Best Albums

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Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade

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

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Contemporary Folk
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Jazz
- Metal
- Neo-Psychedelia
- Pop
- Pop Rock
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic Rock
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2022

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

1. Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord

November 18, 2022

Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk

Score

100

2. Marisa Anderson - Still, Here

September 23, 2022

American Primitivism

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

3. black midi - Hellfire

July 15, 2022

Avant-Prog, Brutal Prog, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock

Score

100

4. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott

June 3, 2022

Singer-Songwriter, Jangle Pop, Folk Rock, Pop Rock

Score

100

5. Warpaint - Radiate Like This

May 6, 2022

Dream Pop

Score

100

6. Johnny Marr - Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4

February 25, 2022

Indie Rock

Score

100

7. Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point

February 25, 2022

Pop Rock, Synthpop

Score

100

8. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If

January 14, 2022

Power Pop, Pop Rock, New Wave, Baroque Pop

Score

100

9. Daniel Lanois - Player, Piano

September 23, 2022

Score

Amazon

10. Daniel Bachman - Almanac Behind

November 18, 2022

Score

11. Leland Whitty - Anyhow

December 9, 2022

Score

12. Andrew Wasylyk - Hearing the Water Before Seeing the Falls

November 25, 2022

Chamber Jazz, Modern Classical

Score

13. STR4TA - STR4TASFEAR

November 11, 2022

Jazz-Funk

Score

Source →

Amazon

14. NOFX - Double Album

December 2, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

15. Gold Panda - The Work

November 11, 2022

Downtempo, Electronic

Score

16. Lolo Zouaï - PLAYGIRL

October 14, 2022

Alternative R&B, Electropop, Alt-Pop

Score

Source →

Amazon

17. The White Buffalo - Year Of The Dark Horse

November 11, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

18. The Welcome Wagon - Esther

November 4, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

19. Sunking - SMUG

November 18, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

20. Skullcrusher - Quiet the Room

October 14, 2022

Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Psychedelic Folk

Score

21. Montparnasse Musique - Archeology

October 21, 2022

Score

22. Dan Mangan - Being Somewhere

October 28, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

23. Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony

November 11, 2022

Score

Source →

Amazon

24. Junior Boys - Waiting Game

October 28, 2022

Score

25. Honey Harper - Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky

October 28, 2022

Alt-Country, Singer-Songwriter

Score

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