2022 in Review

Songs of the year

2022 Albums

Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
Ants From Up There	Black Country, New Road	★★★★★	97	Rock	Art Rock	Post Rock
The Forever Story	JID	★★★★	87	Hip-Hop
Diaspora Problems	Soul Glo	★★★★	87	Rock	Punk Rock	Post-Hardcore
Renaissance	Beyonce	★★★★	86	Pop	Dance Pop
Skinty Fia	Fontaines D.C.	★★★★	86	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
It’s Almost Dry	Pusha T	★★★★	85	Hip-Hop
SOS	SZA	★★★★	84	Hip-Hop	R&B
NO THANK YOU	Little Simz	★★★★	84	Hip-Hop
Cave World	Viagra Boys	★★★★	83	Rock	Punk Rock	Post Punk
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	Kendrick Lamar	★★★★	82	Hip-Hop
Expert In A Dying Field	The Beths	★★★★	82	Rock	Indie Rock	Jangle Pop
10	Westside Gunn	★★★½	79	Hip-Hop
$oul $old $eperately	Freddie Gibbs	★★★½	77	Hip-Hop
A Light For Attracting Attention	The Smile	★★★½	77	Rock	Alternative Rock
Crocodrillo Turbo	Action Bronson	★★★½	77	Hip-Hop
Cheat Codes	Danger Mouse, Black Thought	★★★½	75	Hip-Hop
RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART	Vince Staples	★★★½	74	Hip-Hop
King’s Disease III	Nas	★★★½	74	Hip-Hop
Midnights	Taylor Swift	★★★½	74	Pop	Indie Pop
CRASH	Charli XCX	★★★½	74	Pop	Dance Pop
Melt My Eyez See Your Future	Denzel Curry	★★★½	73	Hip-Hop
Hell Fire	black midi	★★★½	72	Rock
Lucifer On The Sofa	Spoon	★★★½	72	Rock	Alternative Rock	Indie Rock
I Never Liked You	Future	★★★	69	Hip-Hop
Blue Rev	Alvvays	★★★	67	Rock	Indie Pop	Deam Pop
I Know Nigo!	Nigo	★★★	67	Hip-Hop
Wet Leg	Wet Leg	★★★	67	Rock	Indie Pop
This Is A Photograph	Kevin Morby	★★★	67	Rock
Florist	Florist	★★★	67	Rock	Indie Pop
KISS THE RING	Rome Streetz	★★★	66	Hip-Hop
MUNA	MUNA	★★★	66	Pop	Indie Pop	Synthpop
Tana Talk 4	Benny The Butcher	★★★	66	Hip-Hop
God Save the Animals	Alex G	★★★	66	Rock	Indie Pop
Freakout/Release	Hot Chip	★★★	65	Rock
Once Twice Melody	Beach House	★★★	65	Rock
Asphalt Meadows	Death Cab For Cutie	★★★	65	Rock	Alternative Rock
Forever	Phife Dawg	★★★	64	Hip-Hop
Few Good Things	Saba	★★★	64	Hip-Hop
Alpha Zulu	Phoenix	★★★	63	Rock	Indie Pop	Synthpop
We	Arcade Fire	★★★	63	Rock	Chamber Pop
When the Wind Forgets Your Name	Built to Spill	★★★	62	Rock
Harry’s Room	Harry Styles	★★★	62	Pop	Pop Rock
I Love You Jennifer	Jockstrap	★★★	60	Pop
We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong	Sharon Van Etten	★★★	60	Pop
Nymph	Shygirl	★★½	58	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop
The Overload	Yard Act	★★½	57	Rock	Punk Rock
2000	Joey Bada$$	★★½	57	Hip-Hop
Special	Lizzo	★★½	57	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop
The Tipping Point	Tears for Fears	★★½	56	Pop	Pop Rock
Being Funny In A Foreign Language	The 1975	★★½	56	Rock	Pop Rock
Her Loss	Drake, 21 Savage	★★½	55	Hip-Hop
Too Muchh too Ask	Cheekface	★★½	55	Rock
Formentera	Metric	★★½	55	Rock
INTO THE BLUE	Broken Bells	★★½	55	Rock
CINCORIGINALS	Tobe Nwigwi	★★½	55	Hip-Hop
The Mars Volta	The Mars Volta	★★½	54	Rock
PAINLESS	Nilufer Yanya	★★½	54	Rock
Fossora	Bjork	★★½	54	Pop
Cool It Down	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	★★½	53	Rock
Drill Music in Zion	Lupe Fiasco	★★½	52	Hip-Hop
Heart Under	Just Mustard	★★½	51	Rock
The Car	Arctic Monkeys	★★½	50	Rock
Drip Season 4ever	Gunna	★★½	50	Hip-Hop
PAINLESS	Nilufer Yanya	★★½	50	Pop	Indie Pop
Dawn AM	The Weeknd	★★	50	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop	Synthpop
Twelve Carat Roorhache	Post Malone	★★	48	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop
Come Home The Kids Miss You	Jack Harlow	★★	48	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop
Donda 2	Kanye West	★★	47	Hip-Hop
Unlimited Love	Red Hot Chili Peppers	★★	43	Rock	Alternative Rock
LP3	Hippo Campus	★★	41	Pop	Indie Pop
Honestly, Nevermind	Drake	★	24	Pop	Pop Hip-Hop

50 Best Songs

The Place Where He Inserted the Blade – Black County, New Road
Simulation Swarm – Big Thief
Crack Sandwich – JID
Pana-vision – The Smile
Silent Hill – Kendrick Lamar, Kodak Black
Jackie Down The Line – Fontaines D.C.
Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths
BREAK MY SOUL – Beyonce
Shootouts In Soho – Westhouse Gunn, A$AP Rocky, Stove God Cooks
Come On, Let’s Go – Tyler the Creator, Nigo
Call My Bluff – Pusha T
WHEN SPARKS FLY – Vince Staples
Driponomics – Soul Glo, Mother Maryrose
Good Will Hunting – Black Country, New Road
Walkin – Denzel Curry
Dance Now – JID, Kenny Mason
Tonight – Phoenix, Ezra Koenig
As It Was – Harry Styles
Free Yourself – Jessie Ware
The Devil & Mister Jones – Spoon
CUFF IT – Beyonce
Bad Habit – Gemini Rights
Kill Bill – SZA
Sweet Nothing – Taylor Swift
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings – The Smile
Roman Holiday – Fontaines D.C.
Heavy Heart – Bartees Strange
Not Alone – Hot Chip
All The Good Times – Angel Olsen
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
WATERBOYZ – Earthgang, JID, J. Cole
Gonna Lose – Built to Spill
Belinda Says – Alvvays
No Interviews – Lil Durk
Basketball Shoes – Black Country, New Road
Runner – Alex G
Michael & Quincy – Nas
Raydar – JID
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole) – Arcade Fire
About Damn Time – Lizzo
A Hairdryer – The Smile
Come My Way – Saba,Krayzie Bone
We Want Revenge – Soul Glo
American Teenager – Ethel Cain
Silhouette – Little Simz
Mother I Sober – Kendrick Lamar, Beth Gibbons
Estaciones – Action Bronson, Hologram
Here to Forever – Death Cab for Cutie
Hours In Silence – Drake, 21 Savage
When All Other Lights Go Out – Ben Quad

Genre Highlights

Rock

Hip-Hop

Pop

2022 Albums

50 Best Songs

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