And our favourite 50 albums of 2022 are…
| 1-ROSALÍA Motomami (Columbia) |
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| 2-KENDRICK LAMAR Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Aftermath/Interscope) |
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| 3-BIG THIEF Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (4AD) |
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| 4-ALVVAYS Blue Rev (Celsius Girls/Transgressive) |
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| 5-BEYONCÉ RENAISSANCE (Parkwood/Columbia) |
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| 6-RACHIKA NAYAR Heaven Come Crashing (NNA Tapes) |
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| 7-SUDAN ARCHIVES Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw) |
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| 8-THE SMILE A Light For Attracting Attention (Self Help Tapes LLP/XL) |
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| 9-CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL Topical Dancer (Bounty & Banana/Because) |
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| 10-WEYES BLOOD And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop) |
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| 11-FLORIST Florist (Double Double Whammy) |
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| 12-PUSHA T It´s Almost Dry (G.O.O.D. Records) |
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| 13-DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes (BMG) |
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| 14-ROLLING BLACKOUTS C.F. Endless Rooms (Sub Pop) |
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| 15-PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM Reset (Domino) |
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| 16-MJ LENDERMAN Boat Songs (Dear Life Records) |
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| 17-ALDOUS HARDING Warm Chris (4AD) |
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| 18-VINCE STAPLES RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART (Blacksmith/Motown) |
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| 19-ANGEL OLSEN Big Time (Jagjaguwar) |
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| 20-SAULT 11/Earth/Untitled (God)/Today & Tomorrow/ Aiir/Air (Forever Living Originals) |
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| 21-BELLA UNION Once Twice Melody (Bella Union) |
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| 22-STROMAE Multitude (Mossaert) |
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| 23-SOUL GLO Diaspora Problems (Epitaph) |
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| 24-WET LEG Wet Leg (Domino) |
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| 25-CHARLI XCX CRASH (Asylum) |
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| 26-YEULE Glitch Princess (Bayonet) |
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| 27-JOCKSTRAP I Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade) |
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| 28-BAD BUNNY Un Verano Sin Tí (Rimas Entertainment) |
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| 29-THE WEEKND DAWN FM (Republic) |
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| 30-MITSKI Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans) |
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| 31-BJÖRK Fossora (One Little Independent) |
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| 32-THE REDS, PINKS & PURPLES Summer At Land's End/They Only Wanted Your Soul (Tough Love/Slumberland) |
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| 33-DESTROYER LABYRINTHITIS (Merge) |
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| 34-YUNG KAYO DFTK (Young Stoner Life) |
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| 35-BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE And I Have Been (Preserve Artist) |
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| 36-THE COMET IS COMING Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Verve) |
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| 37-THE BETHS Expert In A Dying Field (Carpark) |
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| 38-SUEDE Autoficción (BMG) |
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| 39-NILÜFER YANYA Painless (ATO) |
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| 40-DAWN RICHARD AND SPENCER ZAHN Pigments (Merge) |
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| 41-PHOENIX Alpha Zulu (LOYAUTÉ/Glassnost) |
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| 42-FREDDIE GIBBS $oul $old Separately (ESGN/Warner Music) |
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| 43-RAUW ALEJANDRO Saturno (Sony) |
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| 44-SHARON VAN ETTEN We´ve Going About This All Wrong (Jagjaguwar) |
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| 45-LAMBCHOP The Bible (City Slang) |
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| 46-WILCO Cruel Country (dBpm) |
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| 47-ALEX G God Saved The Animals (Domino) |
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| 48-STEVE LACY Gemini Rights (L-M Records/Sony |
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| 49-YEAH YEAH YEAHS Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian) |
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| 50-DRY CLEANING Stumpwork (4AD) |