Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

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

Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022

[see also 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

Jennifer Lucy Alan: The Best Music of 2022, as published by The Quietus where she also has a list of reissues and archivals

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

• Music For Four Guitars
  Bill Orcutt
• Broken Gargoyles
  Diamanda Galás
• Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
  Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker
• The Afrorack
  Afrorack
• American Rituals
  Cheri Knight
• The House Rabbit of Jesus Green
  Richard Thomas
• Languoria
  Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka
• Bridge Variations (or The Song of Stokholm)
  Jon Collin
• Chasing the Phantom
  Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat
• Hrdy-Grdy
  Jem Finer

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2011]

1. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
2. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
   Weyes Blood
3. Once Twice Melody
   Beach House
4. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
5. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
6. Painless
   Nilüfer Yanya
7. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
8. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
   Sharon Van Etten
9. Expert in a Dying Field
   The Beths
10. All Of Us Flames
    Ezra Furman
11. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
12. Asphalt Meadows
    Death Cab for Cutie
13. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
14. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
15. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
16. Giving the World Away
    Hatchie
17. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
18. The Overload
    Yard Act
19. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
20. Flood
    Stella Donnelly
21. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
22. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
23. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
24. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
25. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
26. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
27. Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix
28. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
29. Autofiction
    Suede
30. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
31. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
    Father John Misty
32. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
33. Crash
    Charli XCX
34. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
35. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
36. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
37. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
38. The Tipping Point
    Tears for Fears
39. Cave World
    Viagra Boys
40. Hellfire
    black midi
41. Growing Up
    The Linda Lindas
42. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
43. Formentera
    Metric
44. Anywhere But Here
    Sorry
45. Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
46. My Boy
    Marlon Williams
47. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
48. Florist
    Florist
49. Beatopia
    Beabadoobee
50. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
51. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
52. Fossora
    Björk
53. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
54. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
55. Blue Skies
    Dehd
56. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
57. You Belong There
    Daniel Rossen
58. Inner World Peace
    Frankie Cosmos
59. YTI⅃AƎЯ
    Bill Callahan
60. Squeeze
    SASAMI
61. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
62. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
63. Heartmind
    Cass McCombs
64. Bleed Out
    The Mountain Goats
65. Mahal
    Toro y Moi
66. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
67. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
68. Raw Data Feel
    Everything Everything
69. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
70. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
71. The Great Awakening
    Shearwater
72. A Bit of Previous
    Belle and Sebastian
73. Tresor
    Gwenno
74. Alluvium
    C Duncan
75. Two Ribbons
    Let’s Eat Grandma
76. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
77. (watch my moves)
    Kurt Vile
78. The Dream
    alt-J
79. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
80. Freakout/Release
    Hot Chip
81. Palomino
    First Aid Kit
82. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
83. Headful of Sugar
    Sunflower Bean
84. Life Is Yours
    Foals
85. Moss
    Maya Hawke
86. Avatars Of Love
    Sondre Lerche
87. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
88. I Walked With You A Ways
    Plains
89. Inside Problems
    Andrew Bird
90. The Bible
    Lambchop
91. Sound Of The Morning
    Katy J Pearson
92. Nothing's Ever Fine
    Oceanator
93. Here Is Everything
    The Big Moon
94. EBM
    Editors
95. When the Wind Forgets Your Name
    Built to Spill
96. Hold the Girl
    Rina Sawayama
97. Everything Was Forever
    Sea Power
98. Household Name
    Momma
99. Rolling Golden Holy
    Bonny Light Horseman
100. World Wide Pop
     Superorganism

USA Today: The 10 Best Albums of 2022, compiled by Melissa Ruggieri and Patrick Ryan

1. Harry's House
   Harry Styles
2. Hold the Girl
   Rina Sawayama
3. Midnights
   Taylor Swift
4. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
5. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
6. Muna
   Muna
7. Dance Fever
   Florence + The Machine
8. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
   Father John Misty
9. The Tipping Point
   Tears for Fears
10. Life Is Yours
    Foals

Jordan Cronk: The Top 30 Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Angel in Realtime
   Gang of Youths
2. ILYSM
   Wild Pink
3. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
4. Boat Songs
   MJ Lenderman
5. Glitch Princess
   yeule
6. Topical Dancer
   Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Shebang
   Oren Ambarchi
9. God's Country
   Chat Pile
10. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
11. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
12. New Preoccupations
    Caracara
13. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
14. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
15. Heaven Come Crashing
    Rachika Nayar
16. Music For Four Guitars
    Bill Orcutt
17. Plonk
    Huerco S.
18. Florist
    Florist
19. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
20. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
21. Endure
    Special Interest
22. Running with the Hurricane
    Camp Cope
23. Pool Kids
    Pool Kids
24. sore thumb
    Oso Oso
25. Icons
    Two Shell
26. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
27. Sons Of
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire
28. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
29. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
30. Bummer Year
    Good Looks

The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2022

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
2. Hallelujah Hell Yeah
   String Machine
3. Pool Kids
   Pool Kids
4. Boat Songs
   MJ Lenderman
5. Preacher's Daughter
   Ethel Cain
6. Cave World
   Viagra Boys
7. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
8. Muna
   Muna
9. The Hum Goes on Forever
   The Wonder Years
10. New Preoccupations
    Caracara
11. Hygiene
    Drug Church
12. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
13. Little Green House
    Anxious
14. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
15. Prince Daddy & The Hyena
    Prince Daddy & the Hyena
16. MTV
    Mo Troper
17. Sweet Tooth
    Mom Jeans.
18. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
19. Emotional Creature
    Beach Bunny
20. OUTOFBODY
    Dazy
21. Love Me Forever
    Pinkshift
22. A Place For Owls
    A Place For Owls
23. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
24. Get In Losers, We’re Going to Eternal Damnation
    Forests
25. Angel in Realtime
    Gang of Youths
26. Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
27. Havasu
    Pedro the Lion
28. Heal My Head
    Valleyheart
29. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
30. Stew
    A Will Away
31. Suckerpunch
    Chloe Moriondo
32. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
33. Please Have a Seat
    Nnamdï
34. I'm Scared That's All There Is
    Ben Quad
35. In My Car
    Rat Tally
36. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
37. Unaltered Perspective
    Inclination
38. Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again
    Mt. Oriander
39. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
40. New Low
    Greet Death
41. Please Don't Take Me Back
    Martha
42. Giving the World Away
    Hatchie
43. The Long Way, The Slow Way
    Camp Trash
44. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
45. 40 oz. to Fresno
    Joyce Manor
46. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
47. Glory Days
    snow ellet
48. Cleanse
    Joywave
49. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
50. For Nasal Use Only
    Carpool

The Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Dawn FM
   The Weeknd
4. Crash
   Charli XCX
5. Motomami
   Rosalía
6. The Car
   Arctic Monkeys
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
9. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
10. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
11. Nymph
    Shygirl
12. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
13. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
14. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
15. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
16. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
18. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
19. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
20. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
21. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
22. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
23. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
24. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
25. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
26. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
27. Angels & Queens – Part I
    Gabriels
28. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
29. Two Ribbons
    Let’s Eat Grandma
30. Muna
    Muna
31. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
32. Remember Your North Star
    yaya bey
33. Ghosted
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
34. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
35. Fossora
    Björk
36. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
37. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
38. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
39. How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
    The Weather Station
40. Gold
    Alabaster DePlume
41. Hideous Bastard
    Oliver Sim
42. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
43. Autofiction
    Suede
44. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
45. Endure
    Special Interest
46. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
47. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
48. Reason to Smile
    Kojey Radical
49. Dirt Femme
    Tove Lo
50. Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix

Aquarium Drunkard: 2022 Year in Review. "As always, our list is unranked and unruly," they write about their 200+ entries.

[see also 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

• Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy
  Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
• Bajascillators
  Bitchin Bajas
• Words & Music, May 1965
  Lou Reed
• Music For Four Guitars
  Bill Orcutt
• For McCoy
  Eiko Ishibashi
• Jazz Codes
  Moor Mother
• Maida Vale Sessions
  Broadcast
• Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2
  Broadcast
• Mother Is The Milky Way
  Broadcast
• Shebang
  Oren Ambarchi
• Ghosted
  Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
• Comradely Objects
  Horse Lords
• Mariage
  Wau Wau Collectif
• High School
  Tim Heidecker
• Step on Step
  Charles Stepney
• The OZ Tapes
  Les Rallizes Dénudés
• Evolution Here We Come
  Chris Forsyth
• The Spur
  Joan Shelley
• Kumoyo Island
  Kikagaku Moyo
• Live in Cuxhaven 1976
  Can
• Pompeii
  Cate Le Bon
• Kveldsragg
  Gisle Røen Johansen
• Occam XXV
  Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy
• Mil Coisas Invisíveis
  Tim Bernardes
• Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal
  Pavement
• Clouds Of Joy
  Badge Époque Ensemble
• Labyrinthitis
  Destroyer
• Gold
  Alabaster DePlume
• A Light for Attracting Attention
  The Smile
• Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  Kendrick Lamar
• Gung Ho
  Kolumbo
• "Hello, Hi"
  Ty Segall
• I Just Want To Be A Good Man
  Pastor Champion
• Big Time
  Angel Olsen
• Agadez
  Etran de L'Aïr
• Cruel Country
  Wilco
• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Edition)
  Wilco
• Planets
  Masaru Imada Trio + 1
• Landwerk No. 3
  Nathan Salsburg
• Toast
  Neil Young with Crazy horse
• Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 Live at The Bottom Line
  Neil Young
• Shuckin' Sugar
  Karen Dalton
• Maybe Next Time
  Carl Didur
• Flaming Swords
  Fievel Is Glauque
• Pink Dolphins
  Anteloper
• Like A Fable
  Shintaro Sakamoto
• In These Times
  Makaya McCraven
• Reset
  Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
• The Bible
  Lambchop
• West Kensington
  Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena
• Meaningless
  Jon Brion
• Deep in View
  Cola
• Water & Tools
  Jairus Sharif
• Niineta
  Joe Rainey
• No Condition Is Permanent
  Celestine Ukwu
• I Survived, It's Over
  Rich Ruth
• Michael Rault
  Michael Rault
• Microcosmos
  Lou Turner
• Luke Schneider Presents Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal - A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel
  various artists
• Success
  Oneida
• YTI⅃AƎЯ
  Bill Callahan
• Revelators
  Revelators Sound System
• Themselves
  Al Riggs
• Plays Planet Caravan
  Psychic Temple
• Estrela Acesa
  Sessa
• This Is A Photograph
  Kevin Morby
• Eli Winter
  Eli Winter
• Vade Mecum
  Glenn Jones
• Hermit's Grove
  Wax Machine
• Everything Was Beautiful
  Spiritualized
• Wild Loneliness
  Superchunk
• Ghost Riders
  various artists
• After Hours
  Delicate Steve
• Re Eff
  Julien Gasc
• Perform the Compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann
  Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann
• Shufflemania!
  Robyn Hitchcock
• Luminous
  Golden Brown
• Unravelled: 1981-2002
  Tall Dwarfs
• Heartmind
  Cass McCombs
• People Helping People
  No Age
• Teeth Marks
  S.G. Goodman
• The Zug
  Yves Jarvis
• Moten/López/Cleaver
  Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
• The Bees
  Frog Eyes
• Noon
  Twain
• Perfect Middle Hall
  Cactus Lee
• Pray 4 Tomorrow
  Dumb
• I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964–1971
  Norma Tanega
• David Nance-Pulverized And Slightly Peaced:
  David Nance
• Bert At The BBC
  Bert Jansch
• Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings
  The Pyramids
• Clockwatching
  Seawind of Battery
• Crime of Passion
  Dividers
• Music for Neighbors
  The Trypes
• Ndikho Xaba and the Natives
  Ndikho Xaba
• Echo's Reach
  Isla Craig
• Hard To Be A God
  Whitney K
• Styrofoam Winos Play Their Favorite M. Hurley Songs
  Styrofoam Winos
• FRKWYS Vol. 4.5: Nowhere in the Night
  Psychic Ills and Gibby Haynes
• Revelations
  Albert Ayler
• The Early Home Recordings
  Sandy Denny
• Protector
  Aoife Nessa Frances
• After the Bend
  Flanger Magazine
• Music From Grizzly Man
  Richard Thompson
• Color Green
  Color Green
• Something Happening / Always Happening
  JPW
• Big Time Things
  Office Culture
• Oceans of Time
  Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley
• Living Sky
  Sun Ra Arkestra
• Az Yashir
  Ayal Senior
• II
  The Sonora Pine
• What Does It Mean to Be American?
  Robert Stillman
• It's More In My Body Than In My Mind
  Ralph White
• Something About Dreaming
  Ralph White
• They Only Wanted Your Soul
  The Reds, Pinks & Purples
• Anyway
  Lee Baggett
• Atenção!: Novos Sons do Brasil
  various artists
• And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
  Weyes Blood
• No Island
  Winged Wheel
• Blue Skies
  Dehd
• Activities
  Anna Butterss
• Mono Retriever / Pepsi Vacuum
  Dummy
• Homage
  Natural Flavors
• Songs from a Stolen Guitar
  Simon Joyner
• In/Out/In
  Sonic Youth
• A Legacy of Rentals
  Craig Finn
• Wilds
  The Soundcarriers
• How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
  The Weather Station
• Pieces Of Driftwood
  Maxine Funke
• Slow Fawn
  Sam Cohen
• Fleeting Adventure
  Andrew Tuttle
• Songs in Heat (1982)
  Dredd Foole & the Din
• Good and Green Again
  Jake Xerxes Fussell
• Attic Room
  Small Sur
• Boredom Euphoria
  Joys Union Group
• Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
  Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker
• Listening Music / Anfang
  Marc Emory
• Oceans Of Milk And Treacle
  Mike Cooper
• Skywriting
  Zachary Cale
• Wires Turned Sideways In Time
  Duncan Marquiss
• Ting
  Seth Kauffman
• Against The Odds: 1974-1982
  Blondie
• Kibitzer
  Vintage Crop
• Outsiders
  Anna Tivel
• Chronophage
  Chronophage
• The Sea Will Outlive Us All
  Misha Panfilov
• Momentum
  Misha Panfilov
• Neanderthal Rock
  Penza Penza
• Mirage
  Molly Lewis
• Havasu
  Pedro the Lion
• Back to the Woodlands
  Ernest Hood
• American Rituals
  Cheri Knight
• FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
  Brian Eno
• Wyld Love Songs
  David John Morris
• Words and Silences
  Brian Harnetty
• SUSS
  SUSS
• Distances
  Elkhorn
• Magic Sign
  Martin Courtney
• Live at the Aztlan Theatre 7​/​16​/​2022
  Prairiewolf
• (watch my moves)
  Kurt Vile
• Time Skiffs
  Animal Collective
• Strike
  Lining Time
• Jaiyede Sessions Volume 1
  London Odense Ensemble
• Bleed Out
  The Mountain Goats
• The Line of Time and the Plane of Now
  Shira Small
• Farmer's Angle
  Belbury Poly
• Everywhen We Go
  Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt
• I'm Not Here
  Alex Izenberg
• Panamá 77
  Daniel Villarreal
• Lulanga Tales
  Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters
• Choice Tapes Vol. 1
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 2
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 3
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 4
  Taper's Choice
• Lucky Nights
  Mila Webb
• Birthingbodies
  Fuubutsushi
• The Mermaid's Purse: Live at Chatham College, 1976
  The Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble
• The Patience Fader
  Pan•American
• Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings: Beside You Then
  Caleb Dailey
• The Pavilion Of Dreams
  Harold Budd
• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  Big Thief
• Folksongs & Ballads
  Tia Blake & Her Folk Group
• Paradise
  Healing Potpourri
• Versions of Modern Performance
  Horsegirl
• Optimism
  Jana Horn
• Smokin the Dummy
  Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
• Passing
  Matthew J. Rolin
• Medicine Singers
  Medicine Singers
• Fortune Goodies
  Minami Deutsch
• Over Fields And Mountains
  Branko Mataja
• Full Circle
  The Advisory Circle
• The Wizard Of Is
  Pearls Before Swine
• The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant
  various artists
• Soft Focus: Volumes One and Two
  Wednesday Knudsen
• Warping All By Yourself
  Wet Tuna
• Piece for Cello and Saxophone
  Terry Jennings
• Mirrored Night
  ML Wah
• Recordings from the Åland Islands
  Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
• The Rambles & Rags of Shiloh
  Joseph Allred
• Hold on Magnolia/Stealing Time/Further Down the Road (singles)
  Sylvie
• Sean Thompson's Weird Ears
  Sean Thompson's Weird Ears
• En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog
  Dungen
• Modern Folk One
  Modern Folk One
• Poolside
  One Eleven Heavy
• Pierre Barouh and the Saravah Sound
  various artists
• Education & Recreation
  Surprise Chef
• Hiding in Plain Sight
  Drugdealer
• Centrifics
  Marina Allen
• Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
  Mal Waldron
• Picture Music
  Picture Music
• Roscoe's Dream
  Mapache
• The Third Wave Of...
  The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness
• Xaybu: The Unseen
  Sélébéyone, Steve Lehman, Maciek Lasserre
• Different Places
  Enno Velthuys
• To Live & Die In Space & Time
  Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice
• Bizzarrophytes
  Carl Erdmann
• Retreat Into Fantasy/Soundtracks
  Wasted Cathedral
• Come Around
  Carla dal Forno

Tone Glow: Our Favorite Albums, 2022 as voted by their writers and grouped by the number of votes each received

[see also 2021]

Received Six Votes

• Living Torch
  Kali Malone

Received Five Votes

• God Save the Animals
  Alex G

Received Three Votes

• Fast Trax 3
  454
• Drumming Up Trouble
  Alvin Curran
• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  Big Thief
• Hellfire
  black midi
• Comradely Objects
  Horse Lords
• Plonk
  Huerco S.
• The Hands of Grace
  Ishmael Reed
• "1, 2"
  Lauren Tosswill
• Shebang
  Oren Ambarchi
• Raid on the White Tiger Regiment
  Sunik Kim
• The Actress
  Vanessa Rossetto

Received Two Votes

• Dummy Corporation
  Actress
• Krökta Tankar och Brända Vanor
  Amateur Hour
• Pink Dolphins
  Anteloper
• Music For Four Guitars
  Bill Orcutt
• Bajascillators
  Bitchin Bajas
• Forget Your Own Face
  Black Dresses
• Crest
  Bladee and Ecco2K
• Hypochondriac
  Brakence
• 2 Slizzy 2 Sexy (Deluxe)
  Cash Cobain & Chow Lee
• Man Plays The Horn
  Cities Aviv
• Almanac Behind
  Daniel Bachman
• A Dogg's Influence
  Duwap Kaine
• Occam XXV
  Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy
• Chasing the Phantom
  Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat
• Flaming Swords
  Fievel Is Glauque
• Florist
  Florist
• Dark Humor
  Jana Rush
• World in World
  Julia Reidy
• field anatomies
  Laura Cocks
• Face The Music
  Lolina
• Se Ve Desde Aquí
  Mabe Fratti
• Paste
  Moin
• New Jeans
  NewJeans
• Composer "Portrait" Series #1
  Olly Wilson
• "Akisakila" / Attitudes of Preparation
  Pat Thomas, XT, Will Holder
• ⑥
  Ryu Hankil
• Diaspora Problems
  Soul Glo
• Common Metals
  Staubitz and Waterhouse
• Landscape and Voice
  Toshiya Tsunoda