The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2022

# 1

De Todas las Flores by Natalia Lafourcade

Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk Vocal Jazz

# 2

The Forever Story by JID

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 3

Cave World by Viagra Boys

Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Dance-Punk

# 4

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 5

Hellfire by black midi

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Avant-Prog Brutal Prog

# 6

God Don't Make Mistakes by Conway the Machine

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 7

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 8

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

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

# 9

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 10

Marchita by Silvana Estrada

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 11

Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry + Bolis Pupul

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House

# 12

Hostile Architecture by Ashenspire

Album • Jul 21 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Progressive Metal

# 13

Baby by Petrol Girls

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Riot Grrrl Post-Hardcore

# 14

Darklife by death's dynamic shroud

Album • Sep 27 / 2022 Glitch Pop Vapor

# 15

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 16

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

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

# 17

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 18

White Trash Revelry by Adeem the Artist

Album • Dec 02 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 19

Free LSD by OFF!

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Hardcore Punk Post-Hardcore

# 20

Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento by Meridian Brothers + El Grupo Renacimiento

Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Salsa

# 21

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 22

Super Champon by Otoboke Beaver

Album • May 06 / 2022 Hardcore Punk Garage Punk

# 23

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 24

DRILL MUSIC IN ZION by Lupe Fiasco

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap Abstract Hip Hop

# 25

Too Much to Ask by Cheekface

Album • Aug 02 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 26

It's Almost Dry by Pusha T

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 27

SOS by SZA

Album • Dec 09 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 28

King's Disease III by Nas

Album • Nov 11 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap Conscious Hip Hop

# 29

Shape Up by Leikeli47

Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 30

LOUIE by Kenny Beats

Album • Aug 31 / 2022 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 31

Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

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

# 32

CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 33

The Loser by Gospel

Album • May 13 / 2022 Post-Hardcore Progressive Rock

# 34

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 35

AMERICAN GURL by Kilo Kish

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Electropop

# 36

Morbidity Triumphant by Autopsy

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Death Metal

# 37

Luv 4 Rent by Smino

Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Pop Rap Alternative R&B

# 38

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 39

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 40

Crystalline Exhaustion by Krallice

Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 41

The Ruby Cord by Richard Dawson

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Progressive Folk Avant-Folk

# 42

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 43

age/sex/location by Ari Lennox

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Neo-Soul

# 44

Hiss by Wormrot

Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Grindcore

# 45

Artificial Brain by Artificial Brain

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal

# 46

You Belong There by Daniel Rossen

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Progressive Folk Chamber Folk

# 47

HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING by Backxwash

Album • Oct 31 / 2022 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 48

Crest by Bladee + Ecco2k

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop

# 49

Forget Your Own Face by Black Dresses

Album • Feb 14 / 2022 Electro-Industrial

# 50

Bothered / Unbothered by JER

Album • May 27 / 2022 Ska Punk Pop Punk