Top 50 Albums of 2022

Matthew Beinart
5 min readDec 28, 2022

50. Cruel Country — Wilco

49. Faster Than I Can Take — Jane Inc.

48. Preacher’s Daughter — Ethel Cain

47. A Light for Attracting Attention — The Smile

46. (watch my moves) — Kurt Vile

45. Squeeze — SASAMI

44. The Last Thing Left — Say Sue Me

43. One Stop Shop — Twen

42. Once Twice Melody — Beach House

41. Meet The Moonlight — Jack Johnson

40. In The Fade — Tony Molina

39. Natural Brown Prom Queen — Sudan Archives

38. Languish Arts — Ka

37. ILYSM — Wild Pink

36. PRE PLEASURE — Julia Jacklin

35. Gris Klein — Birds in Row

34. Weather Alive — Beth Orton

33. Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet — Disq

32. Deathfame — Quelle Chris

31. I Love You Jennifer B — Jockstrap

30. Please Don’t Take Me Back — Martha

29. Sometimes, Forever — Soccer Mommy

28. Dawn FM — The Weeknd

27. Blue Skies — Dehd

26. RENAISSANCE— Beyoncé

25. Diaspora Problems — Soul Glo

24. Eli Winter-Eli Winter

23. Regulate-Regulate

22. Stumpwork — Dry Cleaning

21. Time Skiffs — Animal Collective

20. Experts In A Dying Field — The Beths

19. High School — Tim Heidecker

18. Florist — Florist

17. human futures — Dear Nora

16. Wear Me Like A Glove — Okudaxij

15. SOS — SZA

14. Heartmind — Cass McCombs

13. i don’t know who needs to hear this… — Tomberlin

12. Love the Stranger — Friendship

11. I Walked With You A Ways — Plains

10. Versions of Modern Performance — Horsegirl

9. LABYRINTHITIS — Destroyer

8. 40 oz. to Fresno — Joyce Manor

7. angel in realtime. — Gang of Youths

6. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You — Big Thief

5. Janky Star — Grace Ives

4. God Save The Animals — Alex G

3. Blue Rev — Alvvays

2. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow — Weyes Blood

  1. Ants From Up There — Black Country, New Road

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