Year-End Lists

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2011]

1. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
2. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
   Weyes Blood
3. Once Twice Melody
   Beach House
4. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
5. A Light for Attracting Attention
   The Smile
6. Painless
   Nilüfer Yanya
7. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
8. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
   Sharon Van Etten
9. Expert in a Dying Field
   The Beths
10. All Of Us Flames
    Ezra Furman
11. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
12. Asphalt Meadows
    Death Cab for Cutie
13. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
14. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
15. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
16. Giving the World Away
    Hatchie
17. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
18. The Overload
    Yard Act
19. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
20. Flood
    Stella Donnelly
21. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
22. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
23. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
24. Skinty Fia
    Fontaines D.C.
25. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
26. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
27. Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix
28. Sometimes, Forever
    Soccer Mommy
29. Autofiction
    Suede
30. I Love You Jennifer B
    Jockstrap
31. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
    Father John Misty
32. Versions of Modern Performance
    Horsegirl
33. Crash
    Charli XCX
34. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
35. Everything Was Beautiful
    Spiritualized
36. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
37. Renaissance
    Beyoncé
38. The Tipping Point
    Tears for Fears
39. Cave World
    Viagra Boys
40. Hellfire
    black midi
41. Growing Up
    The Linda Lindas
42. Warm Chris
    Aldous Harding
43. Formentera
    Metric
44. Anywhere But Here
    Sorry
45. Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
46. My Boy
    Marlon Williams
47. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
48. Florist
    Florist
49. Beatopia
    Beabadoobee
50. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
51. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
52. Fossora
    Björk
53. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
54. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
55. Blue Skies
    Dehd
56. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
57. You Belong There
    Daniel Rossen
58. Inner World Peace
    Frankie Cosmos
59. YTI⅃AƎЯ
    Bill Callahan
60. Squeeze
    SASAMI
61. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
62. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
63. Heartmind
    Cass McCombs
64. Bleed Out
    The Mountain Goats
65. Mahal
    Toro y Moi
66. This Is A Photograph
    Kevin Morby
67. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
68. Raw Data Feel
    Everything Everything
69. Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius
70. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
    Porridge Radio
71. The Great Awakening
    Shearwater
72. A Bit of Previous
    Belle and Sebastian
73. Tresor
    Gwenno
74. Alluvium
    C Duncan
75. Two Ribbons
    Let’s Eat Grandma
76. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
77. (watch my moves)
    Kurt Vile
78. The Dream
    alt-J
79. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
80. Freakout/Release
    Hot Chip
81. Palomino
    First Aid Kit
82. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
83. Headful of Sugar
    Sunflower Bean
84. Life Is Yours
    Foals
85. Moss
    Maya Hawke
86. Avatars Of Love
    Sondre Lerche
87. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
88. I Walked With You A Ways
    Plains
89. Inside Problems
    Andrew Bird
90. The Bible
    Lambchop
91. Sound Of The Morning
    Katy J Pearson
92. Nothing's Ever Fine
    Oceanator
93. Here Is Everything
    The Big Moon
94. EBM
    Editors
95. When the Wind Forgets Your Name
    Built to Spill
96. Hold the Girl
    Rina Sawayama
97. Everything Was Forever
    Sea Power
98. Household Name
    Momma
99. Rolling Golden Holy
    Bonny Light Horseman
100. World Wide Pop
     Superorganism