No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2022

# 1

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 2

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 3

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 4

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 5

PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 6

Endure by Special Interest

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

# 7

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 8

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 9

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 10

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

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

# 11

God Save the Animals by Alex G

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 12

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 13

Cave World by Viagra Boys

Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Dance-Punk

# 14

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 15

Remember Your North Star by Yaya Bey

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 16

Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock

# 17

Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 18

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 19

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 20

Endless Rooms by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • May 06 / 2022 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 21

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 22

sore thumb by Oso Oso

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 23

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 24

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 25

We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 26

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 27

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 28

Nymph by Shygirl

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Alternative R&B UK Hip Hop UK Bass

# 29

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave

# 30

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 31

Sometimes, Forever by Soccer Mommy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 32

Reset by Panda Bear + Sonic Boom

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 33

The Loneliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Dance-Pop

# 34

Growing Up by The Linda Lindas

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Pop Punk Power Pop

# 35

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 36

Easy Listening by 2nd Grade

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Power Pop

# 37

Magic Sign by Martin Courtney

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 38

Save the Baby by Enumclaw

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 39

The Last Thing Left by Say Sue Me

Album • May 13 / 2022 Twee Pop Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 40

Weather Alive by Beth Orton

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Dissolution Wave by Cloakroom

Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Shoegaze

# 42

TILT by Confidence Man

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Dance-Pop House

# 43

Guitar Music by Courting

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Post-Punk Dance-Punk

# 44

Florist by Florist

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 45

CLOSURE / CONTINUATION by Porcupine Tree

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Progressive Rock

# 46

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 47

Free LSD by OFF!

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Hardcore Punk Post-Hardcore

# 48

Hygiene by Drug Church

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore

# 49

World Wide Pop by Superorganism

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Indietronica Electropop

# 50

Being Funny In a Foreign Language by The 1975

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Pop Rock