Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

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1. Bunch One
   Selo i Ludy Performance Band
2. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
3. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
4. A Beautiful Time
   Willie Nelson
5. I Walked With You A Ways
   Plains
6. Lindeville
   Ashley McBryde
7. King Of Drums
   Buck 65
8. Scorpion Kings
   DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small
9. Black & Loud: James Brown Reimagined By Stro Elliot
   Stro Elliot/James Brown
10. Live: Return Of The Storyteller
    Todd Snider
11. Uwami
    DJ Black Low
12. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
13. Archeology
    Montparnasse Musique
14. I Thought I Was Fine
    Tommy Womack
15. I Can't Sell These
    Homeboy Sandman
16. For Executive Meeting
    The Paranoid Style
17. Palomino
    Miranda Lambert
18. Take It Like a Man
    Amanda Shires
19. Slum of Legs
    Slum of Legs
20. Solidaritine
    Gogol Bordello
21. De Kaboul A Bamako
    Sowal Diabi
22. Love for Sale
    Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
23. to hell with it
    PinkPantheress
24. Língua Brasileira
    Tom Zé
25. Comfort To Me
    Amyl and The Sniffers
26. Folk And Great Tunes From Siberia and Far East
    various artists
27. Bleed Out
    The Mountain Goats
28. That's My Idea
    My Idea
29. Narrow Line
    Mama's Broke
30. Welcome 2 Club XIII
    Drive-By Truckers
31. Good Luck, Take Care
    Terry Klein
32. When That Really Old Cat Dies
    Jeffrey Lewis
33. The Lakes of Zones B and C
    Emperor X
34. Sanguine Truth
    The Casual Dots
35. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
36. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
37. Don't Feed The Monster
    Homeboy Sandman
38. Mata
    M.I.A.
39. Just Like That...
    Bonnie Raitt
40. A Legacy of Rentals
    Craig Finn
41. TV Baby
    Pony
42. Ama Gogela
    Phelimuncasi
43. We Are
    Jon Batiste
44. No Thank You
    Little Simz
45. Bamanan
    Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee
46. It Wasn't Hard To Love You
    Fanfare Ciocarlia
47. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
48. Timbuktu
    Oumou Sangaré
49. Special
    Lizzo
50. Burkina Hakili
    Kady Diarra
51. Spirituals
    Santigold
52. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
53. Cry Mfer
    My Idea
54. Hata Unacheza: Sub​-​Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s
    various artists
55. Breaking The Thermometer
    Leyla McCalla
56. Co-Starring Too
    Ray Wylie Hubbard
57. The Big Five​--O
    Derek Senn
58. Peculiar, Missouri
    Willi Carlisle
59. N'Djila Wa Mudujimu
    Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa
60. Dollar Menu 4
    Mach-Hommy
61. Wild Loneliness
    Superchunk
62. All Is Ours, Nothing Is Theirs
    Dan Ex Machina
63. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
    various artists
64. Agadez
    Etran de L'Aïr
65. Things Happen That Way
    Dr. John
66. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
67. There's No Fight We Can't Both Win
    Mammoth Penguins
68. Planet Her
    Doja Cat
69. Flood
    Stella Donnelly
70. The Overload
    Yard Act
71. Lifetime Achievement
    Loudon Wainwright III
72. Sakidila
    Pongo
73. A Gift to Pops: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars
    various artists
74. Bahil Weg
    Kassmasse
75. Home, Before and After
    Regina Spektor
76. Ramona Park Broke My Heart
    Vince Staples
77. There In Spirit
    Homeboy Sandman
78. Holy Souls
    Fox Green
79. King's Disease II
    Nas
80. I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore
    $ilkmoney
81. Good Morning Gorgeous
    Mary J. Blige
82. Lunar Tredd
    Fimber Bravo
83. Half God
    Wiki
84. Bra-Less
    Doechii