The 2022 End of Year music lists thread

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2022:

75. Drugdealer - Hiding in Plain Sight
74. Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come
73. Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector
72. Širom - The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
71. Angeline Morrison - The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience
70. Tommy McLain - I Ran Down Every Dream
69. Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive
68. Kathryn Joseph - for you who are the wronged
67. Jake Blount - The New Faith
66. The Unthanks - Sorrows Away
65. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
64. Ghost Power - Ghost Power
63. Robyn Hitchcock - Shufflemania!
62. Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
61. Yard Act - The Overload
60. Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters
59. The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
58. Pye Corner Audio - Let's Emerge!
57. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin - Ghosted
56. Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century
55. Amanda Shires - Take It Like a Man
54. Suede - Autofiction
53. Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE
52. Tim Bernardes - Mil Coisas Invisíveis
51. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again
50. Drive-By Truckers - Welcome 2 Club XIII
49. Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ
48. Carson McHone - Still Life
47. Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over
46. Björk - Fossora
45. Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
44. Makaya McCraven - In These Times
43. Revelators Sound System - Revelators
42. Jana Horn - Optimism
41. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms
40. Ty Segall - "Hello, Hi"
39. Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré - Ali
38. Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future
37. Bitchin Bajas - Bajascillators
36. S.G. Goodman - Teeth Marks
35. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset
34. Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
33. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
32. Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
31. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
30. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
29. Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
28. The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
27. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
26. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
25. Cass McCombs - Heartmind
24. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
23. Arctic Monkeys - The Car
22. Hurray For The Riff Raff - Life On Earth
21. black midi - Hellfire
20. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)
19. Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
18. Gwenno - Tresor
17. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
16. Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord
15. Lambchop - The Bible
14. Beth Orton - Weather Alive
13. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
12. The Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars
11. The Delines - The Sea Drift
10. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
9. Brian Eno - FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
8. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
7. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
6. Wilco - Cruel Country
5. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
4. Angel Olsen - Big Time
3. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott
2. Joan Shelley - The Spur
1. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention

Earlier and earlier

Rough Trade are slow out of the gate this year.

Check out both Top 20s below and head to Rough Trade US and Rough Trade UK for their full Top 100s.

ROUGH TRADE US - VINYL ALBUMS OF 2022

1. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
2. Jack White - 'Fear of the Dawn / Entering Heaven Alive'
3. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
4. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
5. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
6. Mitski - Laurel Hell
7. yuele - Glitch Princess
8. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
9. black midi - Hellfire
10. Yard Act - The Overload
11. Alvvays - Blue Rev
12. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
13. Angel Olsen - Big Time
14. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
15. They Hate Change - Finally New
16. Nova Twins - Supernova
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
18. The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
19. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table
20. OSEES - A Foul Form

ROUGH TRADE UK - ALBUMS OF 2022

1. Jack White - 'Fear of the Dawn / Entering Heaven Alive'
2. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
3. Yard Act - The Overload
4. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
5. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
6. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
7. yeule - Glitch Princess
8. black midi - Hellfire
9. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
10. The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
11. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
12. Mitski - Laurel Hell
13. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
15. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8
16. Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart
17. Osees - A Foul Form
18. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
19. The Orielles - Tableau
20. Nova Twins - Supernova

I'm still about a month out from being able to do mine.

Huh? I didn't even know Kelly Lee Owens released something this year! And it's eluded me since April???

I really liked the new KLO album, it's a really precise intersection of ambience and menace

Jack White at #1 feels a bit too Radio X (though tbh I have heard nothing from it, maybe it's good, who can say? Guess we'll never know)

it will not be good

Adding these in from Moka's duplicate thread:

BLEEP - Top 10 Albums

https://bleep.com/top-10-albums-of-the-year-2022

TIME - Top 10 Albums

https://time.com/6235186/best-albums-2022/

I hit an ad on that Time page, and for a moment thought “5 Surprising Things that Contribute to Aging Gracefully” was the title of a 1975 album.

Decibel announced their Top 40 albums of the year:

40. Temple of Void, Summoning the Slayer, Relapse
39. Gaerea, Mirage, Season of Mist
38. Sigh, Shiki, Peaceville
37. Still/Form, From the Rot Is a Gift, Hex
36. Midnight, Let There Be Witchery, Metal Blade
35. Doldrum, The Knocking, or the Story of the Sound That Preceded Their Disappearance, Katafalque
34. Amorphis, Halo, Atomic Fire
33. Imperial Triumphant, Spirit of Ecstasy, Century Media
32. Black Anvil, Regenesis, Season of Mist
31. Municipal Waste, Electrified Brain, Nuclear Blast
30. Castrator, Defiled in Oblivion, Dark Descent
29. Daeva, Through Sheer Will and Black Magic…, 20 Buck Sin
28. Ripped to Shreds, 劇變 (Jubian), Relapse
27. Mother of Graves, Where the Shadows Adorn, Wise Blood
26. Eight Bells, Legacy of Ruin, Prophecy
25. Tzompantli, Tlazcaltiliztli, 20 Buck Spin
24. SpiritWorld, Deathwestern, Century Media
23. Escuela Grind, Memory Theater, MNRK
22. Vanum, Legend, Profound Lore
21. Satan, Earth Infernal, Metal Blade
20. Mizmor + Thou, Myopia, Gilead Media
19. Dream Unending, Song of Salvation, 20 Buck Spin
18. Phobophilic, Enveloping Absurdity, Prosthetic
17. Negative Plane, The Pact…, The Ajna Offensive
16. Sumerlands, Dreamkiller, Relapse
15. Terror, Pain Into Power, Pure Noise
14. Voivod, Syncro Anarchy, Century Media
13. Chat Pile, God’s Country, The Flenser
12. Wake, Thought Form Descent, Metal Blade
11. Oceans of Slumber, Starlight and Ash, Century Media
10. Mortuous, Upon Desolation, Carbonized
9. KEN mode, Null, Artoffact
8. Kreator, Hate Über Alles, Nuclear Blast
7. Nechochwen, Kanawha Black, Bindrune
6. Soul Glo, Diaspora Problems, Epitaph
5. Immolation, Acts of God, Nuclear Blast
4. Blackbraid, Blackbraid I, self-released
3. Sonja, Loud Arriver, Cruz Del Sur
2. Cave In, Heavy Pendulum, Relapse
1. Undeath, It’s Time… to Rise from the Grave, Prosthetic

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2022/11/10/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2022

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday 10 November 2022 20:13 (two weeks ago)

ty em!

Guess I should listen to that Horace Andy album.

MOJO - TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2022

75. Elizabeth King - I Got A Love
74. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8
73. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands
72. Kae Tempest - The Line Is a Curve
71. Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
70. Eiko Ishibashi - For McCoy
69. The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
68. Lambchop - The Bible
67. Jon Spencer & The HITmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit
66. Angel Olsen - Big Time
65. Brian Eno - FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
64. Wu-Lu - Loggerhead
63. Nina Nastasia - Riderless Horse
62. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer
61. The Lightning Seeds - See You in the Stars
60. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
59. Björk - Fossora
58. Gilla Band - Most Normal
57. Oren Ambarchi - Shebang
56. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
55. The Proclaimers - Dentures Out
54. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again
53. XPropaganda - The Heart Is Strange
52. Ezra Furman - All of Us Flames
51. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)
50. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
49. Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell
48. Midlake - For the Sake of Bethel Woods
47. Johnny Marr - Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4
46. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
45. Yard Act - The Overload
44. Working Men's Club - Fear Fear
43. Alabaster DePlume - GOLD – Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love
42. Cass McCombs - Heartmind
41. Leyla McCalla - Breaking the Thermometer
40. The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
39. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
38. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - GET ON BOARD
37. Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré - Ali
36. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
35. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
34. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
33. Jeff Parker - Forfolks
32. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms
31. Oumou Sangaré - Timbuktu
30. Hurray For The Riff Raff - LIFE ON EARTH
29. Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century
28. Gwenno - Tresor
27. Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE
26. Joan Shelley - The Spur
25. Gabriels - Angels & Queens – Part I
24. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset
23. Drive-By Truckers - Welcome 2 Club XIII
22. Mavis Staples & Levon Helm - Carry Me Home
21. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
20. Beth Orton - Weather Alive
19. Makaya McCraven - In These Times
18. The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
17. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
16. Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over
15. Wilco - Cruel Country
14. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
13. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
12. Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
11. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
10. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
9. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
8. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
7. Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ
6. Suede - Autofiction
5. Arctic Monkeys - The Car
4. Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
3. Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
2. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
1. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott

I keep forgetting Wet Leg was this year, it really feels like last year.

Fair, since the two singles anyone cared about are from 2021.

The uproxx critics poll submission deadline is Monday November 28 at 11 pm us et. Poll will be posted in December some time

This Michael Head album is not bad but just kinda average. Top 5 (including #1) on two lists though??

Both of those lists also have Wet Leg in their top tens, so can be discounted as having anything to do with music

Does MOJO consider December 2021 albums as released this year? I only ask because it seems ridiculous to put Parker’s Forfolks on the list when he was head of two of the better jazz releases of 2022. Never understood why this happens, especially in the age of digital releases.

Michael Head Scratcher

Most interesting list I've seen so far, from Loud & Quiet, with probably my favorite album of the year at #1:

https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/loud-and-quiet-albums-of-the-year-2022/

Yeah, that's a good list - thanks

Don’t know album of Toronto singer bassist Saya Gray, number 2 on Time Magazine list whose only other mention on ILM appears to be on an NPR list ( if I searched name right)

I hadn't listened to it in awhile but the KLO album still works for me. The tag line of "Throbbing Gristle meets Enya" was silly but it did also trigger an extended revisit of early industrial tapes over the summer. Funny how inspiration works.

Does MOJO consider December 2021 albums as released this year? I only ask because it seems ridiculous to put Parker’s Forfolks on the list when he was head of two of the better jazz releases of 2022. Never understood why this happens, especially in the age of digital releases.

― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Places like Mojo have to work like two months in advance so things can be ready for a print issue. Strictly online ventures have no excuse beyond racing for clicks

The Michael Head album is great, though a little surprised to see it so high on some lists. I guess there's a lot of affection for him given his struggles with booze and heroin.

speaking of race for clicks, here's uproxx's unranked albums list

https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2022-list/

has Asake and Burna, lacks Rema and Wizzy

here's my annual reminder that Uproxx is owned by global record label conglomerate Warner Music Group and shouldn't be in the business of reviewing records, much less hosting a poll of critics on the year's best records. (no one cares! i don't know why, but they don't.)

I still don't believe "Alex G." is a real person making real music.

never really liked him before but i really liked his new album ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.lyrics.cat/v/9/97de8067a82fde4d5f48056c77e0a451.jpg
“I still don’t know how I got away with it.”

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2022/#once-twice-melody

every year all these fuckin lists are just anagrams of each other

yes, sadly since the demise of witch house we have been limited to these predictable 26 letters and 10 numerals

the loud and quiet list seems sufficiently interesting

The most interesting lists are still to come: Aquarium Drunkard, The Quietus, and a few others. These other pubs are, for the most part, utter jokes.

oh yes, AD always excellent

yes, sadly since the demise of witch house we have been limited to these predictable 26 letters and 10 numerals

― link.exposing.politically

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TIME 10 BEST SONGS

https://time.com/6235775/best-songs-2022/

They picked the wrong Sudan Archives song! (FreakaliZer is the right one) still happy to see her there.

I wouldn't know, I keep replaying the title track. Best dense r&b mini-suite banger since Tkay Maidza and Bree Runway have been making music.
Cool that they included Finesse.

Also the best Sudan Archives song cannot not have violin

Yeah, the new Alex G is annoyingly good. Like a post-late-Low version of slacker-indie.

Love love love "ChevyS10" and think it serves as the natural peak when listening to the album - good choice, Time

NYT (Pop): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-albums-renaissance-bad-bunny.html

NYT Jazz: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-jazz-albums.html

Yeah, the new Alex G is annoyingly good. Like a post-late-Low version of slacker-indie.

This is literally the first time I've heard his music described in a way that makes me mildly curious!

Critic Gene Seymour's jazz list is better than the Times jazz list, even though it has a Keith Jarrett album on it.

DMY / DUMMY top 25 trax

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-tracks-of-2022

Top 25 albums

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-albums-of-2022

first showing (I think) of the Rema album, at #25

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:46 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Since dookie got big but especially in the last 20 years where they really got into the glammy pop end of emo after nu metal died off

passion of the weiss rap songs list. only two roc marciano songs on there

https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/20/best-rap-songs-2022/

the 20 best Ghanian songs, according to OkayAfrica (rob posted their Nigerian list the other day):
https://www.okayafrica.com/ghana-music-songs-best-2022-2658958575/

there’s a general Afrobeats list as well (which has just one Tanzanian and one South African song along with Ghanaian and (overwhelmingly) Nigerian stuff that’s also in the above lists):
https://www.okayafrica.com/afrobeats-songs-best-2022/

expecting them to also publish their EOY list for East African and South African songs soon.
a genre-specific amapiano list is already out tho:
https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-songs-2022-best/

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

Best thing about these lists is Arcade Fire have been canceled and deseringly so. Almost forgot WE was this year.

ra list continuing to deliver returns, loving the ron trent album's gorgeous balearic sound

Andrew Noz (formerly of Cocaine Blunts) has his list up.

https://noz.agency/bestrap/2022.html

his list is pretty good! and by that i mean he has at least 4 songs in his top 25 that i will vote for in the ilxor poll

spin list is pretty idiosyncratic, as far as these things go: https://www.spin.com/2022/12/22-best-albums-of-2022/

Yeah, that actually looks like an interesting list, even if I'm not big on most of them.

Tears For Fears at #3!

wacky !

Was FNF a massive hit in the US? First time hearing it and it’s fun.

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

― octobeard

Currently at #14 on aoty list aggregate which makes me very happy. Probably my favorite one in the top 20.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2022/

Billy Woods is in the top 30 there too, which is also incredible. Probably my favorite rapper these days

https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022

Boomkat lists are a treasure trove

that SPIN list looks more like one person's doing than a consensus list

or maybe instead of voting and tabulating, they just told each person "pick two" or something

I don't think the SLANT lists have been posted yet:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/lists/the-20-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-best-electronic-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-music-videos-of-2022/

Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.

1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon
2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me
4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx
5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces
6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
7 Gwenno - Tresor
8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…
9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes
10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

there's loads of really interesting guest lists in the boomkat round-up, but these might be of general interest?

Max Tundra - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2089
JD Twitch (Optimo) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2058
Josh Cheon (Dark Entries) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1934
CS + Kreme - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1933
Sasha Frere Jones - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1961
DJ Python - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1964
Call Super - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1904
Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1945

the one we've all been waiting for

I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

Are there any songs or artists I should check out? pic.twitter.com/qkwm4UOzMD

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

meticulous

Super Deluxe Edition reissues of the year. https://superdeluxeedition.com/feature/sdes-favourite-reissues-of-2022/

The Wire has published the individual ballots of everyone who voted in their year-end critics' poll.

Here's mine:

Phelimuncasi Ama Gogela (Nyege Nyege)
Perfume Plasma (Universal)
Horace Andy Midnight Rocker (On-U Sound)
Wormrot Hiss (Earache)
Klaus Schulze Deus Arrakis (SPV)
Goatwhore Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven (Metal Blade)
Maule Maule (Cruz Del Sur)
Soulfly Totem (Nuclear Blast)
Buñuel Killers Like Us (Profound Lore)
Loop Sonancy (Reactor/Cooking Vinyl)

My traditional (second year I'm doing it = tradition) list of the 50 best albums from Denmark:

50. Esben Svane – Ikke et ord
49. Stefan Pasborg – Ritual Dances
48. Lukas Vanggaard – Natsværmeren & Sommerfuglen
47. Slægt – Goddess
46. Toechter – Zephyr
45. Jura – Formality Jerne-Site
44. Lueenas – Lueenas
43. iB101 – Enfant Terrible
42. Else Marie Pade – The Orchestral Album
41. Kalaha + Hilal Kaya With Aarhus Jazz Ochestra – Tutku
40. Mekdes – Greedy
39. Kasper Bjørke Quartet – Mother
38. Frederik Valentin & Loke Rahbek – Together
37. Lamin – Kronisk Skeptisk
36. Brimheim – can’t hate myself into a different shape
35. Danish String Quartet – Prism IV
34. CTM – Babygirl
33. NikoCorlin – Ocean Thread
32. Carsten Dahl, Tim Hagans, Johnny Åman & Jukkis Uotila – A Beautiful Blue Moment
31. First Hate – Cotton Candy / The Remix Experience
30. Poptones – Between Darkness & Daylight
29. Sofie Birch – Holotropica / Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka – Langouria
28. Orm – Intet • Altet
27. Josefine Opsahl – Atrium
26. Joyce – Elsk mig
25. Solborg/Bigoni/Maniscalco – Canto
24. Astrid Øster Mortensen – Skærgårdslyd / Klara Livet – Varandra
23. Sonic Girl – Confessions
22. Tvivler – Kilogram
21. Hans Phillip – [α] / [β]
20. Jeppe Zeeberg – Conventional
19. Natjager – At kende bølge fra hav
18. Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð & Allan Gravgaard Madsen – BEINTA
17. Konvent – Call Down The Sun
16. Anna Roemer – Azure
15. Collider – Excessively Worthwhile
14. SVIN & Aarhus Sinfonietta – Elegi / SVIN – Introducing SVIN
13. Tettix Hexer – The Vibrant And Buoyant Heart / Aero
12. Shooter Gang – Alt har sin pris
11. Lyla Haifa – Cicadas
10. Senso – The Void In Us
9. Trio Con Brio / Bent Sørensen – The Island In The City
8. Gilli – Carnival
7. Sleep Party People – Heap Of Ashes
6. Natlyst – Ikaros
5. Randi Pontoppidan & Povl Kristian – Life In Life
4. Schacke – Apocalyptic Decadence
3. Kindsight – Swedish Punk
2. Tobias Rahim – Når sjælen kaster op
1. HVAD & Abdullah Miniawy – Notice A Tiny Scratch For The Blue Behind / HVAD – YUG

Both of DJ Central’s albums released this year are really nice

Rolling Stone really knows where it’s at - here’s a very knowledgeable afropop top 40:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-afropop-songs-of-2022-1234650065/

I wish Electronic Sound was still in my local Tesco

Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.

1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon
2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me
4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx
5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces
6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
7 Gwenno - Tresor
8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…
9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes
10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

I sprung for this edition (though it's £7.99 now so I probably won't be doing that again) - here's the rest:

11. 700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare
12. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxymore
13. Stephen Mallinder - Tick Tick Tick
14. Lucrecia Dalt - !Ay!
15. Future Conditional - Isotech
16. The Hardy Tree - Common Grounds
17. Klaus Schulze - Deus Arrakis
18. Soft Cell - Happiness Not Included
19. Nik Colk Void - Bucked Up Space
20. The Comet is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
21. V/A - Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier Vol. 2: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1978-1987
22. Blancmange - Private View
23. Brian Eno - ForeverAndEverNoMore
24. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8
25. The Advisory Circle - Full Circle
26. V/A - Cue Dot XIII: ReFabricated
27. The Sound of Science - The Sound of Science
28. Simple Minds - Direction of the Heart
29. Au Suisse - Au Suisse
30. Arp - New Pleasures
31. Ghost Power - Ghost Power
32. Rival Consoles - Now Is
33. Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding
34. Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit
35. Gabe Gurnsey - Diablo
36. Rodney Cromwell - Memory Box
37. Wolfgang Flür - Magazine 1
38. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Popul - Topical Dancer
39. Richie Culver - I Was Born By the Sea
40. Gigi Masin - Vahinè
41. The Black Dog - Music for Photographers
42. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Let's Turn It Into Sound
43. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
44. Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
45. Helen Ganya - Polish the Machine
46. Tangerine Dream - Raum
47. Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters
48. Fenella - The Metallic Index
49. Gemma Cullingford - Tongue Tied
50. Tony Price - Mark VI

passion of the weiss albums list: https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/29/pow-best-albums-2022/

Passion of Weiss list has Asake, Horace Andy, rap, Vieux Farka Toure w/ Khruangbin , and various releases I have never heard of but maybe you all have

Rock and Roll Globe

https://rockandrollglobe.com/records/the-rock-roll-globe-top-30-albums-of-2022/

A new year's present: At long last, the Album of the Year List spreadsheet! https://t.co/d4vkqKrtJV

— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) December 31, 2022

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5v1y2Bj88JTmSZGAoGFTuCQPPWQDwxkIfT8QhTh478/edit#gid=1927558368

Voting is open for the ILM EOY Poll: ILM's 2022 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD

I don’t think Phonica’s lists have been posted but there’s good stuff there

https://www.phonicarecords.com/best-of-2022

Albums of the year of 5:4 (aka 5against4.com):

Part 1 (#30-#16)
Part 2 (#15-#1)

I missed the nominations, some major ones I don't see on the albums list - Large Plants on ghost box, Muramuke (herbert & barbara panther) on accidental, Lalalar on Bongo Joe, Ezra Collective, Tim Bernardes on Psychic Hotline, Noori & His Dorpa Band on Ostinato, Tumi Mogorosi on New Soil, Al-Qasar on Glitterbeat, Meridian Brothers, Kibrom Birhane, Branko Mataja comp/reissue on Numero Group just to name a few! Hope you check some out

woops wrong thread :(

https://www.theafricareport.com/262966/music-our-top-25-african-hits-of-2022-rule-the-dancefloor/

Africa Report also has a separate amapiano only list too I think

https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/22/

The Jazz critics poll originally started by writer Francis Davis and now handled by Tom Hull. Best albums, plus also separate polls for jazz singers , debut albums, and Latin jazz

The top albums from above jazz critics poll ( points and number of votes)

2022 Totals: New Albums

Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch) 349.5 (48)
Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note) 220 (29)
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch) 218.5 (30)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music) 209 (34)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi) 180 (27)
JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant) 159 (22)
Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt) 154 (24)
Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid) 127 (22)
Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) 126 (21)
Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM) 122 (19)

It's a good year!

Brainwashed readers poll

Nice.

if you like those mostly artsy and art rocky types (some of which I do) . Interesting how Horace Andy, thanks to new records, is top reggae act in that Brainwashed poll

really like that list from the stuff I've enjoyed
Will deffo deep dive

Yeah likewise. The Brainwashed list has a lot of overlap with my own faves, with several previously unheard RIYL titles. This Ak'Chamel album, for instance, is a treat.