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The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022

06 December 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

  1. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
  2. Motomami
    Rosalía
  3. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
  4. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
  5. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
  6. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
  7. The Elephant Man’s Bones
    Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
  8. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
  9. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
  10. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
  11. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
  12. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
  13. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
  14. The Forever Story
    JID
  15. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
  16. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
  17. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
  18. Soul Sold Separately
    Freddie Gibbs
  19. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
  20. Honestly, Nevermind
    Drake
  21. Age/Sex/Location
    Ari Lennox
  22. King's Disease III
    Nas
  23. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
  24. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
  25. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
  26. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
  27. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
  28. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
  29. High School
    Tim Heidecker
  30. Spaceships on the Blade
    Larry June
  31. a tape called component system with the auto reverse
    Open Mike Eagle
  32. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
  33. Ramona Park Broke My Heart
    Vince Staples

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