Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2022

This marks the 20th time Paste has released a Best Albums of the Year list, and as always, it's an opportunity for…

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# 1

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 2

God Save the Animals by Alex G

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 3

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 4

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 5

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 6

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 7

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 8

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 9

Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 10

Boat Songs by MJ Lenderman

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Slacker Rock Alt-Country

# 11

Farm to Table by Bartees Strange

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 12

Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain

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

# 13

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

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

# 14

Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 15

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 16

Sometimes, Forever by Soccer Mommy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 17

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

Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 18

PRE PLEASURE by Julia Jacklin

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 19

Janky Star by Grace Ives

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Synthpop Indietronica

# 20

ILYSM by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 21

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 22

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

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

# 23

Ugly Season by Perfume Genius

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental

# 24

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 25

i don’t know who needs to hear this... by Tomberlin

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 26

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 27

Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock

# 28

Household Name by Momma

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 29

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 30

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 31

Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 32

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 33

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 34

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave

# 35

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 36

PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 37

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 38

Revealer by Madison Cunningham

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 39

LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 40

Midnights by Taylor Swift

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Alt-Pop

# 41

Dance Fever by Florence + the Machine

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

# 42

Florist by Florist

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 43

CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 44

Glitch Princess by yeule

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Glitch Pop Art Pop

# 45

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 46

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

Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 47

Too Much to Ask by Cheekface

Album • Aug 02 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 48

SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt

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

# 49

This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby

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

# 50

Fossora by Björk

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Art Pop Electronic Post-Industrial