Best Music 🎶 of 2022!

[Bennnnn]

Here's my final list...

1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2. Alvvays - Blue Rev
3. Gang of Youths - Angel In Realtime
4. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
5. Taylor Swift - Midnights
6. Beyonce - Renaissance
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
8. Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness Hearts Aglow
9. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
10. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
11. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
12. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
13. Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
14. The Weeknd - Dawn FM
15. Beach Bunny - Emotional Creature
16. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
17. Arctic Monkeys - The Car
18. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
19. Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
20. Mitski - Laurel Hell
21. Rosalia - Motomami
22. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
23. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever
24. Saba - Few Good Things
25. Hatchie - Giving The World Away
26. Danger Mouse and Black Thought - Cheat Codes
27. Panda Bear and Sonic Boom - Reset
28. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
29. Maya Hawke - Moss
30. Anais Mitchell - Anais Mitchell

 

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*5: *7:

Spoiler: The LIst

ALBUMS
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'M GOOD, HBU?
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
SZA - S.O.S.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Empire of Light (Original Score)
Thelonious Coltrane - 25 Circles
BRAHJA - Watermelancholia
Muyiwa Kunnuji's Osemako - A.P.P. (Accumulation of Profit & Power)
Ab-Soul – Herbert
Various – A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To the Moon and Back

EPs
Seun Kuti & Black Thought - African Dreams
Matthew Halsall - Changing Earth
Bre Kennedy – Clarity

 

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Spoiler: The List (alphabetical by title)

$/he Who Feeds You...Owns You by The Brother Moves On
5 to the Eye with Stars by R.A.P. Ferreira
And I Have Been by Benjamin Clementine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Music From and Inspired By) by Various
Changes by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Diagrams of Thought by Nueen
Empire of Light (Original Score) by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
I'M GOOD, HBU? by Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Infinite Wisdom by Awon & SOUL.DOPE.95

Jaguar Sound by Adrian Quesada
KALAK by Sarathy Korwar
Laminated Denim by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Living Sky by Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
Night Lands by Sunda Arc

NO THANK YOU by Little Simz
Open by Kutiman
Please Have a Seat by NNAMDÏ
S.O.S. by SZA
squashed dreams & broken wings by lys scott

There is No Acid In This House by Hieroglyphic Being
This Is What I Mean by Stormzy
V is for Versitile by Puscifer
Water & Tools by Jairus Sharif
Where I'm Meant To Be by Ezra Collective

 

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Spoiler: The List (alphabetical by title)

$/he Who Feeds You...Owns You by The Brother Moves On
5 to the Eye with Stars by R.A.P. Ferreira
And I Have Been by Benjamin Clementine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Music From and Inspired By) by Various
Changes by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Diagrams of Thought by Nueen
Empire of Light (Original Score) by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
I'M GOOD, HBU? by Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Infinite Wisdom by Awon & SOUL.DOPE.95

Jaguar Sound by Adrian Quesada
KALAK by Sarathy Korwar
Laminated Denim by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Living Sky by Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
Night Lands by Sunda Arc

NO THANK YOU by Little Simz
Open by Kutiman
Please Have a Seat by NNAMDÏ
S.O.S. by SZA
squashed dreams & broken wings by lys scott

There is No Acid In This House by Hieroglyphic Being
This Is What I Mean by Stormzy
V is for Versitile by Puscifer
Water & Tools by Jairus Sharif
Where I'm Meant To Be by Ezra Collective

I completely forgot about Nueen. On a label I follow, too. I'll give that a try before long.

 

[Hollywood]

It's been an absolutely amazing year in music from reunions and highly anticipated albums to many new discoveries, and to the biggest trends including old music became new music
I honestly struggled putting this AOTY list together as I re-listened to many LPs that I liked, loved and that had an emotional impact on me throughout the year but I can finally present to you with confidence my "Best Albums of 2022"

 

[musicjunkiegreg]

It's been an absolutely amazing year in music from reunions and highly anticipated albums to many new discoveries, and to the biggest trends including old music became new music
I honestly struggled putting this AOTY list together as I re-listened to many LPs that I liked, loved and that had an emotional impact on me throughout the year but I can finally present to you with confidence my "Best Albums of 2022"
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A Top51, very nice! Some excellent albums here on your list! We share 9 albums in common on our main lists (not including my HMs).

 

[Rip_City]

At long last, I have settled on a chart that I am content with.

Pretty solid year of music. No surprise that women/art pop comprise a large portion of the chart. Seen a fair number of these live, with a few I look forward to seeing next year.

Spoiler: List

Tier I [Excellent]

1) Jenny Hval - Classic Objects [art pop, ambient pop]​

2) Black Country, New Road - Ants From up There [post-rock, art rock]​

3) King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me [Americana, slowcore, indie rock]​

4) Silvana Estrada - Marchita [Latin folk, singer/songwriter]​

5) Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter [singer/songwriter, post-rock, Americana]​

6) Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep [contemporary R&B, neo-soul]​

7) Billy Woods - Aethiopes [abstract hip hop]​

8) Zola Jesus - Arkhon [art pop, darkwave]​

9) Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands [ambient, nature recordings]​

10) Björk - Fossora [art pop, post-industrial, electronic]​

Tier II [Great]

11) J.I.D. - The Forever Story [conscious hip hop]​

12) Beyonce - RENAISSANCE [house, dance pop, contemporary R&B]​

13) Hinako Omori - ...a journey [ambient, ambient pop]​

14) Plains - I Walked With You a Ways [Americana, country pop]​

15) Patricia Wolf - I'll Look For You in Others [ambient, field recordings]​

16) Chat Pile - God's Country [sludge metal, post-hardcore]​

17) Natalia LaFourcade - De todas las flores [Mexican folk music, singer/songwriter, bossa nova]​

18) Hatis Noit - Aura [a cappela, throat singing, art pop]​

19) Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen [alternative R&B, neo-soul, art pop]​

20) Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit [progressive electronic, ambient trance]​

21) Immolation - Acts of God [death metal]​

22) Utada Hikaru - BADモード [J-pop, house, art pop]​

23) Kali Malone - Living Torch [drone]​

24) Binker & Moses - Feeding the Machine [spiritual jazz, post-bop]​

25) Nicolas Craven & Boldy James - Fair Exchange no Robbery [jazz rap, drumless, gangsta rap]​

Tier III [Good]

26) SAULT - 11 [neo-soul, psychedelic soul, funk]​

27) SRSQ - Ever Crashing [art pop, gothic pop, shoegaze]​

28) Rayvn Lenae - Hypnos [contemporary R&B, neo-soul]​

29) Hatchie - Giving the World Away [indie pop, shoegaze, dream pop]​

30) Bonobo - Fragments [deep house, downtempo]​

31) yeule - Glitch Princess [hyperpop, glitch pop]​

32) Carla dal Forno - Come Around [ambient pop, ethereal wave]​

33) Beth Orton - Weather Alive [art pop, ambient pop]​

34) The Bogie Band (feat. Joe Russo) - The Prophets in the City [bebop, jazz]​

35) Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow [baroque pop, art pop]​

36) Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes [conscious hip hop, boom bap]​

37) Little Simz - NO THANK YOU [conscious hip hop, UK hip hop]​

38) Marina Herlop - Pripyat [avant-folk, post-industrial, experimental]​

39) Petrol Girls - Baby [noise rock, riot grrrl, post-hardcore]​

40) Wake - Thought Form Descent [black metal]​

41) Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing [progressive electronic, drone]​

42) Julia Romana - Blood be Fluid [art pop, alternative R&B]​

43) Alvvays - Blue Rev [shoegaze, indie pop, dream pop]​

44) Sly5thAve & Roberto Verastegui - Agua de Jamaica [latin jazz, nu jazz, lounge]​

45) Daphni - Cherry [tech house, electronic]​

46) Lucercia Dalt - ¡Ay! [art pop, Latin jazz, electroacoustic]​

47) The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention [indie rock, art rock, jazz-rock]​

48) Andrina Bollinger - Secret Seed [art pop, singer/songwriter]​

49) Open Mike Eagle - A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse [abstract hip hop]​

50) Szun Waves - Earth Patterns [nu jazz, ambient jazz]​

In addition, below is my Spotify playlist containing a standout track from each of these albums in descending order:



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[musicjunkiegreg]

At long last, I have settled on a chart that I am content with.

Pretty solid year of music. No surprise that women/art pop comprise a large portion of the chart. Seen a fair number of these live, with a few I look forward to seeing next year.

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Spoiler: List

Tier I [Excellent]

1) Jenny Hval - Classic Objects [art pop, ambient pop]​

2) Black Country, New Road - Ants From up There [post-rock, art rock]​

3) King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me [Americana, slowcore, indie rock]​

4) Silvana Estrada - Marchita [Latin folk, singer/songwriter]​

5) Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter [singer/songwriter, post-rock, Americana]​

6) Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep [contemporary R&B, neo-soul]​

7) Billy Woods - Aethiopes [abstract hip hop]​

8) Zola Jesus - Arkhon [art pop, darkwave]​

9) Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands [ambient, nature recordings]​

10) Björk - Fossora [art pop, post-industrial, electronic]​

Tier II [Great]

11) J.I.D. - The Forever Story [conscious hip hop]​

12) Beyonce - RENAISSANCE [house, dance pop, contemporary R&B]​

13) Hinako Omori - ...a journey [ambient, ambient pop]​

14) Plains - I Walked With You a Ways [Americana, country pop]​

15) Patricia Wolf - I'll Look For You in Others [ambient, field recordings]​

16) Chat Pile - God's Country [sludge metal, post-hardcore]​

17) Natalia LaFourcade - De todas las flores [Mexican folk music, singer/songwriter, bossa nova]​

18) Hatis Noit - Aura [a cappela, throat singing, art pop]​

19) Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen [alternative R&B, neo-soul, art pop]​

20) Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit [progressive electronic, ambient trance]​

21) Immolation - Acts of God [death metal]​

22) Utada Hikaru - BADモード [J-pop, house, art pop]​

23) Kali Malone - Living Torch [drone]​

24) Binker & Moses - Feeding the Machine [spiritual jazz, post-bop]​

25) Nicolas Craven & Boldy James - Fair Exchange no Robbery [jazz rap, drumless, gangsta rap]​

Tier III [Good]

26) SAULT - 11 [neo-soul, psychedelic soul, funk]​

27) SRSQ - Ever Crashing [art pop, gothic pop, shoegaze]​

28) Rayvn Lenae - Hypnos [contemporary R&B, neo-soul]​

29) Hatchie - Giving the World Away [indie pop, shoegaze, dream pop]​

30) Bonobo - Fragments [deep house, downtempo]​

31) yeule - Glitch Princess [hyperpop, glitch pop]​

32) Carla dal Forno - Come Around [ambient pop, ethereal wave]​

33) Beth Orton - Weather Alive [art pop, ambient pop]​

34) The Bogie Band (feat. Joe Russo) - The Prophets in the City [bebop, jazz]​

35) Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow [baroque pop, art pop]​

36) Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes [conscious hip hop, boom bap]​

37) Little Simz - NO THANK YOU [conscious hip hop, UK hip hop]​

38) Marina Herlop - Pripyat [avant-folk, post-industrial, experimental]​

39) Petrol Girls - Baby [noise rock, riot grrrl, post-hardcore]​

40) Wake - Thought Form Descent [black metal]​

41) Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing [progressive electronic, drone]​

42) Julia Romana - Blood be Fluid [art pop, alternative R&B]​

43) Alvvays - Blue Rev [shoegaze, indie pop, dream pop]​

44) Sly5thAve & Roberto Verastegui - Agua de Jamaica [latin jazz, nu jazz, lounge]​

45) Daphni - Cherry [tech house, electronic]​

46) Lucercia Dalt - ¡Ay! [art pop, Latin jazz, electroacoustic]​

47) The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention [indie rock, art rock, jazz-rock]​

48) Andrina Bollinger - Secret Seed [art pop, singer/songwriter]​

49) Open Mike Eagle - A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse [abstract hip hop]​

50) Szun Waves - Earth Patterns [nu jazz, ambient jazz]​

In addition, below is my Spotify playlist containing a standout track from each of these albums in descending order:



EDIT: description tags

Fuck yeah, man! What a Christmas present to wake up to (your list). We share 13 albums (4 of the same Top10). Glad to see Andrina Bollinger made it Now I need to finish putting out my #2 and #1..

 

[Rip_City]

Fuck yeah, man! What a Christmas present to wake up to (your list). We share 13 albums (4 of the same Top10). Glad to see Andrina Bollinger made it Now I need to finish putting out my #2 and #1..

13/30 is outstanding overlap in my eyes. Probably the best ratio I've seen with another list this year.

 

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