Best Albums of 2022
Explore the best albums of 2022, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"There's been a really strong offering of old school style rap albums this year such as 'Aethiopes' by Billy Woods and Conway The Machine's 'God Don't Make Mistakes' and this is one to add to that list." Reply
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2022
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"A good album, a lot of good songs but with not much high lights. Also, I didn't get the radio concept. High lights: Out Of Time 8/10 Is There Someone Else? 8/10 I Heard You're Married 8/10 Less Than Zero 8/10" Reply
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2022
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"Great album by JID, àI was surprised by the instrumentals being this good and his flow and rhymes were great as expected" Reply
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2022
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"“Wetleg” tries a bit too hard to be clever. Songs attempt to have this wry sense of humor about them, but it rarely hits the mark. This produces groaner lyrics such as “To tell me if I'm thin or fat, to tell me should I shave my rat”. The focus on wordplay also comes at the cost of thematic meani..." Reply
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2022
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"Totally reinventing yourself and your style and still sounding amazing is a thing that only great artists can do. She is one of them." Reply
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2022
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"Arcade Fire have demonstrated with the release of We that they have actually lost it, they do not even know how to make their own signature sound anymore. This album being vacuous just proves the departure of Will Butler was basically an abandoned recognition of the ship sinking; there's somethin..." Reply
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2022
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"Everyone’s favourite Texans prove there’s still groove in their old bones with yet another wonderfully eclectic release Hard to imagine but Spoon are STILL criminally underrated. Let’s hope after 26 years of consistency this is the album thats give them their due recognition" Reply
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2022
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"A gorgeous record that makes me so mad that my Spanish is, on a good day, at the level of a three-year-old." Reply
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2022
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"One of my favourite things about music as an artform is the weird way in which forces that seem contradictory can be made to work together. This is definitely the case with Jockstrap's beautiful, twisted and unnerving brand of avant-pop. It took a little while for this to completely sit right wit..." Reply
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2022
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"Not better than TBHC (most underrated album of the century), but still a pretty solid one. Loved the strings and slight melancholy in it. Arctic Monkeys been evolving so much, wonder what comes next. This is a grower, I really recommend everyone listening to the album at least 3 times before putt..." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
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% | |
| Röyksopp | 3 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| Zach Bryan | 3 | 0% | |
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185 | 19% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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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 12 from 87th to 75th |
Up 4 from 69th to 65th |
Up 2 from 51st to 49th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 44th to 47th |
Down 3 from 57th to 60th |
Down 2 from 76th to 78th |
