Year-End Lists

The Bitter Southerner: Best Southern Albums of 2022

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023]

1. Big Time
   Angel Olsen
2. This Is A Photograph
   Kevin Morby
3. Pigments
   Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
4. Ghetto Gods
   EarthGang
5. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
6. Teeth Marks
   S.G. Goodman
7. The Forever Story
   JID
8. I Walked With You A Ways
   Plains
9. Boat Songs
   MJ Lenderman
10. American Heartbreak
    Zach Bryan
11. Ali
    Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
12. No Rules Sandy
    Sylvan Esso
13. Sunshine Only Sometimes
    Robert Lester Folsom
14. Boleros Psicodélicos
    Adrian Quesada
15. Revelators
    Revelators Sound System
16. The Social Animals
    Duquette Johnston
17. Not Tight
    Domi and JD Beck
18. Beautiful Mind
    Rod Wave
19. Careening
    Hammered Hulls
20. The Family
    BROCKHAMPTON
21. Only Built for Infinity Links
    Quavo and Takeoff
22. For The Birds
    Neighbor Lady