Year-End Lists

Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2022, as published by Variety

1. Taylor Swift
   Midnights
2. Elvis Costello & The Imposters
   The Boy Named If
3. Jack White
   Fear of the Dawn
3. Jack White
   Entering Heaven Alive
4. Lizzo
   Special
5. Father John Misty
   Chloë and the Next 20th Century
6. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
7. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
8. Lucius
   Second Nature
9. LeAnn Rimes
   God's Work
10. Wilco
    Cruel Country

And 10 more highly worthy titles for the road

• Spoon
  Lucifer on the Sofa
• Amanda Shires
  Take It Like a Man
• SZA
  SOS
• Cécile McLorin Salvant
  Ghost Song
• Rosalía
  Motomami
• Marcus Mumford
  Self-Titled
• Robert Glasper
  Black Radio III
• Ashley McBryde
  Lindeville
• Leyla McCalla
  Breaking The Thermometer
• Kendrick Lamar
  Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
• Dawes
  Misadventures Of Doomscroller