BrooklynVegan's 50 Favorite Albums of 2022 So Far

From Nilüfer Yanya to Soul Glo to Big Thief to Angel Olsen to Arcade Fire to Kendrick Lamar to Undeath to billy woods to Wet Leg to Cate Le Bon, our 50 favorite albums of the first half of 2022...

Published: June 29, 2022 21:25 Source

# 1

Nothing To Declare by 700 Bliss

Album • May 27 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Deconstructed Club

# 2

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 3

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 4

Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 5

Little Green House by Anxious

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Emo Emo-Pop

# 6

WE by Arcade Fire

Album • May 06 / 2022 Art Rock

# 7

Artificial Brain by Artificial Brain

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal

# 8

Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop

# 9

Farm to Table by Bartees Strange

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 10

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 11

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 12

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Rock Post-Rock Chamber Pop

# 13

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 14

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry + Bolis Pupul

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House

# 15

God Don't Make Mistakes by Conway the Machine

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 17

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave

# 18

Hygiene by Drug Church

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore

# 19

I Told Bessie by E L U C I D

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 20

SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 21

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 22

Profound Morality by Heriot

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Metalcore

# 23

LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 24

Acts Of God by Immolation

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Death Metal

# 25

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 26

I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me by King Hannah

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Alternative Rock

# 27

Shape Up by Leikeli47

Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 28

For The Sake of Bethel Woods by Midlake

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Folk Rock

# 29

PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 30

Ugly Season by Perfume Genius

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental

# 31

Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky by Porridge Radio

Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 32

Prince Daddy & The Hyena by Prince Daddy & the Hyena

Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Emo-Pop Power Pop

# 33

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 34

HYPNOS by Ravyn Lenae

Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 35

learn 2 swim by redveil

Album • Apr 20 / 2022 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 36

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 37

Run Like A Bull by Ryan Culwell

Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter

# 38

We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 39

Sometimes, Forever by Soccer Mommy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 40

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 41

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 42

Broken Hearts Club by Syd

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 43

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 44

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 45

i don’t know who needs to hear this... by Tomberlin

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 46

It's Time...To Rise from the Grave by Undeath

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 47

RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART by Vince Staples

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop

# 48

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 49

The Overload by Yard Act

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk

# 50

Remember Your North Star by Yaya Bey

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B