Best Albums of 2022
Explore the best albums of 2022, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"When I started listening to this album and was midway through Chaos Space Marine I thought to myself there is no way they can keep this level of quality up for an hour and they really proved me wrong. They have decided to change their style up from the first album and create a more grandeur sound..." Reply
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2022
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8,070
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"“Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You” is a broad display of Big Thief’s talents. The band is very skilled at changing between their styles. Indie rock, folk, and alt country tracks appear next to each other without feeling out of place. Lenker adds a lot of personality to the song writing. ..." Reply
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2022
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3,965
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"Perhaps the greatest artist of his century and/or genre, Kendrick delivers another masterpiece that once again sounds like nothing he did before. In doing so, he made arguably his least commercial and least accessible album coming after his most accessible one. Took a few listens for it to click ..." Reply
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Sean | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (11 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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"Album of 2022 They’ve managed to take the best parts of their previous hits (Archie, Marry Me , Dreams Tonite, and In Undertow) and mesh them into a variety of flavors on this album. So many ear worms in their discography to begin with, but they seem to have found the perfect production team to c..." Reply
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2022
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"The boys have become theater kids Black Midi has gone full maximalist on this record and it's quite stunning. I loved Cavalcade and did not think at first that this album even came close, but this album takes many listens to fully digest. Cavalcade came off as immediately likeable to me for some ..." Reply
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AvalancheGrips | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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"One of the things I have found to be impressive about the album is that Yorke’s voice doesn’t sound tired, or diminished, in any way. Listen to the opening of Speech Bubbles. That ethereal voice touches a chord deep down and it’s immaculate." Reply
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Strangel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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2,193
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"A hazy odyssey of some of Beach House's biggest and best songs yet. Took me a few listens, but this has grown on me as one of their better albums. Though I prefer Bloom and 7, I'd put this roughly on par with Teen Dream (though probably a tick lower, since "Modern Love Stories" leaves kind of a s..." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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"This is their best record so far, less derivative than their first two albums. In ár gCroíthe go deo, Bloomsday, and all the side B of the album are very very remarkable." Reply
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"It's no Lemonade but it's pretty cool, especially the back half. It all flows together nicely like an endless dance club night out haha. Have been to a few haha, dancing in public isn't for me but I can see the appeal. They could literally just play this entire album and it'd be about the same as..." Reply
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ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"Such beautiful lyrics and music. Aoty contender." Reply
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2022
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Best Albums of 2022 composition
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 6 | 1% | |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | 4 | 0% | |
| Weezer | 4 | 0% | |
| Sault | 4 | 0% | |
| Iannis Xenakis | 3 | 0% | |
| Röyksopp | 3 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
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454 | 45% | |
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185 | 19% | |
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53 | 5% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2022 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 40th to 36th |
Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
Up 2 from 92nd to 90th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 14th to 16th |
Down 2 from 35th to 37th |
Down 2 from 37th to 39th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 99th to 102nd |
