Top 10 Albums of 2022 

Carly Rae Jepsen, Rosalía and Beyoncé really showed everyone this year how it is done and for that, I am thankful

so so happy ethel got such a high spot, i feel like she has been under appreciated with critics this year

“Renaissance = Top Gun”is an amazingly deep and accurate comparison.

I don’t know if this runs contrary to Beyoncé purists, but Renaissance is my favourite album by her precisely because it dodges the larger narratives. It’s an escapist album that posts funk, Afro-beats,disco, house and r&b and is just so fun to listen to. Its definitely a lot more replayable than Lemonade.

What mic said about 2000s/2010s kids being able to forgive crappy lyrics is so true. If its a bop, its a bop

i'm so glad that Ethel is on this list, Preacher's Daughter is INCREDIBLE! And American Teenager samples the riff from Don't Stop Believin'! Strangers and A House In Nebraska are my favorites from this record.

Hope you’re all having a good holiday season so far. Thanks for watching, not just this but any of my videos from the past year. I’ll see you again early next year :)

One of my favourites was Dance Fever by Florence + The Machine! They made an amazing comeback.

The 1975 and beabadoobee’s albums were my favorite this year, glad the 1975 made the list!

Mitski became an absolutely massive deal after she supported Harry Styles at some arena shows this year. Muna will do the exact same with this Taylor Swift run. Fantastic exposure and fully deserved.

i think caprisongs and renaissance have to be my albums of the year. these 2 are just collections of positive affirmations and honestly that's what we all need this year

I lot of people were disappointed by Rina Sawayama’s second album, but it’s genuinely my favorite of the year. She’s always mentioned that she wished people appreciated her song writing and Hold the Girl delivered. Is it Sawayama? No. Is it still perfectly great on its own? Absolutely. Maybe I’m swayed because I saw her live and got a chance to meet her, but oh man it is an excellent album and I don’t care what people have to say because I enjoy it and wasn’t looking for SAWAYAMA part 2

People complaining about some of the lyrics in Motomami being dumb like, that's the best parte, it's reggaeton, it mostly isn't meant to be taken seriously. The lyrics are there just to give some kind of vibe and rhythm, not to be an award winning poem. And also, there are songs with great lyrics in there too. Motomami is just perfect, it's exactly what it wanted to be.

Absolutely LOVE Ethel Cain... was not expecting to see here but very glad she's getting the shoutout she deserves!

I really have not been listening to a lot of new music this year, but the Florence + The Machine album really hit the spot for me. I really love the whole of it and have been listening to it on repeat ever since the release day.

Wow Mic, I can't believe imagine dragons took up 7 spots on the list

Wow. None of the albums I have on my top 10 are on yours. And you know what? That’s perfectly ok. When thousands of people a year try to summarize A FULL YEAR’S worth of music into only ten records, it’s crazy that there’s any overlap ever. It makes me glad that there’s more musical joy given to people outside of my usual musical bubble. Thanks mic for the recommendations!!

I was in the comments of the original vid mentioning that Preacher's Daughter was a concept story album so I'm so happy that you looked into it and talked about. Ethel's art speaks so deeply to me growing up queer in the South.

The Alvvays album was absolutely crazy. It's been on repeat.

I slept on _Preacher's Daughter_ when it first dropped, but I had a delayed flight home and walked around the airport listening to it. That third chorus in _Thoroughfare_ nearly made me break down crying right there in front of the fountain by the Starbucks. What an earth-shattering song, and a fantastic record.

I'd say, after thorough and honest thinking: 10. Cheat codes - Danger mouse and Black thought 9. Expert in a dying field - The Beths 8. Renaissance - Beyoncé 7. A light for attracting attention - The smile 6. Melt my eyez cold blooded edition - Denzel curry 5. King's disease - Nas 4. Return of the dream Canteen - Rhcp 3. Skinty fia - Fontaines DC 2. Blue rev - Alvvays 1. Ants from up there - Black country, new road Also shoutout to Motomami, de todas las flores, Laminated denim, Hatchie's and Built to spill's latest albums... I mean what an unbelievable year for music this has been.

For me 1. Ants From Up There (BCNR) 2. Preacher's Daughter (Ethel Cain) 3. Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava (KGLW) 4. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Weyes Blood) 5. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Kendrick Lamar) 6. It’s Almost Dry (Pusha T) 7. I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You (Quadeca) 8. Hellfire (black midi) 9. Songbook (The Lazy Eyes) 10. Omnium Gatherum (KGLW)

Before this year I hadn't caught up with a lot of modern releases, but now my music taste has expanded greatly and I feel like I can appreciate this video a lot more. Thanks for a super awesome year Mic, have a lovely Christmas!

Great list Mr. Snare, here’s mine. 10: Everything Everything - Raw Data Feel 9: Chat Pile - God’s Country 8: bladee - Spiderr 7: Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry 6: Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future 5: Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers 4: JID - The Forever Story 3: Quadeca - I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You 2: billy woods - Aethiopes 1: Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There HM: Earl Sweatshirt - SICK!

I absolutely wasn't expecting Spoon to be #1, I guess because the buzz around the album I've seen has been pretty encapsulated around people who already know Spoon. But, I kid you not, it made me so happy to see them there. Definitely deserved. Finally, I am once again asking for more Spoon content on the internet, those guys rock!!

my faves in no particular order: - Gang of Youths, "Angel in Realtime" (i lied before. this is definitely my top album of the year

Shoutout to Arctic Monkey’s The Car too. After 6 years and one controversial album later, they brought themselves back brilliantly. It wasn’t what I was expecting yet it was exactly what I wanted

Just wanted to shout out my number 1 album was 'Emails I Can't Send' by Sabrina Carpenter. It's truly a no skip album for me, like every single song is great on it, you have absolute bangers like nonsense, already over, fast times, to the stripped back emotional moments of skinny dipping, because i liked a boy, how many things, EICS, to a mix of just other amazing pop hits like tornado warnings and decode. To see her growth over the years and her coming out with an album that shows her incredible talent was amazing and I absolutely loved the album it was 10/10

My 10 favourite albums that I bought this year (some from this year, some not, and in no order): beabadoobie - Beatopia Chumbawamba - Anarchy SUNDUR - Somewhere There's Music Wet Leg - Wet Leg Jakub Zytecki - Nothing Lasts, Nothing's Lost Daniel Rossen - You Belong There The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods Ride - This is Not a Safe Place David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

So much good music this year, and there's still stuff that I've yet to catch up on! So far my list would look smth like this : 10. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future - Yeah, it hits as much as everyone says it does. Fav tracks : Walkin, John Wayne, X-Wing 9. Natalia Lafourcade - De Todas Las Flores It's beautifully produced, and beautifully written. "Mi manera de querer" is one of my absolute favourite songs of the year. Fav tracks : De todas las flores, Pajarito colibrí, Mi manera de querer 8. Arctic Monkeys - The Car As someone who's been saying that Arctic Monkeys should make James Bond theme for a while now, I guess I've been served. And I liked it. Fav tracks : There'd Better Be a Mirrorball, Sculptures of Anything Goes, Big Ideas 7. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Blah blah blah Kendrick the GOAT, anything he puts out is some degree of genius, blah blah blah Fav tracks : United in Grief, N95, Mother I Sober 6. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU More like "YES PLEASE" amirite? Fav tracks : Gorilla, Silhouette, X 5. Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa This will probably grow into one of my all-time favourites, but as it stands, I've had a few of these songs on repeat ever since I've heard them. Fav tracks : The Hardest Cut, The Devil & Mister Jones, Astral Jacket 4. Björk - Fossora I've been waiting for a Björk album to click with me as immediately as "Vespertine" or "Medúlla" did, and this is the one. Fav tracks : Atopos, Ancestress, Trölla-Gabba 3. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum The artistic culmination of what feels like decades of work and experimentation. Their other albums this year are all great, but this one, to me, holds the most meaning at this point in the band's career. Also "Presumptuous", oh my god, what an absolute JAM. Fav tracks : The Dripping Tap, Kepler 22-b, Presumptuous 2. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There This one didn't click with me right away, but I found myself returning to it suspiciously often. At one point I cried to "Snow Globes", and then I was forced to admit that I absolutely love this album. Fav tracks : Chaos Space Marine, Snow Globes, Basketball Shoes 1. A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests I knew that I was going to enjoy it, but HOLY SHIT. I've been listening to it an unhealthy amount since it came out, but I still can't find words to put on how perfect this album is to me. Fav tracks : Hollow Heart, Murmurs, Pristine If you've made it to the end, congratulations! You win my admiration and gratitude. Hope you have a good day :)

my top 10 albums of this year: 1. sabrina carpenter, “emails i can’t send” 2. sza, “S.O.S” 3. beyoncé, “Reneissance” 4. james bay, “Leap” 5. 5 seconds of summer, “5SOS5” 6. conan gray, “Superache” 7. dean lewis, “The Hardest Love” 8. nina nesbitt, “Älskar” 9. kehlani, “blue water road” 10. omar rudberg, “Omr”

Justice for Rina Sawayama! In all seriousness, fantastic list - 2022 was truly stacked.

Spoon also dropped my favorite album this year and they deserve it. What a fantastic album. They became an obsession of mine over the last two years and seeing them live for the first time this year (twice back to back as well!) really cemented it for me. Can’t wait to see what they do next.

preacher's daughter really got me through the latter half of this year, such a great album that i keep coming back to. also shoutout to the band-maid unleash ep (which is really long for an ep), goes so hard, they continue their streak of never releasing a bad song

My top 10: 10. I Love You Jennifer B - Jockstrap 9. A Light for Attracting Attention - The Smile 8. DECIDE - Djo 7. hypochondriac - brakence 6. Waiting to Spill- The Backseat Lovers 5. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar 4. The Forever Story - JID 3. I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You - Quadeca 2. Hellfire - black midi 1. Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road

My favorites: - Carly Rae Jensen, “The Loneliest Time” - Arctic Monkeys, “The Car” - Zella Day, “Sunday In Heaven” - Weyes Blood, “And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow” - The Pretty Reckless, “Other Worlds” AOTY: Florence + The Machine, “Dance Fever”

My personal top 10 was: 1. Midnights (3am Edition) - Taylor Swift (Specifically this edition) 2. The Lonliest Time - Carly Rae Jepson 3. Harry's House - Harry Styles 4. 5SOS5 - 5 Seconds Of Summer 5. Mercural - Vera Blue (Aussie artist yall internationals are sleeping on) 6. Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama 7. How To Let Go - Sigrid 8. Renaissance - Beyonce 9. Emails I Can't Send - Sabrina Carpenter 10. Superache - Conan Gray

I collect CDs and so my albums of the year used to be limited to physical releases only but Preacher's Daughter (that doesn't have a physical release at time of writing) was so good and captivating that I had to change my personal rules to make it my Album of the Year. Brilliant top 10 albums as ever Mic The Snare, always the video I look forward to the most in year-end list season!

Omg I’m so glad to see Ethel Cain on here! One of her earlier singles, Crush, is one of my favorite songs EVER so it’s awesome to see her get some much-deserved recognition.

A very good list once again from Mr Snare! Sad my favorite record of the year (Raw Data Feel) didn't make it in, but so glad to see Preachers Daughter and The Loneliest Time

I love watching Michelangelo The Snare’s end-of-year album lists because I get introduced to a lot of new stuff I still haven’t heard of, so I can always make sure to start the new year with some great new music to listen to ❤ Some of these will _definitely_ be among my 2023 playlists 💁‍♀️

Glad Spoon made it to #1 Love their Albums as of late. Thanks, Mic. Happy Hoildays.

Dance fever hasn't been on so many of these lists but it was so so good

Thank you for talking about and including Muna! They are incredible and so under appreciated! All 3 albums are so good!

Such a fan of your work! Thanks for enriching my experience of music. It’ll probably take all of 2023 if not longer to fully parse and appreciate the wealth of insight you shared here- and I can’t wait! And loved your take of course on your #1 pick, which is also my fave. 😊 Cheers and thank you again

Always look forward to this video, every year. Needing some good music right now. Thank you Mr Snare

Happy holidays! I'm looking forward to watching this. Also a DDD for MARINA would be great

Thank you so much for all the content you’ve posted this year, it’s gotten me through some hard times and I hope you have a merry Christmas!

My favourite release this year was Tocotronic's "Nie wieder Krieg" (no more war). It was released at the end of January so they couldn't know what happened some weeks later. Not their magnum opus, but a great collection of songs about growing/getting older and self reflection about one's inner demons. Because of...everything happening this year + family + mental health couldn't listen to many new acts but plan to hopefully change that next year. Much thanks for producing all these engaging videos this year, even if there were hardships. Wishing everyone some good holidays and a happy new year.

My album of the year is Bronco by Orville Peck, but I also loved Loneliest Time and Preacher's Daughter from your list!! Such a fantastic year of music, for serious.

You got me into Ethel Cain this year so thank you for that. Her release was 2nd on my list

Great video and interesting list. Happy to see someone rank MUNA really high as it is an amazing album that's still pretty underrated in my opinion, despite being on lists for publications like Rolling Stone, NPR, and Stereogum. Also, Ethel was really THE young singer-songwriter to watch this year. I should be coming out with mine really soon as well!

I remember seeing Alvvays open for Real Estate on their 2014 UK tour and it was love at first listen. To see them blossom and come into their own has been lovely.

what a fantastic list! I'm still waiting for that 10xRun Away With Me album, but The Loneliest Time was no slouch either. And love for shining some light on Alvvays, it was #1 for me this year

so excited for this, thanks for putting out such quality content all year!

Cool list and video as always, filled with the sorts of albums I've heard races about and wanna check out but just haven't yet. Of the ones I _have_ heard that weren't mentioned, one of my favorites is Empath's album _Visitor,_ a beautiful, hooky, and concise record with some of my favorite songs and textures of the year. The climax of the closing track, "Paradise," is especially amazing: legitimately one of the most jaw-droppingly hype musical moments of the entire year for me.

Thank you for tout video ! I'll have some music to enjoy for the end of the year. One of my favorite this year is an album called consolation by pomme, a french artist

10:42 LOVE that when the mic fails, the snare comes in to save the day. What a team

Loving your eoty lists Mic, you better be having a happy holidays

I've only heard "Strangers" by Ethel Cain once, and it was almost too emotional to handle. Beautiful though. Need to mentally prepare myself for the rest of the album.😅 Saw Muna live this year and they were fantastic. Aside from being incredibly talented, they are also hilarious and extremely likable as people.

Whenever I am feeling geriatric and uncool, I take solace in knowing that I have listened to nearly everything on this list, and own several of the albums on physical media. At 42 years old, it makes me feel slightly less ancient.

Perfect list I must said and I discovered Spoon this year because of you, so thank you for that!

Favourite Albums of this year Beyonce - Renaissance Rosalia - Motomami Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl Muna -Muna Jockstrap - I love Jennifer B Omar Apollo - Ivory Sudan Archives - Brown Prom Queen

A few of my favourite albums of this year: Martha's "Please Don't Take Me Back", Yard Act's "The Overload", Bodysync's "Radio Active" and The Sound of Science's self-titled.

My Top 10 Records this year: 10. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B 9. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 8. Beach House - Once Twice Melody 7. Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You 6. Richard Dawson - The Ruby Chord 5. Alvvays - Blue Rev 4. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 3. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs 2. black midi - Hellfire 1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There Honorable Mentions: Courting - Guitar Music Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Luna Li - Duality Pusha T - It's Almost Dry Rosalia - MOTOMAMI The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention The Weekend - Dawn FM The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems Hatchie - Giving the World Away Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future Every King Gizz release in 2022

This is officially my most anticipated year end list of 2022

Mic is really helping me find the Good Shit in contemporary pop, a space in which i have zero experience and i have no idea where to start. Deffo gonna check some of these out.

No Thinking Over the Weekend was my favorite song off the year, glad you gave Loneliest Time so much love!

The backseat lover's - Waiting to spill was one of my top albums by this year. It's so amazing.

A very good list of the best albums of 2022. Thanks for the great content this year. Good luck for the future.

I swear no one can introduce me to a whole list of artists I suddenly love like you do. Also as always the most entertaining way to talk about music since whatever Mic The Snare video was last published. 10/5

Kinda sad that nobody's mentioning Stromae's album Multitude. It's a masterpiece, so deep yet so refreshing. It's my favourite alongside Renaissance this year

i always enjoy the way you talk about music and look forward to these videos like nothing else!! ty ty ty :)

love the Carly shout out, been finding myself going back to that album quite a bit, especially when driving.

finally! now i have been granted permission to listen to albums from this year. thank you master mic

Carly Rae being on this list feels so fulfilling as I feel like her album truly has some of her best work ever. And I feel like this video has inspired me to maybe listen to some of the albums mentioned that I haven’t listened to yet. 0/10 though for not mentioning Rina Sawayama

man, i wake up and a new mic the snare video right before christmas… it truly is the most wonderful time of year! happy holidays mic & to everyone who manages to read this :)

I’m so glad Blue Rev made it on your list. One of my top albums for sure this year. They also put on a great live show.

Thanks for putting out a great list.

Thank you for recommending Ethel Cain to me...she's AMAZING. Last year you also made me listen to Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice which I really love. You're awesome keep rocking ang keep introducing us good music

LOVE the Ethel Cain love, “Preacher’s Daughter” blows me away every time I come back to it

thank you mic for everything. hope you have a great holiday season and an amazing 2023

Great list, I think my favorite album this year was probably Big Thief

Here's my list: 10. black midi - Hellfire 9. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future 8. brakence - hypochondriac 7. beabadoobee - Beatopia 6. JID - The Forever Story 5. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 4. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 3. NIKI - Nicole 2. Quadeca - I Didn't Mean To Haunt You 1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There HMs: Earl Sweatshirt - SICK! FKA twigs - CAPRISONGS 070 Shake - You Can't Kill Me Kenny Mason - RUFFS

I got a lot of these in my honorable mentions 😆 including spoon, but Wild would be one of the top songs of the year for me so my list was 10. florence + the machine : dance fever 09. gloria groove : lady leste (🇧🇷) 08. shygirl : nymph 07. mitski : laurel hell 06. tove lo : dirt femme 05. crywolf : exuvium (huuuge shoutout to that one) 04. the smile : a light for attracting attention 🥉. urias : fúria (🇧🇷) 🥈. rosalia : motomami 🥇. ethel cain : preacher's daughter and i would definitely have included hatchie's give the world away if i didn't think it was released in 2021 😅

missing a good few of my top for this year (daniel rossen, alex g, niños del cerro) but oh well lol. nice list, could’ve seen spoon from miles away.

dude! you should do a video at the beginning of the year of drops and trends you're looking forward too in the next year! like predictions! I think that would be so fun!! happy holislays

Thanks, mic! Your top 10 albums of last year defined my 2022 Spotify wrapped, so I expect this years list to be in my 23 wrapped 🤣

Blue Rev deserves to be higher simply because of Belinda Says. It has been a ridiculously good year for music.

I really didn't expect seeing Denzel Curry being this high in your list! I definitely agree with you it's definitely my second favourite album of the year right behind Dawn FM. Great list!

Thank you for the vids this year man. You’re probably my favourite RU-vid channel. The attention to detail does not go unnoticed 🖤

Impeccable list and video as always. Keep up the good work in 2023, Mic!

My favorite this year is God's Country by Chat Pile, the production is so deep and gritty and the instrumental goes so hard with the BCNR-esque vocal style while still adding their own spin to it.

Your videos bring me a lot of joy, thank you

Great video as always but, on an unrelated note, you clearly have a love for mashups, combining songs that are unlikely to be merged together I'd love to see you dedicate a video on the topic of Neil Cicierega's mouth mashup album series That reference you made to Mouth Sounds in your Music of the 90's video where Kurt Cobain's vocals on Smell's Like Teen Spirit transition into the Full House theme song makes it clear that you're a fan

Mic, I am gonna recommend Kavinsky's album Reborn. Outside of the synthwave fanbase, it's gotten almost no buzz, but it is one of the best of the year. My husband, a synthwave enthusiast, had me listen to it and it's in my top 5 of 2022. Synthwave is generally a genre that sounds all the same to me - if you've heard one song, you've heard them all - except Reborn feels so fresh and unique while being a throwback. Give it a chance. And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is my no. 1 album of this year. I listened to it on a whim having only heard of Weyes Blood from her collab with the Killers on Imploding the Mirage, and I just fell in love the album and her music as a whole.

Ah, mic blesses us with another great vid.

The moment we've all been waiting for!!

Thank you for all the quality content

i like the subtle running up that hill shoutout in the outro i forgot that happened this year