Top 30 Albums of 2022

Top 30 Albums of 2022

It's our annual Best Vinyl of 2022 Top 30 list!

In our opinion, these are the 30 best albums released on vinyl last year:

  • First Aid Kit - Palomino
  • Caamp - Lavender Days
  • Adia Victoria - A Southern Gothic
  • Zachary Williams - Dirty Camaro
  • Shovels & Rope - Manticore
  • Band of Horses - Things Are Great
  • Lumineers - Brightside
  • The Wild Feathers - Alvarado
  • Ashley McBryde - Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
  • Mitski - Laurell Hell
  • Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  • Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak
  • Caitlin Rose - CAZIMI
  • The Architechs - the classic symptoms of a broken spirit
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
  • Maggie Rogers - Surrender
  • Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
  • Taylor Swift - Midnights
  • Shinedown - Planet Zero
  • Muse - Will of the People
  • The Interrupters - In The Wild
  • Jack White  - Fear of the Dawn / Entering Into Heaven Alive
  • Panic at the Disco  - Viva Las Vengeance
  • Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - External Combustion
  • Nothing More - Spirits
  • Glass Animals - Dreamland
  • Beach Bunny - Emotional Creature
  • Ural Thomas & The Pain - Dancing Dimensions
  • The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
  • St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Alien Coast
  • Marcus King - Young Blood
  • Miranda Lambert - Palomino
  • Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9

 

If you want to find out how we selected these albums, read our last For The Record webzine post:  B.T.R.C.'s BEST VINYL OF 2022.

 

More importantly, if you want to find out which of these albums made it to the Blind Tiger Record Club Podcast Special Event - Best Vinyl of 2022, you can catch that episode on January 23, 2023.  We will discuss the top 20 albums in descending order, going in-depth on the top 10. Our full panel of B.T.R.C. hosts will join the discussion.  David W. Williams, Kevin Lee, and newcomer Jonathan Hibma will all be on the mic to celebrate a great year in music.