Northern Transmissions Best Albums of 2022

Our yearly recap is officially completed. We've collected the best albums of the year on one list so you don't have to.

Published: December 31, 2022 07:03 Source

# 1

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 2

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 3

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 4

God Save the Animals by Alex G

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 5

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 6

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 7

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 8

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 9

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 10

Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 11

Boat Songs by MJ Lenderman

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Slacker Rock Alt-Country

# 12

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 13

Farm to Table by Bartees Strange

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 14

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave

# 15

Sometimes, Forever by Soccer Mommy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 16

Household Name by Momma

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 17

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 18

Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock

# 19

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky by Porridge Radio

Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 21

Free LSD by OFF!

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Hardcore Punk Post-Hardcore

# 22

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

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

# 23

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 24

Laurel Hell by Mitski

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave

# 25

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 26

Ugly Season by Perfume Genius

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental

# 27

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 28

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry + Bolis Pupul

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House

# 29

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

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

# 30

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

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

# 31

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 32

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 33

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

Album • Nov 11 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 34

Finally, New by They Hate Change

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

# 35

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 36

PRE PLEASURE by Julia Jacklin

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 37

SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 38

The Car by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 39

Hellfire by black midi

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Avant-Prog Brutal Prog

# 40

Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain

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

# 41

Cave World by Viagra Boys

Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Dance-Punk

# 42

Revealer by Madison Cunningham

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 43

MOSS by Maya Hawke

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 45

The Overload by Yard Act

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk

# 46

Deep in View by Cola

Album • May 20 / 2022 Post-Punk Revival Post-Punk

# 47

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 48

All of Us Flames by Ezra Furman

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 49

Surely Travel by Status/Non-Status

Album • Sep 23 / 2022

# 50

ILYSM by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Indie Rock