[EOTY 2022] Indieheads Top 101 Albums of 2022
Good morning yall!
Today we finally finish off the Listmas season with the one you've all been waiting for, with a big, beautiful collection of our top 101 albums of the year. This list was created over a few weeks of community voting, with hundreds of r/indieheads users participating. We originally planned to showcase 100 albums, but because of a tie we've awarded an extra final spot. For more details on how this list came about, you can take a look at the voting thread.
Announcing our top 101 albums of 2022!
| Artist | Album | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Black Country New Road | Ants From Up There | 2880 |
| Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | 2508 |
| Alvvays | Blue Rev | 2213 |
| Beach House | Once Twice Melody | 1172 |
| black midi | Hellfire | 1138 |
| Jockstrap | I Love You Jennifer B | 794 |
| Weyes Blood | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow | 742 |
| The Smile | A Light For Attracting Attention | 726 |
| Alex G | God Save the Animals | 708 |
| The Beths | Expert in a Dying Field | 695 |
| Fontaines D.C. | Skinny Fia | 633 |
| Kendrick Lamar | Mr Morale & the Big Steppers | 557 |
| Beyonce | Renaissance | 504 |
| Wet Leg | S/t | 502 |
| Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Cheat Codes | 454 |
| Nilüfer Yanya | PAINLESS | 433 |
| Rosalia | Motomami | 416 |
| Soul Glo | Diaspora Problems | 400 |
| Billy Woods | Aethiopes | 373 |
| MJ Lenderman | Boat Songs | 368 |
| JID | The Forever Story | 353 |
| Spoon | Lucifer on the Sofa | 350 |
| Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | 332 |
| The 1975 | Being Funny In A Foreign Language | 323 |
| Arctic Monkeys | The Car | 317 |
| Ethel Cain | Preacher's Daughter | 313 |
| Everything Everything | Raw Data Feel | 309 |
| Animal Collective | Time Skiffs | 305 |
| Angel Olsen | Big Time | 297 |
| Let's Eat Grandma | Two Ribbons | 281 |
| Viagra Boys | Cave World | 274 |
| Daniel Rossen | You Belong There | 243 |
| Destroyer | Labyrinthitis | 231 |
| The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 224 |
| Perfume Genius | Ugly Season | 222 |
| Soccer Mommy | Sometimes, Forever | 214 |
| Charli XCX | Crash | 210 |
| Natalia Lafourcade | De Todas las Flores | 202 |
| Hatchie | Giving the World Away | 199 |
| Gilla Band | Most Normal | 193 |
| Mitski | Laurel Hell | 189 |
| Gang of Youths | angel in realtime | 181 |
| Florence + the Machine | Dance Fever | 180 |
| Little Simz | NO THANK YOU | 178 |
| Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen | 178 |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava | 176 |
| Aldous Harding | Warm Chris | 171 |
| Pinegrove | 11:11 | 169 |
| caroline | S/t | 160 |
| Richard Dawson | The Ruby Cord | 153 |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Omnium Gatherium | 151 |
| Chat Pile | God's Country | 149 |
| Porridge Radio | Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky | 139 |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | The Loneliest Time | 138 |
| Death's Dynamic Shroud | Darklife | 138 |
| Just Mustard | Heart Under | 137 |
| Pusha T | It's Almost Dry | 135 |
| Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset | 134 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Cool It Down | 134 |
| Julia Jacklin | PRE PLEASURE | 133 |
| Florist | S/t | 131 |
| Cate Le Bon | Pompeii | 130 |
| SZA | SOS | 129 |
| Djo | DECIDE | 124 |
| FKA Twigs | Caprisongs | 119 |
| Björk | Fossora | 115 |
| MUNA | S/t | 114 |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Asphalt Meadows | 113 |
| Phoenix | Alpha Zulu | 113 |
| Silvana Estrada | Marchita | 111 |
| Foals | Life Is Yours | 108 |
| Tomberlin | i don’t know who needs to hear this… | 107 |
| PUP | THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND | 105 |
| Skullcrusher | Quiet the Room | 102 |
| Dry Cleaning | Stumpwork | 99 |
| Hikaru Utada | BAD MODE | 99 |
| CMAT | If My Wife New I'd Be Dead | 98 |
| Kali Malone | Living Torch | 98 |
| Kevin Morby | This is a Photograph | 97 |
| Sharon Van Etten | We've Been Going About This All Wrong | 96 |
| Yard Act | The Overload | 96 |
| Sorry | Anywhere But Here | 95 |
| Horsegirl | Visions of Modern Performance | 92 |
| Toro Y Moi | MAHAL | 89 |
| Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul | Topical Dancer | 84 |
| Father John Misty | Chloe and the Next 20th Century | 83 |
| Grace Ives | Janky Star | 83 |
| Jack White | Fear of the Dawn | 83 |
| Pool Kids | S/t | 83 |
| yeule | Glitch Princess | 83 |
| Bladee & Ecco2k | Crest | 81 |
| Preoccupations | Arrangements | 80 |
| Taylor Swift | Midnights | 80 |
| Wild Pink | ILYSM | 80 |
| Wormrot | Hiss | 78 |
| Alt-J | The Dream | 75 |
| Cheekface | Too Much To Ask | 73 |
| Quadeca | I Didn't Mean to Haunt You | 73 |
| Special Interest | Endure | 68 |
| Bad Bunny | Un Verano Sin Ti | 66 |
| Metric | Formentera | 66 |
A full spreadsheet of results can be found here.
A playlist including tracks from all these albums can be found here.
Once again, quite a bit of work went into this list, especially having to account for all the different ways people attributed some of these albums. Try not to focus on the huge drop-off between certain sections of the list. Or do, actually, do focus on that, it helps discussion.
And with that, another year of r/indieheads is in the books. Happy New Years r/Indieheads, stay safe, good luck everyone.
Posted Dec 30, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC