FLOOD's Best Albums of 2022

25 records that were hard to take out of rotation this year.

Source

# 1

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 2

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 4

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 5

God Save the Animals by Alex G

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 6

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 7

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 8

Reset by Panda Bear + Sonic Boom

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 9

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Dance-Pop House Contemporary R&B

# 10

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 11

Endure by Special Interest

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Dance-Punk Post-Punk

# 12

SKIN by Ho99o9

Album • Mar 10 / 2022 Industrial Hip Hop Digital Hardcore

# 13

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 14

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 15

CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 16

The Car by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 17

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 18

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 19

Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain

Album • May 12 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Slowcore

# 20

The Hum Goes on Forever by The Wonder Years

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Punk

# 21

Sometimes, Forever by Soccer Mommy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 22

Finally, New by They Hate Change

Album • May 13 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 23

Profound Mysteries by Röyksopp

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Electropop

# 24

Mystic Sisters by City of Caterpillar

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Post-Hardcore Post-Rock

# 25

Jazz Codes by Moor Mother

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Jazz Rap