NME's Best Albums of 2022... So Far

What a six months of new music it's been: seminal rap albums, career-defining comebacks and the odd surprise or two

Published: July 06, 2022 09:10 Source

# 1

WE by Arcade Fire

Album • May 06 / 2022 Art Rock

# 2

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 3

From a Birds Eye View by Cordae

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 5

Epik High Is Here 下, Pt. 2 by Epik High

Album • Feb 14 / 2022

# 6

Chloë and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Traditional Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 8

Harry's House by Harry Styles

Album • May 20 / 2022 Pop Rock

# 9

Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock

# 10

blue water road by Kehlani

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary R&B

# 11

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 12

This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby

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

# 13

C'MON YOU KNOW by Liam Gallagher

Album • May 27 / 2022 Britpop

# 14

Laurel Hell by Mitski

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave

# 15

Supernova by Nova Twins

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Rap Rock Industrial Rock Nu Metal

# 16

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 17

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 18

Few Good Things by Saba

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop

# 19

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 20

The Overload by Yard Act

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk