The 20 Best Albums of 2022 So Far
Which albums have impressed critics the most during the first half of the year? Above, we rank the best-reviewed LPs released between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022 by Metascore. Albums must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible, and resissues, EPs, live albums, and compilations are excluded.
Yes, the Philly hardcore punk band Soul Glo is named after the spray-on product featured in Coming to America. And, yes, their Epitaph debut Diaspora Problems—self-recorded by the band over a five-year period— is their best album yet.
“On Diaspora Problems, Soul Glo have caused a clearing in the forest with an album so boundless in its creativity that it cannot be ignored. This is the shape of hardcore that we had been promised.” —Paste
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