I don’t know about you, but when you survey the previous year and think about the highs and lows, one thing is constant; music is a salve for the soul. And it is in this spirit that I present my favorite albums from 2022.
I ran out of time to do a full-fledged post, so I will be as concise as possible. The one thing I definitely wanted to make sure I did was to post this on my personal blog and not just on social media. Because if there is anything we learned this year, the socials could go away at any moment. And even though the internet could as well, I have a little more control over what I publish on my website.
Thanks for reading, sharing, and caring. Here is my list (starting with my favorite album of the year) with the subsequent Spotify playlist.
I wish everyone a very happy, healthy, and inclusive 2023!
Blue Rev — Alvvays
The Joy of Music — Ben Rector
Conditions of a Punk — half•alive
Farm to Table — Bartees Strange
Asphalt Meadows — Death Cab for Cutie
NOT TiGHT — DOMi & JD BECK
sore thumb — Oso Oso
Revival — Judah & the Lion
A Light for Attracting Attention — The Smile
Midnights — Taylor Swift
Being Funny in a Foreign Language — The 1975
Honorable Mentions
- Present Tense — Yumi Zouma
- The Dream — alt-J
- The Tipping Point — Tears for Fears
- Ants From Up There — Black Country, New Road
- Lucifer On The Sofa — Spoon
- Cheat Codes — Danger Mouse / Black Thought
- Gifted — Koffee
- Laurel Hell — Mitski
- Sons Of — Sam Prekop
- Alpha Zulu — Phoenix
- Love Song to Life — Gungor
- God Save The Animals — Alex G