The best albums of 2022 (update July 31)
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:
Orville Peck: Bronco
Bob Vylan: Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
Bonobo: Fragments
70 - Working Men’s Club: Fear Fear - 73,9 (77,6 / 10)
Highlights: Ploys – Widow – Circumference
Synthpop
69 - Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive – 74,0 (74,9 / 18)
Highlights: A Tip from You to Me – A Madman from Manhattan – A Tree on Fire from Within
Singer-Songwriter
68 - 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
67 - Beabadoobee: Beatopia - 74,1 (72,8 / 25)
Highlights: Talk – 10:36 – See You Soon
Indie Pop
66 - Charli XCX: Crash - 74,2 (73,5 / 23)
Highlights: Good Ones – Beg for You - Lightning
Dance Pop
65 - Saba: Few Good Things – 74,3 (77,6 / 11)
Highlights: Fearmonger - Survivor’s Guilt - Few Good Things
Conscious Hip Hop
64 - Katy J Pearson: Sound Of The Morning - 74,3 (78,3 / 9)
Highlights: Alligator – Float – Willow’s Song
Singer-Songwriter
63 - Rammstein: Zeit – 74,6 (76,6 / 15)
Highlights: Zeit – Armee der Tristen – Zick Zack
Industrial Metal
62 - Caroline: Caroline - 74,7 (77,4 / 13)
Highlights: Good Morning (Red) – Iwr – Skydiving onto the Library Roof
Post-Rock
61 - 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
60 - Animal Collective: Time Skiffs - 74,9 (72,2 / 29)
Highlights: Prester John - Dragon Slayer - Walker
Psychedelic Pop
59 - Perfume Genius: Ugly Season – 75,0 (73,3 / 26)
Highlights: Pop Song – Eye in the Wall - Photograph
Art Pop
58 - Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity - 75,1 (78,5 / 11)
Highlights: All That You Want – Protection from Evil – 17 18 19
Afro-Funk
57 - 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
56 - Arcade Fire: WE - 75,3 (72,0 / 31)
Highlights: Age of Anxiety I – The Lightning II – Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
Art Rock
55 - FKA Twigs: Caprisongs – 75,4 (75,0 / 22)
Highlights: tears in the club - meta angel - darjeeling
Alternative R&B
54 - Jamie T: The Theory Of Whatever - 75,7 (79,4 / 10)
Highlights: The Old Style Raiders – Between the Rocks – A Million & One New Ways to Die
Indie Rock
53 - Daniel Rossen: You Belong There – 75,8 (76,3 / 17)
Highlights: It’s a Passage – Shadow in the Frame – Unpeopled Space
Progressive Folk
52 - Paolo Nutini: Last Night In The Bittersweet - 76,1 (79,8 / 10)
Highlights: Through the Echoes – Radio – Shine a Light
Blue-eyed Soul
51 - Wilco: Cruel Country - 76,3 (77,3 / 18)
Highlights: Cruel Country – Darkness Is Cheap – Many Worlds
Alt-Country
50 Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever – 76,5 (75,5 / 24)
Highlights: Free – Dream Girl Evil - Cassandra
Alternative Rock
49 - Syd: Broken Hearys Club - 76,5 (81,1 / 7)
Highlights: Getting Late – Fast Car - CYBAH
Contemporary R&B
48 - Stromae: Multitude – 76,5 (79,2 / 13)
Highlights: Santé - L’enfer – La solassitude
Dance Pop
47 - 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
46 - 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
45 - Alt-J: The Dream – 77,4 (75,4 / 27)
Highlights: U&ME – Hard Drive Gold – Get Better
Art Pop
44 - Jenny Hval: Classic Objects – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Year of Love – Jupiter - American Coffee
Art Pop
43 - Harry Styles: Harry's House – 77,5 (7623 / 25)
Highlights: As It Was – Late Night Talking – Satellite
Synthpop
42 - Kae Tempest: The Line Is A Curve – 77,7 (79,0 / 17)
Highlights: No Prizes – Salt Coast – More Pressure
Conscious Hip Hop
41 - Nova Twins: Supernova – 77,7 (81,7 / 9)
Highlights: Antagonist – Cleopatra – Choose Your Fighter
Rap Rock
40 - Tomberlin: i dont know who needs to hear this… - 77,7 (80,1 / 14)
Highlights: happy accident – easy - idkwntht
Singer-Songwriter
39 - Aurora: The Gods We Can Touch - 77,9 (78,2 / 20)
Highlights: Exist for Love – Giving In To the Love – Everything Matters
Folk Pop
38 - Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance - 77,9 (77,3 / 23)
Highlights: Billy – Anti-Glory – Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)
Indie Rock
37 - Nina Nastasia: Riderless Horse - 78,1 (82,7 / 7)
Highlights: This Is Love – Trust - Afterwards
Singer-Songwriter
36 - Pusha T: It's Almost Dry – 78,2 (79,5 / 17)
Highlights: Diet Coke – Neck & Wrist – Dreaming of the Past
Hardcore Hip Hop
35 - Earl Sweatshirt: SICK! - 78,3 (78,7 / 20)
Highlights: Tabula Rasa – 2010 – God Laughs
Abstract Hip Hop
34 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: Life On Earth – 78,5 (80,9 / 14)
Highlights: Rhododendron – Pierced Arrows – Wolves
Singer-Songwriter
33 - Shamir: Heterosexuality - 78,9 (80,9 / 15)
Highlights: Cisgender – Abomination - Stability
Indie Rock
32 - Let's Eat Grandma: Two Ribbons – 79,1 (78,7 / 22)
Highlights: Levitation – Insect Loop – Happy New Year
Electropop
31 - Nilüfer Yanya: Painless - 79,1 (76,8 / 28)
Highlights: Midnight Sun - Stabilise – The Dealer
Indie Rock
30 - MUNA: MUNA – 79,2 (82,2 / 18)
Highlights: Silk Chiffon – Anything But Me – Home by Now
Synthpop
29 - Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future – 79,2 (82,2 / 12)
Highlights: Walkin – Zatoichi – The Last
Conscious Hip Hop
28- Destroyer: Labyrinthitis – 79,3 (80,3 / 18)
Highlights: It Takes a Thief – Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread - June
Art Pop
27 - 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
26 - Aldous Harding: Warm Chris – 79,4 (77,1 / 28)
Highlights: Lawn – Fever – Tick Tock
Singer-Songwriter
25 - Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever – 79,9 (77,6 / 28)
Highlights: Shotgun - Bones – With U
Indie Rock
24 - 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
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 - Florist: Florist - 80,2 (84,5 / 8)
Highlights: Red Bird, Pt. 2 (Morning) – Dandelion – Sci-fi Silence
Singer-Songwriter
20 - Black Midi: Hellfire - 80,3 (79,7 / 23)
Highlights: Welcome to Hell – Sugar/ Tzu - Still
Avant-Prog
19 - Ethel Cain: Preacher’s Daughter – 80,5 (83,8 / 11)
Highlights: American Teenager – Hard Times - Gibson Girl
Singer-Songwriter
18 - 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
17 - Cate Le Bon: Pompeii – 80,6 (78,9 / 26)
Highlights: Running Away - Harbour - Moderation
Art Pop
16 - Just Mustard: Heart Under – 80,7 (82,1 / 17)
Highlights: Still – Seed – In Shade
Shoegaze
15 - Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems - 80,8 (85,4 / 7)
Highlights: Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!) ((By the Future)) – Driponomics – Coming
Hardcore Punk
14 - The Weeknd: Dawn FM - 80,8 (79,4 / 25)
Highlights: How Do I Make You Love Me – Take My Breath - Sacrifice
Synthpop
13 - Viagra Boys: Cave World – 81,3 (81,3 / 21)
Highlights: Troglodyte – Baby Criminal - The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis
Dance Punk
12 - Yard Act: The Overload – 81,6 (79,6 / 27)
Highlights: The Overload – Payday – Pour Another
Post-Punk
11 - Beach House: Once Twice Melody - 81,7 (79,7 / 27)
Highlights: Superstar – Masquerade – Through Me
Dream Pop
10 - Wet Leg: Wet Leg - 81,8 (78,8 / 30)
Highlights: Chaise Lounge - Wet Dream - Angelica
Indie Rock
09 - 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
08 - 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
07 - Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia - 83,6 (81,9 / 26)
Highlights: Jackie Down the Line - I Love You - Skinty Fia
Post-Punk
06 - Rosalía: Motomami – 84,0 (84,0 / 21)
Highlights: La fama – Saoko – Delirio de grandeza
Neoperreo
05 - Angel Olsen: Big Time - 84,3 (82,0 / 28)
Highlights: Big Time – This Is How It Works – Ghost On
Alt-Country
04 - Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You – 85,0 (82,0 / 30)
Highlights: Little Things – Simulation Swarm – Change
Art Pop
03 - Beyoncé: Renaissance - 86,3 (85,6 / 23)
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 (13) July 31
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MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
Last edited by Otisredding on Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:59 am, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
71 - Momma: Household Name - 73,9 (77,2 / 11)
72 - Orville Peck: Bronco - 73,8 (76,1 / 14)
73 - Bob Vylan: Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life - 73,8 (78,1 / 8)
74 - Bonobo: Fragments - 73,8 (72,4 / 25)
75 - Burial: Antidawn EP - 73,7 (76,4 / 13)
76 - Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves - 73,7 (72 / 26)
77 - Dehd: Blue Skies - 73,6 (77,6 / 9)
78 - Bartees Strange: Farm To Table - 73,5 (75,5 / 15)
79 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If - 73,5 (75,2 / 16)
80 - Ghost: Impera - 73,3 (75,9 / 13)
81 - Sea Power: Everything Was Forever - 73,2 (75,8 / 13)
82 - Placebo: Never Let Me Go - 73,0 (72,6 / 22)
83 - The Weather Station: How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - 72,9 (73,6 / 19)
84 - Warpaint: Radiate Like This - 72,9 (73,2 / 20)
85 - Bad Bunny: Un verano sin ti - 72,8 (77,1 / 8)
86 - Joan Shelley: The Spur - 72,8 (77,4 / 7)
87 - Superchunk: Wild Loneliness - 72,7 (75,7 / 12)
88 - Craig Finn: A Legacy Of Rentals - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
89 - Maggie Rogers: Surrender - 72,7 (74,0 / 17)
90 - Zola Jesus: Arkhon - 72,7 (74,0 / 17)
91 - PUP: The Unraveling Of Puptheband - 72,6 (75,2 / 13)
92 - Cat Power: Covers - 72,6 (72,2 / 22)
93 - Orlando Weeks: Hop Up - 72,5 (76,9 / 8)
94 - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Endless Rooms - 72,5 (74,2 / 16)
95 - Everything Everything: Raw Data Feel - 72,5 (75,2 / 13)
96 - Metric: Formentera - 72,4 (74,1 / 16)
97 - Koffee: Gifted - 72,3 (76,3 / 9)
98 - Anaïs Mitchell: Anaïs Mitchell - 72,2 (76,2 / 9)
99 - Wu-Lu: Loggerhead - 72,2 (75,2 / 12)
100 - Röyksopp: Profound Mysteries - 72,1 (74,4 / 14)
101 - Hatchie: Giving The World Away - 72,0 (73,6 / 16)
102 - Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights - 71,8 (75,1 / 11)
103 - Tears For Fears: The Tripping Point - 71,7 (72,7 / 18)
104 - Amber Mark: Three Dimensions Deep - 71,7 (73,3 / 16)
105 - Kelly Lee Owens: LP.8 - 71,6 (72,2 / 19)
106 - Belle And Sebastian: A Bit Of Previous - 71,5 (71,5 / 21)
107 - Boris: W - 71,4 (74,7 / 11)
108 - A Place to Bury Strangers: See Through You - 71,3 (74,6 / 11)
109 - The Linda Lindas: Growing Up - 71,1 (72,8 / 16)
110 - Foals: Life Is Yours - 71,1 (71,4 / 20)
111 - Alice Glass: Prey//IV - 70,7 (71,7 / 18)
112 - Grace Cummings: Storm Queen - 70,6 (74,3 / 10)
113 - SOAK: If I Never Know You Like This Again - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
114 - Midlake: For The Sake Of Bethel Woods - 70,5 (74,2 / 10)
115 - Sunflower Bean: Headful Of Sugar - 70,4 (73,7 / 11)
116 - Ty Segall: Hello, Hi - 70,3 (74,3 / 9)
117 - Calexico: El Mirador - 70,3 (74,6 / 8)
118 - Pillow Queens: Leave The Light On - 70,2 (74,9 / 7)
Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
Thanks!
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Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
#4 missing?
Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
Big Thief is 4th and Angel Olsen is 5th, you can see both Angel Olsen's and Rosalia's albums have mistakenly the same ranking.
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Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
Im actually surprised that Entering Heaven alive is better recieved by Critics because across the entire internet fans seem to like Fear of The Dawn more
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Re: MCCh 2022 (13) July 31
With 8 new entries this update is particularly massive, although the week extra of waiting might have something to do with it. Consequently, that would mean next update would be small, unless this very week turns out to get a lot of highly reviewed releases. Anyway, here is the playlist:
I'm kind of surprised that Lizzo isn't even ranking in the below-the-line entries. I know her new one didn't get as much praise as the previous one, but it still seemed well-regarded.
I'm kind of surprised that Lizzo isn't even ranking in the below-the-line entries. I know her new one didn't get as much praise as the previous one, but it still seemed well-regarded.
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