The 2022 Year-End Albums Discussion Thread

[Barry 5,921]

I can't even remember a single album I listened to this year but the new Metro Boomin album out today its too good, I still have 5 songs left but it's by far better than anything else i've heard.

 

 

[Blue Rev 3,015]

Alvvays - 'Blue Rev'

Big Thief - 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You'

ROSALÍA - 'MOTOMAMI'

Alex G - 'God Save the Animals'

Weyes Blood - 'And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow'

Nilüfer Yanya - 'PAINLESS'

Ethel Cain - 'Preacher's Daughter'

Angel Olsen - 'Big Time'

Cate Le Bon - 'Pompeii'

Caroline Loveglow - 'Strawberry'

Fontaines D.C. - 'Skinty Fia'

Beach House - 'Once Twice Melody'

Destroyer - 'LABYRINTHITIS'

MJ Lenderman - 'Boat Songs'

Jockstrap - 'I Love You Jennifer B'

The Smile - 'A Light for Attracting Attention'

Horsegirl - 'Versions of Modern Performance'

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Cool It Down'

Tomberlin - 'i don't know who needs to hear this...'

Dry Cleaning - 'Stumpwork'

Black Country, New Road - 'Ants from Up There'

Björk - 'Fossora'

Shygirl - 'Nymph'

Carly Rae Jepsen - 'The Loneliest Time'

Soccer Mommy - 'Sometimes, Forever'

[ShadesOfFool 20,114]

Shit year for music 

[stupidapartmentcomplex 10,337]

the chokehold these 2022 albums have me in.. is it allowed to have 9 mothers

[Thunder Revenant 20,936]

2022 was an alright year for album releases! 

 

1. King Hannah - I'm not sorry, I was just being me

 

2. Warhaus - Ha Ha Heartbreak

 

3. Melody Gardot & Philippe Powell - Entre Eux Deux

 

4. Miynt - Lonely Beach

 

5. Widowspeak - The Jacket

 

6. Warpaint - Radiate Like This

 

7. Florence & The Machine - Dance Fever

 

8. Elysian Fields - Once Beautiful, Twice Removed

 

9. Tess Parks - And Those Who Were Seen Dancing

 

10. Beth Orton - Weather Alive

[rightofjupiter 16,521]

My top 10 most played for 2022, in order:

 

constant repeat- Charli baby

Baby- “

all up in your mind- Beyonce

Move me- Charli 

Saoko- rosalia

Easier than lying- halsey

lightning- charli

Bells in Santa Fe- halsey

2 die 4- tove lo

Lilith- halsey

charli, halsey, and Rosalia dominated my year but there’s also multiple gaga, beyonce, arca and tove lo appearances. Nicole dollanganger fall/winter obsession came too late to impact the list  much but I’ll bet 2023 has her at the top.

 

[LetTheLightln 1,486]

chloё and the next 20th century was definitely THE album for me. i loved FJM's work but this album is truly my favorite now. absolutely adore the sound and the rich orchestra.

and in the darkness hearts aglow - been listening to the title song obsessively for a few days after it came out, and i also have to listen to the rest more. love the writing, the themes and the overall aesthetic.

laurel hell - somehow haven't listened to it much besides working for the knife but i loved the kind of new direction of sound mitski took with it, she never stops experimenting. the lyrics though, especially on wftk... painfully relatable as usual 

[DCooper 36,860]

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

Beyoncé - Renaissance

Charli XCX - Crash

Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Florence and the Machine - Dance Fever

Father John Misty - Chloe and the Next 20th Century

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Tove Lo - Dirt Femme

Suki Waterhouse - I Can't Let Go

Beach House - Once Twice Melody

Zella Day - Sundays In Heaven

Taylor Swift - Midnights

Mitski - Laurel Hell

Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl

[shady 3,751]

19 hours ago, Urbanney said:

 

1. Slut Pop - Kim Petras
   • Call me a tasteless trashy gay all you want, but this album is everything I've been missing in pop music since the early 2010s ended: oversexualized bad bitch EDM anthem 

 

I've been getting my euro dance pop EDM trashy bimbo fix from that album cause I can't keep listening 2000s dance hits over and over, it makes me feel like a middle aged person who primarily listens to 80s hits. 

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,466]

3 minutes ago, shady said:

 

I've been getting my euro dance pop EDM trashy bimbo fix from that album cause I can't keep listening 2000s dance hits over and over, it makes me feel like a middle aged person who primarily listens to 80s hits. 

Yes exactly this! It makes me feel so empowered and confident it’s great for the gym. Helps me get those extra reps in while feeling like a bad bitch. I’m really craving more high energy empowering EDM like this. Growing up in that era made me think that there would be pop music like that forever. 

[AOK 1,159]

Best for me this year:

Skylar Grey - Skylar Grey

Tomberlin - i don't know who needs to hear this...

Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard

Dillon - 6abotage

Duster - Together

Disq - Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet

Broods - Space Island

[Glitter Boy 16,549]

My top 10 albums this year is probably as follows:

1. Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever
2. AURORA - The Gods We Can Touch
3. Skylar Grey - Skylar Grey
4. Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl
5. Taylor Swift - Midnights
6. Charli XCX - Crash
7. Giusy Ferreri - Cortometraggi
8. McKenna Michels - Enlightenment
9. FKA twigs - CAPRISONGS
10. Tove Lo - Dirt Femme

Honorable mentions to Bastille's Give Me the Future and Ava Max's Diamonds & Dancefloors, the latter being postponed to January but in my head it is 2022 so.

And I haven't listened yet to Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time, River Westin's The Honeymoon Suite and Björk's Fossora but I just KNOW they would make it to my top 10 so probably before the year ends I'll make it a top 15 to fit all these lmao.

[honey dew 11,741]

All the girls ran out of ideas this year. Not even bjork saved 2022

[Inferno Euphoria 6,493]

A lot of great projects came out this year, but here's my top 15 ranked:

1. Renaissance - Beyoncé

2. Sunday In Heaven - Zella Day

3. Dirt Femme - Tove Lo

4. Crash - Charli XCX

5. The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen

6. And In The Darkness - Weyes Blood

7. Slut Pop - Kim Petras

8. Dawn FM - The Weeknd

9. Motomami - Rosalia

10. The Runner - Boy Harsher

11. Laurel Hell - Mitski

12. Holy Fuck - Demi Lovato

13. Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama

14. Caprisongs - FKA twigs

15. Nymph - Shygirl

 

Albums I still need to listen to (might edit this later once I have):

The Gods We Can Touch - Aurora

Dance Fever - Florence + the Machine

Clearing - Hyd

American Gurl - Kilo Kish

Las Ruinas - Rico Nasty

Preacher's Daughter - Ethel Cain

Once Twice Melody - Beach House

Otherness - Alexisonfire

Midnights - Taylor Swift

Ants From Up There - Black Country New Road

Big Time - Angel Olsen

Sometimes, Forever - Soccer Mommy

Glitch Princess - Yeule

[star Iux 5,983]

Dawn FM was definitely my top album this year, the concept was so well-executed.

[the ocean 67,597]

i'm relistening to crash right now and i'm debating on bumping it up to changed my life tier especially since there's not a single bad song on the album and it's one of my favorite charli albums

but also hold the girl, preacher's daughter & renaissance are also complete behemoths that can incinerate anything in their paths and crash is just really really good standing next to them

edit: i guess crash is like it's own tier between changed my life & loved a lot because it feels more personally significant than the rest of the loved a lot tier but it also isn't literally culture shifting, this has changed the trajectory of my life and the way i see myself

[Wait For Life 16,746]

Maggie Lindemann - Suckerpunch

 

that's it

[bluechemtrails 26,555]

It's not my personal year-end list, but I went through https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/2022/1

and weighted the critic and user ratings equally, taking into account the number of ratings (the more ratings, the more stable the score)

 

Here's my result

1. Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road
2. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers  -  Kendrick Lamar
3. Hellfire  -  black midi
4. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You  -  Big Thief
5. And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow  -  Weyes Blood
6. Renaissance  -  Beyoncé
7. Cheat Codes  -  Black Thought & Danger Mouse
8. Motomami  -  Rosalia
9. A Light for Attracting Attention  -  The Smile
10. Melt My Eyez See Your Future  -  Denzel Curry

the full list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HYdhvfqYmxfTM8Dr29pYFyOlKZDT7gIU/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114071724603519969365&rtpof=true&sd=true

[blameitonme 15,648]

britney spears blackout 

[annedauphine 35,820]

Preacher's Daughter, Death Of A Fantasy, Girl Of My Dreams, are the ones that come to my mind instantly but that was an INSAAAANE year of music discovery for me