Year-End Lists

Still Listening: The Top 50 Albums Of 2022

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023]

1. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
2. Natural Brown Prom Queen
   Sudan Archives
3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
5. Motomami
   Rosalía
6. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
7. Hellfire
   black midi
8. SOS
   SZA
9. Janky Star
   Grace Ives
10. Endure
    Special Interest
11. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
12. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
13. Crash
    Charli XCX
14. No Thank You
    Little Simz
15. Return
    deathcrash
16. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
17. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
18. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
19. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
20. Darklife
    death’s dynamic shroud
21. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
22. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
23. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
24. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
25. Cave World
    Viagra Boys
26. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
27. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
28. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
29. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
30. Michael Rault
    Michael Rault
31. God Don't Make Mistakes
    Conway the Machine
32. As Above, So Below
    Sampa the Great
33. Tchotchke
    Tchotchke
34. My Body Your Choice
    Issy Wood
35. Honeyglaze
    Honeyglaze
36. SAP
    Okay Kaya
37. Internal Radio
    Eerie Wanda
38. Glitch Princess
    yeule
39. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
40. Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
    The Comet Is Coming
41. I Love To Lie
    Lowertown
42. Deep in View
    Cola
43. Talk Talk Talk
    The Paranoyds
44. Hugo
    Loyle Carner
45. Sylvie
    Sylvie
46. EAT
    Pan Amsterdam and Damu the Fudgemunk
47. Pocket Fantasy
    Mamalarky
48. Growing Up
    The Linda Lindas
49. Protector
    Aoife Nessa Frances
50. Spirit Roaming
    AKAI SOLO