Okay, I did it. This isn't my final list for a few reasons:
- I think when I was ranking some of the Weeknd and 40 Watt Sun tracks I hasn't refreshed my memory enough and was a little too lost in the emotion of the moment. As a result, some of those are too high, I need to rebubble them in a different state of mind. But I stand by "The Spaces in Between" being in my top ten.
- I have a few songs sitting at the bottom of my spotify playlist waiting to be ranked: "The Worst is Done" by Weyes Blood (didn't give a damn about that album but that song is nice), "Alien Superstar" by Beyonce (still thinking about how much I really love it), "Expert in a Dying Field" by The Beths, and "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" which I just heard today, thanks Future Critic.
- As is the nature of things, I'll never listen to all the music that came out in 2022. I'm confident I'll find more stuff that I love from this year in future years.
- The year isn't even over yet actually
Anyway, here's the list:
50 songs I treasure:
1. Black Country, New Road - "The Place Where He Inserted the Blade"
2. Jenny Hval - "American Coffee"
3. Angel Olsen - "This Is How It Works"
4. Superchunk - "Connection"
5. Angel Olsen - "Go Home"
6. Yard Act - "Tall Poppies"
7. 40 Watt Sun - "The Spaces in Between"
8. Big Thief - "Spud Infinity"
9. Caroline Polachek - "Billions"
10. Jenny Hval - "Year of Love"
11. Big Thief - "Simulation Swarm"
12. Yard Act - "The Overload"
13. Beyoncé - "VIRGO'S GROOVE"
14. Big Thief - "Flower of Blood"
15. MJ Lenderman - "TLC Cagematch"
16. Beyoncé - "BREAK MY SOUL"
17. Big Thief - "No Reason"
18. Alex G - "Runner"
19. MJ Lenderman - "You Are Every Girl to Me"
20. Ibibio Sound Machine - "Protection From Evil"
21. Alex G - "Miracles"
22. caroline - "Skydiving onto the library roof"
23. Charlotte Adigéry - "Making Sense Stop"
24. trentemøller - "No More Kissing In The Rain"
25. Angel Olsen - "Through The Fires"
26. Jenny Hval - "The Revolution Will Not Be Owned"
27. caroline - "Good morning (red)"
28. Alvvays - "Pharmacist"
29. Jenny Hval - "Jupiter"
30. Angel Olsen - "Chasing The Sun"
31. Yard Act - "The Incident"
32. caroline - "Dark blue"
33. Shamir - "Reproductive"
34. Superchunk - "Wild Loneliness"
35. Jenny Hval - "Classic Objects"
36. The Weeknd - "Out of Time"
37. The Weeknd - "Gasoline"
38. Angel Olsen - "All The Good Times"
39. MJ Lenderman - "Under Control"
40. Kurt Vile - "Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)"
41. Superchunk - "On the Floor"
42. Charli XCX - "New Shapes (feat. Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek)"
43. Big Thief - "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You"
44. Yard Act - "Land Of The Blind"
45. Jenny Hval - "Freedom"
46. Superchunk - "City of the Dead"
47. Spoon - "The Devil & Mister Jones"
48. Gang of Youths - "spirit boy"
49. Jockstrap - "Greatest Hits"
50. MJ Lenderman - "Toontown"
50 songs I love:
51. Kevin Morby - "Five Easy Pieces"
52. Alvvays - "Belinda Says"
53. Charlotte Adigéry - "Ceci n'est pas un cliché"
54. Soccer Mommy - "Shotgun"
55. Oscar Jerome - "Hall of Mirrors"
56. Charlotte Adigéry - "Esperanto"
57. Alvvays - "Very Online Guy"
58. FKA twigs - "darjeeling (feat jorja smith & unknown t)"
59. The Weeknd - "Starry Eyes"
60. Beyoncé - "I'M THAT GIRL"
61. Yard Act - "100% Endurance"
62. Angel Olsen - "Big Time"
63. Sally Shapiro - "Fading Away"
64. Kendrick Lamar - "N95"
65. Fontaines D.C. - "Skinty Fia"
66. yeule - "Bites on My Neck"
67. Beyoncé - "MOVE (feat. Grace Jones & Tems)"
68. Bladee - "DRESDEN ER"
69. Big Thief - "Little Things"
70. The Weeknd - "Here We Go... Again (feat. Tyler, the Creator)"
71. 40 Watt Sun - "Behind My Eyes"
72. Angel Olsen - "Right Now"
73. The Weeknd - "Don't Break My Heart"
74. Plains - "Last 2 On Earth"
75. Superchunk - "Highly Suspect"
76. Plains - "Problem With It"
77. Big Thief - "Red Moon"
78. Angel Olsen - "Ghost On"
79. Big Thief - "Change"
80. Kristine Leschper - "Carina"
81. Jenny Hval - "Cemetery of Splendour"
82. FKA twigs - "minds of men"
83. Charlotte Adigéry - "Reappropriate"
84. Alvvays - "After The Earthquake"
85. 100 gecs - "Doritos & Fritos"
86. Orville Peck - "Kalahari Down"
87. yeule - "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty"
88. Charlotte Adigéry - "Blenda"
89. Shabason & Krgovich - "I Am So Happy With My Little Dog"
90. Lil Durk - "AHHH HA"
91. The Weeknd - "Less Than Zero"
92. Shabason & Krgovich - "I'm Dancing"
93. Beyoncé - "CUFF IT"
94. Big Thief - "Blurred View"
95. Charlotte Adigéry - "HAHA"
96. Alvvays - "Many Mirrors"
97. glaive - "synopsis"
98. Kurt Vile - "Like Exploding Stones"
99. glaive - "icarus"
100. Alex G - "Immunity"
50 songs I recommend:
101. RuPaul - "Just What They Want"
102. yeule - "Electric"
103. Taylor Swift - "Karma"
104. Fontaines D.C. - "In ár gCroíthe go deo"
105. Alvvays - "Pomeranian Spinster"
106. Yard Act - "Pour Another"
107. Band of Horses - "Crutch"
108. 40 Watt Sun - "Until"
109. MJ Lenderman - "You Have Bought Yourself A Boat"
110. Alvvays - "Tile By Tile"
111. Mamaleek - "Boiler Room"
112. Orville Peck - "All I Can Say"
113. Angel Olsen - "Dream Thing"
114. 2 Chainz - "Million Dollars Worth of Game (feat. 42 Dugg)"
115. Ibibio Sound Machine - "Electricity"
116. Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze"
117. Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"
118. Charli XCX - "Baby"
119. Plains - "I Walked With You A Ways"
120. Cate Le Bon - "Moderation"
121. Fontaines D.C. - "Jackie Down The Line"
122. Plains - "Bellafatima"
123. Judy Collins - "Hell on Wheels"
124. Madrugada - "The World Could Be Falling Down"
125. MJ Lenderman - "Tastes Just Like It Costs"
126. Harry Styles - "As It Was"
127. Beyoncé - "CHURCH GIRL"
128. Kendrick Lamar - "Die Hard"
129. glaive - "i wanna slam my head against the wall"
130. Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you"
131. KH - "Looking at Your Pager"
132. Charli XCX - "Used To Know Me"
133. Charli XCX - "Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama)"
134. Ethel Cain - "Hard Times"
135. Beyoncé - "THIQUE"
136. yeule - "Too Dead Inside"
137. Hatchie - "Lights On"
138. Spoon - "Wild"
139. Big Thief - "Certainty"
140. 40 Watt Sun - "A Thousand Miles"
141. Beyoncé - "AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM"
142. Kristine Leschper - "Picture Window"
143. Big Thief - "Wake Me up to Drive"
144. Basia Bulat - "The Shore - The Garden Version"
145. Beyoncé - "PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA"
146. Tanya Tagaq - "I Forgive Me"
147. Charlotte Adigéry - "It Hit Me"
148. MJ Lenderman - "Hangover Game"
149. trentemøller - "Like A Daydream"
150. Charlotte Adigéry - "Ich Mwen (with Christiane Adigéry)"
49 songs I like quite a bit:
151. Jenny Hval - "Year of Sky"
152. Big Thief - "Sparrow"
153. 40 Watt Sun - "Colours"
154. Charlotte Adigéry - "Thank You"
155. Alvvays - "Velveteen"
156. Madrugada - "Help Yourself To Me"
157. Judy Collins - "Spellbound"
158. Mary J. Blige - "Need Love (feat. Usher)"
159. Kristine Leschper - "Blue"
160. trentemøller - "In The Gloaming"
161. Tanya Tagaq - "Colonizer (Tundra Mix)"
162. RuPaul - "Catwalk (feat. Skeltal Ki)"
163. Alex G - "After All"
164. Plains - "Hurricane"
165. Fontaines D.C. - "Roman Holiday"
166. Shabason & Krgovich - "In The Middle Of The Day"
167. Superchunk - "Refracting"
168. Taylor Swift - "Maroon"
169. Yard Act - "Rich"
170. 40 Watt Sun - "Reveal"
171. Shabason & Krgovich - "Childhood McDonald's"
172. Taylor Swift - "Sweet Nothing"
173. Superchunk - "Endless Summer"
174. yeule - "Eyes"
175. MJ Lenderman - "Six Flags"
176. Sally Shapiro - "Dulcinea"
177. Plains - "Summer Sun"
178. Cate Le Bon - "Harbour"
179. MJ Lenderman - "Dan Marino"
180. glaive - "justlikeu4theimage"
181. Nicki Minaj - "Super Freaky Girl"
182. Plains - "Line of Sight"
183. Shabason & Krgovich - "Drinks At Scaramouche"
184. Band of Horses - "In Need of Repair"
185. Infected Rain - "Postmortem Pt. 1"
186. Shabason & Krgovich - "Soli"
187. Frank Turner - "Miranda"
188. Taylor Swift - "You're On Your Own, Kid"
189. Charli XCX - "Twice"
190. 2 Chainz - "10 Bracelets (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again)"
191. yeule - "Friendly Machine"
192. Sharon Van Etten - "Mistakes"
193. Frank Turner - "A Wave Across A Bay"
194. Nicki Minaj - "Bussin"
195. Taylor Swift - "Labyrinth"
196. $NOT - "Doja"
197. glaive - "stephany"
198. Ethel Cain - "Thoroughfare"
199. grentperez - "Cherry Wine"