Resident Advisor's Best Albums of 2022

From New York to Berlin to Iceland, these are the RA staff's top LPs of 2022.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Nothing To Declare 700 Bliss May-27-2022, Experimental Hip Hop
#2 Mutate Abadir Jul-22-2022, Hard Drum
#3 Opal Batu Apr-29-2022, UK Bass
#4 Sicko Beast Nest Jan-28-2022, Electroacoustic
#5 Fossora Björk Sep-30-2022, Art Pop
#6 Black Rave Culture, Vol. 2 Black Rave Culture Jun-03-2022,
#7 Only Love From Now On Carmen Villain Feb-25-2022, Ambient
#8 Functional Designs Deepchord Sep-30-2022, Dub Techno
#9 Meeting With The King DJ Lag Feb-18-2022, Gqom
#10 Neurotelepathy Dopplereffekt Apr-15-2022, Electro
#11 CAPRISONGS FKA twigs Jan-14-2022, Alternative R&B
#12 Textures Hagan Oct-07-2022, Gqom
#13 Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke Aug-12-2022, Electronic Dance Music
#14 Plonk Huerco S. Feb-25-2022, IDM
#15 Thanks 4 the Tracks U Lost Jamal Moss May-06-2022, Outsider House
#16 Spaces and Places Kerri Chandler Sep-26-2022, Deep House
#17 Escapology Kode9 Jul-15-2022, IDM
#18 What I Breathe Mall Grab Aug-05-2022, Breakbeat
#19 Fear of Programming Marcel Dettmann Nov-25-2022, Techno
#20 Pripyat Marina Herlop May-20-2022, Glitch Pop
#21 What Do the Stars Say to You Ron Trent Jun-24-2022, Jazz Fusion
#22 Edge of Innocence D. Tiffany, Roza Terenzi May-19-2022, Techno
#23 Apocalyptic Decadence Schacke Jul-15-2022, Industrial Techno
#24 Nymph Shygirl Sep-30-2022, Alternative R&B
#25 Asakusa Light Soichi Terada Jan-07-2022, Deep House
#26 The Red Hunter Steffi Nov-07-2022, Ambient Techno
#27 Natural Brown Prom Queen Sudan Archives Sep-09-2022, Alternative R&B
#28 Tongues Tanya Tagaq Jan-21-2022, Post-Industrial
#29 Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz Waajeed Nov-25-2022, Deep House
#30 Whatever the Weather Whatever The Weather Apr-08-2022, Ambient
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nothing To Declare | 700 Bliss | Album, May-27-2022, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #2 | Mutate | Abadir | Album, Jul-22-2022, Hard Drum |
| #3 | Opal | Batu | Album, Apr-29-2022, UK Bass |
| #4 | Sicko | Beast Nest | Album, Jan-28-2022, Electroacoustic |
| #5 | Fossora | Björk | Album, Sep-30-2022, Art Pop |
| #6 | Black Rave Culture, Vol. 2 | Black Rave Culture | Album, Jun-03-2022,  |
| #7 | Only Love From Now On | Carmen Villain | Album, Feb-25-2022, Ambient |
| #8 | Functional Designs | Deepchord | Album, Sep-30-2022, Dub Techno |
| #9 | Meeting With The King | DJ Lag | Album, Feb-18-2022, Gqom |
| #10 | Neurotelepathy | Dopplereffekt | Album, Apr-15-2022, Electro |
| #11 | CAPRISONGS | FKA twigs | Album, Jan-14-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #12 | Textures | Hagan | Album, Oct-07-2022, Gqom |
| #13 | Cry Sugar | Hudson Mohawke | Album, Aug-12-2022, Electronic Dance Music |
| #14 | Plonk | Huerco S. | Album, Feb-25-2022, IDM |
| #15 | Thanks 4 the Tracks U Lost | Jamal Moss | Album, May-06-2022, Outsider House |
| #16 | Spaces and Places | Kerri Chandler | Album, Sep-26-2022, Deep House |
| #17 | Escapology | Kode9 | Album, Jul-15-2022, IDM |
| #18 | What I Breathe | Mall Grab | Album, Aug-05-2022, Breakbeat |
| #19 | Fear of Programming | Marcel Dettmann | Album, Nov-25-2022, Techno |
| #20 | Pripyat | Marina Herlop | Album, May-20-2022, Glitch Pop |
| #21 | What Do the Stars Say to You | Ron Trent | Album, Jun-24-2022, Jazz Fusion |
| #22 | Edge of Innocence | D. TiffanyRoza Terenzi | Album, May-19-2022, Techno |
| #23 | Apocalyptic Decadence | Schacke | Album, Jul-15-2022, Industrial Techno |
| #24 | Nymph | Shygirl | Album, Sep-30-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #25 | Asakusa Light | Soichi Terada | Album, Jan-07-2022, Deep House |
| #26 | The Red Hunter | Steffi | Album, Nov-07-2022, Ambient Techno |
| #27 | Natural Brown Prom Queen | Sudan Archives | Album, Sep-09-2022, Alternative R&B |
| #28 | Tongues | Tanya Tagaq | Album, Jan-21-2022, Post-Industrial |
| #29 | Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz | Waajeed | Album, Nov-25-2022, Deep House |
| #30 | Whatever the Weather | Whatever The Weather | Album, Apr-08-2022, Ambient |