Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

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1. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
2. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
3. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
4. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
5. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
6. Diaspora Problems
   Soul Glo
7. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
8. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
9. Lucifer on the Sofa
   Spoon
10. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
11. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
12. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
13. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
14. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
15. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
16. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
17. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
18. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
19. Janky Star
    Grace Ives
20. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
21. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
22. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
23. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
24. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
25. I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
    Tomberlin
26. Motomami
    Rosalía
27. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
28. Household Name
    Momma
29. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
30. God's Country
    Chat Pile
31. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
32. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
33. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
34. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
35. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
36. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
37. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
38. Revealer
    Madison Cunningham
39. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
40. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
41. Dance Fever
    Florence + The Machine
42. Florist
    Florist
43. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
44. Glitch Princess
    yeule
45. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
46. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
47. Too Much to Ask
    Cheekface
48. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
49. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
50. Fossora
    Björk