Year-End Lists

Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2022

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1. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
2. Motomami
   Rosalía
3. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
4. Sometimes, Forever
   Soccer Mommy
5. Aethiopes
   Billy Woods
6. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
7. Expert in a Dying Field
   The Beths
8. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
9. Diaspora Problems
   Soul Glo
10. Dawn FM
    The Weeknd
11. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
12. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
13. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
14. Lindeville
    Ashley McBryde
15. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
16. New Lords
    Mindforce
17. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
18. I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This...
    Tomberlin
19. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
20. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
21. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
22. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
23. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
24. Giant Palm
    Naima Bock
25. Anywhere But Here
    Sorry
26. Animal Drowning
    Knifeplay
27. Blending
    High Vis
28. Little Green House
    Anxious
29. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
30. God's Country
    Chat Pile
31. Muna
    Muna
32. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
33. Hygiene
    Drug Church
34. Palomino
    Miranda Lambert
35. Heaven Come Crashing
    Rachika Nayar
36. Bin Reaper 3: Old Testament
    BabyTron
37. In These Times
    Makaya McCraven
38. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
39. sore thumb
    Oso Oso
40. 40 oz. to Fresno
    Joyce Manor
41. The Elephant Man’s Bones
    Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
42. Pool Kids
    Pool Kids
43. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
44. Club Godfather
    Bandmanrill
45. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
46. The Sun Still Seems To Move
    Shannen Moser
47. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
48. Pigments
    Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
49. 劇變 (Jubian)
    Ripped to Shreds
50. Big Time
    Angel Olsen