Year-End Lists

Texas Music Magazine: 22 Top Albums of 2022

• Take It Like a Man
  Amanda Shires
• Renaissance
  Beyoncé
• Obsessed With the West
  Brennen Leigh featuring Asleep At The Wheel
• The Man From Waco
  Charley Crockett
• The Deep End
  Fastball
• The Astronaut
  Jana Pochop
• Flatland Lullaby
  Joe Ely
• Special
  Lizzo
• 12th of June
  Lyle Lovett
• Traumazine
  Megan Thee Stallion
• Miles and Miles of You
  Pat Green
• Country Coming Down
  Paul Cauthen
• Co-Starring Too
  Ray Wylie Hubbard
• The Misfit
  Rhett Miller
• Lucifer on the Sofa
  Spoon
• Married Alone
  Sunny Sweeney
• Ali
  Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
• Somewhere Between The Secret at The Truth
  Wade Bowen
• Ghost Stories
  The Whitmore Sisters
• Baker Hotel
  William Clark Green
• A Beautiful Time
  Willie Nelson
• RAW 'That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Original Soundtrack
  ZZ Top

Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Fear of the Dawn
   Jack White
1. Entering Heaven Alive
   Jack White
2. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
3. The Overload
   Yard Act
4. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
5. Hold the Girl
   Rina Sawayama
6. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
7. Glitch Princess
   yeule
8. Hellfire
   black midi
9. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
10. Tired of Liberty
    Lounge Society
11. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
12. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
13. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
14. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15. LP.8
    Kelly Lee Owens
16. For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
    Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler
17. A Foul Form
    Osees
18. Electricity
    Ibibio Sound Machine
19. Tableau
    The Orielles
20. Supernova
    Nova Twins

Mojo Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Dear Scott
   Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
2. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
3. Cheat Codes
   Danger Mouse and Black Thought
4. Midnight Rocker
   Horace Andy
5. The Car
   Arctic Monkeys
6. Autofiction
   Suede
7. YTI⅃AƎЯ
   Bill Callahan
8. Fear of the Dawn
   Jack White
9. Stumpwork
   Dry Cleaning
10. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
11. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
12. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
13. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
14. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
15. Cruel Country
    Wilco
16. I Survived, It's Over
    Rich Ruth
17. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
18. Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
    The Comet Is Coming
19. In These Times
    Makaya McCraven
20. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
21. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
22. Carry Me Home
    Levon Helm and Mavis Staples
23. Welcome 2 Club XIII
    Drive-By Truckers
24. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
25. Angels & Queens – Part I
    Gabriels
26. The Spur
    Joan Shelley
27. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
28. Tresor
    Gwenno
29. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
    Father John Misty
30. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
31. Timbuktu
    Oumou Sangaré
32. Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
33. Forfolks
    Jeff Parker
34. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
35. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
36. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
37. Ali
    Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
38. Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
    Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
39. The Boy Named If
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
40. The Mars Volta
    The Mars Volta
41. Breaking The Thermometer
    Leyla McCalla
42. Heartmind
    Cass McCombs
43. Gold
    Alabaster DePlume
44. Fear Fear
    Working Men's Club
45. The Overload
    Yard Act
46. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
47. Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4
    Johnny Marr
48. For The Sake of Bethel Woods
    Midlake
49. Anaïs Mitchell
    Anaïs Mitchell
50. Jazz Codes
    Moor Mother
51. (watch my moves)
    Kurt Vile
52. All Of Us Flames
    Ezra Furman
53. Heart Is Strange
    Xpropaganda
54. Good and Green Again
    Jake Xerxes Fussell
55. Dentures Out
    Proclaimers
56. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
57. Shebang
    Oren Ambarchi
58. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
59. Fossora
    Björk
60. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
61. See You in the Stars
    Lightning Seeds
62. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
63. Riderless Horse
    Nina Nastasia
64. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
65. FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
    Brian Eno
66. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
67. Spencer Gets It Lit
    Jon Spencer & the HITmakers
68. The Bible
    Lambchop
69. Dropout Boogie
    The Black Keys
70. For McCoy
    Eiko Ishibashi
71. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
72. The Line Is A Curve
    Kae Tempest
73. Recordings from the Åland Islands
    Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
74. LP.8
    Kelly Lee Owens
75. I Got a Love
    Elizabeth King

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
2. The Spur
   Joan Shelley
3. Dear Scott
   Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
4. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
6. Cruel Country
   Wilco
7. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
8. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
9. FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
   Brian Eno
10. The Boy Named If
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
11. The Sea Drift
    The Delines
12. How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
    The Weather Station
13. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
14. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
15. The Bible
    Lambchop
16. The Ruby Cord
    Richard Dawson
17. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
18. Tresor
    Gwenno
19. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
20. (watch my moves)
    Kurt Vile
21. Hellfire
    black midi
22. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
23. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
24. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
25. Heartmind
    Cass McCombs
26. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
27. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
28. Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
    The Comet Is Coming
29. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
30. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
31. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
32. Midnight Rocker
    Horace Andy
33. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
34. You Belong There
    Daniel Rossen
35. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
36. Teeth Marks
    S.G. Goodman
37. Bajascillators
    Bitchin Bajas
38. Loose Future
    Courtney Marie Andrews
39. Ali
    Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
40. "Hello, Hi"
    Ty Segall
41. Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
42. Optimism
    Jana Horn
43. Revelators
    Revelators Sound System
44. In These Times
    Makaya McCraven
45. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
46. Fossora
    Björk
47. I Survived, It's Over
    Rich Ruth
48. Still Life
    Carson McHone
49. YTI⅃AƎЯ
    Bill Callahan
50. Welcome 2 Club XIII
    Drive-By Truckers
51. Good and Green Again
    Jake Xerxes Fussell
52. Mil Coisas Invisíveis
    Tim Bernardes
53. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
54. Autofiction
    Suede
55. Take It Like a Man
    Amanda Shires
56. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
    Father John Misty
57. Ghosted
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
58. Let's Emerge!
    Pye Corner Audio
59. Dropout Boogie
    The Black Keys
60. Two Sisters
    Sarah Davachi
61. The Overload
    Yard Act
62. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
63. Shufflemania!
    Robyn Hitchcock
64. Ghost Power
    Ghost Power
65. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
66. Sorrows Away
    The Unthanks
67. The New Faith
    Jake Blount
68. for you who are the wronged
    Kathryn Joseph
69. Entering Heaven Alive
    Jack White
70. I Ran Down Every Dream
    Tommy McLain
71. The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience
    Angeline Morrison
72. The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
    Širom
73. Protector
    Aoife Nessa Frances
74. Evolution Here We Come
    Chris Forsyth
75. Hiding in Plain Sight
    Drugdealer