A.V. Club's 30 Best Albums of 2022

From Renaissance and Big Time to Blue Rev and Dawn FM, here are this year's standout albums

Published: December 12, 2022 13:00 Source

# 1
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Dance-Pop House Contemporary R&B
# 2
Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 3
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop
# 4
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 5
MUNA by MUNA
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Synthpop Pop Rock
# 6
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Dance-Pop
# 7
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Synthpop Indietronica
# 8
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country
# 9
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 10
Album • May 12 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Slowcore
# 11
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental
# 12
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 13
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Pop Rock
# 14
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 15
Album • May 13 / 2022 Pop Rock Art Pop Indie Pop
# 16
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 17
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 18
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 19
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave
# 20
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 21
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dance-Pop
# 22
Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 23
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk
# 24
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 25
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock
# 26
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 27
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Slacker Rock Alt-Country
# 28
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Neo-Traditionalist Country
# 29
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Rock Post-Rock Chamber Pop
# 30
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative Rock