Best Albums of 2022

As I briefly mentioned in WAYLT? thread, wanted to discuss some of the best albums of 2022. EPS, loosie tracks, under the radar albums are obviously also welcome. Here’s my list for favorites this year:

Dawn FM - The Weeknd
Lucifer on the Sofa - Spoon
Blue Rev - Alvvays
Melt My Eyez See Your Future - Denzel Curry
Alpha Zulu - Phoenix
King’s Disease III - Nas

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Back for Everything - Kodak Black

+1 on the new spoon too. Love that one

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number 1:

the rest:

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Chat Pile - God’s Country
!!! - Let It Be Blue
Shirt - I Turned Myself into Myself
Patrick Cowley - Malebox

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Handapple’s new album is pretty good

But also, oof I need to figure out how to find all the great music I’ve liked this year. It was a good year.

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I did a bad job of checking out new music/artists this year so I’m looking forward to the progression of this thread

I liked Omnium Gatherum and Dawn FM

Some metal that may not be on everyone’s radar:
Omens by Lamb of God
Deceivers by Arch Enemy

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I didn’t really have one this year, at least not that I can think of off the top of my head.

I listened to the new Muse album quite a bit but tended to dig deeper into their early releases.

Friend of mine released a solo LP that I enjoy quite a bit.

And the first single off his upcoming album with his band from the mid-1990’s is pretty damn good

Haven’t done my full listen back to everything that caught my ear this year but off the top of my head and in no particular order:

Lydian Collective - Return
The Dear Hunter - Antimai
… And you will know us by the trail of dead - Bleed Here Now
Charlie Griffiths - Tiktaalika
LS Dunes - Past Lives

Still waiting on TSOAF to drop their EP. Bleed here now is probably my AOTY

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Elder - Innate Passage
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - XI: BLEED HERE NOW
The Early November - Twenty
Squeaky Feet - Summer Tour Compilation

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Some that haven’t been mentioned yet:

Andrew Bird - Inside Problems (my personal #1)
Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island
Gizzard - Changes
Gizzard - Ice, Death, Planets
Murlocs - Rapscallion
Takuya Kuroda - Midnight Crisp
Marcoca - Cosmic Blunder

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Venom Prison - Erebos is so fucking good
@funktastic is right on Recordings from the Åland Islands
Big Thief - Dragon New Mountain is pretty good, better than I expected

I’ve been encouraged to look into Chat Pile, I really need to

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Every King Gizzard album belongs on this list, so I won’t list each one. My other favorites are:

Metric - Formentera
Elder - Innate Passage
Porcupine Tree - CLOSURE/CONTINUATION
Bonobo - Fragments
Rolling Coastal Blackouts Fever - Endless Rooms
Somali Yacht Club - The Space
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

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angel in realtime by Gang of Youths is my personal fave of 2022. This band is incredibly slept on in the US. Huge anthemic choruses, great singer/frontman, and poignant lyrics.

Ghost - Impera gets my easy #1 vote. So damn good

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good call. forgot that was this year

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Forgot that Impera and Kumoyo Island were this year. +1 on those

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Sylvan esso’s album was pretty good too, not best of the year, but pretty rad

Asking for a friend?

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Some of my favorites:

Rich Ruth - I Survived, It’s Over
Fugitive - Manic EP
Eli Winter - Eli Winter
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes
S.G. Goodman - Teeth Marks
Angel Olson - Big Time
Ian Noe - River Fool
Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come

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