Bandcamp Daily's Essential Releases of 2022

The 24 key albums of 2022.

Published: December 09, 2022 14:58 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Pink Dolphins Anteloper Jun-17-2022, Avant-Garde Jazz
#2 Aethiopes Billy Woods Apr-08-2022, Abstract Hip Hop
#3 Black Rave Culture, Vol. 2 Black Rave Culture Jun-03-2022,
#4 Visitor Empath Feb-11-2022, Noise Pop
#5 Love Is Yours Flasher Jun-17-2022, Indie Rock
#6 Tuqoos Julmud Mar-30-2022,
#7 A Time for Healing The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet Nov-19-2021,
#8 Raw Extractions Lukah Sep-16-2022, Conscious Hip Hop
#9 Close Messa Mar-11-2022, Doom Metal
#10 In Search of Our Father's Gardens RA Washington, Jah Nada Sep-16-2022, Avant-Garde Jazz
#11 Heaven Come Crashing Rachika Nayar Aug-26-2022, Progressive Electronic
#12 GRIEF Samora Pinderhughes Apr-15-2022, Neo-Soul
#13 The Last Thing Left Say Sue Me May-13-2022, Twee Pop
#14 Estrela Acesa Sessa Jun-24-2022, MPB
#15 Diaspora Problems Soul Glo Mar-25-2022, Hardcore Punk
#16 When Do We Get Paid Staples Jr. Singers May-06-2022,
#17 Sos Straw Man Army Apr-15-2022, Post-Punk
#18 Natural Brown Prom Queen Sudan Archives Sep-09-2022, Alternative R&B
#19 Ima ایما Tegh, Adel Poursamadi Jul-22-2022, Electroacoustic
#20 Sanguine Truth The Casual Dots Sep-23-2022, Indie Rock
#21 Get It Right (Afro, Dub, Funk & Punk of Recreational Records, 81-82) Various Artists Jun-10-2022,
#22 Hiss Wormrot Jul-08-2022, Grindcore
#23 Remember Your North Star Yaya Bey Jun-17-2022, Neo-Soul
#24 Glitch Princess yeule Feb-04-2022, Glitch Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pink Dolphins | Anteloper | Album, Jun-17-2022, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #2 | Aethiopes | Billy Woods | Album, Apr-08-2022, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #3 | Black Rave Culture, Vol. 2 | Black Rave Culture | Album, Jun-03-2022,  |
| #4 | Visitor | Empath | Album, Feb-11-2022, Noise Pop |
| #5 | Love Is Yours | Flasher | Album, Jun-17-2022, Indie Rock |
| #6 | Tuqoos | Julmud | Album, Mar-30-2022,  |
| #7 | A Time for Healing | The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet | Album, Nov-19-2021,  |
| #8 | Raw Extractions | Lukah | Album, Sep-16-2022, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #9 | Close | Messa | Album, Mar-11-2022, Doom Metal |
| #10 | In Search of Our Father's Gardens | RA WashingtonJah Nada | Album, Sep-16-2022, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #11 | Heaven Come Crashing | Rachika Nayar | Album, Aug-26-2022, Progressive Electronic |
| #12 | GRIEF | Samora Pinderhughes | Album, Apr-15-2022, Neo-Soul |
| #13 | The Last Thing Left | Say Sue Me | Album, May-13-2022, Twee Pop |
| #14 | Estrela Acesa | Sessa | Album, Jun-24-2022, MPB |
| #15 | Diaspora Problems | Soul Glo | Album, Mar-25-2022, Hardcore Punk |
| #16 | When Do We Get Paid | Staples Jr. Singers | Album, May-06-2022,  |
| #17 | Sos | Straw Man Army | Album, Apr-15-2022, Post-Punk |
| #18 | Natural Brown Prom Queen | Sudan Archives | Album, Sep-09-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #19 | Ima ایما | TeghAdel Poursamadi | Album, Jul-22-2022, Electroacoustic |
| #20 | Sanguine Truth | The Casual Dots | Album, Sep-23-2022, Indie Rock |
| #21 | Get It Right (Afro, Dub, Funk & Punk of Recreational Records, 81-82) | Various Artists | Album, Jun-10-2022,  |
| #22 | Hiss | Wormrot | Album, Jul-08-2022, Grindcore |
| #23 | Remember Your North Star | Yaya Bey | Album, Jun-17-2022, Neo-Soul |
| #24 | Glitch Princess | yeule | Album, Feb-04-2022, Glitch Pop |