The 2022 End of Year music lists thread

Concrete Islands: https://concreteislands.com/concrete-islands-albums-of-the-year-2022/

So have there been any of these including essays, individual lists and excerpted comments of some balloteers from wherever, as well as blurbs from regular contributors: you know, like ye olde Pazz & Jop??

Spoiler: In a year where disorientation ruled and turbulence was the norm, sometimes healing comes in the form of lightweight bop and other times it comes in the form of a confessional gut-punch.

Kerrang Top 50 Albums of the Year

ra list continuing to deliver returns, loving the ron trent album's gorgeous balearic sound

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

A decade ago, maybe longer. They're almost a UK version of Alternative Press at this point.

yes that ron trent is so good xxp

DMY / DUMMY top 25 trax

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-tracks-of-2022

Top 25 albums

https://dmy.co/features/the-25-best-albums-of-2022

first showing (I think) of the Rema album, at #25

When did Kerrang get into pop-punk??

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:46 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Since dookie got big but especially in the last 20 years where they really got into the glammy pop end of emo after nu metal died off

passion of the weiss rap songs list. only two roc marciano songs on there

https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/20/best-rap-songs-2022/

the 20 best Ghanian songs, according to OkayAfrica (rob posted their Nigerian list the other day):
https://www.okayafrica.com/ghana-music-songs-best-2022-2658958575/

there’s a general Afrobeats list as well (which has just one Tanzanian and one South African song along with Ghanaian and (overwhelmingly) Nigerian stuff that’s also in the above lists):
https://www.okayafrica.com/afrobeats-songs-best-2022/

expecting them to also publish their EOY list for East African and South African songs soon.
a genre-specific amapiano list is already out tho:
https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-songs-2022-best/

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

Best thing about these lists is Arcade Fire have been canceled and deseringly so. Almost forgot WE was this year.

ra list continuing to deliver returns, loving the ron trent album's gorgeous balearic sound

Andrew Noz (formerly of Cocaine Blunts) has his list up.

https://noz.agency/bestrap/2022.html

his list is pretty good! and by that i mean he has at least 4 songs in his top 25 that i will vote for in the ilxor poll

spin list is pretty idiosyncratic, as far as these things go: https://www.spin.com/2022/12/22-best-albums-of-2022/

Yeah, that actually looks like an interesting list, even if I'm not big on most of them.

Tears For Fears at #3!

wacky !

Was FNF a massive hit in the US? First time hearing it and it’s fun.

Late to the game here, but super stoked to see Sudan Archives featured in top 10 or 5 in lot of lists. She deserves it and stoked for the success the attention will bring to her. She was the best live show I saw in 2022 as well.

― octobeard

Currently at #14 on aoty list aggregate which makes me very happy. Probably my favorite one in the top 20.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2022/

Billy Woods is in the top 30 there too, which is also incredible. Probably my favorite rapper these days

https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022

Boomkat lists are a treasure trove

that SPIN list looks more like one person's doing than a consensus list

or maybe instead of voting and tabulating, they just told each person "pick two" or something

I don't think the SLANT lists have been posted yet:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/lists/the-20-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-best-electronic-albums-of-2022/

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-music-videos-of-2022/

Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.

1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon
2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me
4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx
5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces
6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
7 Gwenno - Tresor
8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…
9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes
10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

there's loads of really interesting guest lists in the boomkat round-up, but these might be of general interest?

Max Tundra - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2089
JD Twitch (Optimo) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/2058
Josh Cheon (Dark Entries) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1934
CS + Kreme - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1933
Sasha Frere Jones - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1961
DJ Python - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1964
Call Super - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1904
Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave) - https://boomkat.com/charts/boomkat-end-of-year-charts-2022/1945

the one we've all been waiting for

I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

Are there any songs or artists I should check out? pic.twitter.com/qkwm4UOzMD

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

meticulous

Super Deluxe Edition reissues of the year. https://superdeluxeedition.com/feature/sdes-favourite-reissues-of-2022/

The Wire has published the individual ballots of everyone who voted in their year-end critics' poll.

Here's mine:

Phelimuncasi Ama Gogela (Nyege Nyege)
Perfume Plasma (Universal)
Horace Andy Midnight Rocker (On-U Sound)
Wormrot Hiss (Earache)
Klaus Schulze Deus Arrakis (SPV)
Goatwhore Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven (Metal Blade)
Maule Maule (Cruz Del Sur)
Soulfly Totem (Nuclear Blast)
Buñuel Killers Like Us (Profound Lore)
Loop Sonancy (Reactor/Cooking Vinyl)

My traditional (second year I'm doing it = tradition) list of the 50 best albums from Denmark:

50. Esben Svane – Ikke et ord
49. Stefan Pasborg – Ritual Dances
48. Lukas Vanggaard – Natsværmeren & Sommerfuglen
47. Slægt – Goddess
46. Toechter – Zephyr
45. Jura – Formality Jerne-Site
44. Lueenas – Lueenas
43. iB101 – Enfant Terrible
42. Else Marie Pade – The Orchestral Album
41. Kalaha + Hilal Kaya With Aarhus Jazz Ochestra – Tutku
40. Mekdes – Greedy
39. Kasper Bjørke Quartet – Mother
38. Frederik Valentin & Loke Rahbek – Together
37. Lamin – Kronisk Skeptisk
36. Brimheim – can’t hate myself into a different shape
35. Danish String Quartet – Prism IV
34. CTM – Babygirl
33. NikoCorlin – Ocean Thread
32. Carsten Dahl, Tim Hagans, Johnny Åman & Jukkis Uotila – A Beautiful Blue Moment
31. First Hate – Cotton Candy / The Remix Experience
30. Poptones – Between Darkness & Daylight
29. Sofie Birch – Holotropica / Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka – Langouria
28. Orm – Intet • Altet
27. Josefine Opsahl – Atrium
26. Joyce – Elsk mig
25. Solborg/Bigoni/Maniscalco – Canto
24. Astrid Øster Mortensen – Skærgårdslyd / Klara Livet – Varandra
23. Sonic Girl – Confessions
22. Tvivler – Kilogram
21. Hans Phillip – [α] / [β]
20. Jeppe Zeeberg – Conventional
19. Natjager – At kende bølge fra hav
18. Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð & Allan Gravgaard Madsen – BEINTA
17. Konvent – Call Down The Sun
16. Anna Roemer – Azure
15. Collider – Excessively Worthwhile
14. SVIN & Aarhus Sinfonietta – Elegi / SVIN – Introducing SVIN
13. Tettix Hexer – The Vibrant And Buoyant Heart / Aero
12. Shooter Gang – Alt har sin pris
11. Lyla Haifa – Cicadas
10. Senso – The Void In Us
9. Trio Con Brio / Bent Sørensen – The Island In The City
8. Gilli – Carnival
7. Sleep Party People – Heap Of Ashes
6. Natlyst – Ikaros
5. Randi Pontoppidan & Povl Kristian – Life In Life
4. Schacke – Apocalyptic Decadence
3. Kindsight – Swedish Punk
2. Tobias Rahim – Når sjælen kaster op
1. HVAD & Abdullah Miniawy – Notice A Tiny Scratch For The Blue Behind / HVAD – YUG

Both of DJ Central’s albums released this year are really nice

Rolling Stone really knows where it’s at - here’s a very knowledgeable afropop top 40:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-afropop-songs-of-2022-1234650065/

I wish Electronic Sound was still in my local Tesco

Electronic Sound , can’t find the top 50 online, but here’s the top 10.

1= Telefis - a Dò/ a hAon
2 Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear
3 Loraine James - Building Something Beautiful For Me
4 Plaid - Feorm Falorx
5 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Districts, Roads, Open Spaces
6 Elaine Howley - The Distance Between Heart And Mouth
7 Gwenno - Tresor
8 Acid Klaus - Step On My Travelator…
9 Cosi Fanni Tutti- Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And The Legendary Tapes
10 Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

I sprung for this edition (though it's £7.99 now so I probably won't be doing that again) - here's the rest:

11. 700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare
12. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxymore
13. Stephen Mallinder - Tick Tick Tick
14. Lucrecia Dalt - !Ay!
15. Future Conditional - Isotech
16. The Hardy Tree - Common Grounds
17. Klaus Schulze - Deus Arrakis
18. Soft Cell - Happiness Not Included
19. Nik Colk Void - Bucked Up Space
20. The Comet is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
21. V/A - Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier Vol. 2: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1978-1987
22. Blancmange - Private View
23. Brian Eno - ForeverAndEverNoMore
24. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8
25. The Advisory Circle - Full Circle
26. V/A - Cue Dot XIII: ReFabricated
27. The Sound of Science - The Sound of Science
28. Simple Minds - Direction of the Heart
29. Au Suisse - Au Suisse
30. Arp - New Pleasures
31. Ghost Power - Ghost Power
32. Rival Consoles - Now Is
33. Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding
34. Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit
35. Gabe Gurnsey - Diablo
36. Rodney Cromwell - Memory Box
37. Wolfgang Flür - Magazine 1
38. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Popul - Topical Dancer
39. Richie Culver - I Was Born By the Sea
40. Gigi Masin - Vahinè
41. The Black Dog - Music for Photographers
42. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Let's Turn It Into Sound
43. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
44. Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
45. Helen Ganya - Polish the Machine
46. Tangerine Dream - Raum
47. Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters
48. Fenella - The Metallic Index
49. Gemma Cullingford - Tongue Tied
50. Tony Price - Mark VI

passion of the weiss albums list: https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/29/pow-best-albums-2022/

Passion of Weiss list has Asake, Horace Andy, rap, Vieux Farka Toure w/ Khruangbin , and various releases I have never heard of but maybe you all have

Rock and Roll Globe

https://rockandrollglobe.com/records/the-rock-roll-globe-top-30-albums-of-2022/

A new year's present: At long last, the Album of the Year List spreadsheet! https://t.co/d4vkqKrtJV

— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) December 31, 2022

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5v1y2Bj88JTmSZGAoGFTuCQPPWQDwxkIfT8QhTh478/edit#gid=1927558368

Voting is open for the ILM EOY Poll: ILM's 2022 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD

I don’t think Phonica’s lists have been posted but there’s good stuff there

https://www.phonicarecords.com/best-of-2022

Albums of the year of 5:4 (aka 5against4.com):

Part 1 (#30-#16)
Part 2 (#15-#1)

I missed the nominations, some major ones I don't see on the albums list - Large Plants on ghost box, Muramuke (herbert & barbara panther) on accidental, Lalalar on Bongo Joe, Ezra Collective, Tim Bernardes on Psychic Hotline, Noori & His Dorpa Band on Ostinato, Tumi Mogorosi on New Soil, Al-Qasar on Glitterbeat, Meridian Brothers, Kibrom Birhane, Branko Mataja comp/reissue on Numero Group just to name a few! Hope you check some out

woops wrong thread :(

https://www.theafricareport.com/262966/music-our-top-25-african-hits-of-2022-rule-the-dancefloor/

Africa Report also has a separate amapiano only list too I think