KEXP listeners have great taste in radio stations, obviously. They also have great taste in music! That’s why, each year, we take the time to build a listener-powered list of the best albums of the year. And now is that time! We asked our listeners to vote on their favorite albums of 2022. See what they picked list below.
This page will update throughout the day as the countdown progresses. Keep checking back to find out what album snags the #1 spot.
90.3. Band of Horses - Things Are Great
90. Beabadoobee - Beatopia
89. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder...
88. Koffee - Gifted
87. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu
86. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
85. Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island
84. Sampa The Great - As Above So Below
83. Boy Harsher - The Runner
82. PVA - Blush
81. Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
80. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
79. Blushing - Possessions
78. The Afghan Whigs - How Do You Burn?
77. Kae Tempest - The Line is a Curve
76. Hurray For the Riff Raff - Life On Earth
75. Sault - Untitled (God)
74. The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language
73. FKA Twigs - Caprisongs
72. Muna - Muna
71. Black Angels - Without a Trace
70. Cheekface - Too Much To Ask
69. Plains - I Walked With You a Ways
68. Bartees Strange - Farm to Table
67. Maggie Rogers - Surrender
66. Metric - Formentera
65. Just Mustard - Heart Under
64. Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
63. Live at KEXP Vol 10 - Live at KEXP Vol 10
62. Foals - Life is Yours
61. Sylvan Esso - No Rules Sandy
60. Linda Lindas - Growing Up
59. Toro y Moi - Mahal
58. Stars - From Capelton Hill
57. Warpaint - Radiate Like This
56. Dehd - Blue Skies
55. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future
54. Alt-J - The Dream
53. King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Changes
52. Black Midi - Hellfire
51. Wilco - Cruel Country
50. Santigold - Spirituals
49. Charlie XCX - Crash
48. The Weeknd - Dawn FM
47. Arctic Monkeys - The Car
46. Bonobo - Fragments
45. Alex G - God Save the Animals
44. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release
43. Automatic - Excess
42. Rosalia - MOTOMAMI
41. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
40. Kurt Vile - Watch My Moves
39. Bjork - Fossora
38. King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum
37. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss
36. Florence and the Machine - Dance Fever
35. Yard Act - The Overload
34. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
33. Enumclaw - Save the Baby
32. Orville Peck - Bronco
31. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planet, Lungs....
30. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes Forever
29. Black Country New Road - Ants From Up Here
28. Sault - 11
27. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
26. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
25. First Aid Kit - Palomino
24. Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph
23. Mitski - Laurel Hell
22. Angel Olsen - Big Time
21. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
20. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphal Meadows
19. Sharon Van Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
18. Built To Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name
17. Nilufer Yanya - Painless
16. Lizzo - Special
15. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
14. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
13. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen
12. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Moon EP
11. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
10. The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field
9. Hatchie - Giving the World Away
8. Beyonce - Renaissance
7. Alvvays - Blue Rev
6. Odesza - The Last Goodbye
5. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
4. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
3. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
1. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December …
2022 is coming to a close, and it's time for the KEXP DJs to share their Top Albums of the year. And don't forget to tune in this Friday, December 16th as KEXP counts down the Top 90.3 Albums of 2021, as voted on by our listeners! Will your favorites — or theirs! — make the list? Vote now!
KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December …
KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December …
KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Best of 2022 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December …
KEXP is counting down the best records of the year with our annual Top 90.3 Countdown. Ahead of the countdown, KEXP staff make the case for some of their favorite albums from 2022. Make sure to vote for your favorites by December 9 at 7 PM PT and tune in to hear what makes the list on December 16.
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