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Best Albums of 2022 by User Score

Decade
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023

1.

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
February 4th, 2022
Art Rock, Post-Rock, Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
90
8,083 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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2.

JID - The Forever Story
August 26th, 2022
Southern Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
USER SCORE
88
5,458 ratings
Amazon
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3.

black midi - Hellfire
July 15th, 2022
Avant-Prog, Brutal Prog, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
87
5,052 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Shoji Meguro - Persona 5 The Royal Original Soundtrack
February 22nd, 2022
Jazz Fusion
USER SCORE
86
71 ratings
Amazon

5.

Natalia Lafourcade - De Todas Las Flores
October 28th, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
86
1,542 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

6.

Quadeca - I Didn't Mean To Haunt You
November 10th, 2022
Folktronica, Art Pop, Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
85
4,146 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
May 13th, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
USER SCORE
85
9,447 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

8.

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11th, 2022
Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Alt-Country
USER SCORE
85
3,854 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

9.

Justin Hurwitz - Babylon
December 9th, 2022
Jazz
USER SCORE
84
74 ratings
Amazon

10.

Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
August 12th, 2022
East Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Boom Bap
USER SCORE
84
3,380 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

11.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
March 25th, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop, Boom Bap
USER SCORE
84
6,372 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

12.

Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
November 18th, 2022
Baroque Pop, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
3,302 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

13.

JPEGMAFIA - OFFLINE
February 24th, 2022
Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Cloud Rap
USER SCORE
83
733 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

billy woods - Aethiopes
April 8th, 2022
Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop
USER SCORE
83
2,257 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
March 25th, 2022
Hardcore Punk, Screamo
USER SCORE
82
2,071 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

16.

Son Lux - Everything Everywhere All At Once
April 8th, 2022
Electronic, Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
82
67 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Nas - King's Disease III
November 11th, 2022
East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
1,919 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

18.

Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
December 12th, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
82
2,912 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
May 12th, 2022
Singer-Songwriter, Dream Pop, Slowcore, Americana
USER SCORE
81
2,147 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Beach House - Once Twice Melody
February 18th, 2022
Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
81
2,832 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes
February 25th, 2022
Hardcore Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap
USER SCORE
81
2,341 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

July 29th, 2022
Dance-Pop, House, Contemporary R&B
USER SCORE
81
4,583 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Machine Girl - Neon White OST 1 - The Wicked Heart
June 16th, 2022
Hardcore Breaks, Drum and Bass, Breakcore
USER SCORE
81
124 ratings
Amazon

24.

Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
July 15th, 2022
Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
81
544 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Michael Giacchino - The Batman
February 24th, 2022
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
81
81 ratings
Amazon
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