Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 by 
Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 06/11/2025 10:15
- (Created: 01/08/2022 04:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best psychedelic pop album of the year
Anyone that knows, or has worked out, that I love psychedelic music of all sorts, and especially King Gizz could see why this went straight to the top of my yearly chart on first listen. They may swim in the same pool as King Gizz, Tame Impala, and Pond, but they are swimming in the deep end. I reckon they have had many many stoned jams where they have absolutely loved creating music inspired by the greats of psychedelic rock and pop both old and new. And I think this love shows throughout the record. They seem to have a sense of knowing what they are doing, which is surprising for a debut album from a young band, coming with a sense of humour, with song titles like Intro, Fuzz Jam, and Cheesy Love Song which actually are an intro, a fuzz jam, and a chessy love song respectively. Fuzz Jam was my favourite song of 2021 by the way. Anyway love the vocals but even the instrumental tracks are great. There is not a weak tune on here - high quality all the way through. Looking forward to the future of this band. [First added to this chart: 05/23/2022]
Anyone that knows, or has worked out, that I love psychedelic music of all sorts, and especially King Gizz could see why this went straight to the top of my yearly chart on first listen. They may swim in the same pool as King Gizz, Tame Impala, and Pond, but they are swimming in the deep end. I reckon they have had many many stoned jams where they have absolutely loved creating music inspired by the greats of psychedelic rock and pop both old and new. And I think this love shows throughout the record. They seem to have a sense of knowing what they are doing, which is surprising for a debut album from a young band, coming with a sense of humour, with song titles like Intro, Fuzz Jam, and Cheesy Love Song which actually are an intro, a fuzz jam, and a chessy love song respectively. Fuzz Jam was my favourite song of 2021 by the way. Anyway love the vocals but even the instrumental tracks are great. There is not a weak tune on here - high quality all the way through. Looking forward to the future of this band. [First added to this chart: 05/23/2022]
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Best psychedelic pop psychedelic rock album of the year
Best Australian album of the year
King Gizzard has offered us another smorgasbord full of delectable treats. Much like Oddments and Gumboot Soup it is a collection of songs in the various genres they have been mucking around with over the years, and even a new one in terms of old school hip hop a la The Beastie Boys. This provides a lot of variety and an album that works both as a listen to front to back, or one that could be shuffled. It may go for an hour and twenty minutes but it doesn't feel that long, especially as my favourite song here (as a fan of their early extended jams period) the opening track The Dripping Tap takes up nearly twenty minutes of that runtime. [First added to this chart: 06/16/2022]
Best Australian album of the year
King Gizzard has offered us another smorgasbord full of delectable treats. Much like Oddments and Gumboot Soup it is a collection of songs in the various genres they have been mucking around with over the years, and even a new one in terms of old school hip hop a la The Beastie Boys. This provides a lot of variety and an album that works both as a listen to front to back, or one that could be shuffled. It may go for an hour and twenty minutes but it doesn't feel that long, especially as my favourite song here (as a fan of their early extended jams period) the opening track The Dripping Tap takes up nearly twenty minutes of that runtime. [First added to this chart: 06/16/2022]
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Best jazz-rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/10/2022]
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Best alt-country album of the year
The guitarist from Ruby Fields goes out on his own with this debut album. A little bit alt-country, and a little bit folk rock singer-songwriter. Some very good songwriting and I love his gravelly voice that sounds like it's coming from someone whose been around for a long time, not a young newcomer. I really enjoyed this album with the passionate bittersweet Sweetness a stand out. It was a top 10 song for me for 2021 and why I checked out this album. Singing Blackbird is also great, and the positive vibes of Southern Comfort is nice way to end the album leaving you with a warm feeling. But all of the songs are likeable here, and with only 8 of them it's 30 minutes I'll happily spend again. [First added to this chart: 06/10/2022]
The guitarist from Ruby Fields goes out on his own with this debut album. A little bit alt-country, and a little bit folk rock singer-songwriter. Some very good songwriting and I love his gravelly voice that sounds like it's coming from someone whose been around for a long time, not a young newcomer. I really enjoyed this album with the passionate bittersweet Sweetness a stand out. It was a top 10 song for me for 2021 and why I checked out this album. Singing Blackbird is also great, and the positive vibes of Southern Comfort is nice way to end the album leaving you with a warm feeling. But all of the songs are likeable here, and with only 8 of them it's 30 minutes I'll happily spend again. [First added to this chart: 06/10/2022]
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Best indie pop indie rock album of the year
I admit I have a huge soft spot for these guys. They just have a knack of writing singles that grow on you. It's reached the stage where at first listen to a new single I think it's okay but I know I will love it as I hear it more, and I always do end up loving it. Their albums have some fillers but with enough great songs usually spaced out nicely as they are here that doesn't matter much. It's the vocal melodies that are fun to learn and sing along to, combined with a palatable dash of neo-psychedelia - but not too much that it would put people off - that makes this stand out in the flooded pop rock/indie pop/indie rock field. [First added to this chart: 07/08/2022]
I admit I have a huge soft spot for these guys. They just have a knack of writing singles that grow on you. It's reached the stage where at first listen to a new single I think it's okay but I know I will love it as I hear it more, and I always do end up loving it. Their albums have some fillers but with enough great songs usually spaced out nicely as they are here that doesn't matter much. It's the vocal melodies that are fun to learn and sing along to, combined with a palatable dash of neo-psychedelia - but not too much that it would put people off - that makes this stand out in the flooded pop rock/indie pop/indie rock field. [First added to this chart: 07/08/2022]
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Best singer-songwriter indie rock album of the year
Best local album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/01/2022]
Best local album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/01/2022]
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Best pop punk indie rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/29/2022]
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Best alternative dance dream pop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 02/24/2024]
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Best indie rock psychedelic pop neo-psychedelia album of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/18/2022]
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Best progressive electronic neo-psychedelia album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/07/2022]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 composition
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 3 | 3% | |
| Spiritualized® | 1 | 1% | |
| Joyce Manor | 1 | 1% | |
| Sondre Lerche | 1 | 1% | |
| The Smith Street Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Alvvays | 1 | 1% | |
| The Weeknd | 1 | 1% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rd Time Skiffs by Animal Collective |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54th Most Normal by Gilla Band |
| Down 1 from 54th to 55th Cool It Down by Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
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 Heart Underby Just Mustard |
| Leavers |
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 And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglowby Weyes Blood |
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| 90/100 | 03/10/2023 02:43 | Moondance | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 10/25/2022 18:54 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
| 100/100 | 07/16/2022 22:15 |  travelful | | 99/100 |
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From Purplepash 03/10/2023 23:02
Purplepash 03/10/2023 23:02
@Moondance I am sure there is some good Aussie albums I haven't heard yet. I had a bit of a quieter year in 2022 and didn't get to listen to as many albums as usual but I epect more will be added as time goes on :)
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From Moondance 03/10/2023 02:45
Always a delight to check out your charts and your 'classification' system. Equally nice to see a good percentage of Aussie albums make the cut - personally, I think you should have more Aussie albums: but hey, I'm super-biased.
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