SPIN's 30 Best Albums of 2022 (So Far)

The following acts released quality albums in May 2022 alone: Radiohead off-shoot The Smile, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Sharon Van Etten, The

Published: June 07, 2022 13:30 Source

# 1

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 2

CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 3

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 4

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 5

Few Good Things by Saba

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop

# 6

Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 7

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 8

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 9

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 10

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 11

sore thumb by Oso Oso

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 12

Time Skiffs by Animal Collective

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 13

Candydrip by Lucky Daye

Album • Mar 10 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 14

Close by Messa

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Doom Metal

# 15

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 16

Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 17

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 18

Laurel Hell by Mitski

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave

# 19

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

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

# 20

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 21

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 22

Hygiene by Drug Church

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore

# 23

WE by Arcade Fire

Album • May 06 / 2022 Art Rock

# 24

RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART by Vince Staples

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop

# 25

Visitor by Empath

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Noise Pop

# 26

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

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

# 27

MAHAL by Toro y Moi

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Soul

# 28

Ordalies by Vehemence

Album • Mar 08 / 2022 Melodic Black Metal

# 29

Marchita by Silvana Estrada

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 30

New Preoccupations by Caracara

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Indie Rock Midwest Emo