The 40 Best Albums of 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.
(#20) The former Woods member's best-reviewed solo album to date was inspired by flipping through a box of old family photos at his childhood home and written during the early days of the pandemic while staying at Memphis's famed Peabody Hotel.
“This is one of those rare records that starts off strong and keeps getting better, more deep and resonant, with each track.” —The Line of Best Fit
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