Year-End Lists

Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
2. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
3. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
4. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
5. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
6. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
7. Diaspora Problems
   Soul Glo
8. Cheat Codes
   Danger Mouse and Black Thought
9. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
10. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
11. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
12. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
13. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
14. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
15. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
16. Household Name
    Momma
17. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
18. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
19. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
20. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
21. Free LSD
    OFF!
22. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
23. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
24. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
25. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
26. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
27. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
28. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
29. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
30. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
31. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
32. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
33. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
34. Finally, New
    They Hate Change
35. God's Country
    Chat Pile
36. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
37. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
38. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
39. Hellfire
    black midi
40. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
41. Cave World
    Viagra Boys
42. Revealer
    Madison Cunningham
43. Moss
    Maya Hawke
44. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
45. The Overload
    Yard Act
46. Deep in View
    Cola
47. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
48. All Of Us Flames
    Ezra Furman
49. Surely Travel
    Status/Non-Status
50. ILYSM
    Wild Pink