Top 10 Albums of 2022

[CooterBrown 18038]

Post your top ten for 2022.

Here are mine in no particular order...

Crows - Beware Believers - Calling them a punk band is a disservice since they are so much more with diverse influences ranging from The Damned to Bowie to Soundgarden. They killed it at SXSW.  

Black Doldrums - Dead Awake - Post punk, post new wave band from London.  Saw them at pub back in June.  I can't recommend this album enough. 

Billy Howerdel - What Normal Was - Guitarist from A Perfect Circle releases his solo album and it's mostly influenced by Depeche Mode.  Really good stuff.

Author & Punisher - Krüller - I first heard of A&P when he opened for Tool.  He's a mechanical engineer that builds his own instruments to make true industrial music.  This album is his most accessible and features several members of Tool on a few songs.

The Soft Moon - Exister - A traditional industrial musician highly influenced by the 80s-90s Wax Trax line up. 

3rd Secret - Self Titled - Sorry, maybe I'm nostalgic for the early 90s grunge scene but I loved this album.  

Lizzo - Special - Living in a house with all women, I get to listen to Lizzo whether I want to or not.  I must say that the line "It's bad bitch o'clock, it's thicc thirty." is one of the great opening lines of a song. 

Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever - The first two albums are two of my favorites of all time and I've been luke warm on releases since then.  However, this album is strong beginning to end.  Dream Girl Evil gets back to her roots.

Breanna Barbara - Nothin' But Time - First saw her perform when she was the touring vocalist for Tricky a few years ago.  This album wears psychedelia on its sleeve and is worth a listen.

The Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors - The first half of this album is as good as anything they've done. It may go on a bit too long, but it's a great listen all the way through.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12516]

Tyler Childers "Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?"

 

John Fullbright "The Liar"

 

Plains "I Walked With You A Ways"

 

The Vandoliers "The Vandoliers"

 

Spoon "Lucifer on the Sofa"

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Al_4_ISU

[Al_4_ISU 12516]

Drive-By Truckers "Welcome to Club XIII"

 

49 Winchester "Fortune Favors the Bold"

 

Whiskey Myers "Tornillo"

 

Hailey Whitters "Raised"

 

Trampled By Turtles "Alpenglow"

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Al_4_ISU

[stc 1467]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

The Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors - The first half of this album is as good as anything they've done. It may go on a bit too long, but it's a great listen all the way through.

 

I actually prefer the 2nd half of the album, feels like they're at least trying to explore new ideas with the songs...whereas the first half definitely fits their tried and true formula. 

[Viper 12112]

Paul Cauthen - Country Coming Down

Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco 

Shane Smith and the Saints if they release their new album in the next month

[stc 1467]

Viagra Boys- Cave World: Satirical Swedish rock with infectious grooves and a good sense of humor. Half of these songs would not be out of place on a Ween album. 

Ghost- Impera: Another Swedish rock album. 80's arena rock with a nod to the devil. hail satan!

King Hannah- I'm not sorry, I was just being me: Atmospheric, slow building, trip hop sounding British rock/folk duo. 

Spoon- Lucifer on the Sofa: An excellent Spoon album that sounds exactly like a great Spoon album. 

Billy Howerdel- What Normal Was: Depeche Mode/Cure influenced solo album from the APC guitarist. 

Rickshaw Billies Burger Partrol- Doom Wop: Short and concise rock songs that deliver a punch. Best live show in Austin. 

Black Angels- Wilderness of Mirrors: Still bringing the psych rock formula and occasionally branching out into new territory. 

Hooveriii- A Round Of Applause: slightly jammy psych rock

 

 

 

[Al_4_ISU 12516]

48 minutes ago, Viper said:

Paul Cauthen - Country Coming Down

Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco 

Shane Smith and the Saints if they release their new album in the next month

Paul Cauthen almost made my list.  "Fuck You Money" was probably my favorite song of the year.

1 minute ago, stc said:

Viagra Boys- Cave World: Satirical Swedish rock with infectious grooves and a good sense of humor. Half of these songs would not be out of place on a Ween album. 

Ghost- Impera: Another Swedish rock album. 80's arena rock with a nod to the devil. hail satan!

King Hannah- I'm not sorry, I was just being me: Atmospheric, slow building, trip hop sounding British rock/folk duo. 

Spoon- Lucifer on the Sofa: An excellent Spoon album that sounds exactly like a great Spoon album. 

Billy Howerdel- What Normal Was: Depeche Mode/Cure influenced solo album from the APC guitarist. 

Rickshaw Billies Burger Partrol- Doom Wop: Short and concise rock songs that deliver a punch. Best live show in Austin. 

Black Angels- Wilderness of Mirrors: Still bringing the psych rock formula and occasionally branching out into new territory. 

Hooveriii- A Round Of Applause: slightly jammy psych rock

 

 

 

The Viagra Boys are absolutely hilarious.

[Al_4_ISU 12516]

There were a bunch of great songs in the myriad Zach Bryan releases this year, but I didn't really love any of said releases as a true album.  

[MoJames 8256]

Arcade Fire - WE

Spoon - Lucifer

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

alt-J - The Dream

Orville Peck - Bronco

 

[C-Man 27293]

Tagging in @NOMAAA to compile all these lists to produce Surly's aggregate Top 10. 🤣

[NOMAAA 1696]

its been a bit.  think i will pass again.

[C-Man 27293]

51 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

its been a bit.  think i will pass again.

I know. Just takin' a piss.

[HenryJames 66228]

Yeah Wet Leg was the album of the year.

[utee94 15878]

58 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Yeah Wet Leg was the album of the year.

My kids ask me uncomfortable questions about this album, but I'm willing to face the awkward as I crank it to 11.

 

[Red Five 41019]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs was good.

[Rimbo 26174]

Not enough into new music to have enough to fill out a Top 10, but I enjoyed and continue to enjoy Devin Townsend's Lightwork

 

 

[Bottlecap 1523]

Orville Peck | Bronco

Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Beach House | Once Twice Melody

Spoon | Lucifer on the Sofa

Dehd | Blue Skies

Taylor Swift | Midnights

Plains | I Walked With You A Ways

Wet Leg | s/t

Mitski | Laurel Hell

Arctic Monkeys | The Car

Edited December 1, 2022 by Bottlecap

[C-Man 27293]

7 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Yeah Wet Leg was the album of the year.

Wet Leg's debut was prettay, prettay, prettay good

[4th&Five 41619]

Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

Ian Noe - River Fools & Mountain Saints

Eddie Vedder - Earthling

Band of Horses - Things are Great

The Black Keys- Dropout Boogie

Joe Pug - Nation of Heat Revisited

[qwertyu1234 496]

Echo everyone who said Spoon and Wet Leg.

Also, Regina Spektor- Home, before and after

 

 

[Nuge 1992]

Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors

Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

GA-20  - Crackdown

The Murlocs - Rapscallion

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Cold as Weiss

Ghost Woman - Ghost Woman

Charley Crockett - The Man from Waco

Seventies Tuberide - Seventies Tuberide

Viagra Boys - Cave World

[Paul Wesley 3289]

I always appreciate the contributors to threads like this one.  

Terrestrial radio is long dead, and on a lot of modern platforms (bloggers/reviewers, streaming playlists), I have a hard time finding my personal "signal" above the noise.

I'll be checking these out.  Thanks to all of you.

[BigOrange1 6476]

everything i really liked has already been mentioned, with the exception of kurt vile (watch my moves).  a couple of standouts: