KRCL's Best of 2022: Listener Picks

  • December 5, 2022
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It was a great year for new music! Thanks to all of our listeners who voted for their favorite albums. Here are your top 100 of 2022.

Tune in Monday, January 2 from 8am-6pm to hear a countdown of the Listener Picks exclusively on KRCL. 

100. Punch Brothers / Hell on Church Street
99. Belle and Sebastian / A Bit Of Previous
98. Trampled By Turtles / Alpenglow
97. Toro Y Moi / MAHAL
96. The Head and the Heart / Every Shade of Blue
95. The Frightnrs / Always
94. Tears for Fears / The Tipping Point 
93. Son Little / Like Neptune
92. Pixies / Doggerel
91. Ondara / Spanish Villager No. 3
90. Hurray for the Riff Raff / Life on Earth
89. Father John Misty / Chloe and the Next 20th Century
88. Calexico / El Mirador
87. Alt-J / The Dream
86. The Beths / Expert in a Dying Field
85. Mitski / Laurel Hell
84. Lady Wray / Piece of Me
83. Danger Mouse and Black Thought / Cheat Codes
82. Built to Spill / When the Wind Forgets Your Name
81. Beth Orton / Weather Alive
80. Sault / Air + 5 more albums
79. Marcus Mumford / (self-titled)
78. Cowboy Junkies / Songs of the Recollection
77. Bjork / Fossora
76. Alvvays / Blue Rev
75. Lettuce / Unify
74. Ibibio Sound Machine / Electricity
73. Molly Tuttle / Crooked Tree
72. Danielle Ponder / Some of Us are Brave
71. Caamp / Lavender Days
70. Sudan Archives / Natural Brown Prom Queen
69. Nilufer Yanya / Painless
68. Mt. Joy / Orange Blood
67. Keb’ Mo' / Good to be...
66. Dope Lemon / Rose Pink Cadillac
65. Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin / Ali
64. Tyler Childers / Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
63. St. Paul and The Broken Bones / The Alien Coast
62. Regina Spektor / Home, Before and After
61. Maggie Rogers / Surrender
60. Jack Johnson / Meet the Moonlight
59. Broken Bells / Into the Blue
58. Bonny Light Horseman / Rolling Golden Holy
57. Arctic Monkeys / The Car
56. Amos Lee / Dreamland
55. Dawes / Misadventures of Doomscroller
54. Bonobo / Fragments
53. The Smile / A Light for Attracting Attention
52. Lyle Lovett / 12th of June
51. Dr. John / Things Happen That Way
50. Band of Horses / Things Are Great
49. Odesza / The Last Goodbye
48. Eddie Vedder / Earthling
47. Drive-By Truckers / Welcome 2 Club XIII
46. Ben Harper / Bloodline Maintenance
45. Sylvan Esso / No Rules Sandy
44. Taylor Swift / Midnights
43. Soccer Mommy / Sometimes, Forever
42. Santigold / Rituals
41. Talia Keys / Lessons
40. Kurt Vile / Watch My Moves
39. Jack White / Entering Heaven Alive
38. Beyonce / Renaissance
37. Arcade Fire / WE
36. Jack White / Fear of the Dawn
35. Death Cab for Cutie / Asphalt Meadows
34. Bruce Springsteen / Only The Strong Survive
33. Adrian Quesada / Boleros Psicodelicos
32. The Lumineers / Brightside
31. Kevin Morby / This is a Photograph
30. Harry Styles / Harry's House
29. Cat Power / Covers
28. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
27. Kendrick Lamar / Mr. Moral and The Big Steppers
26. Elvis Costello / The Boy Named If
25. Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder / Get On Board
24. Florence and The Machine / Dance Fever
23. Buddy Guy / The Blues Don't Lie
22. Trombone Shorty / Lifted
21. The Black Keys / Dropout Boogie
20. Neil Young and Crazy Horse / World Record
19. Angel Olsen / Big Time
18. Lucius / Second Nature
17. Amanda Shires / Take It Like A Man
16. Orville Peck / Bronco
15 Beach House / Once Twice Melody
14 Andrew Bird / Inside Problems
13. Various Artists / Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
12. Willie Nelson / A Beautiful Time
11. Wilco / Cruel Country
10. Tedeschi Trucks Band / I Am The Moon I - IIII
9. Spoon / Lucifer on the Sofa
8. Sharon Van Etten / We've Been Going About this all Wrong
7. First Aid Kit / Palomino
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Cool It Down
5. Mavis Staples and Levon Helm / Carry Me Home
4. Lizzo / Special
3. Wet Leg / Wet Leg
2. Big Thief / Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
1. Bonnie Raitt / Just Like That...

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