Tuesday 20 December 2022

Best Of 2022

Here we are again, wrapping up the past 12 months with the albums that made this year definitive to me. This year was especially excruciating, as there were tons of fantastic albums, but here a condensed 50. As always, keep in mind that this isn't a definitive or objective "best of" list, just a collection of personal favourites in relative order. You can check out a Spotify playlist of all the albums below, along with one of select songs from each. There are no download links to avoid copyright issues, though a few of them are already on here if you want to check out their respective posts. 

Thanks again for continuing to check this blog out, this year we hit both 1000 and 1100 posts and passed the 10-year mark on this thing. So thank you, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, though there should be a few more posts coming before the year is out. Let me know what your favourites this year have been too, I'm curious to know what you guys have been listening to. Enjoy.

Honourable Mentions:

Alexisonfire - Otherness
Brockhampton - The Family
Drake - Honestly, Nevermind
Frank Turner - FTHC
Pianos Become The Teeth - Drift

50. Flight Patterns - Flight Patterns


49. Punitive Damage - This Is The Blackout


48. Skullcrusher - Quiet The Room


47. Piri Reis - Ritma


46. Atameo - It Sure Is Sad To Hope For The Best While Expecting The Worst


45. Gillian Carter - Salvation Through Misery


44. OFF! - Free LSD


43. Mindforce - New Lords


42. Candy - Heaven Is Here


41. Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!


40. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows


39. The Weeknd - Dawn FM


38. Knifeplay - Animal Drowning


37. Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong


36. Plains - I Walked With You A Ways


35. Camp Cope - Running With The Hurricane


34. the Mountan Goats - Bleed Out


33. Father John Misty - Chloë And The Next 20th Century


32. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever


31. KEN Mode - Null


30. Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart


29. Foxtails - Fawn


28. Massa Nera - Derramar | Querer | Borrar


27. Birds in Row - Gris Klein


26. Bartees Strange - Farm To Table


25. Björk - Fossora


24. Arm's Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found


23. Joyce Manor - 40 oz. To Fresno


22. Caroline - Caroline


21. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season


20. Pool Kids - Pool Kids


19. Single Mothers - Everything You Need


18. Backxwash - His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering


17. Pusha T - It's Almost Dry


16. Oso Oso - Sore Thumb


15. Gospel - The Loser


14. Beach House - Once Twice Melody


13. PUP - The Unraveling Of PUPTheBand


12. Angel Olsen - Big Time


11. City Of Caterpillar - Mystic Sisters


10. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention


9. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers


8. Petrol Girls - Baby


7. Black Midi - Hellfire


6. Anxious - Little Green House


5. Wet Leg - Wet Leg


4. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems


3. Alvvays - Blue Rev


2. Chat Pile - God's Country


1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There


13 comments:

  1. Much less pop punk/emo/hardcore than expected but it's a great list. Two Houses and New Junk City both put out awesome records (the latter of which I struggled to turn off repeat).

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    1. Just checked out new junk city first time ive heard them -awesome stuff thanks for the heads up

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  2. My top 5 are:
    1. LS Dunes - Past Lives
    2. Spoon - Lucifer On the Sofa
    3. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
    4. Bastille - Give Me the Future
    5. Charli XCX - Crash

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  3. High Vis and Careen all year. Hope you add them here, thanks.

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  4. This year I have mostly been listening to COIL especially Black Light District, Soul Glo, Motorhead live albums, Lucrecia Dalt!Ay!, the Devoid of Life album is superb, Pat Thomas/Black Top, but I must be the only person yet to hear Wet Leg, or black midi for that matter! Thanks for your efforts and excellent site

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  5. Salut Kevin,
    1- Zeal & Ardor de Zeal & Ardor. CHE
    2- 4 songs et Pranks For The Memories de Angry son. JPA
    3- MMXXII de Yearning. CAN
    4- Pomona de CATALYST. USA
    5- Diaspora Problems de Soul Glo. USA
    Bonnes fêtes everybody

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  6. Thank you for this blog and your hard work posting! Here’s to 2023!

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  7. Hi, this year surprise me new Birds in Row album for a complex, math inclusive and one hiundred others

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  8. Always look forward to your end of year Best Of list. Much love from Chicago.

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  9. Awesome list and I just want to say I am so thankful of what you are doing. Ive been a frequent of this page for a few years now. Cheers!

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  10. It was a good year. Just want to thank you for an amazing 10 years, I love this blog, and here's to 10 more!

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  11. Not ever the Wonder Years... Shame dude

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  12. Listened to Camp Trash's The Long Way, The Slow Way a lot. Probably this year's favourite for me.

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