The best albums of 2022 (update June 30)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 33 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren; Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
None
60 - Orville Peck: Bronco - 73,8 (76,1 / 14)
Highlights: C’mon Baby, Cry – Daytona Sand – Any Turn
Singer-Songwriter
59 - Bartees Strange: Farm To Table - 73,8 (76,1 / 14)
Highlights: Heavy Heart – Hold the Line – Black Gold
Indie Rock
58 - Yeule: Glitch Princess - 74,1 (75,8 / 16)
Highlights: Friendly Machine - Don’t Be So Hard On Your Own Beauty - Too Dead Inside
Ambient Pop
57 - Charli XCX: Crash - 74,2 (73,5 / 23)
Highlights: Good Ones – Beg for You - Lightning
Dance Pop
56 - Saba: Few Good Things – 74,3 (77,6 / 11)
Highlights: Fearmonger - Survivor’s Guilt - Few Good Things
Conscious Hip Hop
55 - Perfume Genius: Ugly Season - 74,4 (73,4 / 24)
Highlights: Pop Song – Eye in the Wall - Photograph
Art Pop
54 - Rammstein: Zeit – 74,6 (76,6 / 15)
Highlights: Zeit – Armee der Tristen – Zick Zack
Industrial Metal
53 - Caroline: Caroline - 74,7 (77,4 / 13)
Highlights: Good Morning (Red) – Iwr – Skydiving onto the Library Roof
Post-Rock
52 - Vince Staples: Ramona Park Broke My Heart – 74,8 (76,8 / 15)
Highlights: When Sparks Fly - Aye (Free the Homies) - The Beach
West Coast Hip Hop
51 - Animal Collective: Time Skiffs - 74,9 (72,2 / 29)
Highlights: Prester John - Dragon Slayer - Walker
Psychedelic Pop
50 - Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity - 75,1 (78,5 / 11)
Highlights: All That You Want – Protection from Evil – 17 18 19
Afro-Funk
49 - Gang of Youths: Angel In Realtime - 75,2 (78,2 / 12)
Highlights: The Angel of 8th Ave. - In the Wake of Your Leave - Forbearance
Indie Rock
48 - Arcade Fire: WE - 75,3 (72,0 / 31)
Highlights: Age of Anxiety I – The Lightning II – Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Art Rock
47 - FKA Twigs: Caprisongs – 75,4 (75,0 / 22)
Highlights: tears in the club - meta angel - darjeeling
Alternative R&B
46 - Daniel Rossen: You Belong There – 75,8 (76,3 / 17)
Highlights: It’s a Passage – Shadow in the Frame – Unpeopled Space
Progressive Folk
45 Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever – 76,5 (75,5 / 24)
Highlights: Free – Dream Girl Evil - Cassandra
Alternative Rock
44 - Stromae: Multitude – 76,5 (79,2 / 13)
Highlights: Santé - L’enfer – La solassitude
Dance Pop
43 - Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance - 76,5 (76,5 / 21)
Highlights: Billy – Anti-Glory – Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)
Indie Rock
42 - Wilco: Cruel Country - 76,6 (77,9 / 17)
Highlights: Cruel Country – Darkness Is Cheap – Many Worlds
Alt-Country
41 - CMAT: If My Wife New I'd Be Dead - 76,8 (81,4 / 7)
Highlights: I Don’t Really Care for You - No More Virgos - 2 Wrecked 2 Care
Indie Pop
40 - Pusha T: It's Almost Dry - 77,3 (79,3 / 15)
Highlights: Call My Bluff - Diet Coke – Neck & Wrist
Hardcore Hip Hop
39 - Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky - 77,4 (77,7 / 20)
Highlights: Back to the Radio – The Rip – End of Last Year
Indie Rock
38 - Alt-J: The Dream – 77,4 (75,4 / 27)
Highlights: U&ME – Hard Drive Gold – Get Better
Art Pop
37 - Jenny Hval: Classic Objects – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Year of Love – Jupiter - American Coffee
Art Pop
36 - Harry Styles: Harry's House – 77,5 (7623 / 25)
Highlights: As It Was – Late Night Talking – Satellite
Synthpop
35 - Kae Tempest: The Line Is A Curve – 77,7 (79,0 / 17)
Highlights: No Prizes – Salt Coast – More Pressure
Conscious Hip Hop
34 - Tomberlin: i dont know who needs to hear this… - 77,7 (80,1 / 14)
Highlights: happy accident – easy - idkwntht
Singer-Songwriter
33 - Aurora: The Gods We Can Touch - 77,9 (78,2 / 20)
Highlights: Exist for Love – Giving In To the Love – Everything Matters
Folk Pop
32 - Earl Sweatshirt: SICK! - 78,3 (78,7 / 20)
Highlights: Tabula Rasa – 2010 – God Laughs
Abstract Hip Hop
31 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: Life On Earth – 78,5 (80,9 / 14)
Highlights: Rhododendron – Pierced Arrows – Wolves
Singer-Songwriter
30 - Shamir: Heterosexuality - 78,9 (80,9 / 15)
Highlights: Cisgender – Abomination - Stability
Indie Rock
29 - Let's Eat Grandma: Two Ribbons – 79,1 (78,7 / 22)
Highlights: Levitation – Insect Loop – Happy New Year
Electropop
28 - Nilüfer Yanya: Painless - 79,1 (76,8 / 28)
Highlights: Midnight Sun - Stabilise – The Dealer
Indie Rock
27 - Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future – 79,2 (82,2 / 12)
Highlights: Walkin – Zatoichi – The Last
Conscious Hip Hop
26 - Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever - 79,2 (78,5 / 23)
Highlights: Shotgun - Bones – With U
Indie Rock
25- Destroyer: Labyrinthitis – 79,3 (80,3 / 18)
Highlights: It Takes a Thief – Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread - June
Art Pop
24 - Sharon Van Etten: We've Been Going About This All Wrong – 79,4 (77,7 / 26
Highlights: Home to Me – Come Back – Mistakes
Indie Rock
23 - Aldous Harding: Warm Chris – 79,4 (77,1 / 28)
Highlights: Lawn – Fever – Tick Tock
Singer-Songwriter
22 - Nova Twins: Supernova - 79,6 (84,3 / 7)
Highlights: Antagonist – K.M.B. - Cleopatra
Rap Rock
21 - Father John Misty: Chloe and The Next 20th Century – 80,0 (77,0 / 30)
Highlights: Buddy’s Rendezvous – Goodbye Mr. Blue – The Next 20th Century
Singer-Songwriter
20 - MUNA: MUNA - 80,1 (82,4 / 14)
Highlights: Silk Chiffon – Anything But Me – Home by Now
Synthpop
19 - Spoon: Lucifer On The Sofa – 80,1 (79,8 / 22)
Highlights: The Hardest Cut – Wild – Held
Indie Rock
18 - Mitski: Laurel Hell - 80,1 (77,4 / 29)
Highlights: Working for the Knife – The Only Heartbreaker – Stay Soft
Art Pop
17 - Spiritualized: Everything Was Beautiful - 80,5 (79,8 / 23)
Highlights: Always Together With You - The Mainline Song/ The Lockdown Song - The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)
Space Rock
16 - Cate Le Bon: Pompeii – 80,6 (78,9 / 26)
Highlights: Running Away - Harbour - Moderation
Art Pop
15 - Just Mustard: Heart Under – 80,7 (82,1 / 17)
Highlights: Still – Seed – In Shade
Shoegaze
14 - Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems - 80,8 (85,4 / 7)
Highlights: Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!) ((By the Future)) – Driponomics – Coming
Hardcore Punk
13 - The Weeknd: Dawn FM - 80,8 (79,4 / 25)
Highlights: How Do I Make You Love Me – Take My Breath - Sacrifice
Synthpop
12 - Ethel Cain: Preacher’s Daughter – 81,0 (84,7 / 10)
Highlights: American Teenager – Hard Times - Gibson Girl
Singer-Songwriter
11 - Yard Act: The Overload – 81,6 (79,6 / 27)
Highlights: The Overload – Payday – Pour Another
Post-Punk
10 - Beach House: Once Twice Melody - 81,7 (79,7 / 27)
Highlights: Superstar – Masquerade – Through Me
Dream Pop
09 - Wet Leg: Wet Leg - 81,8 (78,8 / 30)
Highlights: Chaise Lounge - Wet Dream - Angelica
Indie Rock
08 - Kevin Morby: This Is A Photograph - 82,1 (83,1 / 18)
Highlights: This Is a Photograph – Bittersweet, TN – A Random Act of Kindness
Folk Rock
07 - The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention - 82,1 (80,5 / 26)
Highlights: You Will Never Work in Television Again – Free in the Knowledge – The Opposite
Art Rock
06 - Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia - 83,6 (81,9 / 26)
Highlights: Jackie Down the Line - I Love You - Skinty Fia
Post-Punk
05 - Rosalía: Motomami – 84,0 (84,0 / 21)
Highlights: La fama – Saoko – Delirio de grandeza
Neoperreo
04 - Angel Olsen: Big Time - 84,3 (82,0 / 28)
Highlights: Big Time – This Is How It Works – Ghost On
Alt-Country
03 - Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You – 85,0 (82,0 / 30)
Highlights: Little Things – Simulation Swarm – Change
Art Pop
02 - Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There – 87,0 (85,0 / 27)
Highlights: Chaos Space Marine – Concorde – Snow Globes
Art Rock
01 - Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – 88,7 (86,4 / 28)
Highlights: N95 - We Cry Together – Mother I Sober
Conscious Hip Hop
MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
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MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
Last edited by Otisredding on Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:57 am, edited 6 times in total.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
61 - Bob Vylan: Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life - 73,8 (78,1 / 8)
62 - Bonobo: Fragments - 73,8 (72,4 / 25)
63 - Burial: Antidawn EP - 73,7 (76,4 / 13)
64 - Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves - 73,7 (72,0 / 26)
65 - Dehd: Blue Skies - 73,6 (77,6 / 9)
66 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If - 73,5 (75,2 / 16)
67 - Ghost: Impera - 73,3 (75,9 / 13)
68 - Sea Power: Everything Was Forever - 73,2 (75,8 / 13)
69 - Placebo: Never Let Me Go - 73,0 (72,6 / 22)
70 - The Weather Station: How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - 72,9 (73,6 / 19)
71 - Warpaint: Radiate Like This - 72,9 (73,2 / 20)
72 - Bad Bunny: Un verano sin ti - 72,8 (77,1 / 8)
73 - Superchunk: Wild Loneliness - 72,7 (75,7 / 12)
74 - Craig Finn: A Legacy Of Rentals - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
75 - PUP: The Unraveling Of Puptheband - 72,6 (75,2 / 13)
76 - Cat Power: Covers - 72,6 (72,2 / 22)
77 - Orlando Weeks: Hop Up - 72,5 (76,9 / 8)
78 - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Endless Rooms - 72,5 (74,2 / 16)
79 - Koffee: Gifted - 72,3 (76,3 / 9)
80 - Anaïs Mitchell: Anaïs Mitchell - 72,2 (76,2 / 9)
81 - Röyksopp: Profound Mysteries - 72,1 (74,4 / 14)
82 - Hatchie: Giving The World Away - 72 (73,6 / 16)
83 - Zola Jesus: Arkhon - 72,0 (74,6 / 13)
84 - Tears For Fears: The Tripping Point - 71,7 (72,7 / 18)
85 - Amber Mark: Three Dimensions Deep - 71,7 (73,3 / 16)
86 - Kelly Lee Owens: LP.8 - 71,6 (72,2 / 19)
87 - Belle And Sebastian: A Bit Of Previous - 71,5 (71,5 / 21)
88 - Boris: W - 71,4 (74,7 / 11)
89 - Everything Everything: Raw Data Feel - 71,3 (74,3 / 12)
90 - A Place to Bury Strangers: See Through You - 71,3 (74,6 / 11)
91 - The Linda Lindas: Growing Up - 71,1 (72,8 / 16)
92 - Foals: Life Is Yours - 71,1 (71,4 / 20)
93 - Alice Glass: Prey//IV - 70,7 (71,7 / 18)
94 - Grace Cummings: Storm Queen - 70,6 (74,3 / 10)
95 - SOAK: If I Never Know You Like This Again - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
96 - Midlake: For The Sake Of Bethel Woods - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
97 - Sunflower Bean: Headful Of Sugar - 70,4 (73,7 / 11)
98 - Calexico: El Mirador - 70,3 (74,6 / 8)
99 - Pillow Queens: Leave The Light On - 70,2 (74,9 / 7)
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Re: MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
So yeah, here's the playlist:
Perfume Genius made it this time around, but there seems to still be a big difference between the appreciation for the album of this forum or RYM in comparison to the critics. Nonetheless I could see it end up high on the critic's lists come end of year. The same won't probably go for the album by Nova Twins, which debuts high, but has few reviews, which usually means little show on EOY lists.
Perfume Genius made it this time around, but there seems to still be a big difference between the appreciation for the album of this forum or RYM in comparison to the critics. Nonetheless I could see it end up high on the critic's lists come end of year. The same won't probably go for the album by Nova Twins, which debuts high, but has few reviews, which usually means little show on EOY lists.
Re: MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
Thanks for this update. I cant believe Kendrick is top. ridiculous.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (11) June 30
Considering I believe that Good Kid and TPAB are my AOTY for 2012 and 2015, Mr. Morale is his weakest album and should not be that high.
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