Year-End Lists

Still Listening: The Top 50 Albums Of 2022

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023]

1. Black Country, New Road
   Ants From Up There
2. Sudan Archives
   Natural Brown Prom Queen
3. Kendrick Lamar
   Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
4. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
5. Rosalía
   Motomami
6. Jockstrap
   I Love You Jennifer B
7. Black Midi
   Hellfire
8. SZA
   SOS
9. Grace Ives
   Janky Star
10. Special Interest
    Endure
11. Weyes Blood
    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
12. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
13. Charli XCX
    Crash
14. Little Simz
    No Thank You
15. deathcrash
    Return
16. Pusha T
    It's Almost Dry
17. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii
18. Julia Jacklin
    Pre Pleasure
19. Gilla Band
    Most Normal
20. death’s dynamic shroud
    Darklife
21. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
22. Aldous Harding
    Warm Chris
23. Beach House
    Once Twice Melody
24. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
25. Viagra Boys
    Cave World
26. Danger Mouse and Black Thought
    Cheat Codes
27. Ethel Cain
    Preacher's Daughter
28. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
    Topical Dancer
29. FKA twigs
    Caprisongs
30. Michael Rault
    Michael Rault
31. Conway the Machine
    God Don't Make Mistakes
32. Sampa the Great
    As Above, So Below
33. Tchotchke
    Tchotchke
34. Issy Wood
    My Body Your Choice
35. Honeyglaze
    Honeyglaze
36. Okay Kaya
    SAP
37. Eerie Wanda
    Internal Radio
38. yeule
    Glitch Princess
39. Billy Woods
    Aethiopes
40. The Comet Is Coming
    Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
41. Lowertown
    I Love To Lie
42. Cola
    Deep in View
43. The Paranoyds
    Talk Talk Talk
44. Loyle Carner
    Hugo
45. Sylvie
    Sylvie
46. Pan Amsterdam and Damu the Fudgemunk
    EAT
47. Mamalarky
    Pocket Fantasy
48. The Linda Lindas
    Growing Up
49. Aoife Nessa Frances
    Protector
50. AKAI SOLO
    Spirit Roaming