The Best Albums of 2022
Here’s a list of ten(ish) albums that I enjoyed listening to in 2022.
Honorable Mentions
Bright Eyes, Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (A Companion) / I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (A Companion)
Standout tracks: Arc of Time (Companion Version) / We Are Nowhere And It’s Now (Companion Version)
Into It. Over It. & Malegoat, Into It. Over It. & Malegoat — EP
Standout track: Akron, OH
PUP, The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND
Standout track: Waiting
10. Kevin Devine, Nothing’s Real, So Nothing’s Wrong
Standout track: Albatross
9. Their / They’re / There, Their / They’re / Three
Standout track: Living Will or Living Well
8. Joyce Manor, 40oz. To Fresno
Standout track: Don’t Try
7. Christian Lee Hutson, Quitters
Standout track: Strawberry Lemonade
6. Soccer Mommy, Sometimes, Forever
Standout track: Shotgun
5. Pool Kids, Pool Kids
Standout track: That’s Physics, Baby
4. Coheed and Cambria, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind
Standout track: Shoulders
3. Beach Bunny, Emotional Creature
Standout track: Oxygen
2. Mom Jeans., Sweet Tooth
Standout track: What’s Up?
1. Taylor Swift, Midnights
Standout track: Bejeweled
Bonus: The Boy’s Top 5
These are the songs that took over our stereo whenever he was around.
5. Various, Puppy Dog Pals
Standout tracks: Going on a Mission
3. Various, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Songs
Standout tracks: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (aka “His Version”)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (aka “Show Version”)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (aka “Mommy’s Version”)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (aka “Movie Version”)
2. Patrick Stump, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Standout tracks: Time to Spidey Save The Day
1. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Standout tracks: We Don’t Talk About Bruno