Best Albums of 2022
Explore the best albums of 2022, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"this album is anything but consistent in sound, but every track is really solid in its own right and that makes this quite an enjoyable listen" Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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"Bad Bunny showing his versatility on this one with a deep run time and breadth of genres touched upon - really enjoyed it." Reply
"She just don’t miss" Reply
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LebowskiRams | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This feels like a step backwards in both musical adventurousness and human maturity" Reply
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2022
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"Destroyer is now way too glossy, the guy is just adding effects to everything. The problem is that reverb, analog echo, etc. in Labyrinthitis are just poorly incorporated; it's too easy to hear the specific effect. The sound isn't ethereal, it's synthetic – in other words the effects are poorly t..." [+] Reply
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Arthurknight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A slow and gentle record of songs about grief, love and healing that delves more into a Nashville country sound than any of Olsen's previous efforts." Reply
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2022
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"If your into the UK post-punk sound, well I can definitely recommend this debut release from Leeds combo Yard Act" Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I know this album has left a bad taste for a lot of long time fans and it’s by no means his best album I personally really enjoy the new direction. I love the jazzy roaring 20s kind of vibe. I feel like this album had a lot of potential but came out half baked. Not great but an interesting new so..." [+] Reply
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"Come on, what on earth is the point of clogging up these comment sections with a copy paste of the album's tracklist? With or without your personal rating of each song, it just goes against the design of the website." Reply
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2022
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"How does an artist follow up the modern classic that is ‘Be The Cowboy’? An album so perfect its impossible not to think Mitski will never release an album quite as good. ‘Laurel Hell’ (named after the Laurel bushes where legend has it victims become trapped and ensnared within their thorny clutc..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of 2022 composition
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 6 | 1% | |
| Weezer | 4 | 0% | |
| Sault | 4 | 0% | |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | 4 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| Zach Bryan | 3 | 0% | |
| Iannis Xenakis | 3 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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452 | 45% | |
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187 | 19% | |
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51 | 5% | |
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35 | 3% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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