WORST ALBUMS OF 2022 

I could say a lot, but I’ll boil it down to this. *sigh*

Crash, thank you so much for summarizing my thoughts on _Will of the People._ Matt Bellamy has said that he does not like far-right groups claiming his music and doesn't support them, but the issue is that his political messaging has become so vague over the years that _anyone_ could claim it. You'd think that the solution would be to do the opposite, make the music _less_ vague and more specific? It sucks, too, that Muse used to be my favorite band and I used to have to defend myself for liking them, but they've spent the past seven years trying their best to prove the haters right.

The Austin Powers soundtrack comparison with Arctic Monkeys has potential to become so much funnier with this year's Best Of list if a certain album with Quincy Jones as a guest on it shows up on there.

Random observations: Man that Ctr-Alt-Del gag might be the most brutal you’ve ever done The amount of straining on Brendon’s voice gives me secondhand embarrassment As a former Muse fan, I still can’t get over how We Are Fucking Fucked exists. These guys are in their freaking 40s now and it sounds like something edgelord 13 year olds on 4chan would come up with Hope 2023 goes better for you!

I’m happy to see your mental health is doing better with your new way of doing things, and I’m still very glad to see you do these lists! I myself kind of missed out on a lot of contemporary music this year after falling into a jazz hole. Have a happy holiday season and may the almighty Record Deer grant us a healthy crop of albums next year! PRAISE UNTO OUR CERVINE MAESTRO! Edit: Oh, Sakanaction put out an album this year that I spun a whole lot, but that was about it.

"Had to give you a career to destroy it" No Marshall, he's doing that on his own

AMAZING take on Spiritual Machines 2. THANK YOU for including the history of the first record, and why 2 feels fabricated!

When Crash brought up The 2nd Law at 38:25, I felt that. I listened to that album front to back when it got released, hell, I did a presentation for it during my junior year in high school. I enjoyed the 2nd Law so much that I maintained that it was Muse's best album.

So much of what made PATD cool and interesting was their original guitarist who quit ages ago. He brought all the clever lyrics, catchy riffs and arrangements.

Always happy to see Crash on my timeline, even if he hasn't been around for a while, his presence just makes me smile. you take all the time you want to get back Crash, I totally understand the nature of burnout. We'll all be here when you get into your groove again. :)

I think I love his how Crash has become more "nicer" Like even talking about the bad albums there is a tone and mood of sincerity and trying to understand both sides of the coin, he'll actually give reasons in a calm matter and not just scream like a banshee

So Our Lady Peace... sold their last album... as a fucking NFT?! That alone is punishable for war crimes at the Hague.

WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT FOR THE #6 SPOT Thank God you included that one here. That one was my #1 worst (tied with MGK), and I say it as a former fan of this band/artist, and I think this album in particular finally cemented a theory that I had been workshopping since 2020 when all the controversy against the guy started to really become relevant for once. This is gonna be a very weird one, but I finally have the perfect opportunity to share it. Brendon Urie is officially the Doug Walker of pop rock. Both started in the mid-2000s and got famous through the association of a close friend who was already top of the game at the time (Pete Wentz/James Rolfe), but then once that moment came when their projects were supposed to be done, they ended up reviving them in ways that would cause both the quality of their work and their credibility as people to have a very steady decline over time, not really helped by their heavy reliance on bringing in outside resources in order to put anything out these days. Not to mention, the really dark abuse cases that have happened involving higher-ups from behind the scenes who have committed heinous crimes against all the clients who worked for their professions (Zack Cloud Hall/Mike Michaud) and being revealed to have sheltered some very obscure, but very infamous sexual predators (Kenny Harris/JewWario) to the point where all the band members/content creators who worked for them finally had it and left for much superior projects on their own terms. Thus, with everything almost seeming like the beginning of the end (Pray for the Wicked/To Boldly Flee) for them, all their problematic actions finally got the best of them, and they put out painfully unlistenable albums containing a bunch of ear-piercing shrill vocals, sub-mediocre pastiches of classic rock legends, and an unignorable aura of misanthropic apathy and violent bitterness towards anyone who tries to hold an inkling of any form of accountability for all the harm they've caused to others (Viva Las Vengeance/The Wall). Yet somehow, through all of it, the diehards are still there, still trying to stand their ground and deny how far their heroes have fallen just because they did so much for their respective fields, but as the years go by, the less the content holds up, and the more you really feel the secondhand embarrassment for those fans who keep lying to themselves about how much need there is for Panic!/NC in this day and age. With that being said, I feel like it's time we put Brendon in the place where he and Doug both belong; left behind to waste away in the Bin.

Seriously through can we talk about how somehow Jack Harlow bragged about banging Dua Lipa actually might have worked? Like HOW

Honestly, Ghost in the honorable mentions hurts so much lmao. I'm not a weirdo who hates on other people for having different tastes though, and I respect that you didn't like it. Personally, I like how cheesy it is. Ghost is campy as hell and I like them having fun with it; twenties is really the only song I can't defend, even though I have a soft spot for it. But yeah, the reasoning is fair and I can see how ghost would be too cheesy for a lot people. I'm hoping the next album will have more Meliora vibes and go back to being more ominous lol.

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino was like "wouldn't it be funny if we did this as like a joke?" and The Car is like "we're just doing the thing we joked about doing on the last album".

Ive been super sick and having trouble sleeping for days, so seeing this video in my notifications at 5 in the morning has honestly made my christmas ❤

Sad thing is, I could TOTALLY see Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young doing that.

Your #2 made my day. See, I listen to you and other music youtubers but it's actually rare to see certain acts I love from my teen/college years on these channels. They haven't had a good album since Healthy in Paranoid Times but I was so happy to see them on their Clumsy anniversary tour. So when I found they were actually coming back to New York and realized it was about the newer stuff, I did a clear pass on that. Cuz I heard enough of this album from preview to steer clear, I don't even know why it's called a sequel.

Honestly your #2 spot really hurt and thats only because you're right. As much as I hate to say it, I wasn't a fan of New Spiritual Machones either. The First 5 Our Lady Peace albums culminating into the absolutely (in my case) life changing Gravity are some of my absolute most FAVORITE albums of all time. So yeah it uh....makes me sad too Crash, not necessarily because of the music but the gimmicks surrounding it. Great video

Tbh, 2022 hasnt been that bad for music. Really the bad stuff this year theme wise to me at least was just more so a case accidental missteps of the artist falling into boring territory. Like they tried- But they still failed but we should give a D+ for effort. But then again, the mighty have fallen to a geat degree, but it feels accidental to me. Wasnt like last year where it was just a case "You should know better" and making utterly boring music purely to spite the fans or really they never had a chance to begin with

Great to see you back! It’s hard to not let anything burn you out now adays. I’ve gotten a lot more shitposty when it comes to music opinions, and I don’t purposely seek out bad music much and it’s helpful. And as bad as country can be I’ve listened to more of that on the radio than other music, and honestly it’s kinda nice lol.

Okay, I was willing to stick up for MGK’s TTMD back in 2020. It wasn’t necessarily great but it was some dumb fun. I was wondering if mainstream sellout really was that bad or if I might have another popcorn album to listen to. Then I hear “I’m a genius, could’ve made donda”, and that line there was just the wave of wrong that convinced me you guys have a point; it was like a cosmic explosion in my mind telling me “okay, maybe I should avoid this!”. I mean I didn’t WANT to hate MGK, but Jesus, you cannot come back from a line like that.

Love the multi colored sound foam. I don’t why that stuck out to me but it did. It’s neat

it really does my heart good to see a worst of the year list where Crash doesn't get apoplectic or saddened over the very worst albums. so glad you're doing better, Crash.

Mainstream Sellout makes Tickets To My Downfall look like American Idiot. Seriously guys, Avoid it as much as you can if you cannot avoid it.

You actually convinced me to give Our Lady Peace's first four a go a while back, but in doing so I saw that they released Spiritual Machines II as an NFT, and honestly that soured the entire thing for me. That's a stunt that both alienates your current fanbase and cuts off any future ones, so I appreciate you addressing it.

Crash, you the best. Keep being you. You kick butt, man!

As a huge fan of the original OLP quadrilogy, seeing what happened to the band since then has been tragic. Your coverage was spot on

Was waiting for this. Good to have you back

I’ve never watched a video of yours before this, but I subscribed because this was so funny and I love your voice/vibe. Keep going please and take care!

Damn! Disagree on TM being included on this list, as well as the Car and Impera, but your reasonings for them are fair. Great video and unique in your reviews!

Great vídeo ❤ but the back focus is killing me 😂

So glad you're back Crash. So glad you're in a better place now and I hope you continue to get better. We love you and care about you.

Thank you so much for covering Our Lady Peace. They are such a special band to me. I wish more people knew what magic they have as a band. I saw a clip years ago, where Raine is explaining Canada's music system. Nickleback killed their chances for a USA crossover. They played nice for years. Now, they seem like they have a bit more freedom than in the past when it comes to their accessibility. I often see them included for festivals across the US now. I'm just glad they didn't give up. (I agree, Spiritual Machines should not have a sequel....it is my all time favorite.)

So glad to see you're still making videos

Glad to hear you are doing better. Sad to see Muse and others are not…

As to the beginning of this video, I can really empathize. I burned out from recording a lot of music, and I couldn’t record, listen, or play it for a while, even to my favorite records. So like you, apart from some soundtracks, I barely listened to anything that came out this year.

Double album isn't nofxs last album, Mike did an interview and he said they've planned at least 3 more with the last planned album being NOFX: A-Z

I’ve never listened to Our Lady Peace, but that story was one of the most depressing things I’ve ever heard.

Am I the only one who thought Oliver Tree was literally just H3H3 playing a character when I first heard about him?

Ouch. Comparing an album to THAT strip from Ctrl+Alt+Del. HARSH, dude. Not necessarily undeserved, mind you. But harsh.

How does a record come out as an NFT? For that reason alone, Spiritual Machines II should qualify for an episode of TrainWreckords.

1. I've been digging up content from you since I found you a short while ago, but you are already one of the most entertaining RU-vidrs I've watched. Hope you have a great holiday, and remember, if you have to look after yourself at the expense of a bit of content, I'll fully support ya! 2. You said you were trying not to listen to albums you knew would suck, but who held a gun to your head and forced you to listen to Mainstream Sellout? I've only heard 3 songs from it but they're all terrible! I've had my fill of MGK already.

I think it's worth mentioning that pretty much all of the bitterness on The Family is aimed at social media like twitter and tiktok where outright lies about them spread about them and kindof killed any momentum they'd get from Ginger onward. Kevin seems to be on pretty good terms with everyone for the most part, they moreso just grew apart after the breakup, no full blown drama really stuck. I think the biggest drama was Kevin wanted to release the album they lost when Ameer got kicked to coincide with the original final album they were recording and fulfill the two albums they owed RCA but Dom (and maybe a few others) didn't want it out at all, or at least didn't want Ameer's verses to still be on it. Kevin wanting to be on good terms with both Dom and Ameer eventually just dropped the whole thing and that's probably one reason "The Family" exists. Another thing I think is worth noting is that Brockhampton was supposed to remain a collective after their final album but something happend to both kill the making of the OG final album and actually end the group for good, that's what lead to Kevin and Bearface making "The Family" without any other members, as I like to put it: "The Family" IS a Brockhampton album, it's just Kevin was the only member left at the time of recording.

For every Marshall Mathers LP 2, there is a Spiritual Machines 2. I don't care what people say MMLP2 is HOW you do a sequel to a good album. If anything, the second one is a Better Sequel.

bold of you to think that EYE!!!! didn't miss your reviews... the FIMI's were my main way to catch up on music so they were actually really missed, I am glad that your mental health is doing better tho! Always happy to see your videos pop up! Take care Crash!

23:40 - 23:43 - this song.... this f-ing song has been cursing me for years and I never knew its name or who to blame for it. Now I know! Thanks(?) Crash.

I liked a few songs on the Ghost album but I think you can read my mind. I didn’t even realize most of these albums came out this year. I made it about 4-5 songs into the MGK album and started wondering what I was doing with my life. This is coming from someone who actually listened to the Kid Rock album which I promise would’ve ranked really high on here had you listened as well.

Love you crash and thoroughly enjoyed the entire vid 😃👍 Loved the butt, left and right jab 🖤

Glad to see you back. Only now able to begin catching up. Have to admit, there wasn't too much that stuck with me. A lot of the things people are proclaiming in my chosen genre(s) feel underwhelming at best. A lot of the good stuff feels too textbook for me at this point. Not sure how to deal with that. Impera being a prime example. You and Jon both put it on your lists and I have to agree... why? Why is this so popular? It feels so empty to me...

It was great knowing that Viagra Boys improved drastically on Cave World

Spoilers for no. 5 on this list Hey, so I'm actually a big fan of the family, and I just wanted to say that I completely feel you on the bitterness. I really like the production and how secretly hooky it can be, but I completely understand if you take one look at Kevin's depressing drunk filled mess, and nope out. I just got hooked in by something on this, and I can just picture this bojack horseman moment where a drunk Kevin Abstract is crashing this goodbye celebration by stealing the microphone, and complaining about how much he's hated the band since his abusive friend got kicked out. It's just so revealing about Kevin Abstract as a person, and I just got used to the idea that everything in this record is fleeting, every moment can be snuffed out and seem into the general malaise that is substance addiction. This project actually got me interested for how the next Kevin abstract project will turn out. Like will he show change? further seep into his horrible habits? I genuinely have no idea, and I'm excited to see what's next

Crash, if you’re looking for something to fill the Pale Waves void, I went to a Wallows concert last night, and their opening act, May-A, was awesome.

11:08 Talk about a band I hadn't heard from in years. Last I heard of these guys was when Todd In The Shadows reviewed a song from "The Beginning". I had *no idea* that they had done another two albums.

I really enjoyed that Pale Waves album, IDK why but the sound just hit me right there

Man I myself took a break from the usual music id listen too. Gone were Black Metal, Goth, Speed Metal and Doom for a while and instead I listened to Turbo Folk for months which was an nice change of pace. Breaks are important no matter which medium we talk about.

Good to have you back Crash

Couldn't agree more on Muse and Panic. It sucks because they were my favorite bands in high school but in the 8 years since, they've absolutely lost the plot. 🤦‍♀️

Using a meme in a song like that is guaranteed to make it age poorly almost instantly

I know impera wasn’t the best album from ghost, but i enjoyed my time with it, and in a year as awful and depressing as this one has been , I will take any dopamine hit I can get.

I just have to say it. That ass joke - 10/10. Laughed out loud :)

Why does "Will Of The People" sound like Manson's "The Beautiful People"? That fruit has fallen and rotted, why try to take it's place? I don't get it. What's going on??

Ok the ass part was really funny!!

that is the best loss meme i've ever fucking seen. love ya crash

I never spend an hour watching rants, but I totally spent an hour watching you.

I think if there’s any album that were supposed to take seriously even though it’s absolutely making an ass of itself, Viva Las Vengeance is the best example of that mentality instead of The Car.

The king returns !!!

In defense of THE CAR's production "letdown", it really feels like 1970s prod, this was probably the goal here... the Tranquility base lounge prod is really modern, sounds big. The Car seems to be a move into the retro feeling production wise. Not bad at all, hadn't listened to it, sld a couple in store, but AM fans are not head over heels at the store I work at.

The way you feel about pale waves is the way I feel about glass animals. First album was a part of my childhood but every subsequent record has gotten worse and worse and it makes me sad.

I'll say it again here as I did on ARTV's worst-of-the-year list: I wanted to like Will of the People so badly, but man was it probably the most disappointing album for me. Kill or be Killed is the best song on that album and it doesn't even reach the heights as something like New Born or Stockholm Syndrome. Most of the albums on your list I either forgot about or straight up didn't know were released. I guess I do a pretty good job at avoiding bad/disappointing music.

the skit at 40:19 is one of the best things crash has ever done 💀💀

Apparently the last two NOFX albums were conceived of as one album, but then they split it into two for whatever reason. It's why they were titled Single Album and Double Album. They turned one shitty album into two shitty albums.

as much as it hurts to see interpol on the same list worst albums list as mgk or the black eyed peas, i kinda get it. i'm a massive interpol fan and honestly haven't heard the album since august.

Crash, I'm pretty sure that The Car is supposed to be based off a french film soundtrack in the 70s.

Totally agree on OLP. Spiritual Machines I was a fantastic album; Spiritual Machines II was like a bad cash-in 2020s sequel to a great 90s movie.

The Muse album sounds like the shirts that I see that just say RESIST. Like, look, if you're not going to elaborate, I'm going to assume you're a teen whose parents wouldn't let you take the car out.

You make me feel like it’s Halloween was good and that’s it for Will of the People

the worst album i heard this year was better luck next time by midwxst, which i gave a 4.5/10 idk what to say lol i didn't listen to much bad music this year. i like to experience music in totality including the bad stuff but i just happened to not do it with full albums. i got my fill of the worst of the worst from whatever came up in brad taste videos

I spend too much time on pretentious online music websites and no one there likes Oliver Tree, they really hate him. I hate saying this but its music for people who don't like music, but have a really bad sense of humour like the songs are pop/rock/hip hop/country songs for people who think they're too good for those genres and are so far up their own asses they cant actually notice when it just smells like poop.

Honestly haven’t been able to listen to the new NOFX album because I know it’s going to make me real sad.

My god Thank you for echoing my thoughts on Oliver Tree, I too have no idea what his appeal is, a man somehow trying too hard and not trying at all at the same time……

Hey crash MGK is number 1 on the list. How does he fit your theme of the mighty have fallen when he never rose above anything to begin with?

Maybe you should have reviewed Impera with Luke instead of Mark? He really really liked the album and had some good reasons which might have changed your views on it a bit? Hard to say.

Beautiful thumbnail Crash

"Muse sucks now." It's sad that I don't agree with you, but I also don't think you're wrong 😕

Have a good end of the year, Crash!

Brockhampton was honestly destined to fall apart eventually. Literally too many cooks in the kitchen.

Bruh, it's like 3 am, what are you doing up so late? Why am I here??

"Speaking of clown shoes..." I think I'm stealing that.

My dude, same. I've loved music my whole life, and it was just frustrating this year. Ok. I'm not getting tik tok ever because of the way it tracks your data. But that's where a lot of big hits came from. I watch these channels because it's my only way, literly only way to get any music that may or not be trending on there. End result: I felt very out of the crowd this year. I'm not one for following other crowds, but maaaan it was a bad year for me to feel it. I've been lonely as hell as of lately. I've got my peers but lately they've been off doing their own thing. I Dated around a little for the first time in a while, MAN that was a trainwreck. Woulda been a good time for music? Nah, the music made me feel more lonely because everyone was getting these fairytale relationships or they remind me how fucked up my experience felt. Tldr. 2022 was even worse for me. Why would next year be any better? I keep hope, but what's the point? Also, your channel makes me feel less lonely. Thanks for making this content!

I'm glad you're feeling better crash.

For jack Harlow, you should really check out confetti, that was him at his best

The latest Ghost album sounds like what Ghost sounds to people who don't like Ghost. i'm saying this as someone who personally doesn't like Ghost and has been unabled to see its appeal. That album is now my personal referendum about this band and my opinion about them.

When Impera first came out I only liked two songs on it. After going to the tour for that album I warmed up to some of the other tracks but it's by far the worst Ghost record and I never listen to the whole album anymore

I thought double album was marginally better than single album, but that being said, not a very high bar lol. I feel like if Nofx would’ve retired right after First Ditch Effort, they would’ve went out on a much better note, especially when you count what Mike said in Vegas in 2017-18 (can’t really remember). The past 5 years have not been great to Nofx, but it’s pretty much all their fault.

As someone who actually really enjoyed Tickets to my Downfall, Mainstream Sellout was a massive disappointment. It was just a copy and paste with somehow worse production (despite having the same team behind it), worse songwriting, worse features, and worse vocal performances and lyrics. The closer Twine Flame is the lone bright spot as it feels like the only song with any kind of actual emotion put into it. I usually defend MGK more than most but this album was a mess

Man, seeing Joji on worst albums of the year really makes me want Papa Franku back😢

Happy New Year, Crash!

I love the fact that this MGK album is your number 1 choice here. And I have a very specific reason for this. I am an unabashed wrestling fan. And with that, comes the video games. And we got WWE 2k22 this year after the bullshit was WWE 2k20. And... MGK was the "Executive Producer" for the soundtrack for the game. He got that basically off the back of his WWE relationship (he got powerbombed into a table by Kevin Owens, he gots a wee be of respect from me for that. Go watch the video if you need to see him get destroyed for this album) and this album in general. His song choices aren't terrible, but his song kind of is. Now I kind of want to go boot up 2k22 and beat up on MGK in it... he was a DLC character.