Year-End Lists

The Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

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1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Dawn FM
   The Weeknd
4. Crash
   Charli XCX
5. Motomami
   Rosalía
6. The Car
   Arctic Monkeys
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
9. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
10. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
11. Nymph
    Shygirl
12. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
13. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
14. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
15. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
16. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
18. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
19. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
20. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
21. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
22. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
23. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
24. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
25. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
26. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
27. Angels & Queens – Part I
    Gabriels
28. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
29. Two Ribbons
    Let’s Eat Grandma
30. Muna
    Muna
31. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
32. Remember Your North Star
    yaya bey
33. Ghosted
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
34. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
35. Fossora
    Björk
36. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
37. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
38. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
39. How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
    The Weather Station
40. Gold
    Alabaster DePlume
41. Hideous Bastard
    Oliver Sim
42. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
43. Autofiction
    Suede
44. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
45. Endure
    Special Interest
46. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
47. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
48. Reason to Smile
    Kojey Radical
49. Dirt Femme
    Tove Lo
50. Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix