Year-End Lists

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The Best Albums of 2022 Slate: Carl Wilson

The 60 Best Albums of 2022 Josh Terry

Top Ten Albums of 2022 The Skinny

The 10 Best Albums of 2022 Entertainment Weekly

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Slant

The Best Albums of 2022 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Our Culture

Favorite Music of 2022 NPR Music: Nate Chinen

Top 50 Albums of 2022 Consequence

Best Albums of 2022 Billboard

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork

The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters

The 33 Best Albums of 2022 The Ringer

The 50 Best Albums Of 2022 Stereogum

Best Southern Albums of 2022 Bitter Southerner

Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire

Top 20 Albums Of 2022 NPR Music: Ann Powers

The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood

Top 25 Albums of 2022 Les Inrocks

Best Albums of 2022 Folk Alley

50 Best Albums of 2022 Complex

The Best Albums of 2022 The Forty-Five

Albums of 2022 Gorilla vs. Bear

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