Year-End Lists

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2012]

1. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
2. Aethiopes
   Billy Woods
3. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
4. Painless
   Nilüfer Yanya
5. Topical Dancer
   Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
6. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
9. Diaspora Problems
   Soul Glo
10. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
11. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
12. His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
    Backxwash
13. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
14. God's Country
    Chat Pile
15. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16. God Don't Make Mistakes
    Conway the Machine
17. Hellfire
    black midi
18. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
19. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
20. Florist
    Florist
21. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
22. SOS
    SZA
23. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
24. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
25. Fossora
    Björk
26. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
27. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
28. Endure
    Special Interest
29. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
30. Antidawn
    Burial
31. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
32. I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
    Tomberlin
33. Crash
    Charli XCX
34. I Walked With You A Ways
    Plains
35. Nymph
    Shygirl
36. YTI⅃AƎЯ
    Bill Callahan
37. Bad Mode
    Hikaru Utada
38. Church
    Billy Woods
39. Motomami
    Rosalía
40. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
41. There Will Be No Super​--Slave
    Ghais Guevara
42. Together
    Duster
43. Hypnos
    Ravyn Lenae
44. Only Love From Now On
    Carmen Villain
45. Visitor
    Empath
46. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
47. Storm Queen
    Grace Cummings
48. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
49. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
50. Earthing
    Tengger