The 2022 End of Year music lists thread

I listen to Alex G infrequently but I would have never thought to use any of those descriptors upthread about him.

Caramanica NY Times list has Nigerian Asake and Pareles list of additional top albums has Malian Rokia Kone ( w/ Jackknife Lee)

i listened to the caroline album that's on all these lists bc the descriptions were interesting and it sounds like christmas music

Yeah, I don't get this one at all, even though I do like some of the adjacent stuff that came out this year.

caroline is like the only artist on these lists whom i adore!
the record is just fantastic
"christmas music"??? like - is Palace Music or Songs:Ohia or even like early Mogwai christmas music? it's definitely not an in-vogue style though

Rolling Stone’s 100 best albums of 2022: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2022-list-1234632387/

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heh I listened to the first song on that and was like "woah this sounds like 1999" so yeah

Is Rolling Stone even trying to have a point of view or is the intent of the magazine simply to document for historical record what the popular masses consumed in a given year

Probably just a copy editing oversight but it made me laugh that the Lizzo blurb is uncredited.

Midnights at #3 – LOL

Glad tQ gave some props to the Širom album, putting it #11— it is a genuinely excellent record, been playing it a lot.

That Rolling Stone list has Tove Lo fairly high, which I haven't seen on many other lists. I love that record and was beginning to wonder if I was the only one.

Is Rolling Stone even trying to have a point of view or is the intent of the magazine simply to document for historical record what the popular masses consumed in a given year

― Indexed

I was trying to think of the last time their number one wasn't a big selling number one album. All I could come up with was that U2 album that invaded everyone's iTunes. Before that maybe TV On The Radio in 2008.

A few good tracks but I was disappointed with the new Tove Lo album xp

caroline not normally my sorta thing but really enjoyed the album
fav bit is when good morning (red) falls apart

Also, some actually great Quietuscore - like, tailor-made for them - came out in the form of Holy Scum and it isn't even in their 100. But why list the best thing any member of Gnod has ever done when you can just list yet another fuckin Gnod album?

― imago

I missed Holy Scum at Torfest to see another act and supposedly they were one of the best things at the festival. I should probably check out the album. Though tbf I'm perfectly happy for them to not list every band's side project in their EoY chart (unless it's mine, lol). Anyway, it's a good list and if all you're seeing on it is art metal then you're massively overlooking a whole lot. I can see a few things that will/might make my own ballot and I'm not even halfway through.

I will say I liked the Quietus list better than last year, tho I just cannot with the noise and metal they prefer— maybe I’m getting old, but most of it truly sounds like shit to me.

complex - https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2022/

First Sault appearance?

second Wizkid one, once again at #26

However you feel about Gioia's taste (and personally I find I have a good amount of overlap), you have to hand it to him for providing an informative one-line description of each item on his honorable mention list. I hope he sticks with this format for his best-of list. It's the perfect amount of information to quickly digest. I don't want to read an essay, just enough information to give me a hint of whether it might align with my own taste, and not meaningless buzzwords:

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-best-recordings-of-2022-honorable

https://www.popmatters.com/best-indie-rock-albums-2022

is Palace Music or Songs:Ohia or even like early Mogwai christmas music?

now that's what I call a perfect blurb, listening now, wonderful album

However you feel about Gioia's taste (and personally I find I have a good amount of overlap), you have to hand it to him for providing an informative one-line description of each item on his honorable mention list.

yeah that's a very nice format, youtube links for all entries too

also a lot of stuff I'm not familiar with

his rock choices seem to come from a person not too familiar with the genre

wow, brutal top 6 indie rock albums there from popmatters

the 5 current british post-punk buzz bands plus bartees strange, and the rest of the top 25 looks like they threw darts at a playlist

tell me you're 20 years old and know zilch about rock music without telling me you're 20 years old and know zilch about rock music

I was gonna ask which of those bands are worth checking out; haven’t heard of most of em

It is a fucking terrible list but there's a few decent things there

Just went through the audio clips… It does feel like a pretty random assortment.

If you want some collective-listening-based lists to go with the editorial/authorial ones, my algorithmic country/genre explorer for the year is up (to be updated again after the year actually ends):

https://everynoise.com/2022_around_the_world.cgi

ted gioia's list is the only list i look forward to every year, even though i pretty much hate everything else about the guy. whatever.

i see that he's going to post the top 100 list behind a paywall again. i subscribed last year just to get access to it, but if somebody feels like posting it here that would be cool.

Cabbages list (best hip-hop):

https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/best-hiphop-rap-albums-2022/

(2nd list I've seen after Loud & Quiet with Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals' 'King Cobra' at #1)

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2022/

you know what, fuck it, amazing #1 choice

this hikaru utada song might be the most ILM-bait song i've ever heard

Didn't think Destroyer was going to get much attention this year; pleasantly surprised.

Gorilla vs Bear top 50 songs

https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-songs-of-2022/

Yeah I like it a lot and great #1

The p4k list isn’t bad either.

this hikaru utada song might be the most ILM-bait song i've ever heard

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, December 5, 2022 9:30 AM (one hour ago)

I only listened to the first two minutes but this is otm

Hikaru will def make it into the top 77 tracks.

It’s somewhat overindulgent at 12 mins, but Floating Points is an amazing producer so it doesn’t feel as long as it is.

Bummer that Big Thief couldn’t muster two tracks on the list (like Beyoncé did), even though their album is full of incredible songs

there's a lot to love about the p4k list but i'm baffled by #1

some kind of CANadian CONspiracy

I don’t mind it, but most songs in that top 10 they’ll completely forget about when the 2020-2024 or the EOD poll comes, assuming p4k still exists.

Pomeranian Spinster (the Alvvays track right before Belinda Says on the album) is one of my top jams of the year; but none of the other songs on the album really sound like anything much to me. Strange #1 indeed

Seems to me like pfork meant to swap #1 and #100. That's the only explanation.

like a lot of other alvvays tracks it's fine but it's hard to understand what makes it so special.

Pitchfork list is a pleasant surprise.

rolling stone singles: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-2022-list-1234632381

appreciate the amount of latin music on there, otherwise pretty bland

Cool, they include "Pomeranian Spinster" (and correctly flag it as the album's best song)

vinylmeplease is the first list i've seen to mention 454's fast trax 3, which will absolutely be on my list
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/magazine/best-albums-2022

besides plenty latin (same as in their albums list), Rolling Stone also has lots of kpop, plus it has five of the big afropop songs of the year in its top 50. I call that progress.