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The Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade
Source
Genre
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2022

1.

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
February 4, 2022
Art Rock
Critic Score
89
30 reviews

2.

Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE
July 29, 2022
Dance Pop
Critic Score
88
30 reviews

3.

Nina Nastasia - Riderless Horse
July 22, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
10 reviews

4.

Nova Twins - Supernova
June 17, 2022
Rap Rock
Critic Score
88
13 reviews

5.

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
May 13, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
33 reviews

6.

ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI
March 18, 2022
Neoperreo
Critic Score
87
17 reviews

7.

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
April 22, 2022
Post-Punk
Critic Score
86
30 reviews

8.

Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
February 4, 2022
Post-Metal
Critic Score
86
11 reviews

9.

Binker and Moses - Feeding the Machine
February 25, 2022
Post-Bop
Critic Score
86
10 reviews

10.

Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
April 22, 2022
Punk Rock
Critic Score
85
15 reviews

11.

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11, 2022
Indie Folk
Critic Score
85
32 reviews

12.

Just Mustard - Heart Under
May 27, 2022
Shoegaze
Critic Score
85
17 reviews

13.

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
May 12, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
14 reviews

14.

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
March 25, 2022
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
84
11 reviews

15.

Angel Olsen - Big Time
June 3, 2022
Americana
Critic Score
84
28 reviews

16.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
March 25, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
11 reviews

17.

The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
May 13, 2022
Art Rock
Critic Score
84
27 reviews

18.

Yard Act - The Overload
January 21, 2022
Post-Punk
Critic Score
84
28 reviews

19.

Wet Leg - Wet Leg
April 8, 2022
Indie Rock
Critic Score
83
39 reviews

20.

Tomberlin - i don’t know who needs to hear this...
April 29, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
16 reviews

21.

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Life On Earth
February 18, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
19 reviews

22.

CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
March 4, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
83
12 reviews

23.

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
January 7, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
83
27 reviews

24.

Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
May 13, 2022
Folk Rock
Critic Score
83
14 reviews

25.

Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
February 4, 2022
Art Pop
Critic Score
83
25 reviews
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