Best Albums

A.V. Club

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Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade

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

Source

Genre

2022

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

1. Wet Leg - Wet Leg

April 8, 2022

Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival

Score

100

2. Angel Olsen - Big Time

June 3, 2022

Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country

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3. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)

April 15, 2022

Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter

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4. Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS

March 4, 2022

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5. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

February 11, 2022

Indie Rock, Blues Rock

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6. Cat Power - Covers

January 14, 2022

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7. Taylor Swift - Midnights

October 21, 2022

Synthpop, Alt-Pop, Pop

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

April 8, 2022

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

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9. The Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars

March 4, 2022

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10. Basia Bulat - The Garden

February 25, 2022

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11. SASAMI - Squeeze

February 25, 2022

Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

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12. Superchunk - Wild Loneliness

February 25, 2022

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13. Hurray for the Riff Raff - LIFE ON EARTH

February 18, 2022

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Pop

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14. Beach House - Once Twice Melody

February 18, 2022

Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

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

February 11, 2022

Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Alt-Country

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16. Cordae - From a Birds Eye View

January 14, 2022

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17. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time

October 21, 2022

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18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

April 1, 2022

Alternative Rock, Funk Rock, Pop Rock

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19. Cypress Hill - Back in Black

March 18, 2022

West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, Boom Bap

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20. Drug Church - Hygiene

March 11, 2022

Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock

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21. Shamir - Heterosexuality

February 11, 2022

Indie Rock, Noise Pop

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22. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs

February 4, 2022

Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Exotica

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23. Phife Dawg - FOREVER

March 22, 2022

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24. Weezer - SZNZ: Spring

March 20, 2022

Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Power Pop

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25. Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero

February 25, 2022

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