Treble's 50 Best Albums of 2022

From Alvvays to Weyes Blood, Big Thief to Undeath, and everything in between, we present the best albums of 2022.

Published: December 06, 2022 02:53 Source

# 1

Aethiopes by Billy Woods

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

# 2

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 3

Blue Rev by Alvvays

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 4

Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

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

# 5

Weather Alive by Beth Orton

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 6

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

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

# 7

Myopia by Mizmor + Thou

Album • Apr 23 / 2022 Doom Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 8

Pigments by Dawn Richard + Spencer Zahn

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Ambient Pop ECM Style Jazz

# 9

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 10

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 11

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 12

Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse + Black Thought

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

# 13

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 14

¡Ay! by Lucrecia Dalt

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Art Pop

# 15

PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 16

Hygiene by Drug Church

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore

# 17

Fossora by Björk

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

# 18

Once Twice Melody by Beach House

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 19

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 20

Panamá 77 by Daniel Villarreal

Album • May 20 / 2022 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 21

LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 22

Classic Objects by Jenny Hval

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 23

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Hellfire by black midi

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Avant-Prog Brutal Prog

# 25

Blending by High Vis

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Post-Punk Alternative Rock

# 26

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 27

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 28

Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? by The Soft Pink Truth

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Deep House

# 29

It's Time...To Rise from the Grave by Undeath

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 30

In These Times by Makaya McCraven

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Jazz Fusion

# 31

Florist by Florist

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 32

Threshold by Cloud Rat

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Grindcore

# 33

Heart Under by Just Mustard

Album • May 27 / 2022 Post-Punk Noise Rock Shoegaze

# 34

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 35

NULL by KEN mode

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 36

Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock

# 37

Jazz Codes by Moor Mother

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 38

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 39

Arkhon by Zola Jesus

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Art Pop Darkwave

# 40

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 41

Step on Step by Charles Stepney

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Chicago Soul Jazz-Funk Soul Jazz

# 42

Heterosexuality by Shamir

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative R&B

# 43

Revelators by Revelators Sound System

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 44

Body Prophecy by Black Magnet

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Industrial Metal

# 45

Estrela Acesa by Sessa

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 MPB Psychedelic Folk

# 46

We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 47

Sun's Signature by Sun's Signature

EP • Jun 18 / 2022 Art Pop Chamber Folk

# 48

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 49

Building Something Beautiful for Me by Loraine James

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Progressive Electronic Ambient IDM

# 50

Comradely Objects by Horse Lords

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Experimental Rock Math Rock Totalism