Okay, but 'Whatever the Weather' was really good.
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100 Best Albums of 2022 (Rolling Stone)
75 Best Albums of 2022 (Mojo)
51 Best Albums of 2022 (Gigwise)
50 Best Albums of 2022 (Billboard, Complex, Far Out, NPR, Pitchfork)
33 Best Albums of 2022 (The Ringer)
25 Best Albums of 2022 (Esquire)
22 Best Albums of 2022 (OkayPlayer)
20 Best Albums of 2022 (LA Times, Ann Powers)
10 Best Albums of 2022 (The Atlantic, Time, Vulture)
More album of the year lists: Aquarium Drunkard (indie-leaning), Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn Vegan, Glide (jazz), Gramophone (classical), Holler (country/Americana/roots), Kerrang! (rock/heavy-leaning), KEXP (listener-voted), NPR (classical), Paste, Resident Advisor (electronic-leaning), Wire
75 Best Albums of 2022 (Mojo)
51 Best Albums of 2022 (Gigwise)
50 Best Albums of 2022 (Billboard, Complex, Far Out, NPR, Pitchfork)
33 Best Albums of 2022 (The Ringer)
25 Best Albums of 2022 (Esquire)
22 Best Albums of 2022 (OkayPlayer)
20 Best Albums of 2022 (LA Times, Ann Powers)
10 Best Albums of 2022 (The Atlantic, Time, Vulture)
More album of the year lists: Aquarium Drunkard (indie-leaning), Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn Vegan, Glide (jazz), Gramophone (classical), Holler (country/Americana/roots), Kerrang! (rock/heavy-leaning), KEXP (listener-voted), NPR (classical), Paste, Resident Advisor (electronic-leaning), Wire
YOU WON'T BELIEVE #17
posted by slogger at 12:46 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by slogger at 12:46 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm a bit of music junkie and this year has been the worst in terms of lists containing, at most, 1-3 albums I recognize. While it's nice to find a bunch of new tunes, I'm definitely feeling a tad out of touch as I inch closer to 40 years old.
Edit: even the extreme metal lists, which concern my primary genre of focus.
posted by Dark Messiah at 12:55 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
Edit: even the extreme metal lists, which concern my primary genre of focus.
posted by Dark Messiah at 12:55 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
On the RS list, I've listened to Mitski, Angel Olsen, King Princess, Pusha T, Taylor Swift... I might be missing something. That list was published before SZA's SOS was released, which is a bummer.
posted by box at 12:56 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by box at 12:56 PM on December 20, 2022
Again Nickelback (Get Rollin') overlooked.
posted by Metro Gnome at 12:57 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Metro Gnome at 12:57 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
(Bandcamp is also starting to push out best-of-2022 lists.)
posted by box at 1:05 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 1:05 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
A few thoughts on the Rolling Stone list:
Wilco at #41 is basically objectively correct (saying this as a long-time Wilco fan).
The Beths are a New Zealand band playing indie-guitar pop. They're worth a listen.
Wet Leg are probably the album of the year, at least in the indie-rock/pop space.
Fontaines DC also worth a listen for punk/post-punk fans.
Big Thief are way too low, that album is fantastic.
There's a few artists I like where I'm not seeing the love for their latest albums (Kendrick, Alvvays).
Way too much here that I don't recognise. Some artists I like but didn't even realise they had albums out (Kurt Vile, Pusha T).
posted by Pink Frost at 1:06 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
Wilco at #41 is basically objectively correct (saying this as a long-time Wilco fan).
The Beths are a New Zealand band playing indie-guitar pop. They're worth a listen.
Wet Leg are probably the album of the year, at least in the indie-rock/pop space.
Fontaines DC also worth a listen for punk/post-punk fans.
Big Thief are way too low, that album is fantastic.
There's a few artists I like where I'm not seeing the love for their latest albums (Kendrick, Alvvays).
Way too much here that I don't recognise. Some artists I like but didn't even realise they had albums out (Kurt Vile, Pusha T).
posted by Pink Frost at 1:06 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
Ctrl-F KEXP....good job, box!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:07 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:07 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I'm a bit of music junkie and this year has been the worst in terms of lists containing, at most, 1-3 albums I recognize. While it's nice to find a bunch of new tunes, I'm definitely feeling a tad out of touch as I inch closer to 40 years old.
Edit: even the extreme metal lists, which concern my primary genre of focus.
Yep. Same here. I'd heard of about 13 of the Rolling Stone list 100 bands. And Kerrang used to be a Metal magazine. I can't even tell what type of music they cover now.
The lists would be interesting if most of the bands didn't look so crappy.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:08 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
Edit: even the extreme metal lists, which concern my primary genre of focus.
Yep. Same here. I'd heard of about 13 of the Rolling Stone list 100 bands. And Kerrang used to be a Metal magazine. I can't even tell what type of music they cover now.
The lists would be interesting if most of the bands didn't look so crappy.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:08 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
While it's nice to find a bunch of new tunes, I'm definitely feeling a tad out of touch as I inch closer to 40 years old.
Oh, you sweet summer child...
posted by y2karl at 1:14 PM on December 20, 2022 [20 favorites]
Oh, you sweet summer child...
posted by y2karl at 1:14 PM on December 20, 2022 [20 favorites]
I'm definitely feeling a tad out of touch as I inch closer to 40 years old.
I'm fifty-eight, have heard one album on the list, have heard of maybe five, have heard of maybe ten of the artists. You get used to it. It's fine. There are at least ten albums that came out this year that I like a lot, five of those I'll be listening to for years to come, and that seems like a pretty good year. It's just that they don't end up on lists like this (except that one, I guess).
posted by Grangousier at 1:14 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm fifty-eight, have heard one album on the list, have heard of maybe five, have heard of maybe ten of the artists. You get used to it. It's fine. There are at least ten albums that came out this year that I like a lot, five of those I'll be listening to for years to come, and that seems like a pretty good year. It's just that they don't end up on lists like this (except that one, I guess).
posted by Grangousier at 1:14 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
Oh, you sweet summer child...
Time gets us all eventually, but I'm still the guy scouring the Metal Archives releases list for new stuff. I figured this feeling was at least 5-10 years away! I easily listen to a hundred albums a year.
posted by Dark Messiah at 1:19 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
Time gets us all eventually, but I'm still the guy scouring the Metal Archives releases list for new stuff. I figured this feeling was at least 5-10 years away! I easily listen to a hundred albums a year.
posted by Dark Messiah at 1:19 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
It seems that as I get older, my age becomes a number that is inversely proportional to the number of names I recognize on these lists.
I don't tend to have the same issue with the "top X of the decade" lists. So that made me start to wonder if somebody out there has compiled a cross reference of the annual "top X" album lists and then compares them them to the "top 100 of the Decade/Century/whatever" lists that are published by the same site. I'd be curious to see how many of the annual top 10 albums don't age well enough to make it to the longer term rollup lists, of if it is just a case that the really good stuff tends to have more of a slow burn effect where it gets better with each listen.
One more to add to the pile: The KEXP DJ's list: https://www.kexp.org/read/2022/12/8/kexp-djs-top-albums-of-2022/
posted by SegFaultCoreDump at 1:36 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I don't tend to have the same issue with the "top X of the decade" lists. So that made me start to wonder if somebody out there has compiled a cross reference of the annual "top X" album lists and then compares them them to the "top 100 of the Decade/Century/whatever" lists that are published by the same site. I'd be curious to see how many of the annual top 10 albums don't age well enough to make it to the longer term rollup lists, of if it is just a case that the really good stuff tends to have more of a slow burn effect where it gets better with each listen.
One more to add to the pile: The KEXP DJ's list: https://www.kexp.org/read/2022/12/8/kexp-djs-top-albums-of-2022/
posted by SegFaultCoreDump at 1:36 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
Too much, man.
I like to pick one album and listen to it all year. This year, it was "Promises" by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. It came out last year, actually.
posted by vverse23 at 1:43 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
I like to pick one album and listen to it all year. This year, it was "Promises" by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. It came out last year, actually.
posted by vverse23 at 1:43 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
Ten albums I listened to a lot this year:
The Lifted Index - Heat Shade
Gloria de Olivera and Dean Hurley - Oceans of Time
Angel Olsen - Big Time
Jeff Parker - Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
Plains - I Walked With You a Ways
Portico Quartet - Terrain (Extended)
Suss - Suss
Warmth - Linger
The Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow
posted by box at 1:52 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
The Lifted Index - Heat Shade
Gloria de Olivera and Dean Hurley - Oceans of Time
Angel Olsen - Big Time
Jeff Parker - Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
Plains - I Walked With You a Ways
Portico Quartet - Terrain (Extended)
Suss - Suss
Warmth - Linger
The Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow
posted by box at 1:52 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I have heard of some of these artists, but not many. Haven't heard any of the actual music as far as I know.
I'm completely happy supporting indie artists on Bandcamp, in the niche genres that I like.
posted by Foosnark at 1:55 PM on December 20, 2022
I'm completely happy supporting indie artists on Bandcamp, in the niche genres that I like.
posted by Foosnark at 1:55 PM on December 20, 2022
Here's my best of 2022 list. I haven't written the descriptions for my blog yet.
- Lorna Shore, Pain Remains
- Allegaeon, Damnum
- Worm Shepherd, Ritual Hymns
- Dangermouse x Black Thought, Cheat Codes
- Saor, Origins
- Falls of Rauros, Key to a Vanishing Future
- Denzel Curry, Melt My Eyez See Your Future
- Hath, All That Was Promised
- Extinction AD, Culture of Violence
- Owls Woods Graves, Secret Spies of the Horned Patrician
- Polyphia, Remember That You Will Die
- Ingested, Ashes Lie Still
- Meshuggah, Immutable
- Charli XCX, Crash
- JID, The Forever Story
Aquarium Drunkard does good work. They have my kind of list.
posted by Liquidwolf at 2:08 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by Liquidwolf at 2:08 PM on December 20, 2022
This is the only "new" album I bought this year, so I guess it's #1 on my list!
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:13 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:13 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I metaphorically wore the the grooves out of Wet Leg this year, so I was glad to see it at the top of the KEXP list (one of the few lists i'm likely to pay attention to).
I'm 59 and just no longer have the time to really take deep dives into new music the way I might have, but I do enjoy Pandora because I can enter a band like Wet Leg and be turned on to new music by the YYY's, the Beth's, the Linda Lindas and a bunch of other lady punkers that I might never have found otherwise.
Also, the Youtube algorithm has provided me with countless hours of original ska, rocksteady and dubstep, Japanese math/postrock and obscure psychedelic and prog rock.
I've had a great year exploring awesome new to me music while only hearing of maybe a third of the bands on these lists.
posted by OHenryPacey at 2:20 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm 59 and just no longer have the time to really take deep dives into new music the way I might have, but I do enjoy Pandora because I can enter a band like Wet Leg and be turned on to new music by the YYY's, the Beth's, the Linda Lindas and a bunch of other lady punkers that I might never have found otherwise.
Also, the Youtube algorithm has provided me with countless hours of original ska, rocksteady and dubstep, Japanese math/postrock and obscure psychedelic and prog rock.
I've had a great year exploring awesome new to me music while only hearing of maybe a third of the bands on these lists.
posted by OHenryPacey at 2:20 PM on December 20, 2022 [3 favorites]
Oh hey, I just did my top ten. As follows:
Wet Leg—s/t
Beyonce—Renaissance
Sudan Archives—Natural Brown Prom Queen
Danger Mouse/Black Thought—Cheat Codes
MJ Lenderman—Boat Songs
Horsegirl—Versions of Modern Performance
Fontaines DC—Skinty Fia
Cate LeBon—Pompeii
Alvvays—Blue Rev
Kendrick Lamar—Mr Morale & the Big Steppers
Honorable mentions: Wombo—Fairy Rust, Soul Glo—Diaspora Problems, Plains/Waxahatchee—I Walked with you a Ways, Nilufer Yanya—Painless, Drug Church—Hygeine, Daphni—Cherry, billy woods—Aethiopes, Special Interest—Endure, Bad Bunny—Un Verano Sin Ti, Arctic Monkeys—The Car
posted by thivaia at 2:44 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
Wet Leg—s/t
Beyonce—Renaissance
Sudan Archives—Natural Brown Prom Queen
Danger Mouse/Black Thought—Cheat Codes
MJ Lenderman—Boat Songs
Horsegirl—Versions of Modern Performance
Fontaines DC—Skinty Fia
Cate LeBon—Pompeii
Alvvays—Blue Rev
Kendrick Lamar—Mr Morale & the Big Steppers
Honorable mentions: Wombo—Fairy Rust, Soul Glo—Diaspora Problems, Plains/Waxahatchee—I Walked with you a Ways, Nilufer Yanya—Painless, Drug Church—Hygeine, Daphni—Cherry, billy woods—Aethiopes, Special Interest—Endure, Bad Bunny—Un Verano Sin Ti, Arctic Monkeys—The Car
posted by thivaia at 2:44 PM on December 20, 2022 [4 favorites]
I had never heard of (or heard) Wet Leg. And now I have.
Thank you!
Meanwhile:
Wilco at #41 is basically objectively correct
"Basically Objectively Correct" is the name of Wilco's next album....
posted by chavenet at 3:08 PM on December 20, 2022 [6 favorites]
Thank you!
Meanwhile:
Wilco at #41 is basically objectively correct
"Basically Objectively Correct" is the name of Wilco's next album....
posted by chavenet at 3:08 PM on December 20, 2022 [6 favorites]
I love these lists because I drive a lot and working my way through the lists is a great way to pass the time learning about new music that I love and promptly forget about.
posted by goatdog at 3:08 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by goatdog at 3:08 PM on December 20, 2022
A lot of great music was released this year but the only 2022 album I think I'm going to remember a decade from now is Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain.
posted by zymil at 3:16 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by zymil at 3:16 PM on December 20, 2022
More, mostly jazz:
Dezron Douglas - Atalaya
Florist - Florist
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Beth Orton - Weather Alive
Pan-American - The Patience Fader
Tyshawn Sorey - The Off-Off-Broadway Guide to Synergism
Daniel Villareal - Panama 77
Reissues of note:
Albert Ayler - Revelations
Karen Dalton - Shuckin' Sugar
William Parker - Universal Tonality
Sigur Ros- ()
Charles Stepney - Step by Step
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Super Deluxe
posted by box at 3:20 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
Dezron Douglas - Atalaya
Florist - Florist
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Beth Orton - Weather Alive
Pan-American - The Patience Fader
Tyshawn Sorey - The Off-Off-Broadway Guide to Synergism
Daniel Villareal - Panama 77
Reissues of note:
Albert Ayler - Revelations
Karen Dalton - Shuckin' Sugar
William Parker - Universal Tonality
Sigur Ros- ()
Charles Stepney - Step by Step
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Super Deluxe
posted by box at 3:20 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
Danger Mouse/Black Thought—Cheat Codes
Yes! Cheat Codes is brilliant and I didn't even know about it until ~3 months after it came out but it's been in heavy rotation for the last couple of months.
posted by juv3nal at 3:26 PM on December 20, 2022
Yes! Cheat Codes is brilliant and I didn't even know about it until ~3 months after it came out but it's been in heavy rotation for the last couple of months.
posted by juv3nal at 3:26 PM on December 20, 2022
No Soul Glo???!?
posted by MisantropicPainforest at 4:18 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by MisantropicPainforest at 4:18 PM on December 20, 2022
The KCRW DJs tied Kendrick Lamar and Wet Leg at #1 for their 22 best albums of 2022, but their later inclusions of Stromae's Multitude, Thee Sacred Souls, and the honorable mention of all five free SAULT albums really elevates the list for me. They've got a ton of other fun lists too, including the top 30 most played songs arranged alphabetically if you want smaller bites.
posted by sigmagalator at 4:32 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by sigmagalator at 4:32 PM on December 20, 2022
11? Is that good? I don't even know. I'm 48 so probably? I've heard songs from around 20 or them.
The KEXP list just reminded me there's a Phoenix and a Bjork and a Sudan Archives to listen to and I need to stop listening to Wet Leg and Khruangbin all the time.
posted by fiercekitten at 5:00 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
The KEXP list just reminded me there's a Phoenix and a Bjork and a Sudan Archives to listen to and I need to stop listening to Wet Leg and Khruangbin all the time.
posted by fiercekitten at 5:00 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I guess I hit "that" age.
I recognized the names of only 13 of the artists in this list. I do not own a single song, let alone album on this list. That's depressing, considering I own upwards of a thousand LPs and CDs, and have been an active music listener for my entire life...how sad.
Guess I'd better get a stick and chase the kids off my lawn now.
posted by Chuffy at 5:23 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I recognized the names of only 13 of the artists in this list. I do not own a single song, let alone album on this list. That's depressing, considering I own upwards of a thousand LPs and CDs, and have been an active music listener for my entire life...how sad.
Guess I'd better get a stick and chase the kids off my lawn now.
posted by Chuffy at 5:23 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I generally have a couple of hours most mornings where I can listen to music so if I read a positive review of something I'll give it a listen or just check the new albums section on my music app and see if there's something new from an act I know. I don't give the albums a lot of time to grow on my though so if after 1-2 listens it doesn't stick I'm on to the next one or just whatever playlist the algorithm feeds me. I also have about 45 minutes on my commute home when I listen to music but I'm on my bicycle then so it's strictly stuff that I like and that's at a fast tempo or is high energy to help push my home faster. I only listed to a dozen of the albums on the Rolling Stone List but got about half of the Mojo one.
I downloaded the Wet Leg album and I listened to it but the only two songs I can remember off of it are Chaise Longue and Wet Dream. It was a fun album but I wouldn't put it as my top of the year. My top album of the year would be This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby but Crawler by Idles came out in November 2021 and would easily be my pick if it had come out a couple of months later. I've apparently streamed about 560 hours of music this year and 50 hours of that was Idles. Not all Crawler, but a big chunk for sure.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:43 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I downloaded the Wet Leg album and I listened to it but the only two songs I can remember off of it are Chaise Longue and Wet Dream. It was a fun album but I wouldn't put it as my top of the year. My top album of the year would be This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby but Crawler by Idles came out in November 2021 and would easily be my pick if it had come out a couple of months later. I've apparently streamed about 560 hours of music this year and 50 hours of that was Idles. Not all Crawler, but a big chunk for sure.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:43 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I really don't have the brain capacity or time to sort through a lot of new music these days, which I admit is unfortunate. I'm sure that tons of great music was released this year. Someone here mentioned Wet Leg in the spring, and I actually listened to them. I'm so glad I did. I'm generally allergic to earnest music (this may be personal failing), and Wet Leg managed to hit the sweet spot between ridiculous, sardonic, sarcastic, yet often sincere that really appeals to me. I like their sense of humor and the fact they're generally not taking themselves seriously, which is really evident in their videos. The production is pretty impressive, too.
posted by mollweide at 5:57 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by mollweide at 5:57 PM on December 20, 2022
I don't do albums, but my favorite songs:
Hippo Campus - Bad Dream Baby dead pets and comments on Britney Spears. LOL.
Sam Fender - 17 Going Under I've heard other songs on the album, and they didn't grip me, but this one does.
Mitski - Should've Been Me I thought their last album was kind of boring, but this song is great. If you like Wet Leg, it's in the same vein.
Charles Wesley Godwin - Strong alt-country, basic tune about perseverance, which is my game, so it works for me.
Elvis Costello - Magnificent Hurt IMO, Elvis' best since he broke up the band.
Andrew Bird - Make a Picture I really love the melody.
Phoenix - Let's Roll I've always liked Phoenix, even though I think they, like KISS, lean to hard on repeating choruses to end songs, but this one is pretty smooth.
IMO, of the returners (Sting, Tears for Fears, Elvis) Tears for Fears was the worst, so they wouldn't make any top lists. Wilco's new song was pleasant, but not really tops. The Weeknd was fine too, and Kendrick Lamar has continued to be solid.
If I've heard more of the rest of the tops, I don't recall them.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:42 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
Hippo Campus - Bad Dream Baby dead pets and comments on Britney Spears. LOL.
Sam Fender - 17 Going Under I've heard other songs on the album, and they didn't grip me, but this one does.
Mitski - Should've Been Me I thought their last album was kind of boring, but this song is great. If you like Wet Leg, it's in the same vein.
Charles Wesley Godwin - Strong alt-country, basic tune about perseverance, which is my game, so it works for me.
Elvis Costello - Magnificent Hurt IMO, Elvis' best since he broke up the band.
Andrew Bird - Make a Picture I really love the melody.
Phoenix - Let's Roll I've always liked Phoenix, even though I think they, like KISS, lean to hard on repeating choruses to end songs, but this one is pretty smooth.
IMO, of the returners (Sting, Tears for Fears, Elvis) Tears for Fears was the worst, so they wouldn't make any top lists. Wilco's new song was pleasant, but not really tops. The Weeknd was fine too, and Kendrick Lamar has continued to be solid.
If I've heard more of the rest of the tops, I don't recall them.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:42 PM on December 20, 2022 [2 favorites]
I'll second the Kevin Morby album!
Bittersweet, Tennessee
This is a Photograph - the song exploder episode was quite good, too
posted by kaibutsu at 10:15 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
Bittersweet, Tennessee
This is a Photograph - the song exploder episode was quite good, too
posted by kaibutsu at 10:15 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]
I wasn't even aware that Danger Mouse and Black Thought released an album. Been drifting away from hip hop more and more. But man, this is wonderful. And they have DOOM!
posted by sapagan at 11:56 PM on December 20, 2022
posted by sapagan at 11:56 PM on December 20, 2022
Favourite albums of the year for me in no particular order.
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
Taylor Swift - Midnights
Time Wharp - Spiro World
Carla Dal Forno - Come Around
Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Tomu DJ - Half Moon Bay
Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
I think the tenth is either The 1975's Being Funny in a Foreign Language (strong singles, the rest has grown on me) or Pleasure Pool's great debut Love Without Illusion (only a fortnight old so too soon to say definitely).
There is always good music around, and TBH using an RSS reader is the best way I think to keep up. Algorithims help but they need new inputs. I've also always used new music as a framing for what to listen to. That's how I cut through the infinite choice personally.
posted by treblekicker at 6:03 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
Taylor Swift - Midnights
Time Wharp - Spiro World
Carla Dal Forno - Come Around
Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Tomu DJ - Half Moon Bay
Yumi Zouma - Present Tense
Hatchie - Giving the World Away
I think the tenth is either The 1975's Being Funny in a Foreign Language (strong singles, the rest has grown on me) or Pleasure Pool's great debut Love Without Illusion (only a fortnight old so too soon to say definitely).
There is always good music around, and TBH using an RSS reader is the best way I think to keep up. Algorithims help but they need new inputs. I've also always used new music as a framing for what to listen to. That's how I cut through the infinite choice personally.
posted by treblekicker at 6:03 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
The only knock I have on Danger Mouse / Black Thought is the mixing -- there's a wide disparity between tracks, and sometimes the vocals are a little low. Still, an infectious listen nonetheless.
posted by Dark Messiah at 8:13 AM on December 21, 2022
posted by Dark Messiah at 8:13 AM on December 21, 2022
I wore out #9 (JHope's Jack in the Box) this year. Like obsessively listening to it. I just love where Jhope is going so very much. I also listened to #17 (Megan), #30 (Syd), #37 (The Weeknd), and #91 (Lizzo) like I was being paid to do so.
Thanks for the list though because I need to add some new stuff to my playlists and this sounds like a great starting place.
posted by teleri025 at 8:22 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Thanks for the list though because I need to add some new stuff to my playlists and this sounds like a great starting place.
posted by teleri025 at 8:22 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
I guess I missed the moment when Rolling Stone turned into Pitchfork. Huh.
posted by yellowcandy at 10:02 AM on December 21, 2022
posted by yellowcandy at 10:02 AM on December 21, 2022
Thanks for the list though because I need to add some new stuff to my playlists and this sounds like a great starting place.
Yes, I love the year-end lists, not because I necessarily agree with the rankings or the arguments about which act deserves which spot in them, but it's a chance to give a listen to albums I may have missed and for me there isn't a huge opportunity cost in listening to an album I don't end up liking.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:22 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Yes, I love the year-end lists, not because I necessarily agree with the rankings or the arguments about which act deserves which spot in them, but it's a chance to give a listen to albums I may have missed and for me there isn't a huge opportunity cost in listening to an album I don't end up liking.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:22 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Another:
No Depression Readers’ 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022
High on my list this year:
Amanda Shires, Take it Like a Man
Big Thief, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Fantastic Negrito, White Jesus Black Problems
First Aid Kit, Palomino
John Mellencamp, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
Kevin Morby, This Is a Photograph
Midnight Oil, Resist
Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint This Town
Spoon, Lucifer on the Sofa
Tedeschi Trucks Band, I Am the Moon
posted by maurice at 12:26 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
No Depression Readers’ 50 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022
High on my list this year:
Amanda Shires, Take it Like a Man
Big Thief, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Fantastic Negrito, White Jesus Black Problems
First Aid Kit, Palomino
John Mellencamp, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
Kevin Morby, This Is a Photograph
Midnight Oil, Resist
Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint This Town
Spoon, Lucifer on the Sofa
Tedeschi Trucks Band, I Am the Moon
posted by maurice at 12:26 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
This has been a weird music year for me--the return of the commute has meant that I'm listening to full albums with headphones again, but I'm getting to that age where I'm just as likely to pick out a hard bop album from 1960 as I am something new. Also, while I can't objectively prove it, the absolute worst time to listen to Renaissance is at 6:30 in the morning at the start of a 90 minute ride to work.
Also I've gotten really serious about learning Spanish this year, so Spanish pop has been high on the list for me and introduced me to entire new genres. Loved Rosalia and Bad Bunny's albums; Julieta Venegas' new one is fantastic as well (much of which dribbled out as singles throughout the year). And while he may bemoan the algorithm, I'm deeply thankful to Spotify for introducing me to Jorge Drexler as well.
Alvvays' Blue Rev sounds to me like it came out in 2001 and they're opening for YLT tonight. I still haven't decided whether I love that or hate it yet. This is a Photograph has been in heavy rotation all year. Can't believe I've slept on the Big Thief album, and can't believe I found out about a Danger Mouse / Black Thought collab fifteen minutes ago.
posted by thecaddy at 2:22 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
Also I've gotten really serious about learning Spanish this year, so Spanish pop has been high on the list for me and introduced me to entire new genres. Loved Rosalia and Bad Bunny's albums; Julieta Venegas' new one is fantastic as well (much of which dribbled out as singles throughout the year). And while he may bemoan the algorithm, I'm deeply thankful to Spotify for introducing me to Jorge Drexler as well.
Alvvays' Blue Rev sounds to me like it came out in 2001 and they're opening for YLT tonight. I still haven't decided whether I love that or hate it yet. This is a Photograph has been in heavy rotation all year. Can't believe I've slept on the Big Thief album, and can't believe I found out about a Danger Mouse / Black Thought collab fifteen minutes ago.
posted by thecaddy at 2:22 PM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]
For posterity, here is my year-end list which ballooned up to 21 entries.
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