MOJO's 75 Best Albums of 2022

MOJO selects the best albums of the year.

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Dear Scott Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band May-27-2022, Folk Rock
#2 Wet Leg Wet Leg Apr-08-2022, Indie Rock
#3 Cheat Codes Danger Mouse, Black Thought Aug-12-2022, East Coast Hip Hop
#4 Midnight Rocker Horace Andy Apr-08-2022, Roots Reggae
#5 The Car Arctic Monkeys Oct-21-2022, Baroque Pop
#6 Autofiction Suede Sep-16-2022, Alternative Rock
#7 YTI⅃AƎЯ Bill Callahan Oct-14-2022, Americana
#8 Fear Of The Dawn Jack White Apr-08-2022, Blues Rock
#9 Stumpwork Dry Cleaning Oct-21-2022, Post-Punk
#10 Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. Apr-22-2022, Gothic Rock
#11 A Light for Attracting Attention The Smile May-13-2022, Art Rock
#12 Warm Chris Aldous Harding Mar-25-2022, Chamber Pop
#13 Everything Was Beautiful Spiritualized Feb-25-2022, Space Rock Revival
#14 And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow Weyes Blood Nov-18-2022, Baroque Pop
#15 Cruel Country Wilco May-27-2022, Alt-Country
#16 I Survived, It's Over Rich Ruth Aug-12-2022, Neo-Psychedelia
#17 This Is A Photograph Kevin Morby May-13-2022, Folk Rock
#18 Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam The Comet Is Coming Sep-23-2022, Nu Jazz
#19 In These Times Makaya McCraven Sep-23-2022, Jazz Fusion
#20 Weather Alive Beth Orton Sep-23-2022, Art Pop
#21 Pompeii Cate Le Bon Feb-04-2022, Art Pop
#22 Carry Me Home Mavis Staples, Levon Helm May-20-2022, Southern Soul
#23 Welcome 2 Club XIII Drive-By Truckers Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country
#24 Reset Panda Bear, Sonic Boom Aug-12-2022, Neo-Psychedelia
#25 Angels & Queens - Part I Gabriels Sep-30-2022, Soul
#26 The Spur Joan Shelley Jun-24-2022, Contemporary Folk
#27 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop
#28 Tresor Gwenno Jul-01-2022, Art Pop
#29 Chloë and the Next 20th Century Father John Misty Apr-08-2022, Traditional Pop
#30 LIFE ON EARTH Hurray for the Riff Raff Feb-18-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#31 Timbuktu Oumou Sangaré Apr-29-2022, Wassoulou
#32 Endless Rooms Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever May-06-2022, Jangle Pop
#33 Forfolks Jeff Parker Dec-10-2021, Post-Minimalism
#34 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar May-13-2022, Conscious Hip Hop
#35 Cool It Down Yeah Yeah Yeahs Sep-30-2022, Indie Rock
#36 I Love You Jennifer B Jockstrap Sep-09-2022, Art Pop
#37 Ali Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin Sep-23-2022, Songhai Music
#38 GET ON BOARD Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder Apr-22-2022, Blues
#39 The Boy Named If Elvis Costello, The Imposters Jan-14-2022, Power Pop
#40 The Mars Volta The Mars Volta Sep-16-2022, Art Pop
#41 Breaking The Thermometer Leyla McCalla May-06-2022, Acoustic Blues
#42 Heartmind Cass McCombs Aug-19-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#43 GOLD Alabaster Deplume Apr-01-2022, Spiritual Jazz
#44 Fear Fear Working Men's Club Jul-15-2022, Synthpop
#45 The Overload Yard Act Jan-21-2022, Post-Punk
#46 Ants From Up There Black Country, New Road Feb-04-2022, Art Rock
#47 Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4 Johnny Marr Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock
#48 For The Sake of Bethel Woods Midlake Mar-18-2022, Folk Rock
#49 Anaïs Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell Jan-28-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#50 Jazz Codes Moor Mother Jul-01-2022, Abstract Hip Hop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dear Scott | Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band | Album, May-27-2022, Folk Rock |
| #2 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Album, Apr-08-2022, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Cheat Codes | Danger MouseBlack Thought | Album, Aug-12-2022, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #4 | Midnight Rocker | Horace Andy | Album, Apr-08-2022, Roots Reggae |
| #5 | The Car | Arctic Monkeys | Album, Oct-21-2022, Baroque Pop |
| #6 | Autofiction | Suede | Album, Sep-16-2022, Alternative Rock |
| #7 | YTI⅃AƎЯ | Bill Callahan | Album, Oct-14-2022, Americana |
| #8 | Fear Of The Dawn | Jack White | Album, Apr-08-2022, Blues Rock |
| #9 | Stumpwork | Dry Cleaning | Album, Oct-21-2022, Post-Punk |
| #10 | Skinty Fia | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Apr-22-2022, Gothic Rock |
| #11 | A Light for Attracting Attention | The Smile | Album, May-13-2022, Art Rock |
| #12 | Warm Chris | Aldous Harding | Album, Mar-25-2022, Chamber Pop |
| #13 | Everything Was Beautiful | Spiritualized | Album, Feb-25-2022, Space Rock Revival |
| #14 | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow | Weyes Blood | Album, Nov-18-2022, Baroque Pop |
| #15 | Cruel Country | Wilco | Album, May-27-2022, Alt-Country |
| #16 | I Survived, It's Over | Rich Ruth | Album, Aug-12-2022, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #17 | This Is A Photograph | Kevin Morby | Album, May-13-2022, Folk Rock |
| #18 | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam | The Comet Is Coming | Album, Sep-23-2022, Nu Jazz |
| #19 | In These Times | Makaya McCraven | Album, Sep-23-2022, Jazz Fusion |
| #20 | Weather Alive | Beth Orton | Album, Sep-23-2022, Art Pop |
| #21 | Pompeii | Cate Le Bon | Album, Feb-04-2022, Art Pop |
| #22 | Carry Me Home | Mavis StaplesLevon Helm | Album, May-20-2022, Southern Soul |
| #23 | Welcome 2 Club XIII | Drive-By Truckers | Album, Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country |
| #24 | Reset | Panda BearSonic Boom | Album, Aug-12-2022, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #25 | Angels & Queens - Part I | Gabriels | Album, Sep-30-2022, Soul |
| #26 | The Spur | Joan Shelley | Album, Jun-24-2022, Contemporary Folk |
| #27 | RENAISSANCE | Beyoncé | Album, Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop |
| #28 | Tresor | Gwenno | Album, Jul-01-2022, Art Pop |
| #29 | Chloë and the Next 20th Century | Father John Misty | Album, Apr-08-2022, Traditional Pop |
| #30 | LIFE ON EARTH | Hurray for the Riff Raff | Album, Feb-18-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #31 | Timbuktu | Oumou Sangaré | Album, Apr-29-2022, Wassoulou |
| #32 | Endless Rooms | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, May-06-2022, Jangle Pop |
| #33 | Forfolks | Jeff Parker | Album, Dec-10-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #34 | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | Album, May-13-2022, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #35 | Cool It Down | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Album, Sep-30-2022, Indie Rock |
| #36 | I Love You Jennifer B | Jockstrap | Album, Sep-09-2022, Art Pop |
| #37 | Ali | Vieux Farka TouréKhruangbin | Album, Sep-23-2022, Songhai Music |
| #38 | GET ON BOARD | Taj MahalRy Cooder | Album, Apr-22-2022, Blues |
| #39 | The Boy Named If | Elvis CostelloThe Imposters | Album, Jan-14-2022, Power Pop |
| #40 | The Mars Volta | The Mars Volta | Album, Sep-16-2022, Art Pop |
| #41 | Breaking The Thermometer | Leyla McCalla | Album, May-06-2022, Acoustic Blues |
| #42 | Heartmind | Cass McCombs | Album, Aug-19-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #43 | GOLD | Alabaster Deplume | Album, Apr-01-2022, Spiritual Jazz |
| #44 | Fear Fear | Working Men's Club | Album, Jul-15-2022, Synthpop |
| #45 | The Overload | Yard Act | Album, Jan-21-2022, Post-Punk |
| #46 | Ants From Up There | Black Country, New Road | Album, Feb-04-2022, Art Rock |
| #47 | Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4 | Johnny Marr | Album, Feb-25-2022, Indie Rock |
| #48 | For The Sake of Bethel Woods | Midlake | Album, Mar-18-2022, Folk Rock |
| #49 | Anaïs Mitchell | Anaïs Mitchell | Album, Jan-28-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #50 | Jazz Codes | Moor Mother | Album, Jul-01-2022, Abstract Hip Hop |