MOJO's 75 Best Albums of 2022

MOJO selects the best albums of the year.

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# 1

Dear Scott by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Album • May 27 / 2022 Folk Rock Pop Rock

# 2

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 3

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 4

Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Roots Reggae

# 5

The Car by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 6

Autofiction by Suede

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Alternative Rock

# 7

YTI⅃AƎЯ by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Fear Of The Dawn by Jack White

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Blues Rock Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 9

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 10

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 11

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 12

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

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

# 13

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 14

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Cruel Country by Wilco

Album • May 27 / 2022 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 16

I Survived, It's Over by Rich Ruth

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Nu Jazz

# 17

This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby

Album • May 13 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 18

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 19

In These Times by Makaya McCraven

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Jazz Fusion

# 20

Weather Alive by Beth Orton

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

Carry Me Home by Mavis Staples + Levon Helm

Album • May 20 / 2022 Southern Soul

# 23

Welcome 2 Club XIII by Drive-By Truckers

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Alt-Country Southern Rock

# 24

Reset by Panda Bear + Sonic Boom

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 25

Angels & Queens - Part I by Gabriels

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Soul Contemporary R&B

# 26

The Spur by Joan Shelley

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 27

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 28

Tresor by Gwenno

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Art Pop Dream Pop

# 29

Chloë and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Traditional Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 30

LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 31

Timbuktu by Oumou Sangaré

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Wassoulou

# 32

Endless Rooms by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • May 06 / 2022 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 33

Forfolks by Jeff Parker

Album • Dec 10 / 2021 Post-Minimalism

# 34

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 35

Cool It Down by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 36

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 37

Ali by Vieux Farka Touré + Khruangbin

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Songhai Music Neo-Psychedelia

# 38

GET ON BOARD by Taj Mahal + Ry Cooder

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Blues Acoustic Blues

# 39

The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello + The Imposters

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Power Pop Pop Rock

# 40

The Mars Volta by The Mars Volta

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Art Pop

# 41

Breaking The Thermometer by Leyla McCalla

Album • May 06 / 2022 Acoustic Blues Caribbean Folk Music

# 42

Heartmind by Cass McCombs

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 43

GOLD by Alabaster Deplume

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Poetry Chamber Jazz

# 44

Fear Fear by Working Men's Club

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Synthpop New Rave

# 45

The Overload by Yard Act

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk

# 46

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 47

Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4 by Johnny Marr

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 48

For The Sake of Bethel Woods by Midlake

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Folk Rock

# 49

Anaïs Mitchell by Anaïs Mitchell

Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 50

Jazz Codes by Moor Mother

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