YEAR END MEGALIST 2022!!!!

@Rip_City here's my list.

Calling it here, or else I'll probably forget to do it tomorrow. Still have some stuff I missed over the past year, but feeling pretty good about this list. So many good albums, and probably one of my most diverse lists genre-wise. Strove to expand my horizons this year, and I think I've succeeded.

I found it hard to pick an album of the year this year, so my top 5 and then 6-15 will all get even points. My total end of year list currently sits at 69 albums and continues to grow as I continue to catch up.

Top 5 - 10 Points Each:
Ibaraki - Rashomon
Petrol Girls - Baby
Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been
Metric - Formera
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Top 6-15 - 5 points each
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
The Weeknd - Dawn FM
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
Yard Act - The Overload
black midi - Hellfire
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
Billy Woods - Aethiopes
Hot Water Music - Feel The Void
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
Methyl Ethyl - Are You Haunted?

Honorable Mentions:
Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
OFF! - Free LSD
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Dan Mangan - Being Somewhere
The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
Silversun Pickups - Physical Thrills
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I believe In You
Viagra Boys - Cave World
 
@Rip_City here's my list.

Calling it here, or else I'll probably forget to do it tomorrow. Still have some stuff I missed over the past year, but feeling pretty good about this list. So many good albums, and probably one of my most diverse lists genre-wise. Strove to expand my horizons this year, and I think I've succeeded.

I found it hard to pick an album of the year this year, so my top 5 and then 6-15 will all get even points. My total end of year list currently sits at 69 albums and continues to grow as I continue to catch up.

Top 5 - 10 Points Each:
Ibaraki - Rashomon
Petrol Girls - Baby
Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been
Metric - Formera
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Top 6-15 - 5 points each
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
The Weeknd - Dawn FM
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
Yard Act - The Overload
black midi - Hellfire
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
Billy Woods - Aethiopes
Hot Water Music - Feel The Void
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
Methyl Ethyl - Are You Haunted?

Honorable Mentions:
Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
OFF! - Free LSD
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Dan Mangan - Being Somewhere
The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
Silversun Pickups - Physical Thrills
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I believe In You
Viagra Boys - Cave World
Fuck yeah, Ibaraki!
 
Alright, well this might change by the time I post it on IG but most of it is correct. Hopefully I did it right. 😅

1. The Weeknd - Dawn FM - 20
2. Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep - 15
3. Yard Act - The Overload - 10
4. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez -10
5. SASAMI - Squeeze - 10
6. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights - 6
7. Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa - 6
8. Little Simz - No Thank You - 6
9. Mattiel - Georgia Gothic - 5
10. Pusha T - It's Almost Dry - 3
11. Santigold - Spirituals - 3
12. The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field - 2
13. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia - 2
14. Beach House - Once Twice Melody - 1
15. Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point - 1

Honorable Mentions:

Wet Leg
Weyes Blood
FJM
Lizzo
Kendrick Lamar
 
Surprised I didn't see it more on peoples list. I don't listen to a ton of black metal, but this one really impressed me. May be a bit biased, as I am a Trivium fan, but once I heard Ronin (and Gerard Way's impressive vocals), I knew I was in for a great time.
A very good friend of mine (and fellow music enthusiast) is a huge Trivium/Matt Heafy fan. I've always just been a casual fan (their 2021 In The Court Of The Dragon was their first album to make an AOTY list of mine). I, too, was excited to check out Matt's Ibaraki project once I first heard "Ronin". IMO, it's the best thing he's done yet. Rashomon ended up as my #13 album this year 🤘 Although it was a black metal project through and through, I also felt it was a pretty accessible metal album overall.
 
Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island (15)
Wilco - Cruel Country (10)
Tim Heidecker - High School (10)
Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come (5)
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa (5)
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again (5)
Cass McCombs - Heartmind (5)
J.R. Bohannon - Compulsions (5)
Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ (5)
Bobby Lee - Ancient Sunlight (5)
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (5)
Tim Bernardes - Mil Coisas Invisíveis (5)
Alvvays - Blue Rev (2)
King Buffalo - Regenerator (2)
Rosalía - Motomami (2)
Marisa Anderson - Still, Here (2)
Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) (2)
Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph (2)
Destroyer - Labyrinthitis (2)
Dhidalah - Sensoria (2)
Eric Chenaux - Say Laura (2)
Minami Deutsch - Fortune Goodies (2)

@Rip_City
 
Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island (15)
Wilco - Cruel Country (10)
Tim Heidecker - High School (10)
Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come (5)
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa (5)
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again (5)
Cass McCombs - Heartmind (5)
J.R. Bohannon - Compulsions (5)
Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ (5)
Bobby Lee - Ancient Sunlight (5)
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (5)
Tim Bernardes - Mil Coisas Invisíveis (5)
Alvvays - Blue Rev (2)
King Buffalo - Regenerator (2)
Rosalía - Motomami (2)
Marisa Anderson - Still, Here (2)
Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) (2)
Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph (2)
Destroyer - Labyrinthitis (2)
Dhidalah - Sensoria (2)
Eric Chenaux - Say Laura (2)
Minami Deutsch - Fortune Goodies (2)

@Rip_City
Nice! Kikagaku Moyo at the top spot! Excellent record that seems like it got lost in the shuffle a bit this year by many.
 
Nice! Kikagaku Moyo at the top spot! Excellent record that seems like it got lost in the shuffle a bit this year by many.
It just never went out of rotation for me after it came out. I think it's the perfect note for them to go out on, a culmination of everything else they'd done. I was really looking forward to seeing them on their farewell tour but unfortunately I had to leave town for a funeral the night before. Glad I saw them in 2019 when I had the chance.
 
8 points each
Just Mustard - Heart Under
Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up Here
Suede - Autofiction
Jockstrap - I Love You, Jennifer B
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
Rosalia - MOTOMAMI
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
Angel Olsen - Big Time
Arctic Monkeys - The Car

5 points each
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Orville Peck - Bronco
Sorry - Anywhere But Here
Gang of Youths - angel in realtime.
 
Down to the last minute, but got something put together!

Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa (20 pts)

Plains - I Walked With You A Ways (15 pts)
Arctic Monkeys - The Car (10 pts)
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (8 pts)
Yard Act - The Overload (7 pts)

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (5 pts)
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs (5 pts)
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia (5 pts)
Florist - s/t (5 pts)
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good And Green Again (5 pts)

Makaya McCraven - In These Times (3 pts)
Adeem The Artist - White Trash Revelry (3 pts)
Sadurn - Radiator (3 pts)
Just Mustard - Heart Under (3 pts)
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii (3 pts)

Thanks for doing all the hard work this year @Rip_City !
 
Down to the last minute, but got something put together!

Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa (20 pts)

Plains - I Walked With You A Ways (15 pts)
Arctic Monkeys - The Car (10 pts)
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (8 pts)
Yard Act - The Overload (7 pts)

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (5 pts)
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs (5 pts)
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia (5 pts)
Florist - s/t (5 pts)
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good And Green Again (5 pts)

Makaya McCraven - In These Times (3 pts)
Adeem The Artist - White Trash Revelry (3 pts)
Sadurn - Radiator (3 pts)
Just Mustard - Heart Under (3 pts)
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii (3 pts)

Thanks for doing all the hard work this year @Rip_City !
Great list, Matt!
 
Ok after triple checking my math (damn that was hard!) here’s what I got at the buzzer!

4 points:
Plains - I Walked With You A Ways
Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future
Angel Olsen - Big Time
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
Pedro The Lion - Havasu
Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain…
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
Tomberlin - I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This
Superchunk - Wild Loneliness
John Moreland - Birds In The Ceiling
Julian Lage - View With A Room
Wilco - Cruel Country
Craig Finn - A Legacy Of Rentals
Julianna Riolino - All Blue
Hammered Hulls - Careening

3 points:
Plosivs - S/T
Erin Rae - Lighten Up
Myriam Gendron - Ma Délire - Songs Of Love, Lost & Found
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point

2 points:
Rocky Votolato - Wild Roots
Mikey Erg - Love at Leeds
Abigail Lapell - Stolen Time
Carson McHone - Still Life
Damien Jurado - Reggae Film Star
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
Sadurn - Radiator
Nikki Lane - Denim & Diamonds
Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade - LongGone
Bill Frisell - Four
Dezron Douglas - ATALAYA
Marisa Anderson - Still, Here

Thanks @Rip_City for extending the deadline! Ton of fun.
 
Not sure why everyone else was in such a hurry… lol.

9 pts = Lykke Li “EYEYE”
8 pts = Amber Mark “Three Dimensions Deep”
7 pts = Orville Peck “Bronco”
7 pts = SZA “SOS”
7 pts = Bjork “Fossora”
6 pts = Kendrick Lamar “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers”
6 pts = The Smile “A Light for Attracting Attention”
6 pts = Florence and the Machine “Dance Fever”
5 pts = Monophonics “Sage Motel”
5 pts = Spiritualized “Everything Was Beautiful”
4 pts = The Tallest Man On Earth “Too Late for Edelweiss”
4 pts = Yumi Zouma “Present Tense”
4 pts = Beach House “Once Twice Melody”
4 pts = Hot Chip “Freakout/Release”
3 pts = Stars “From Capelton Hill”
3 pts = Houndmouth “Good For You”
3 pts = Oliver Sim “Hideous Bastard”
2 pts = Bastille “Give Me the Future”
2 pts = Daniel Johns “FutureNever”
2 pts = Alvvays “Blue Rev”
1 pt = Santigold “Spirituals”
1 pt = Jockstrap “I Love You Jennifer B”
1 pt = The Comet is Coming “Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam”

@Rip_City
 
Not sure why everyone else was in such a hurry… lol.

9 pts = Lykke Li “EYEYE”
8 pts = Amber Mark “Three Dimensions Deep”
7 pts = Orville Peck “Bronco”
7 pts = SZA “SOS”
7 pts = Bjork “Fossora”
6 pts = Kendrick Lamar “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers”
6 pts = The Smile “A Light for Attracting Attention”
6 pts = Florence and the Machine “Dance Fever”
5 pts = Monophonics “Sage Motel”
5 pts = Spiritualized “Everything Was Beautiful”
4 pts = The Tallest Man On Earth “Too Late for Edelweiss”
4 pts = Yumi Zouma “Present Tense”
4 pts = Beach House “Once Twice Melody”
4 pts = Hot Chip “Freakout/Release”
3 pts = Stars “From Capelton Hill”
3 pts = Houndmouth “Good For You”
3 pts = Oliver Sim “Hideous Bastard”
2 pts = Bastille “Give Me the Future”
2 pts = Daniel Johns “FutureNever”
2 pts = Alvvays “Blue Rev”
1 pt = Santigold “Spirituals”
1 pt = Jockstrap “I Love You Jennifer B”
1 pt = The Comet is Coming “Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam”

@Rip_City
omfg
 
THE RESULTS ARE IN!

53 users participated with 360 unique albums considered for points.

All of these in the first table are tied for #98-100 with 15pts each:


Artist - Album​
Points​
Belle & Sebastian - A Bit of Previous
15
Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been
15
Blackpink - Born Pink
15
Erik Satie - Fragments
15
Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor
15
Kokoroko - Could We Be More
15
Lamb of God - Omens
15
Lucercia Dalt - ¡Ay!
15
Mylene Farmer - L' Emprise
15
Plinio Fernandes - Saudade
15
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'M GOOD, HBU?
15
Sunflower Bean - Headful of Sugar
15
SZA - SOS
15
The Chats - Get Fucked
15




THE N+G TOP 97 ALBUMS OF 2022 (#97-51)
Rank​
Artist - Album​
Points​
97
First Aid Kit - Palomino
16
96
Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
16
95
Bill Callahan - YTILAER
16
94
Arcade Fire - WE
16
93
PUP - The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND
17
92
Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
18
91
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool it Down
18
90
Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
18
89
Regina Spektor - Home, Before and After
18
88
Djo - Decide
18
87
Arlo McKinley - The Mess We're In
18
86
Wilderun - Epigone
19
85
Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls
19
84
Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
19
83
Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
19
82
Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
19
81
Billy Woods - Aethiopes
19
80
Their / They're / There - Their / They're / There
20
79
The Paranoyds - Talk Talk Talk
20
78
The Lazy Eyes - Songbook
20
77
Sigh - Shiki
20
76
P.V.A. - Blush
20
75
Nduduzo Makhathini - In the Spirit of Ntu
20
74
Monophonics - Sage Motel
20
73
King Hannah - I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
20
72
Jake Xerxes Fussel - Good and Green Again
20
71
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
20
70
Danielle Ponder - Some of Us Are Brave
20
69
CMAT - If My Wife Knew I'd be Dead
20
68
Björk - Fossora
20
67
Belief - Belief
20
66
Annie Blackman - All of it
20
65
Amanda Shires - Take it Like a Man
20
64
The Neptune Power Federation - Le Demon de L'Amour
21
63
Just Mustard - Heart Under
21
62
Drugdealer - Hiding in Plain Sight
21
61
Say She She - Prism
22
60
Orville Peck - Bronco
22
59
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
22
58
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
23
57
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
24
56
Julianna Riolino - All Blue
24
55
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset
25
54
Nils Frahm - Music for Animals
25
53
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
25
52
Florence and the Machine - Dance Fever
25
51
Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin - Ali
26

Continued in next post...
 
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THE N+G TOP 97 ALBUMS OF 2022 (#50-11)
Rank​
Artist - Album​
Points​
50
Momma - Household Name
27
49
Horsegirl - Versions of a Modern Performance
28
48
The Beths - Experts in a Dying Field
29
47
Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
29
46
Kendra Morris - Nine Lives
29
45
Hot Chip - Freakout/Release
29
44
Yard Act - The Overload
30
43
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
30
42
Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
31
41
Pusha T - It's Almost Dry
31
40
DOMi & JD BECK - NOT TiGHT
31
39
Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
32
38
King Buffalo - Regenerator
32
37
Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
32
36
Father John Misty - Chloe and the Next 20th Century
32
35
Chat Pile - God's Country
33
34
Wilco - Cruel Country
35
33
Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time
35
32
Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
36
31
Alex G - God Save the Animals
36
30
Sadurn - Radiator
38
29
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
38
28
Florist - Florist
40
27
Plains - I Walked With You a Ways
44
26
Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island
44
25
Rosalía - MOTOMAMI
45
24
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
45
23
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
46
22
Mitski - Laurel Hell
47
21
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
48
20
Harry Styles - Harry's House
52
19
Angel Olsen - Big Time
55
18
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
59
17
Denzel Curry - Melt my Eyez, See Your Future
59
16
J.I.D. - The Forever Story
61
15
Gang of Youths - angel in realtime.
62
14
The Arctic Monkeys - The Car
63
13
Taylor Swift - Midnights
69
12
Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
73
11
Nilüfer Yanya - Painless
79

One more post for the top10...
 
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