Year-End Lists

No Ripcord: The Best Albums of 2022

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

1. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
2. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
3. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
4. Once Twice Melody
   Beach House
5. Painless
   Nilüfer Yanya
6. Endure
   Special Interest
7. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
8. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
9. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
10. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
11. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
12. God's Country
    Chat Pile
13. Cave World
    Viagra Boys
14. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
15. Remember Your North Star
    Yaya Bey
16. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
17. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
18. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
19. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
19. Church
    Billy Woods
20. Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
21. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
22. Sore Thumb
    Oso Oso
23. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
24. Motomami
    Rosalía
25. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
26. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
27. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
28. Nymph
    Shygirl
29. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
30. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
31. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
32. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
33. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
34. Growing Up
    The Linda Lindas
35. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
36. Easy Listening
    2nd Grade
37. Magic Sign
    Martin Courtney
38. Save the Baby
    Enumclaw
39. The Last Thing Left
    Say Sue Me
40. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
41. Dissolution Wave
    Cloakroom
42. Tilt
    Confidence Man
43. Guitar Music
    Courting
44. Florist
    Florist
45. Closure / Continuation
    Porcupine Tree
46. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
47. Free LSD
    OFF!
48. Hygiene
    Drug Church
49. World Wide Pop
    Superorganism
50. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975