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2022 Music

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022

29 November 2022

Blue Rev - Alvvays

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

  1. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
  2. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
  3. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
  4. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
  5. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
  6. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  7. Colder Streams
    The Sadies
  8. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
  9. Sewn Back Together
    OMBIIGIZI
  10. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
  11. Otherness
    Kindness
  12. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
  13. God's Country
    Chat Pile
  14. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
  15. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
  16. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
  17. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
  18. Don't Trip
    Aquakultre
  19. I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
    Tomberlin
  20. José Louis And The Paradox Of Love
    Pierre Kwenders
  21. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
  22. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
  23. Soul Sold Separately
    Freddie Gibbs
  24. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
  25. Surely Travel
    Status/Non-Status
  26. His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
    Backxwash
  27. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
  28. Fossora
    Björk
  29. Hypnos
    Ravyn Lenae
  30. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
  31. Crash
    Les Louanges
  32. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
  33. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
  34. Null
    KEN mode
  35. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
  36. The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
    PUP
  37. Janky Star
    Grace Ives
  38. All Blue
    Julianna Riolino
  39. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
  40. Angel in Realtime
    Gang of Youths
  41. Heavy Pendulum
    Cave In
  42. Hellfire
    black midi
  43. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
  44. Gone Girl
    Magi Merlin
  45. Joyful Joyful
    Joyful Joyful
  46. Muna
    Muna
  47. Clouds Of Joy
    Badge Époque Ensemble
  48. Cherry
    Daphni
  49. Health::Disco2
    HEALTH
  50. Communion
    Sister Ray

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