The 22 of 22

The top albums of 2022, organized by album release date because art is not a competition.

Tony Otero
5 min readDec 30, 2022

You may notice that there’s a lot more than 22 selections here. I like the naming convention I established for titles of other posts, so I’m sticking with it. It’s my list, so I can break the rules.

The Lumineers: Brightside

Pedro The Lion: Havasu

Ronnie Martin: From The Womb Of The Morning, The Dew Of Your Youth Will Be Yours

St. Paul & The Broken Bones: The Alien Coast

Wovenhand: Silver Sash

Sandra McCracken: Carry Each Other

Spoon: Lucifer On The Sofa

Hurray for the Riff Raff: LIFE ON EARTH

Shovels & Rope: Manticore

Jack White: Fear of the Dawn

Black Keys: Dropout Boogie

Florence + The Machine: Dance Fever

Mavis Staples: Carry Me Home

Wilco: Cruel Country

Angel Olsen: Big Time

Drive By Truckers: Welcome 2 Club XIII

Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance

Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee

Pete Yorn: Hawaii

DIIV: Sometime / Human / Geist

Emery: Rub Some Dirt on It

Chagall Guevera: Halcyon Days

Guided By Voices: Tremblers and Goggles by Rank

Dawes: Misadventures of Doomscroller

Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive

Norma Jean: Deathrattle Sing for Me

Katy Guillen & The Drive: Another One Gained

Silversun Pickups: Physical Thrills

Ryan Adams: FM

The Rocky Valentines

The Afghan Whigs: How Do You Burn

Lauren Anderson: Burn It All Down

Madison Cunningham: Revealer

Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown: Shake The Roots

The Joy Formidable: Into The Blue

Secret Machines

Buddy Guy: The Blues Don’t Lie

John Fulbright: The Liar

Me Like Bees: Disco Two Step

Demon Hunter: EXILE

The Odyssey: Saturn

Lecrae: Church Clothes 4

Propaganda: Terraform: The Soil

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Fillmore

Pique your interest?

Here’s a playlist

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