Albums of 2022

[psychobain]

[Ello Sailor]

Pink Floyd's Animals "2018 remix" has surfaced on streaming. Sounds really good, mayne.

[Ello Sailor]

New Gaz (from Supergrass)

[epilogue]

Top 15 albums of 2022 (in alpha order by artist because ranking is tough this year and I need more time with all these records):

Renaissance - Beyonce
American Heartbreak - Zach Bryan
Preachers' Daughter - Ethel Cain
The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
The Hardest Part - Noah Cyrus
angel in real time - Gang of Youths
Teeth Marks - SG Goodman
Bummer Year - Good Looks
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar
Special - Lizzo
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky - Porridge Radio
Lucifer on the Sofa - Spoon
Farm to Talbe - Bartees Strange
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Fear of the Dawn - Jack White

[dad]

Top 15 albums of 2022 (in alpha order by artist because ranking is tough this year and I need more time with all these records):

Renaissance - Beyonce
American Heartbreak - Zach Bryan
Preachers' Daughter - Ethel Cain
The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
The Hardest Part - Noah Cyrus
angel in real time - Gang of Youths
Teeth Marks - SG Goodman
Bummer Year - Good Looks
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar
Special - Lizzo
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky - Porridge Radio
Lucifer on the Sofa - Spoon
Farm to Talbe - Bartees Strange
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Fear of the Dawn - Jack White

Loved Good Looks and Porridge Radio albums.

I need to spend a little more time with that S.G. Goodman. The title track is great.

[epilogue]

I got really into her 2020 record during the pandemic. I didn't realize she had a new one until about a month ago and I can't stop listening to it. She's amazing. I goddamn love that album. I think it would be in my top five if I actually ranked them. Top 10 for sure.

[epilogue]

You a Gang of Youths fan, dad?

[dad]

i haven't checked them out.

is it time?

[epilogue]

I think you might dig them. I didn't get into them until this year with this new album but they've been around for a while. I guess they're huge in Australia/New Zealand. People compare them to U2 a lot, which I guess is fair, but I'm not a big U2 fan and I adore this latest record. angel in realtime just blows my mind. I'm obsessed with it.

If nothing else, give "the angel of 8th ave" a listen. That song is just....

Maybe my single favorite song of the year (though it was released as a single last year).

[dad]

I think you might dig them. I didn't get into them until this year with this new album but they've been around for a while. I guess they're huge in Australia/New Zealand. People compare them to U2 a lot, which I guess is fair, but I'm not a big U2 fan and I adore this latest record. angel in realtime just blows my mind. I'm obsessed with it.

If nothing else, give "the angel of 8th ave" a listen. That song is just....

Maybe my single favorite song of the year (though it was released as a single last year).

I'll make a note to check them out.

[dad]

no particular order. just the albums I listened to most.

Alex G: God Save the Animals
Alvvays: Blue Rev
Good Looks: Bummer Year
Florist: Florist
Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance
The Smile: A Light for Attracting Attention
Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
MJ Lenderman: Boat Songs

[epilogue]

I need to spend more time with that Alvvays record. It's on all the end of year lists. And its good. But it didn't hit me the way it hit everyone else. Which is weird because I do love that band. They're 2014 record is an all-timer!

[dad]

I need to spend more time with that Alvvays record. It's on all the end of year lists. And its good. But it didn't hit me the way it hit everyone else. Which is weird because I do love that band. They're 2014 record is an all-timer!

I love it. However, it made it want to go back and listen to the two previous albums, which are much better imo, especially the closing songs on those albums. Now that I think about it, Antisocialites might be my favorite album of theirs.

Don't sleep on Blue Rev though!

Edit: If Blue Rev ended with Lottery Noises I might have a different opinion.

[epilogue]

I need to spend more time with that Alvvays record. It's on all the end of year lists. And its good. But it didn't hit me the way it hit everyone else. Which is weird because I do love that band. They're 2014 record is an all-timer!

I love it. However, it made it want to go back and listen to the two previous albums, which are much better imo, especially the closing songs on those albums. Now that I think about it, Antisocialites might be my favorite album of theirs.

Don't sleep on Blue Rev though!

Edit: If Blue Rev ended with Lottery Noises I might have a different opinion.

Oh yeah. I dig it. I've just only listened to it once and I need to listen to it more.

[epilogue]

Oh! Also the new Weyes Blood album is amazing and probably will work it's way into my top 10 as I get to know it better.

[epilogue]

Man people love that Alex G record.

I need to give that a go.

[Jorge]

I really like Ethel Cain

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[liebzz]

I liked a lot this year. Couldn’t adequately mail it down to 15, so here’s 25 in at least my descending order of preference:

25. Midnight Oil - Resist
24. The Lazy Eyes - Songbook
23. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Perspective
22. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)
21. The Backseat Lovers - Waiting to Spill
20. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
19. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
18. Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance
17. Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs - External Combustion
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Return of the Dream Canteen
15. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Laminated Denim
14. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - World Record
13. Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive
12. Painted Shield - 2
11. Elvis Costello & the Imposters - The Boy Named If
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
9. Dawes - Misadventures of Doomscroller
8. Eddie Vedder - Earthling
7. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
6. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
5. Goose - Dripfield
4. Marcus King - Young Blood
3. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Changes
2. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava

[dad]

Man people love that Alex G record.

I need to give that a go.

I've tried several times with this dude and I am bored silly.

I’m probably going to sound like a snob for saying this, but his earlier albums, most of which are a lot more lo-fi, are very enjoyable…to me. I think his songwriting has gotten better, but those earlier albums are the ones I find myself going back to more often.