PopMatters' 80 Best Albums of 2022

Musicians were more active in 2022 and it resulted in a vast treasure trove of superb work. The best albums of 2022 pushed boundaries and are more varied than ever.

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# 51
Album • May 13 / 2022 Pop Rock Art Pop Indie Pop
# 52
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Dream Pop Alternative Dance Baggy
# 53
Album • Oct 26 / 2021 Afro-Funk Electro
# 54
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dance-Pop
# 55
Album • Oct 07 / 2021 Pop Rock Synthpop
# 56
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 57
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Songhai Music Neo-Psychedelia
# 58
Album • May 13 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 59
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Art Pop Ambient Pop
# 60
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 61
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 62
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Neoclassical Darkwave
# 63
Album • Aug 12 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 64
EP • Oct 21 / 2022 Ambient
# 65
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop
# 66
Apocalypse Love by Black Lips
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Garage Rock Indie Rock
# 67
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Alt-Country Americana
# 68
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Hard Rock AOR Soft Rock
# 69
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Dance-Pop House
# 70
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Post-Bop
# 71
Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Rock
# 72
Album • May 20 / 2022 Pop Rock
# 73
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Blues Rock Psychedelic Soul Funk Soul Blues
# 74
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country Indie Pop
# 75
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 76
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Rhythm & Blues Soul Psychedelic Soul
# 77
Crooked Tree by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway  +  Molly Tuttle
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Progressive Bluegrass
# 78
Autofiction by Suede
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Alternative Rock
# 79
Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Garage Punk
# 80
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop
# 81
EP • Jan 06 / 2022 Ambient
# 82
Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter