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Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alt-Country
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Chamber Pop
- Contemporary Folk
- Country
- Dream Pop
- Electronic
- Folk
- Folk Rock
- Hip Hop
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Neo-Psychedelia
- Pop
- Post-Punk
- Power Pop
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop

2022

This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2022. Check out Paste's Year End List.

1. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

February 11, 2022

Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Alt-Country

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2. Kelly Bachman - Rape Victims Are Horny Too

September 23, 2022

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Amazon

3. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

May 12, 2022

Dream Pop, Slowcore, Singer-Songwriter

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4. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky

May 20, 2022

Indie Rock, Art Rock, Post-Punk

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5. Angel Olsen - Big Time

June 3, 2022

Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Country

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6. Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century

April 8, 2022

Traditional Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Pop, Baroque Pop

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7. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

March 25, 2022

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8. The Weeknd - Dawn FM

January 7, 2022

Synthpop, Dance-Pop, Synth Funk, Nu-Disco, Synthwave

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9. Alex G - God Save The Animals

September 23, 2022

Indie Folk, Indie Rock

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10. Florist - Florist

July 29, 2022

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Slowcore

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11. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs

February 4, 2022

Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

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12. black midi - Hellfire

July 15, 2022

Avant-Prog, Brutal Prog

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13. Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy

September 30, 2022

Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

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Amazon

14. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever

June 24, 2022

Indie Rock, Dream Pop

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15. Just Mustard - Heart Under

May 27, 2022

Shoegaze, Noise Rock, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock

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16. Spiritualized® - Everything Was Beautiful

April 22, 2022

Space Rock Revival, Space Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

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17. Shamir - Heterosexuality

February 11, 2022

Indie Rock, Noise Pop

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18. Fievel Is Glauque - Flaming Swords

November 25, 2022

Progressive Pop, Jazz Pop, Jazz-Rock

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Amazon

19. Wild Pink - ILYSM

October 14, 2022

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20. Alvvays - Blue Rev

October 7, 2022

Indie Pop, Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Indie Rock

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21. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

September 30, 2022

Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Neo-Psychedelia

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22. The Soft Hills - Viva Chi Vede

July 22, 2022

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Amazon

23. The Sadies - Colder Streams

July 22, 2022

Alt-Country, Psychedelic Rock

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24. Perfume Genius - Ugly Season

June 17, 2022

Art Pop, Experimental, Modern Classical

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25. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table

June 17, 2022

Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Indietronica

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2022.