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NPR Music's 36 Favorite Albums of 2022 (So Far)
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Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
January 28, 2022
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
78
13
reviews
Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
May 6, 2022
Latin Pop
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11, 2022
Indie Folk
Critic Score
85
32
reviews
Bladee & Ecco2k - Crest
March 17, 2022
Cloud Rap
Critic Score
80
2 reviews
caroline - caroline
February 25, 2022
Post-Rock
Critic Score
74
13
reviews
Dan Romer - Station Eleven
January 13, 2022
Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century
April 8, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
31
reviews
FKA twigs - CAPRISONGS
January 14, 2022
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
79
19
reviews
Girl Ultra - El Sur
April 29, 2022
Guitarricadelafuente - La Cantera
May 6, 2022
Flamenco nuevo
Harry Styles - Harry's House
May 20, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
78
27
reviews
Harvey Sutherland - Boy
April 29, 2022
Nu-Disco
Critic Score
80
1 review
Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
March 25, 2022
Afro-Funk
Critic Score
81
15
reviews
Immanuel Wilkins - The 7th Hand
January 28, 2022
Post-Bop
Critic Score
80
3 reviews
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Drone Mass
March 18, 2022
Jogging House - Weight
January 18, 2022
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
May 13, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
33
reviews
Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
March 4, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
8
reviews
Leikeli47 - Shape Up
May 13, 2022
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
4
reviews
MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
April 29, 2022
Country Rock
Critic Score
82
2 reviews
Molly Nilsson - Extreme
January 15, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
71
4
reviews
MUNA - MUNA
June 24, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
83
20
reviews
Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS
March 4, 2022
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
29
reviews
Peter Coccoma - A Place To Begin
May 20, 2022
Critic Score
64
1 review
Raveena - Asha's Awakening
February 11, 2022
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Ravyn Lenae - Hypnos
May 20, 2022
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
82
3 reviews
S.G. Goodman - Teeth Marks
June 3, 2022
Alt-Country
Critic Score
81
5
reviews
Samm Henshaw - Untidy Soul
January 28, 2022
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
75
4
reviews
Saya Gray - 19 MASTERS
June 9, 2022
Critic Score
74
1 review
Shortie No Mass - here goes nothing.
December 16, 2021
Conscious Hip Hop
Silvana Estrada - Marchita
January 21, 2022
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
83
3 reviews
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
March 25, 2022
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
84
11
reviews
Straw Man Army - SOS
April 15, 2022
Swsh - Goodboy
April 29, 2022
X Alfonso - Ancestros Sinfónico
May 27, 2022
Yeat - 2 Alivë
February 18, 2022
Trap
Critic Score
58
4
reviews
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https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1107438039/npr-music-favorite-albums-of-2022-so-far
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