Year-End Lists

Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2022

1. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
2. Rosalía
   Motomami
3. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
4. Soccer Mommy
   Sometimes, Forever
5. Billy Woods
   Aethiopes
6. Alex G
   God Save the Animals
7. The Beths
   Expert in a Dying Field
8. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
9. Soul Glo
   Diaspora Problems
10. The Weeknd
    Dawn FM
11. MJ Lenderman
    Boat Songs
12. Steve Lacy
    Gemini Rights
13. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
14. Ashley McBryde
    Lindeville
15. Horsegirl
    Versions of Modern Performance
16. Mindforce
    New Lords
17. The 1975
    Being Funny in a Foreign Language
18. Tomberlin
    I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
19. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
20. Kendrick Lamar
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
21. Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
    Reset
22. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
23. Beach House
    Once Twice Melody
24. Naima Bock
    Giant Palm
25. Sorry
    Anywhere But Here
26. Knifeplay
    Animal Drowning
27. High Vis
    Blending
28. Anxious
    Little Green House
29. Spiritualized
    Everything Was Beautiful
30. Chat Pile
    God's Country
31. Muna
    Muna
32. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii
33. Drug Church
    Hygiene
34. Miranda Lambert
    Palomino
35. Rachika Nayar
    Heaven Come Crashing
36. BabyTron
    Bin Reaper 3: Old Testament
37. Makaya McCraven
    In These Times
38. Wild Pink
    ILYSM
39. Oso Oso
    Sore Thumb
40. Joyce Manor
    40 oz. to Fresno
41. Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
    The Elephant Man’s Bones
42. Pool Kids
    Pool Kids
43. Bartees Strange
    Farm to Table
44. Bandmanrill
    Club Godfather
45. Weyes Blood
    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
46. Shannen Moser
    The Sun Still Seems To Move
47. Earl Sweatshirt
    Sick!
48. Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
    Pigments
49. Ripped to Shreds
    劇變 (Jubian)
50. Angel Olsen
    Big Time