The best albums of 2022 (update September 15)
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:
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom: Reset
85 - Bob Vylan: Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life - 73,8 (78,1 / 8)
Highlights: GDP – Pretty Songs – Health Is Wealth
Punk Rock
84 - Orville Peck: Bronco - 73,8 (76,1 / 14)
Highlights: C’mon Baby, Cry – Daytona Sand – Any Turn
Singer-Songwriter
83 - 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
82 - Gwenno: Tresor - 74,2 (75,8 / 8)
Highlights:An Stevel Nowydh – Anima – N.Y.C.A.W.
Dream Pop
81- Charli XCX: Crash - 74,2 (73,5 / 23)
Highlights: Good Ones – Beg for You - Lightning
Dance Pop
80 - Saba: Few Good Things – 74,3 (77,6 / 11)
Highlights: Fearmonger - Survivor’s Guilt - Few Good Things
Conscious Hip Hop
79 - Katy J Pearson: Sound Of The Morning - 74,3 (78,0 / 10)
Highlights: Alligator – Float – Willow’s Song
Singer-Songwriter
78 - Momma: Household Name – 74,4 (77,4 / 12)(77,6 / 10)
Highlights: Speeding 72 - Lucky - Rockstar
Alternative Rock
77 - Working Men’s Club: Fear Fear – 74,5 (77,8 / 11)
Highlights: Ploys – Widow – Circumference
Synthpop
76 - Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive – 74,6 (74,9 / 20)
Highlights: A Tip from You to Me – A Madman from Manhattan – A Tree on Fire from Within
Singer-Songwriter
75- Rammstein: Zeit – 74,6 (76,6 / 15)
Highlights: Zeit – Armee der Tristen – Zick Zack
Industrial Metal
74 - Caroline: Caroline - 74,7 (77,4 / 13)
Highlights: Good Morning (Red) – Iwr – Skydiving onto the Library Roof
Post-Rock
73 - 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
72 - Beabadoobee: Beatopia - 74,8 (73,2 / 26)
Highlights: Talk – 10:36 – See You Soon
Indie Pop
71 - Animal Collective: Time Skiffs - 74,9 (72,2 / 29)
Highlights: Prester John - Dragon Slayer - Walker
Psychedelic Pop
70 - Perfume Genius: Ugly Season – 75,0 (73,3 / 26)
Highlights: Pop Song – Eye in the Wall - Photograph
Art Pop
69 - Oliver Sim: Hideous Bastard – 75,0 (77,7 / 13)
Highlights: Romance With a Memory – GMT – Fruit
Indietronica
68 - Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity - 75,1 (78,5 / 11)
Highlights: All That You Want – Protection from Evil – 17 18 19
Afro-Funk
67 - 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
66 - Jamie T: The Theory Of Whatever - 75,2 (78,5 / 11)
Highlights: The Old Style Raiders – Between the Rocks – A Million & One New Ways to Die
Indie Rock
65- Arcade Fire: WE - 75,3 (72,0 / 31)
Highlights: Age of Anxiety I – The Lightning II – Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Art Rock
64 - FKA Twigs: Caprisongs – 75,4 (75,0 / 22)
Highlights: tears in the club - meta angel - darjeeling
Alternative R&B
63 - Amanda Shires: Take It Like A Man - 75,4 (79,8 / 8)
Highlights: Hawk for the Dove - Empty Cups - Here He Comes
Alt-Country
62 - Daniel Rossen: You Belong There – 75,8 (76,3 / 17)
Highlights: It’s a Passage – Shadow in the Frame – Unpeopled Space
Progressive Folk
61 - Cass McCombs: Heartmind – 76,0 (78,6 / 13)
Highlights: Karaoke – Unproud Warrior - Krakatau
Singer-Songwriter
60 - Paolo Nutini: Last Night In The Bittersweet - 76,1 (79,8 / 10)
Highlights: Through the Echoes – Radio – Shine a Light
Blue-eyed Soul
59 - Wilco: Cruel Country - 76,3 (77,3 / 18)
Highlights: Cruel Country – Darkness Is Cheap – Many Worlds
Alt-Country
58 - Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever - 76,5 (75,5 / 24)
Highlights: Free – Dream Girl Evil - Cassandra
Alternative Rock
57 - Syd: Broken Hearys Club - 76,5 (81,1 / 7)
Highlights: Getting Late – Fast Car - CYBAH
Contemporary R&B
56 - Stromae: Multitude – 76,5 (79,2 / 13)
Highlights: Santé - L’enfer – La solassitude
Dance Pop
55 - Julia Jacklin: Pre Pleasure – 76,8 (76,8 / 21)
Highlights: Ignore Tenderness - End of a Friendship - Lydia Wears a Cross
Singer-Songwriter
54 - 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
53 - Ezra Furman: All of Us Flames - 76,9 (77,6 / 19)
Highlights: Forever in Sunset – Train Comes Through – Come Close
Indie Rock
52 - Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen - 77,3 (79,3 / 15)
Highlights: Home Maker – NBPQ (Topless) – Yellow Brick Road
Alternative R&B
51 - The Afghan Whigs: How Do You Burn? - 77,3 (79,6 / 14)
Highlights: I’ll Make You See God – The Getaway – Domino and Jimmy
Alternative Rock
50 - 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
49 - Alt-J: The Dream – 77,4 (75,4 / 27)
Highlights: U&ME – Hard Drive Gold – Get Better
Art Pop
48 - Jenny Hval: Classic Objects – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Year of Love – Jupiter - American Coffee
Art Pop
47 - Harry Styles: Harry's House – 77,5 (7623 / 25)
Highlights: As It Was – Late Night Talking – Satellite
Synthpop
46 - Kae Tempest: The Line Is A Curve – 77,7 (79,0 / 17)
Highlights: No Prizes – Salt Coast – More Pressure
Conscious Hip Hop
45 - Nova Twins: Supernova – 77,7 (81,7 / 9)
Highlights: Antagonist – Cleopatra – Choose Your Fighter
Rap Rock
44 - Tomberlin: i dont know who needs to hear this… - 77,7 (79,7 / 15)
Highlights: happy accident – easy - idkwntht
Singer-Songwriter
43 - Aurora: The Gods We Can Touch - 77,9 (78,2 / 20)
Highlights: Exist for Love – Giving In To the Love – Everything Matters
Folk Pop
42 - Nina Nastasia: Riderless Horse - 78,1 (82,4 / 8)
Highlights: This Is Love – Trust - Afterwards
Singer-Songwriter
41 - Pusha T: It's Almost Dry – 78,2 (79,5 / 17)
Highlights: Diet Coke – Neck & Wrist – Dreaming of the Past
Hardcore Hip Hop
40 - Earl Sweatshirt: SICK! - 78,3 (78,7 / 20)
Highlights: Tabula Rasa – 2010 – God Laughs
Abstract Hip Hop
39 - Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance – 78,5 (77,5 / 24)
Highlights: Billy – Anti-Glory – Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)
Indie Rock
38 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: Life On Earth – 78,5 (80,9 / 14)
Highlights: Rhododendron – Pierced Arrows – Wolves
Singer-Songwriter
37 - Shamir: Heterosexuality - 78,9 (80,9 / 15)
Highlights: Cisgender – Abomination - Stability
Indie Rock
36 - Let's Eat Grandma: Two Ribbons – 79,1 (78,7 / 22)
Highlights: Levitation – Insect Loop – Happy New Year
Electropop
35 - Nilüfer Yanya: Painless - 79,1 (76,8 / 28)
Highlights: Midnight Sun - Stabilise – The Dealer
Indie Rock
34 - MUNA: MUNA – 79,2 (82,2 / 18)
Highlights: Silk Chiffon – Anything But Me – Home by Now
Synthpop
33 - Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future – 79,2 (82,2 / 12)
Highlights: Walkin – Zatoichi – The Last
Conscious Hip Hop
32- Destroyer: Labyrinthitis – 79,3 (80,3 / 18)
Highlights: It Takes a Thief – Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread - June
Art Pop
31 - 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
30 - Aldous Harding: Warm Chris – 79,4 (77,1 / 28)
Highlights: Lawn – Fever – Tick Tock
Singer-Songwriter
29 - Kathryn Joseph: For You Who Are The Wronged - 79,6 (84,3 / 7)
Highlights: What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill Them For - The Burning Of Us All - Only The Sound Of The Sea Would Save Them
Singer-Songwriter
28 - Danger Mouse & Black Thought: Cheat Codes – 79,7 (80,0 / 20)
Highlights: Because - Aquamarine - Belize
East Coast Hip Hop
27 - Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever – 79,9 (77,6 / 28)
Highlights: Shotgun - Bones – With U
Indie Rock
26 - 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
25 - Spiritualized: Everything Was Beautiful - 80,0 (79,0 / 24)
Highlights: Always Together With You - The Mainline Song/ The Lockdown Song - The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)
Space Rock
24 - Florist: Florist - 80,0 (84,0 / 9)
Highlights: Red Bird, Pt. 2 (Morning) – Dandelion – Sci-fi Silence
Singer-Songwriter
23 - Spoon: Lucifer On The Sofa – 80,1 (79,8 / 22)
Highlights: The Hardest Cut – Wild – Held
Indie Rock
22 - Mitski: Laurel Hell - 80,1 (77,4 / 29)
Highlights: Working for the Knife – The Only Heartbreaker – Stay Soft
Art Pop
21 - Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl - 80,2 (84,5 / 8)
Highlights: This Hell – Holy (Til You Let Me Go) – Frankenstein
Pop Rock
20 - Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems - 80,4 (84,8 / 8)
Highlights: Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!) ((By the Future)) – Driponomics – Coming
Hardcore Punk
19 - Ethel Cain: Preacher’s Daughter – 80,5 (83,8 / 11)
Highlights: American Teenager – Hard Times - Gibson Girl
Singer-Songwriter
18 - Cate Le Bon: Pompeii – 80,6 (78,9 / 26)
Highlights: Running Away - Harbour - Moderation
Art Pop
17 - Black Midi: Hellfire – 80,6 (78,63 / 27)
Highlights: Welcome to Hell – Sugar/ Tzu - Still
Avant-Prog
16 - Just Mustard: Heart Under – 80,7 (82,1 / 17)
Highlights: Still – Seed – In Shade
Shoegaze
15 - The Weeknd: Dawn FM - 80,8 (79,4 / 25)
Highlights: How Do I Make You Love Me – Take My Breath - Sacrifice
Synthpop
14 - Viagra Boys: Cave World – 81,3 (80,9 / 22)
Highlights: Troglodyte – Baby Criminal - The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis
Dance Punk
13 - Yard Act: The Overload – 81,6 (79,6 / 27)
Highlights: The Overload – Payday – Pour Another
Post-Punk
12 - Beach House: Once Twice Melody - 81,7 (79,7 / 27)
Highlights: Superstar – Masquerade – Through Me
Dream Pop
11 - Wet Leg: Wet Leg - 81,8 (78,8 / 30)
Highlights: Chaise Lounge - Wet Dream - Angelica
Indie Rock
10 - 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
09 - The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention - 82,1 (80,1 / 27)
Highlights: You Will Never Work in Television Again – Free in the Knowledge – The Opposite
Art Rock
08 - Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia - 83,6 (81,9 / 26)
Highlights: Jackie Down the Line - I Love You - Skinty Fia
Post-Punk
07 - Angel Olsen: Big Time - 84,3 (82,0 / 28)
Highlights: Big Time – This Is How It Works – Ghost On
Alt-Country
06 - Rosalía: Motomami – 84,6 (84,2 / 22)
Highlights: La fama – Saoko – Delirio de grandeza
Neoperreo
05 - Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You – 85,0 (82,0 / 30)
Highlights: Little Things – Simulation Swarm – Change
Art Pop
04 - Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B - 86,1 (88,4 / 14)
Highlights: Concrete Over Water – Glasgow - Angst
Glitch Pop
03 - Beyoncé: Renaissance - 86,9 (85,2 / 26)
Highlights: Virgo’s Groove – Break My Soul – Alien Superstar
Dance 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 (16) September 15
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MCCh 2022 (16) September 15
Last edited by Otisredding on Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (16) September 15
86 - Burial: Antidawn EP - 73,7 (76,4 / 13)
87 - Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves - 73,7 (72 / 26)
88 - Dehd: Blue Skies - 73,6 (77,3 / 10)
89 - Bonobo: Fragments - 73,6 (72,0 / 26)
90 - Bartees Strange: Farm To Table - 73,5 (75,5 / 15)
91 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If - 73,5 (75,2 / 16)
92 - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom: Reset - 73,5 (74,5 / 18)
93 - Hudson Mohawke: Cry Sugar - 73,3 (76,6 / 11)
94 - Ghost: Impera - 73,3 (75,9 / 13)
95 - Sea Power: Everything Was Forever - 73,2 (75,8 / 13)
96 - Placebo: Never Let Me Go - 73,0 (72,6 / 22)
97 - Santigold: Spirituals - 73,0 (75,6 / 13)
98 - The Weather Station: How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - 72,9 (73,6 / 19)
99 - Warpaint: Radiate Like This - 72,9 (73,2 / 20)
100 - Bad Bunny: Un verano sin ti - 72,8 (77,1 / 8)
101 - Stella Donnelly: Flood - 72,8 (73,8 / 18)
102 - Joan Shelley: The Spur - 72,8 (77,4 / 7)
103 - Superchunk: Wild Loneliness - 72,7 (75,7 / 12)
104 - Craig Finn: A Legacy Of Rentals - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
105 - Sampa The Great: As Above, So Below - 72,7 (75,7 / 12)
106 - Zola Jesus: Arkhon - 72,7 (74,0 / 17)
107 - PUP: The Unraveling Of Puptheband - 72,6 (75,2 / 13)
108 - Cat Power: Covers - 72,6 (72,2 / 22)
109 - Orlando Weeks: Hop Up - 72,5 (76,9 / 8)
110 - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Endless Rooms - 72,5 (74,2 / 16)
111 - Everything Everything: Raw Data Feel - 72,5 (75,2 / 13)
112 - Kiwi Jr.: Chopper - 72,4 (75,4 / 12)
113 - Metric: Formentera - 72,4 (74,1 / 16)
114 - Koffee: Gifted - 72,3 (76,3 / 9)
115 - Anaïs Mitchell: Anaïs Mitchell - 72,2 (76,2 / 9)
116 - Wu-Lu: Loggerhead - 72,2 (75,2 / 12)
117 - Röyksopp: Profound Mysteries - 72,1 (74,4 / 14)
118 - Hatchie: Giving The World Away - 72,0 (73,6 / 16)
119 - Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights - 71,8 (74,8 / 12)
120 - Tears For Fears: The Tripping Point - 71,7 (72,7 / 18)
121 - Amber Mark: Three Dimensions Deep - 71,7 (73,3 / 16)
122 - Built to Spill: When the Wind Forgets Your Name - 71,6 (74,9 / 11)
123 - Maggie Rogers: Surrender - 71,6 (71,6 / 21)
124 - Kelly Lee Owens: LP.8 - 71,6 (72,2 / 19)
125 - Belle And Sebastian: A Bit Of Previous - 71,5 (71,5 / 21)
126 - Boris: W - 71,4 (74,7 / 11)
127 - A Place to Bury Strangers: See Through You - 71,3 (74,6 / 11)
128 - The Linda Lindas: Growing Up - 71,1 (72,8 / 16)
129 - Foals: Life Is Yours - 71,1 (71,4 / 20)
130 - Alice Glass: Prey//IV - 70,7 (71,7 / 18)
131 - Grace Cummings: Storm Queen - 70,6 (74,3 / 10)
132 - SOAK: If I Never Know You Like This Again - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
133 - Midlake: For The Sake Of Bethel Woods - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
134 - Laura Veirs: Found Light - 70,4 (74,1 / 10)
135 - Sunflower Bean: Headful Of Sugar - 70,4 (73,7 / 11)
136 - Calexico: El Mirador - 70,3 (74,6 / 8)
137 - Pillow Queens: Leave The Light On - 70,2 (74,9 / 7)
Re: MCCh 2022 (16) September 15
Dang that sawayama album isn’t even out yet! Don’t think I’ve seen an album get enough pre release reviews to place here before.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (16) September 15
Who are Jockstrap and how did they get a glitch pop album so high? Only one way to find out I guess. Strange to have Big Thief falling out of the top 4 (meaning our Spotify playlist icon).
Anyway, here is the playlist. Rina Sawayama will be added tomorrow.
Speaking of Sawayama:
Anyway, here is the playlist. Rina Sawayama will be added tomorrow.
Speaking of Sawayama:
This happens every now and then though, usually when a MegaCritic update happens on a Thursday. It's definitely not the first time I couldn't add an album to the playlist immediately.
Re: MCCh 2022 (16) September 15
I really enjoyed the album, not sure I'd call it glitchpop but I'm not really sure what glitchpop is... Didn't find it very glitchy though.
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