Esquire's 25 Best Albums of 2022

From Mitski to Charli XCX, Earl Sweatshirt, Tears For Fears, Eddie Vedder, and more, these are the best music albums of 2022 so far.

Published: December 14, 2022 15:41 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Blue Rev Alvvays Oct-07-2022, Indie Pop
#2 Serpentina BANKS Apr-08-2022, Contemporary R&B
#3 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop
#4 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You Big Thief Feb-11-2022, Indie Folk
#5 The Family BROCKHAMPTON Nov-17-2022, Chipmunk Soul
#6 CRASH Charli XCX Mar-18-2022, Dance-Pop
#7 SICK! Earl Sweatshirt Jan-14-2022, Abstract Hip Hop
#8 Earthling Eddie Vedder Feb-11-2022, Alternative Rock
#9 CAPRISONGS FKA twigs Jan-14-2022, Alternative R&B
#10 Dance Fever Florence + the Machine May-13-2022, Pop Rock
#11 FTHC Frank Turner Feb-11-2022, Indie Rock
#12 angel in realtime. Gang of Youths Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock
#13 Harry's House Harry Styles May-20-2022, Pop Rock
#14 Blood Harmony Larkin Poe Nov-11-2022, Blues Rock
#15 Surrender Maggie Rogers Jul-29-2022, Pop Rock
#16 Humble Quest Maren Morris Mar-25-2022, Country Pop
#17 Laurel Hell Mitski Feb-04-2022, Synthpop
#18 PAINLESS Nilüfer Yanya Mar-04-2022, Indie Rock
#19 Ivory Omar Apollo Apr-08-2022, Alternative R&B
#20 Wild Loneliness Superchunk Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock
#21 The Tipping Point Tears for Fears Oct-07-2021, Pop Rock
#22 Being Funny In a Foreign Language The 1975 Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock
#23 Dawn FM The Weeknd Jan-07-2022, Synthpop
#24 Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Tyler Childers Sep-30-2022, Progressive Country
#25 <COPINGMECHANISM> WILLOW Oct-07-2022, Alternative Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blue Rev | Alvvays | Album, Oct-07-2022, Indie Pop |
| #2 | Serpentina | BANKS | Album, Apr-08-2022, Contemporary R&B |
| #3 | RENAISSANCE | Beyoncé | Album, Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop |
| #4 | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | Big Thief | Album, Feb-11-2022, Indie Folk |
| #5 | The Family | BROCKHAMPTON | Album, Nov-17-2022, Chipmunk Soul |
| #6 | CRASH | Charli XCX | Album, Mar-18-2022, Dance-Pop |
| #7 | SICK! | Earl Sweatshirt | Album, Jan-14-2022, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #8 | Earthling | Eddie Vedder | Album, Feb-11-2022, Alternative Rock |
| #9 | CAPRISONGS | FKA twigs | Album, Jan-14-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #10 | Dance Fever | Florence + the Machine | Album, May-13-2022, Pop Rock |
| #11 | FTHC | Frank Turner | Album, Feb-11-2022, Indie Rock |
| #12 | angel in realtime. | Gang of Youths | Album, Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock |
| #13 | Harry's House | Harry Styles | Album, May-20-2022, Pop Rock |
| #14 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe | Album, Nov-11-2022, Blues Rock |
| #15 | Surrender | Maggie Rogers | Album, Jul-29-2022, Pop Rock |
| #16 | Humble Quest | Maren Morris | Album, Mar-25-2022, Country Pop |
| #17 | Laurel Hell | Mitski | Album, Feb-04-2022, Synthpop |
| #18 | PAINLESS | Nilüfer Yanya | Album, Mar-04-2022, Indie Rock |
| #19 | Ivory | Omar Apollo | Album, Apr-08-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #20 | Wild Loneliness | Superchunk | Album, Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock |
| #21 | The Tipping Point | Tears for Fears | Album, Oct-07-2021, Pop Rock |
| #22 | Being Funny In a Foreign Language | The 1975 | Album, Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock |
| #23 | Dawn FM | The Weeknd | Album, Jan-07-2022, Synthpop |
| #24 | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | Tyler Childers | Album, Sep-30-2022, Progressive Country |
| #25 | <COPINGMECHANISM> | WILLOW | Album, Oct-07-2022, Alternative Rock |