Year-End Lists

Aquarium Drunkard: 2022 Year in Review. "As always, our list is unranked and unruly," they write about their 200+ entries.

[see also 2023 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

• Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy
  Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
• Bajascillators
  Bitchin Bajas
• Words & Music, May 1965
  Lou Reed
• Music For Four Guitars
  Bill Orcutt
• For McCoy
  Eiko Ishibashi
• Jazz Codes
  Moor Mother
• Maida Vale Sessions
  Broadcast
• Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2
  Broadcast
• Mother Is The Milky Way
  Broadcast
• Shebang
  Oren Ambarchi
• Ghosted
  Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
• Comradely Objects
  Horse Lords
• Mariage
  Wau Wau Collectif
• High School
  Tim Heidecker
• Step on Step
  Charles Stepney
• The OZ Tapes
  Les Rallizes Dénudés
• Evolution Here We Come
  Chris Forsyth
• The Spur
  Joan Shelley
• Kumoyo Island
  Kikagaku Moyo
• Live in Cuxhaven 1976
  Can
• Pompeii
  Cate Le Bon
• Kveldsragg
  Gisle Røen Johansen
• Occam XXV
  Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy
• Mil Coisas Invisíveis
  Tim Bernardes
• Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal
  Pavement
• Clouds Of Joy
  Badge Époque Ensemble
• Labyrinthitis
  Destroyer
• Gold
  Alabaster DePlume
• A Light for Attracting Attention
  The Smile
• Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  Kendrick Lamar
• Gung Ho
  Kolumbo
• "Hello, Hi"
  Ty Segall
• I Just Want To Be A Good Man
  Pastor Champion
• Big Time
  Angel Olsen
• Agadez
  Etran de L'Aïr
• Cruel Country
  Wilco
• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Edition)
  Wilco
• Planets
  Masaru Imada Trio + 1
• Landwerk No. 3
  Nathan Salsburg
• Toast
  Neil Young with Crazy horse
• Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 Live at The Bottom Line
  Neil Young
• Shuckin' Sugar
  Karen Dalton
• Maybe Next Time
  Carl Didur
• Flaming Swords
  Fievel Is Glauque
• Pink Dolphins
  Anteloper
• Like A Fable
  Shintaro Sakamoto
• In These Times
  Makaya McCraven
• Reset
  Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
• The Bible
  Lambchop
• West Kensington
  Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena
• Meaningless
  Jon Brion
• Deep in View
  Cola
• Water & Tools
  Jairus Sharif
• Niineta
  Joe Rainey
• No Condition Is Permanent
  Celestine Ukwu
• I Survived, It's Over
  Rich Ruth
• Michael Rault
  Michael Rault
• Microcosmos
  Lou Turner
• Luke Schneider Presents Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal - A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel
  various artists
• Success
  Oneida
• YTI⅃AƎЯ
  Bill Callahan
• Revelators
  Revelators Sound System
• Themselves
  Al Riggs
• Plays Planet Caravan
  Psychic Temple
• Estrela Acesa
  Sessa
• This Is A Photograph
  Kevin Morby
• Eli Winter
  Eli Winter
• Vade Mecum
  Glenn Jones
• Hermit's Grove
  Wax Machine
• Everything Was Beautiful
  Spiritualized
• Wild Loneliness
  Superchunk
• Ghost Riders
  various artists
• After Hours
  Delicate Steve
• Re Eff
  Julien Gasc
• Perform the Compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann
  Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann
• Shufflemania!
  Robyn Hitchcock
• Luminous
  Golden Brown
• Unravelled: 1981-2002
  Tall Dwarfs
• Heartmind
  Cass McCombs
• People Helping People
  No Age
• Teeth Marks
  S.G. Goodman
• The Zug
  Yves Jarvis
• Moten/López/Cleaver
  Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
• The Bees
  Frog Eyes
• Noon
  Twain
• Perfect Middle Hall
  Cactus Lee
• Pray 4 Tomorrow
  Dumb
• I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964–1971
  Norma Tanega
• David Nance-Pulverized And Slightly Peaced:
  David Nance
• Bert At The BBC
  Bert Jansch
• Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings
  The Pyramids
• Clockwatching
  Seawind of Battery
• Crime of Passion
  Dividers
• Music for Neighbors
  The Trypes
• Ndikho Xaba and the Natives
  Ndikho Xaba
• Echo's Reach
  Isla Craig
• Hard To Be A God
  Whitney K
• Styrofoam Winos Play Their Favorite M. Hurley Songs
  Styrofoam Winos
• FRKWYS Vol. 4.5: Nowhere in the Night
  Psychic Ills and Gibby Haynes
• Revelations
  Albert Ayler
• The Early Home Recordings
  Sandy Denny
• Protector
  Aoife Nessa Frances
• After the Bend
  Flanger Magazine
• Music From Grizzly Man
  Richard Thompson
• Color Green
  Color Green
• Something Happening / Always Happening
  JPW
• Big Time Things
  Office Culture
• Oceans of Time
  Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley
• Living Sky
  Sun Ra Arkestra
• Az Yashir
  Ayal Senior
• II
  The Sonora Pine
• What Does It Mean to Be American?
  Robert Stillman
• It's More In My Body Than In My Mind
  Ralph White
• Something About Dreaming
  Ralph White
• They Only Wanted Your Soul
  The Reds, Pinks & Purples
• Anyway
  Lee Baggett
• Atenção!: Novos Sons do Brasil
  various artists
• And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
  Weyes Blood
• No Island
  Winged Wheel
• Blue Skies
  Dehd
• Activities
  Anna Butterss
• Mono Retriever / Pepsi Vacuum
  Dummy
• Homage
  Natural Flavors
• Songs from a Stolen Guitar
  Simon Joyner
• In/Out/In
  Sonic Youth
• A Legacy of Rentals
  Craig Finn
• Wilds
  The Soundcarriers
• How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
  The Weather Station
• Pieces Of Driftwood
  Maxine Funke
• Slow Fawn
  Sam Cohen
• Fleeting Adventure
  Andrew Tuttle
• Songs in Heat (1982)
  Dredd Foole & the Din
• Good and Green Again
  Jake Xerxes Fussell
• Attic Room
  Small Sur
• Boredom Euphoria
  Joys Union Group
• Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore
  Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker
• Listening Music / Anfang
  Marc Emory
• Oceans Of Milk And Treacle
  Mike Cooper
• Skywriting
  Zachary Cale
• Wires Turned Sideways In Time
  Duncan Marquiss
• Ting
  Seth Kauffman
• Against The Odds: 1974-1982
  Blondie
• Kibitzer
  Vintage Crop
• Outsiders
  Anna Tivel
• Chronophage
  Chronophage
• The Sea Will Outlive Us All
  Misha Panfilov
• Momentum
  Misha Panfilov
• Neanderthal Rock
  Penza Penza
• Mirage
  Molly Lewis
• Havasu
  Pedro the Lion
• Back to the Woodlands
  Ernest Hood
• American Rituals
  Cheri Knight
• FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
  Brian Eno
• Wyld Love Songs
  David John Morris
• Words and Silences
  Brian Harnetty
• SUSS
  SUSS
• Distances
  Elkhorn
• Magic Sign
  Martin Courtney
• Live at the Aztlan Theatre 7​/​16​/​2022
  Prairiewolf
• (watch my moves)
  Kurt Vile
• Time Skiffs
  Animal Collective
• Strike
  Lining Time
• Jaiyede Sessions Volume 1
  London Odense Ensemble
• Bleed Out
  The Mountain Goats
• The Line of Time and the Plane of Now
  Shira Small
• Farmer's Angle
  Belbury Poly
• Everywhen We Go
  Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt
• I'm Not Here
  Alex Izenberg
• Panamá 77
  Daniel Villarreal
• Lulanga Tales
  Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters
• Choice Tapes Vol. 1
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 2
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 3
  Taper's Choice
• Choice Tapes Vol. 4
  Taper's Choice
• Lucky Nights
  Mila Webb
• Birthingbodies
  Fuubutsushi
• The Mermaid's Purse: Live at Chatham College, 1976
  The Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble
• The Patience Fader
  Pan•American
• Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings: Beside You Then
  Caleb Dailey
• The Pavilion Of Dreams
  Harold Budd
• Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  Big Thief
• Folksongs & Ballads
  Tia Blake & Her Folk Group
• Paradise
  Healing Potpourri
• Versions of Modern Performance
  Horsegirl
• Optimism
  Jana Horn
• Smokin the Dummy
  Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
• Passing
  Matthew J. Rolin
• Medicine Singers
  Medicine Singers
• Fortune Goodies
  Minami Deutsch
• Over Fields And Mountains
  Branko Mataja
• Full Circle
  The Advisory Circle
• The Wizard Of Is
  Pearls Before Swine
• The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant
  various artists
• Soft Focus: Volumes One and Two
  Wednesday Knudsen
• Warping All By Yourself
  Wet Tuna
• Piece for Cello and Saxophone
  Terry Jennings
• Mirrored Night
  ML Wah
• Recordings from the Åland Islands
  Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
• The Rambles & Rags of Shiloh
  Joseph Allred
• Hold on Magnolia/Stealing Time/Further Down the Road (singles)
  Sylvie
• Sean Thompson's Weird Ears
  Sean Thompson's Weird Ears
• En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog
  Dungen
• Modern Folk One
  Modern Folk One
• Poolside
  One Eleven Heavy
• Pierre Barouh and the Saravah Sound
  various artists
• Education & Recreation
  Surprise Chef
• Hiding in Plain Sight
  Drugdealer
• Centrifics
  Marina Allen
• Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
  Mal Waldron
• Picture Music
  Picture Music
• Roscoe's Dream
  Mapache
• The Third Wave Of...
  The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness
• Xaybu: The Unseen
  Sélébéyone, Steve Lehman, Maciek Lasserre
• Different Places
  Enno Velthuys
• To Live & Die In Space & Time
  Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice
• Bizzarrophytes
  Carl Erdmann
• Retreat Into Fantasy/Soundtracks
  Wasted Cathedral
• Come Around
  Carla dal Forno