Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2022

Our pick of the best albums of 2022, starring Kendrick Lamar, Ariel Zetina, 700 Bliss, Wu-Lu and more. Music that left a mark on us – and the world – in a year that’s oscillated between the frightening and the absurd; painful and joyous

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# 1
Album • May 12 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Slowcore
# 2
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 3
Album • Jul 15 / 2022 UK Funky UK Bass
# 4
Paste by Moin
Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Experimental Rock
# 5
Album • Oct 20 / 2022 Techno
# 6
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk
# 7
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Bop
# 8
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Art Pop
# 9
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Alternative R&B UK Hip Hop UK Bass
# 10
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Industrial Techno Gqom
# 11
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock
# 13
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Bedroom Pop Ambient Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 14
Album • May 13 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Ambient Glitch
# 16
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 17
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Industrial Metal
# 18
Hi Tech by Hi Tech
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Ghettotech Footwork
# 19
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 20
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk
# 21
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 22
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 23
Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Downtempo
# 24
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 25
Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock
# 26
Album • Oct 18 / 2022 Post-Industrial Electronic
# 27
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 28
Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Art Pop Indie Pop
# 29
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 30
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Poetry Chamber Jazz
# 31
Album • Jan 26 / 2022 UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop UK Bass Weightless
# 32
Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 33
Album • May 27 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Deconstructed Club
# 34
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 35
Album • Mar 24 / 2022 Afrobeats Contemporary R&B
# 36
Album • May 13 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Jazz-Funk
# 38
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock
# 39
Album • Nov 02 / 2022 Wave
# 40
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 41
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 42
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Jazz Fusion Downtempo
# 43
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave
# 44
Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Post-Punk
# 45
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Industrial
# 46
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 47
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 UK Bass
# 48
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative Rock
# 49
Album • May 20 / 2022 Glitch Pop Avant-Folk
# 50
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop