Year-End Lists

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2022, a survey of more than 200 music critics

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

1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Dawn FM
   The Weeknd
5. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
6. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
7. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
8. Motomami
   Rosalía
9. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
10. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
11. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
12. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
13. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
14. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
15. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
16. Ramona Park Broke My Heart
    Vince Staples
17. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
18. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
19. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
20. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
21. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
22. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
23. Hypnos
    Ravyn Lenae
24. Muna
    Muna
25. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
26. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
27. Angel in Realtime
    Gang of Youths
28. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
29. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
30. I Walked With You A Ways
    Plains
31. Boat Songs
    MJ Lenderman
32. Honestly, Nevermind
    Drake
33. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
34. The Forever Story
    JID
35. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
36. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
37. The Loneliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
38. Cruel Country
    Wilco
39. Palomino
    Miranda Lambert
40. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
41. Crash
    Charli XCX
42. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
43. Few Good Things
    Saba
44. The Elephant Man’s Bones
    Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
45. God's Country
    Chat Pile
46. Once Twice Melody
    Beach House
47. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
48. Weather Alive
    Beth Orton
49. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
50. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon