Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2022

In the January 2023 issue of Uncut: David Bowie, Black Midi, Loretta Lynn, Joan Shelley, Nathan Salsburg, Michael Head and more

Published: November 09, 2022 02:59 Source

# 1

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 2

The Spur by Joan Shelley

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Dear Scott by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Album • May 27 / 2022 Folk Rock Pop Rock

# 4

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 5

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 6

Cruel Country by Wilco

Album • May 27 / 2022 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 8

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 9

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE by Brian Eno

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Ambient Pop

# 10

The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello + The Imposters

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Power Pop Pop Rock

# 11

The Sea Drift by The Delines

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Americana Chamber Pop

# 12

How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars by The Weather Station

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 14

Weather Alive by Beth Orton

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 15

The Bible by Lambchop

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Art Pop

# 16

The Ruby Cord by Richard Dawson

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Progressive Folk Avant-Folk

# 17

Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 18

Tresor by Gwenno

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Art Pop Dream Pop

# 19

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

Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 20

(watch my moves) by Kurt Vile

Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Hellfire by black midi

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Avant-Prog Brutal Prog

# 22

LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 23

The Car by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 24

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 25

Heartmind by Cass McCombs

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 26

I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 27

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

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

# 28

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 29

PRE PLEASURE by Julia Jacklin

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 30

Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival

# 31

This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby

Album • May 13 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 32

Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Roots Reggae

# 33

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

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

# 34

You Belong There by Daniel Rossen

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Progressive Folk Chamber Folk

# 35

Reset by Panda Bear + Sonic Boom

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 36

Teeth Marks by S.G. Goodman

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 37

Bajascillators by Bitchin Bajas

Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Post-Minimalism

# 38

Loose Future by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 39

Ali by Vieux Farka Touré + Khruangbin

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Songhai Music Neo-Psychedelia

# 40

"Hello, Hi" by Ty Segall

Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Psychedelic Folk Garage Rock

# 41

Endless Rooms by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • May 06 / 2022 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 42

Optimism by Jana Horn

Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 43

Revelators by Revelators Sound System

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 44

In These Times by Makaya McCraven

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Jazz Fusion

# 45

Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

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

# 46

Fossora by Björk

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

# 47

I Survived, It's Over by Rich Ruth

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Nu Jazz

# 48

Still Life by Carson McHone

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 49

YTI⅃AƎЯ by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 50

Welcome 2 Club XIII by Drive-By Truckers

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Alt-Country Southern Rock