IT’S HERE! Thank you all for watching and sharing your passion for music this year! Happy holidays; we’ll see you in 2023. ❤️
Here are all the albums and their respective reviews, sorted by artist’s first name:
Adeem the Artist – White Trash Revelry
https://youtu.be/N_ueXwRfUEc
Ari Lennox – age/sex/location
https://youtu.be/HLErXgsV3Nk
Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
https://youtu.be/b__adVVw68c
Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture
https://youtu.be/rxb2L0Bgp3U
Autopsy – Morbidity Triumphant
https://youtu.be/U7w_MKl5_hE
Backxwash – His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
https://youtu.be/SNmZfHDOHQw
Beach House – Once Twice Melody
Review: https://youtu.be/760OT_z3bMg
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMic2zzFph0
Beyoncé – Renaissance
https://youtu.be/xY5RyjaQJCE
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Review: https://youtu.be/QB8CkJcztoM
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVY4qs7c78A
billy woods – Aethiopes
https://youtu.be/wSesOY1Aa4A
Black Country, New Road – Ants from Up There
https://youtu.be/yteTG6zfEFE
Black Dresses – Forget Your Own Face
https://youtu.be/CX6z3ERpI8Y
black midi – Hellfire
https://youtu.be/miR30bsSH4E
Black Thought & Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes
https://youtu.be/UeSwqepnAX0
Bladee & Ecco2k – Crest
https://youtu.be/SmDls15895I
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
https://youtu.be/JBj7QogMrDA
Chat Pile – God’s Country
https://youtu.be/KcYBolH-j9c
Cheekface – Too Much to Ask
https://youtu.be/le_0jyqCXFU
Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes
https://youtu.be/R6BYedaNkBQ
Daniel Rossen – You Belong There
https://youtu.be/yUZwQTviD2o
death’s dynamic shroud – Darklife
https://youtu.be/YbxcaHn_d_o
Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Review: https://youtu.be/eCSjx7bNqAA
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtEme1PjO6A
FKA twigs – Caprisongs
https://youtu.be/6-K4gwk_5ZM
Gospel – The Loser
https://youtu.be/zxaXgNJG3xk
J.I.D – The Forever Story
https://youtu.be/zOm5n0OJLfc
JER – Bothered / Unbothered
https://youtu.be/OeUTdHtfz5o
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
https://youtu.be/5UluxcFJVx0
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
https://youtu.be/gHQE7tULx6c
Kenny Beats – LOUIE
https://youtu.be/6YoUjUGvHUk
Kilo Kish – American Gurl
https://youtu.be/ABX2gfy7CDk
Krallice – Crystalline Exhaustion
https://youtu.be/dDf9giqfhTI
Leikeli47 – Shape Up
https://youtu.be/rQopUHwvodQ
Lupe Fiasco – Drill Music in Zion
https://youtu.be/4-F6oFAFxa8
Meridian Brothers – Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
https://youtu.be/tGClvgTCrIY
Nas – King’s Disease III
https://youtu.be/5KlHjDnefYQ
Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores
https://youtu.be/ikryWQEHsCE
OFF! – Free LSD
https://youtu.be/XQ0C_Dmf0hI
Otoboke Beaver – SUPER CHAMPON
https://youtu.be/Ms88Vd8nllE
Petrol Girls – Baby
https://youtu.be/n5251uGGWJQ
Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry
https://youtu.be/DHdySyDRnhA
Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord
https://youtu.be/KaLUHF7nQic
Silvana Estrada – Marchita
https://youtu.be/OrWA926f0zE
Smino – Luv 4 Rent
https://youtu.be/ycyxm3rgQG0
Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
https://youtu.be/-D5-MKIVzjo
Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
https://youtu.be/ChLLBp3FmUA
Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
https://youtu.be/oNPAhe7G3yg
SZA – SOS
https://youtu.be/5yq5HtfzAIs
Viagra Boys – Cave World
Review: https://youtu.be/jmHZvGMe8pQ
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y6IS7wzupc
The Weeknd – Dawn FM
https://youtu.be/LiQfSv1p_IA
Wormrot – Hiss
https://youtu.be/SgjDaPWjzuU
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
https://youtu.be/_hwQLwy7lVk
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AUSTEN SHOUTOUTS
Ákos Rózmann – MASS / MÄSSA
https://ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/mass-m-ssa
Peter Rehberg at GRM
https://peterrehberg.bandcamp.com/album/at-grm
Derek Bailey & Friends – New York 1982
https://recitalprogram.bandcamp.com/album/new-york-1982
(loved Crest too)
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Y’all know this is just my opinion, right?
source
Bladee top 50 🙂
Honestly all of these records are trash.
Zeal and Ardor is the best album this year. This list is a joke.
Multitude should be somewhere on this list
I'm just gonna pretend you left Fossora out of your top 50 😢
I don’t understand this Natalia Lafourcade thing.
It’s such run of the mill spanish/latin music. There’s 100s of records like that
Way to wrap up 2022 with this great 22 minute rundown on its greatest of greats. And how ironic that #41 had a 41 minute long song!! 😮
Darklife freaking RULESSSS… !!!! That is definitely in my top 5 for this year. Also, both RHCP albums are in my personal top 50. Don't at me, bro.
You seriously didn't pick the álbum Sim Sim Sim from bala desejo?? The winner of Latin Grammy, a Brazilian band
I’m surprised Will Wood hasn’t gotten any mainstream attention yet with the release of his album “In case I make it” this year
Have you reviewed songwrites apothecary lab?
How many albums did you listen to get your list?
A bit more metal on here than usual, very happy about that!
LUPE TIER LIST
Where the hell is bad omens the death of peace of mind its album of the year
I'm trying to understand your musical tastes. It seems largely if not entirely based on the lyrics?
mates missing Weyes Blood
1. IC3PEAK – KISS OF DEATH
2. Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
3. Petrol Girls – Baby
4. Adeem the Artist – White Trash Revelry
5. The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta
6. Backxwash – HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING
7. Avantasia – A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society
8. Charli XCX – CRASH
9. ROSALIA – MOTOMAMI
10. The Weeknd – Dawn FM
I'm glad denzel's there
I just released a concept rock album but I added skits about getting invaded by bluegrass loving aliens. What’s that get me.
Im a huge Natalia Lafourcade fan and to see De todas las flores in number 1 is amazing to see. I went to school in a tuxedo when the album dropped
Foxtails? 🙁
So glad that bladee's spider was number 1 on the list
Anthony's taste is getting worse.
Where’s Lord Huron – Long Lost? My fav album this year. Thanks for all the reviews in 2022-keep em comin in 23
How the hell does an entire comment section have such a bad taste in music. Sheesh. This list was horrendous. And that’s not just my opinion, I’m just straight up right and you’re wrong. Where’s 2pacs album? Ever heard of juice wrld?????? Why isn’t my man juice at least in top 10
I am glad to not see bad bunny