Year-End Lists

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2022 in Music Sasha Frere-Jones

The 12 Best Albums of 2022 Wired: Jason Parham

Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022 Autostraddle: Julie Gentile

Top Ten Albums of 2022 Clémence Polès

Best Music of 2022 Rolling Stone: Brittany Spanos

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022 No Depression

Top 20 Albums of 2022 Spectrum Culture

Albums Of The Year 2022 Clash

Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Albumism

The Best Albums of 2022 Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu

Top 10 Albums of 2022 NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso

22 Best Albums of 2022 Okayplayer

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Far Out

51 Best Albums of 2022 Gigwise

Best Albums of 2022 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

10 Best Albums of 2022 Observer: Kitty Empire

The Best Albums of 2022 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Dazed

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Treble

The Best Albums of 2022 Chron: Nina Hernandez

Top 10 Albums of 2022 Washington Post: Chris Richards

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Boston Globe

Best Pop Music Albums of 2022 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

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