Best of 2022
- Yearly review
50 records worth spending time with from 2022: major releases and discoveries across several genres. Curated with reference to multiple critics' year-end selections; unranked and alphabetised by artist. Includes full-length mixtapes, excludes EPs and repeat editions.
God Save the Animals
Alex G
2022
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Alvvays
2022
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Angel Olsen
2022
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Bad Bunny
2022
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Bartees Strange
2022
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Beach House
2022
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Beyoncé
2022
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Big Thief
2022
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Björk
2022
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Black Country, New Road
2022
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Cate Le Bon
2022
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Chat Pile
2022
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Danger Mouse & Black Thought
2022
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Denzel Curry
2022
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Destroyer
2022
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Drug Church
2022
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist
2022
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Ethel Cain
2022
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Florist
2022
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Fontaines D.C.
2022
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Harry Styles
2022
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High Vis
2022
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Hikaru Utada
2022
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Horsegirl
2022
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Jenny Hval
2022
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Jockstrap
2022
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Kendrick Lamar
2022
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Makaya McCraven
2022
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Miranda Lambert
2022
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MJ Lenderman
2022
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MUNA
2022
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Pool Kids
2022
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Rachika Nayar
2022
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Ravyn Lenae
2022
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Roc Marciano & The Alchemist
2022
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Rosalía
2022
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Soccer Mommy
2022
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Soul Glo
2022
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Spiritualized
2022
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Steve Lacy
2022
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Sudan Archives
2022
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SZA
2022
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Taylor Swift
2022
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The 1975
2022
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The Beths
2022
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The Smile
2022
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The Weeknd
2022
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Wet Leg
2022
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Weyes Blood
2022
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Wild Pink
2022
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