My Top 40 albums of 2022
It’s year 4 of doing this list, and I had as much difficulty as ever trying to figure out what would make the top 40 and what would miss the cut.
Between 40 and 16 or so, think there’s a ton of wiggle room for where any of those albums could feel to me on any given day.
Late risers on the list for me included records from Gang of Youths, MJ Lenderman and Father John Misty, among others.
Near misses:
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Omnium Gatherum
Soccer Mommy — Sometimes Forever
PUP — The unraveling of puptheband
Dehd -Blue Skies
Animal Collective — Time Skiffs
Carly Rae Jepsen — The Loneliest Time
The Smile — A Light For Attracting Attention
Toby Nwigwe — Momints
Utada hikaru — BAD
Sault — 11
Brockhampton — The Family
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — Laminated Denim
Top 40 albums
40. Alex G — God Save The Animals
Favoirte Track: Runner
39. Alvvays — Blue Rev
Favorite Track: Belinda Says
38. Joyce Manor — 40 oz. To Fresno — 3.5
Favorite Track: NBTSA
37. Bill Callahan — REALITY
Favorite track: Bowevil
36. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Ice Death Planets Lungs, Mushrooms & Lava
Favorite Track: Mycelium
35. Father John Misty — Chloe and the 20th century
Favorite Track: Buddy’s Rendevouz
34. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Cool It Down
Favorite Track: Wolf
33. Osees — A Foul Forum
Favorite Track: Fucking Kill Me
32. Angel Olsen — Big Time
Favorite Track: All The Good Times
31. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Changes
Favorite Track: Gondii
30. Twin Atlantic — Transparency
Favorite Track: It’s Getting Dark
29. Cheekface — Too Much to ask
Favorite Track: We Need a Bigger Dumpster
28. The Beths — Expert in a Dying Field
Favorite Track: Expert In a Dying Field
27. Jack White — Entering Heaven Alive
Favorite Track: A Tip From You to Me
26. Pusha T — It’s Almost Dry
Favorite Track: Brambleton
25. Peach Pit — From 2 to 3
Favorite Track: Give Up Baby Go
24. Sharon Van Etten — We’ve Been Going About This The Wrong Way
Favorite Track: Come Back
23. Steve Lacy — Gemini Rights
Favorite Track: Bad Habit
22. Soul Glo — Diaspora Problems
Favorite Track: Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass)
21. Viagra Boys — Cave World
Favorite Track: Troglodyte
20. Rina Sawayama — Laurel Hell
Favorite Track: This Hell
19. Aldous Harding — Warm Chris
Favorite Track: Fever
18. Kevin Morby — Goodbye To Good Times
Favorite Track: Stop Before I Cry
17. Regina Spector — Home, Before And After
Favorite Track: Becoming All Alone
16. Foxtails — Fawn
Favorite Track: Ego Death
15. Gang of Youths — angel in realtime.
Favorite Track: Returner
14. Jack White — Fear of the Dawn
Favorite Track: Tacking Me Back
13. Sam Fender — Seventeen Going Under
Favorite Track: Spit Of You
12. Jens Lekman — The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom (Night Falls Over Kortedala)
Favorite Track: Your Arms Around Me
11. Duster — Together
Favorite Track: Time Glitch
10. Petrol Girls — Baby
Favorite Track: Preachers
9. Wilco — Cruel Country
Favorite Track: Cruel Country
8. Nilufer Yanya — PAINLESS
Favorite Track: stabilise
7. Beach House — Once Twice Melody
Favorite Track: Another Go Round
6. Jens Lekman — The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom (Oh You’re So Silent Jens)
Favorite Track: Black Cab
5. MJ Lenderman — Boat Songs
Favorite Track: Hangover Game
4. Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Favorite Track: Sparrow
3. Grumpster — Fever Dream
Favorite Track: Crash
2. Ian Noe — River Fools & Mountain Saints
Favorite Track: Appalachia Haze
1. Spoon — Lucifer On the Sofa
Favorite Track: The Hardest Cut
