The 40 Best Albums of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 21, 2022

The gallery on this page contains Metacritic's list of the 40 best-reviewed albums of 2022, ranked by Metascore. This list only includes new albums receiving at least 7 reviews from professional critics.

Otherwise, all full-length studio albums (or mixtapes) released between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 are eligible, though reissues, live albums, box sets and other compilations are excluded. (Those excluded titles are included in a separate list at the end of the gallery.) Albums are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding based on scores as of December 19, 2022.

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#40 through #31

(tied at #40)
85 If My Wife New I'd Be Dead by CMAT

(tied at #40)
85 Ultra Truth by Daniel Avery

(tied at #40)
85 Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry

(tied at #40)
85 Autofiction by Suede

(#39)
85 Heartmind by Cass McCombs

(#38)
85 Pompeii by Cate Le Bon

(#37)
85 Midnights by Taylor Swift

(#36)
85 Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

(#35)
85 The Overload by Yard Act

(#34)
85 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

(#33)
85 Weather Alive by Beth Orton

(#32)
85 Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon

(#31)
85 Sick! by Earl Sweatshirt

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