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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"A pretty great collection of folk/americana tunes with some real instant-classics thrown into the mix. Great guitar work, and great singing on Adrianne's part." Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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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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2022
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3,054
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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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2,642
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"Black Midi’s songwriting skills, technical chops and musical creativity have all found their share of praise over the years, but never did I think they would coalesce and strengthen themselves so soon. Hellfire is phenomenal, a show-stopping showcase of the most daring band in the world taking th..." [+] Reply
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2022
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2,246
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"If this were a Radiohead album, it would be by far their worst. And wouldn't feel up to the standard of Radiohead's stellar discography. So I'm glad it isn't. But ignoring the Radiohead comparisons, it's a decent but unspectacular album in its own right. No real standout tracks, but my favourites..." [+] Reply
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2022
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2,215
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"First, don't want to ruin this experience for anybody by over hyping it. Take it in in a natural way. So, Beach House is my favorite. I contemplate my favorite album of all time as Teen Dream, Bloom, Depression Cherry, and now Once Twice Melody. This album blows me away with the sonics and sounds..." [+] Reply
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C_Krug2009 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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2,092
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"Fontaines are back at it again with another great album that expands on their sound and musical journey as a band." Reply
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2022
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1,908
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"Fiercely experimental, ambitious and expressive, ‘RENAISSANCE’ reinstates Beyoncé’s claim to the throne over the pop world kingdom." Reply
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2022
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"I love Weyes Blood and this did not disappoint." 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% | |
| Weezer | 4 | 0% | |
| Sault | 4 | 0% | |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | 4 | 0% | |
| Zach Bryan | 3 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| Iannis Xenakis | 3 | 0% | |
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454 | 45% | |
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185 | 19% | |
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52 | 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 16 from 89th to 73rd |
Up 3 from 101st to 98th |
Up 3 from 69th to 66th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 66th to 69th |
Down 2 from 39th to 41st |
Down 2 from 82nd to 84th |
| 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 2 from 99th to 101st |
