate Change
  11. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
  12. Cry Sugar
    Hudson Mohawke
  13. The Ruby Cord
    Richard Dawson
  14. In These Times
    Makaya McCraven
  15. everything perfect is already here
    claire rousay
  16. Nymph
    Shygirl
  17. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
  18. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
  19. Endure
    Special Interest
  20. Hold the Girl
    Rina Sawayama
  21. a journey…
    hinako omori
  22. Giant Palm
    Naima Bock
  23. Ultra Truth
    Daniel Avery
  24. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
  25. Tresor
    Gwenno
  26. Hideous Bastard
    Oliver Sim
  27. Hellfire
    black midi
  28. Limbs
    Keeley Forsyth
  29. Kumoyo Island
    Kikagaku Moyo
  30. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
  31. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
  32. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
  33. The Dream
    alt-J
  34. Aura
    Hatis Noit
  35. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
  36. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
  37. Squeeze
    SASAMI
  38. The Unscratchable Itch
    Sniffany & The Nits
  39. Earth Patterns
    Szun Waves
  40. Traumazine
    Megan Thee Stallion

Glide: 20 Best Albums of 2022

28 November 2022

Cheat Codes - Danger Mouse and Black Thought

Glide Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2022, in alphabetical order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

20 Honorable Mentions

Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022

25 November 2022

The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

  1. The Boy Named If
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  2. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
  3. Fear of the Dawn
    Jack White
  4. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
  5. The Tipping Point
    Tears for Fears
  6. Cruel Country
    Wilco
  7. Just Like That...
    Bonnie Raitt
  8. Dropout Boogie
    The Black Keys
  9. Earthling
    Eddie Vedder
  10. Entering Heaven Alive
    Jack White
  11. Welcome 2 Club XIII
    Drive-By Truckers
  12. World Record
    Neil Young with Crazy horse
  13. Diamond Star Halos
    Def Leppard
  14. Patient Number 9
    Ozzy Osbourne
  15. Fierce Bliss
    Ann Wilson
  16. The Zealot Gene
    Jethro Tull
  17. The Elephants of Mars
    Joe Satriani
  18. I Am the Moon
    Tedeschi Trucks Band
  19. Unlimited Love
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  20. Will of the People
    Muse
  21. Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4
    Johnny Marr
  22. Crazy Times
    Sammy Hagar and the Circle
  23. Impera
    Ghost
  24. I Live Too Fast to Die Young!
    Michael Monroe
  25. 4
    Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
  26. External Combustion
    Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
  27. Portals
    Kirk Hammett
  28. Dream Widow
    Dream Widow
  29. Bad Mood Rising
    Melvins
  30. Toast
    Neil Young with Crazy horse
  31. Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
    John Mellencamp

Revolver: 25 Best Albums of 2022

24 November 2022

Impera - Ghost

Revolver Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

  1. Impera
    Ghost
  2. Pain Remains
    Lorna Shore
  3. Omens
    Lamb of God
  4. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
  5. The Death of Peace of Mind
    Bad Omens
  6. The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
    Megadeth
  7. It's Time... To Rise From the Grave
    Undeath
  8. The Generation Of Danger
    Tallah
  9. Immutable
    Meshuggah
  10. Celebrity Therapist
    The Callous Daoboys
  11. II
    Dead Cross
  12. New Lords
    Mindforce
  13. Heavy Pendulum
    Cave In
  14. Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind
    Coheed and Cambria
  15. Requiem
    Korn
  16. The End, So Far
    Slipknot
  17. Voyeurist
    Underoath
  18. Of Kingdom and Crown
    Machine Head
  19. Krüller
    Author & Punisher
  20. Patient Number 9
    Ozzy Osbourne
  21. Remember That You Will Die
    Polyphia
  22. God's Country
    Chat Pile
  23. Color Decay
    The Devil Wears Prada
  24. Zeit
    Rammstein
  25. Mirrorcell
    Greg Puciato

Loudwire: 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

21 November 2022

Parrhesia - Animals As Leaders

Loudwire: 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

[see also 2010s]

Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2022

21 November 2022

Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2015]

  1. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
  2. 19 Masters
    Saya Gray
  3. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
  4. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
    Father John Misty
  5. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
  6. Electricity
    Ibibio Sound Machine
  7. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
  8. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  9. You Can’t Kill Me
    070 Shake
  10. Motomami
    Rosalía

Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2022

18 November 2022

It's Time... To Rise From the Grave - Undeath

Decibel Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2012]

  1. It's Time... To Rise From the Grave
    Undeath
  2. Heavy Pendulum
    Cave In
  3. Loud Arriver
    Sonja
  4. Blackbraid I
    Blackbraid
  5. Acts Of God
    Immolation
  6. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
  7. Kanawha Black
    Nechochwen
  8. Hate Über Alles
    Kreator
  9. Null
    KEN mode
  10. Upon Desolation
    Mortuous
  11. Starlight And Ash
    Oceans of Slumber
  12. Thought Form Descent
    Wake
  13. God's Country
    Chat Pile
  14. Synchro Anarchy
    Voivod
  15. Pain Into Power
    Terror
  16. Dreamkiller
    Sumerlands
  17. The Pact
    Negative Plane
  18. Enveloping Absurdity
    Phobophilic
  19. Song Of Salvation
    Dream Unending
  20. Myopia
    Mizmor & Thou
  21. Earth Infernal
    Satan
  22. Legend
    Vanum
  23. Memory Theater
    Escuela Grind
  24. Deathwestern
    SpiritWorld
  25. Tlazcaltiliztli
    Tzompantli
  26. Legacy of Ruin
    Eight Bells
  27. Where the Shadows Adorn
    Mother of Graves
  28. 劇變 (Jubian)
    Ripped to Shreds
  29. Through Sheer Will And Black Magic...
    Daeva
  30. Defiled in Oblivion
    Castrator
  31. Electrified Brain
    Municipal Waste
  32. Regenesis
    Black Anvil
  33. Spirit Of Ecstasy
    Imperial Triumphant
  34. Halo
    Amorphis
  35. The Knocking, Or The Story of the Sound that Preceded Their Disappearance
    Doldrum
  36. Let There Be Witchery
    Midnight
  37. From the Rot Is a Gift
    STILL/FORM
  38. Shiki
    Sigh
  39. Mirage
    Gaerea
  40. Summoning The Slayer
    Temple Of Void

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