Year-End Lists

PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022

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1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Fear of the Dawn
   Jack White
2. Entering Heaven Alive
   Jack White
3. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
4. As Above, So Below
   Sampa the Great
5. Midnights
   Taylor Swift
6. The Power In Us
   Poppy Ajudha
7. The Last Goodbye
   Odesza
8. Hold the Girl
   Rina Sawayama
9. Profound Mysteries
   Röyksopp
10. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
11. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
12. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
13. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
14. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
15. Ultra Truth
    Daniel Avery
16. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
17. Angels & Queens – Part I
    Gabriels
18. The Overload
    Yard Act
19. Motomami
    Rosalía
20. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
21. Take It Like a Man
    Amanda Shires
22. Freakout/Release
    Hot Chip
23. Nothing To Declare
    700 Bliss
24. Let's Say for Instance
    Emeli Sandé
25. Hellfire
    black midi
26. Where's The One?
    Congotronics International
27. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
28. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
29. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
30. Tableau
    The Orielles
31. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
32. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
33. Reason to Smile
    Kojey Radical
34. The New Faith
    Jake Blount
35. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
36. Angel in Realtime
    Gang of Youths
37. Breaking The Thermometer
    Leyla McCalla
38. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
39. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
40. a tape called component system with the auto reverse
    Open Mike Eagle
41. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
42. Greenzone 108
    Greentea Peng
43. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
44. Out of Heart
    Flohio
45. Surrender
    Maggie Rogers
46. Queen of Sheba
    Ibrahim Maalouf & Angelique Kidjo
47. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
48. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
49. En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog
    Dungen
50. Heterosexuality
    Shamir
51. Dance Fever
    Florence + The Machine
52. Giving the World Away
    Hatchie
53. Electricity
    Ibibio Sound Machine
54. Crash
    Charli XCX
55. The Tipping Point
    Tears for Fears
56. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
57. Ali
    Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
58. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
59. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
60. Teeth Marks
    S.G. Goodman
61. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
62. In Amber
    Hercules and Love Affair
63. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
64. Antidawn
    Burial
64. Streetlands
    Burial
65. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
66. Apocalypse Love
    Black Lips
67. Nightroamer
    Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
68. Impera
    Ghost
69. Tilt
    Confidence Man
70. View with a Room
    Julian Lage
71. Holy Fvck
    Demi Lovato
72. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
73. White Jesus Black Problems
    Fantastic Negrito
74. If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
    CMAT
75. Crystal Nuns Cathedral
    Guided By Voices
76. The Alien Coast
    St. Paul & The Broken Bones
77. Crooked Tree
    Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
78. Autofiction
    Suede
79. Get Fucked
    The Chats
80. Few Good Things
    Saba