Best Albums of 2022

Listed below are the best albums of 2022 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2022 year summaryThe best artists of 2022 were Black Country, New Road, Big Thief, Kendrick Lamar, Alvvays, Black Midi, The Smile, Beach House, Fontaines D.C., Beyoncé and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
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"… Nice. Just nice. I’ve heard so many bands that sound like this and it’s just not clicking with me. Early reviews seem strong, though, but I’m just not on board. I’ve heard so many bands that sound just like this. Not hearing anything new."  Reply
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"It's obviously not one of their best albums, probably their worst one since Mother's Milk in all honesty, but to be fair, they released pretty much 2 double albums in the same year, around 40 years into their career. So it's a great achievement to release two decent albums given those circumstanc..."  [+]  Reply
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"This is great, Alynda and co. have finally come through with a project that they suggested they could pull off with The Navigator in 2017. The band remain relatively bad at cover design – not a single good cover in their entire discography – but if you can work past that, you get just a really pl..."  [+]  Reply
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