Record Collector's Best New Albums of 2022

# 1

Dear Scott by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Album • May 27 / 2022 Folk Rock Pop Rock

# 2

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 3

The Overload by Yard Act

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk

# 4

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 5

Fossora by Björk

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

# 6

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 7

Autofiction by Suede

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Alternative Rock

# 8

Lifetime Achievement by Loudon Wainwright III

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 10

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 11

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 12

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 13

N.K-Pop by Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Pop Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 14

The Tipping Point by Tears for Fears

Album • Oct 07 / 2021 Pop Rock Synthpop

# 15

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 16

The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello + The Imposters

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Power Pop Pop Rock

# 17

CLOSURE / CONTINUATION by Porcupine Tree

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Progressive Rock

# 18

Mascara Streakz by Altered Images

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 New Wave Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 19

Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4 by Johnny Marr

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 20

Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Roots Reggae

# 21

Hellfire by black midi

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Avant-Prog Brutal Prog

# 22

Heartmind by Cass McCombs

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 23

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 24

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 25

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop