Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

1. Selo i Ludy Performance Band
   Bunch One
2. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
3. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
4. Willie Nelson
   A Beautiful Time
5. Plains
   I Walked With You A Ways
6. Ashley McBryde
   Lindeville
7. Buck 65
   King Of Drums
8. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small
   Scorpion Kings
9. Stro Elliot/James Brown
   Black & Loud: James Brown Reimagined By Stro Elliot
10. Todd Snider
    Live: Return Of The Storyteller
11. DJ Black Low
    Uwami
12. Harry Styles
    Harry's House
13. Montparnasse Musique
    Archeology
14. Tommy Womack
    I Thought I Was Fine
15. Homeboy Sandman
    I Can't Sell These
16. The Paranoid Style
    For Executive Meeting
17. Miranda Lambert
    Palomino
18. Amanda Shires
    Take It Like a Man
19. Slum of Legs
    Slum of Legs
20. Gogol Bordello
    Solidaritine
21. Sowal Diabi
    De Kaboul A Bamako
22. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
    Love for Sale
23. PinkPantheress
    To Hell with It
24. Tom Zé
    Língua Brasileira
25. Amyl and The Sniffers
    Comfort To Me
26. various artists
    Folk And Great Tunes From Siberia and Far East
27. The Mountain Goats
    Bleed Out
28. My Idea
    That's My Idea
29. Mama's Broke
    Narrow Line
30. Drive-By Truckers
    Welcome 2 Club XIII
31. Terry Klein
    Good Luck, Take Care
32. Jeffrey Lewis
    When That Really Old Cat Dies
33. Emperor X
    The Lakes of Zones B and C
34. The Casual Dots
    Sanguine Truth
35. Danger Mouse and Black Thought
    Cheat Codes
36. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
37. Homeboy Sandman
    Don't Feed The Monster
38. M.I.A.
    Mata
39. Bonnie Raitt
    Just Like That...
40. Craig Finn
    A Legacy of Rentals
41. Pony
    TV Baby
42. Phelimuncasi
    Ama Gogela
43. Jon Batiste
    We Are
44. Little Simz
    No Thank You
45. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee
    Bamanan
46. Fanfare Ciocarlia
    It Wasn't Hard To Love You
47. The Beths
    Expert in a Dying Field
48. Oumou Sangaré
    Timbuktu
49. Lizzo
    Special
50. Kady Diarra
    Burkina Hakili
51. Santigold
    Spirituals
52. Kendrick Lamar
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
53. My Idea
    Cry Mfer
54. various artists
    Hata Unacheza: Sub​-​Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s
55. Leyla McCalla
    Breaking The Thermometer
56. Ray Wylie Hubbard
    Co-Starring Too
57. Derek Senn
    The Big Five​--O
58. Willi Carlisle
    Peculiar, Missouri
59. Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa
    N'Djila Wa Mudujimu
60. Mach-Hommy
    Dollar Menu 4
61. Superchunk
    Wild Loneliness
62. Dan Ex Machina
    All Is Ours, Nothing Is Theirs
63. various artists
    Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
64. Etran de L'Aïr
    Agadez
65. Dr. John
    Things Happen That Way
66. Sudan Archives
    Natural Brown Prom Queen
67. Mammoth Penguins
    There's No Fight We Can't Both Win
68. Doja Cat
    Planet Her
69. Stella Donnelly
    Flood
70. Yard Act
    The Overload
71. Loudon Wainwright III
    Lifetime Achievement
72. Pongo
    Sakidila
73. various artists
    A Gift to Pops: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars
74. Kassmasse
    Bahil Weg
75. Regina Spektor
    Home, Before and After
76. Vince Staples
    Ramona Park Broke My Heart
77. Homeboy Sandman
    There In Spirit
78. Fox Green
    Holy Souls
79. Nas
    King's Disease II
80. Silkmoney
    I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore
81. Mary J. Blige
    Good Morning Gorgeous
82. Fimber Bravo
    Lunar Tredd
83. Wiki
    Half God
84. Doechii
    Bra-Less