Year-End Lists

Slant Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

1. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
2. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
3. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
4. FKA twigs
   Caprisongs
5. Beach House
   Once Twice Melody
6. Rosalía
   Motomami
7. Kendrick Lamar
   Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
8. Angel Olsen
   Big Time
9. Hikaru Utada
   Bad Mode
10. Black Country, New Road
    Ants From Up There
11. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
12. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    Life on Earth
13. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
    Topical Dancer
14. Pusha T
    It's Almost Dry
15. Father John Misty
    Chloë and the Next 20th Century
16. The Weeknd
    Dawn FM
17. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
18. Taylor Swift
    Midnights
19. Daphni
    Cherry
20. Ethel Cain
    Preacher's Daughter
21. Alex G
    God Save the Animals
22. The Beths
    Expert in a Dying Field
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Cool It Down
24. Charli XCX
    Crash
25. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
26. Bladee and Ecco2K
    Crest
27. Jockstrap
    I Love You Jennifer B
28. M.I.A.
    Mata
29. Drake
    Honestly, Nevermind
30. Yeat
    Lyfë
31. Dry Cleaning
    Stumpwork
32. Burial
    Antidawn
33. Natalia Lafourcade
    De todas las flores
34. Death Cab for Cutie
    Asphalt Meadows
35. Sudan Archives
    Natural Brown Prom Queen
36. Aldous Harding
    Warm Chris
37. The 1975
    Being Funny in a Foreign Language
38. Björk
    Fossora
39. Zola Jesus
    Arkhon
40. Willie Nelson
    A Beautiful Time
41. Ari Lennox
    Age/Sex/Location
42. Earl Sweatshirt
    Sick!
43. White Lung
    Premonition
44. Neil Young with Crazy horse
    World Record
45. Black Midi
    Hellfire
46. Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
    Old-Time Folks
47. Weyes Blood
    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
48. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii
49. Bad Bunny
    Un Verano Sin Ti
50. Jenny Hval
    Classic Objects