Year-End Lists

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

1. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
2. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
3. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
4. Alex G
   God Save the Animals
5. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
6. Kendrick Lamar
   Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
7. The Sadies
   Colder Streams
8. Soul Glo
   Diaspora Problems
9. OMBIIGIZI
   Sewn Back Together
10. Sudan Archives
    Natural Brown Prom Queen
11. Kindness
    Otherness
12. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
13. Chat Pile
    God's Country
14. Angel Olsen
    Big Time
15. Aldous Harding
    Warm Chris
16. Pusha T
    It's Almost Dry
17. Destroyer
    Labyrinthitis
18. Aquakultre
    Don't Trip
19. Tomberlin
    I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
20. Pierre Kwenders
    José Louis And The Paradox Of Love
21. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
22. Beth Orton
    Weather Alive
23. Freddie Gibbs
    Soul Sold Separately
24. Black Country, New Road
    Ants From Up There
25. Status/Non-Status
    Surely Travel
26. Backxwash
    His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
27. The Weeknd
    Dawn FM
28. Björk
    Fossora
29. Ravyn Lenae
    Hypnos
30. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii
31. Les Louanges
    Crash
32. Fontaines D.C.
    Skinty Fia
33. Earl Sweatshirt
    Sick!
34. KEN mode
    Null
35. Steve Lacy
    Gemini Rights
36. PUP
    The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
37. Grace Ives
    Janky Star
38. Julianna Riolino
    All Blue
39. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
40. Gang of Youths
    Angel in Realtime
41. Cave In
    Heavy Pendulum
42. Black Midi
    Hellfire
43. Sharon Van Etten
    We've Been Going About This All Wrong
44. Magi Merlin
    Gone Girl
45. Joyful Joyful
    Joyful Joyful
46. Muna
    Muna
47. Badge Époque Ensemble
    Clouds Of Joy
48. Daphni
    Cherry
49. Health
    Health::Disco2
50. Sister Ray
    Communion