AOTY 2023

Worst Albums

PopMatters

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Lowest Rated Albums of 2022

Year

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1. Lizzo - Special

Lizzo - Special

July 15, 2022

Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Score

40

2. Young Guv - GUV IV

Young Guv - GUV IV

June 24, 2022

Indie Rock, Jangle Pop, Power Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

Score

40

3. Eliza & The Delusionals - Now and Then

Eliza & The Delusionals - Now and Then

May 20, 2022

Score

40

4. Placebo - Never Let Me Go

Placebo - Never Let Me Go

March 25, 2022

Alternative Rock

Score

40

5. Babehoven - Light Moving Time

Babehoven - Light Moving Time

October 28, 2022

Indie Rock, Indie Folk

Score

50

6. Tyler Childers - Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?

Tyler Childers - Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?

September 30, 2022

Outlaw Country, Country Soul

Score

50

7. Pixies - Doggerel

Pixies - Doggerel

September 30, 2022

Alternative Rock

Score

50

8. Triathalon - Spin

Triathalon - Spin

August 19, 2022

Psychedelic Pop, Hypnagogic Pop, Bedroom Pop, Alternative R&B

Score

50

9. of Montreal - Freewave Lucifer Fck

of Montreal - Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck

July 29, 2022

Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Art Pop, Indietronica

Score

50

10. The Lickerish Quartet - Threesome, Vol. 3

The Lickerish Quartet - Threesome, Vol. 3

May 20, 2022

Score

50

11. Arcade Fire - WE

Arcade Fire - WE

May 6, 2022

Art Rock, Indie Rock

Score

50

12. Sunflower Bean - Headful of Sugar

Sunflower Bean - Headful of Sugar

May 6, 2022

Indie Pop, Power Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

Score

50

13. Camila Cabello - Familia

Camila Cabello - Familia

April 8, 2022

Score

50

14. Bonobo - Fragments

Bonobo - Fragments

January 14, 2022

Downtempo, Deep House, Future Garage

Score

50

15. Rayland Baxter - If I Were A Butterfly

Rayland Baxter - If I Were A Butterfly

November 4, 2022

Score

60

16. The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language

The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language

October 14, 2022

Pop Rock, New Wave

Score

60

17. The Cult - Under The Midnight Sun

The Cult - Under The Midnight Sun

October 7, 2022

Score

60

18. Snarky Puppy - Empire Central

Snarky Puppy - Empire Central

September 30, 2022

Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk

Score

60

19. Kelsea Ballerini - SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Kelsea Ballerini - SUBJECT TO CHANGE

September 23, 2022

Score

60

20. Julia Mark - Keeping You

Julia Mark - Keeping You

September 23, 2022

Score

60

21. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

September 16, 2022

Pop Rock, Dance-Pop

Score

60

22. Spacemoth - No Past No Future

Spacemoth - No Past No Future

July 22, 2022

Score

60

23. beabadoobee - Beatopia

beabadoobee - Beatopia

July 15, 2022

Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop

Score

60

24. Interpol - The Other Side of Make-Believe

Interpol - The Other Side of Make-Believe

July 15, 2022

Post-Punk Revival

Score

60

25. Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation

Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation

June 24, 2022

Progressive Rock

Score

60

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