Best Albums

The Independent

independent.co.uk

Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Chamber Pop
- Contemporary R&B
- Dance
- Dance-Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- New Wave
- Pop
- Pop Punk
- Pop Rock
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- Punk
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop

2022

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

1. Stormzy - This Is What I Mean

November 25, 2022

UK Hip Hop, Contemporary R&B, R&B

Score

100

2. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu

November 4, 2022

Indie Pop, Synthpop

Score

100

3. Taylor Swift - Midnights

October 21, 2022

Synthpop, Alt-Pop, Pop

Score

100

4. Darren Hayes - Homosexual

October 7, 2022

Score

100

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5. Plastic Mermaids - It’s Not Comfortable to Grow

September 30, 2022

Score

100

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Amazon

6. Sports Team - Gulp!

September 23, 2022

Indie Rock, Post-Punk

Score

100

7. Lizzo - Special

July 15, 2022

Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Score

100

8. Angel Olsen - Big Time

June 3, 2022

Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country

Score

100

9. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

May 13, 2022

Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop

Score

100

10. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever

May 13, 2022

Pop Rock, Indie Pop

Score

100

11. Arcade Fire - WE

May 6, 2022

Art Rock, Indie Rock

Score

100

12. ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI

March 18, 2022

Neoperreo, Art Pop, Reggaeton

Score

100

13. Charli XCX - CRASH

March 18, 2022

Dance-Pop, Electropop, Synthpop, Pop

Score

100

14. Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point

February 25, 2022

Pop Rock, Synthpop

Score

100

15. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

February 11, 2022

Indie Rock, Blues Rock

Score

100

16. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

February 11, 2022

Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Alt-Country

Score

100

17. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs

February 4, 2022

Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Exotica

Score

100

18. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii

February 4, 2022

Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, New Wave

Score

100

19. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

February 4, 2022

Art Rock, Post-Rock, Chamber Pop

Score

100

20. Years & Years - Night Call

January 21, 2022

Electropop, Dance-Pop

Score

100

21. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

November 18, 2022

Baroque Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Score

22. Christine and the Queens - Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue)

November 11, 2022

Score

23. Arctic Monkeys - The Car

October 21, 2022

Baroque Pop, Art Rock, Chamber Pop, Lounge

Score

24. Björk - Fossora

September 30, 2022

Art Pop, Post-Industrial, Electronic, Deconstructed Club

Score

25. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

September 16, 2022

Score

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