Favorite Albums of 2022

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,629
    edited December 2022
    eeriepadave said:
    Metric is probably my number 1. Wet Leg is up there as well. I'll have to give it some more thought as far as my list.
    1. Metric- Formentera2. Wet Leg- Wet Leg3. Spoon- Lucifer on the Sofa4. Foals- Life Is Yours5. Editors- EBM6. Silversun Pickups- Physical Thrills7. Hot Chip- Freakout/Release8. Bloc Party- Alpha Games9. Off!- Free LSD10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Cool it Down
    and my favorite songs:
    Songs:
    1. Metric- Doomscroller
    2. The Black Keys- Wild Child
    3. Gorillaz- Cracker Island
    4. Declen Welsh and the Decandant Way- Mercy
    5. Metallica- Lux Æterna
    6. Miss Grit- Like You
    7. Wet Leg- Ur Mum
    8. Foals- 2001
    9. Spoon- Wild
    10. LCD Soundsystem- New Body Rhumba
    11. Silversun Pickups- Scared Together
    12. Franz Ferdinand- Curious
    13. The Smile- You Will Never Work in Television Again
    14. Editors- Karma Climb
    15. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Black Summer
    16. The Wombats- If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You
    17. Jimmy Eat World- Something Loud
    18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Burning
    19. Stabbing Westward- Ghost
    20. Kasabian- Scriptvre

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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,041
    1. Jack Johnson -- Meet The Moonlight
    2. Wilco -- Cruel Country
    3. Caamp -- Lavender Days
    4. Goose -- Dripfield
    5. Wet Leg -- S/T
    6. Tedeschi Trucks Band -- I Am The Moon
    7. Danger Mouse -- Cheat Codes
    8. London Odense Ensemble -- Jaiyede Sessions, Vol.1
    9. Panda Bear -- Reset
    10. Charles Lloyd -- Trios: Sacred Thread

    11. The Smile -- A Light for Attracting Attention
    12. Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
    13. Kevin Morby -- This is a Photograph
    14. Revelators Sound System -- Revelators
    15. Billy Strings -- Me/And/Dad
    16. Animal Collective -- Time Skiffs
    17. Wax Machine -- Hermit's Grove
    18. RHCP - Unlimited Love
    19. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder -- Get On Board
    20. Planet Drum -- In The Groove

    * Props to @mfc2006 for naming the thread 'Favorite' instead of 'Best'. For example, 'Meet The Moonlight' may not be the definitive 'best' album-of-the-year but, hot damn, I enjoyed the heck out of those ten earworm songs and will definitely return to them in the months ahead. These twenty albums are my favorites (for now, at least;) and, kinda like doing a bourbon taste test, after the first few they start to get a little muddled.

    ** Preach on, @timsimmons ....there's sooo much good new music out there, we just gotta take the time to turn over stones to discover what interesting creatures live beneath them. I look forward to turning over quite a few stones from your lists.

    *** I hope you list makers will consider contributing occasionally to the 'TEN ALBUMS CURRENTLY FLOATING YOUR BOAT' thread. Selfishly, I'd enjoy seeing what's making you shake your moneymaker, and the TACFYB thread is a helpful tool at year's end to scroll thru and revisit what and when you fed your ears over the course of the year.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited December 2022
    I think the Swifties are a little upset we never had her album on our lists. We are getting “Kanyed”. Just walk right up on this thread and finger-wag our lists… we just shrug it off like Beck lol. 

    People like what they like, find it rather odd that there is still some kind of “peer pressure” to convince me that there is a lot of great music “out there”.First of all, I am sure there is. Let me tell you why I don’t know about it:

    1) time. I don’t have a lot to “unearth” new music. 
    2) geographical location.  I don’t have the opportunity to go out each weekend and see a new live act, particularly one with a release
    3) social media. I don’t do it and that is where most of this stuff is “released” now.
    4) digital music. It sucks and I prefer to listen to my vinyl records. I love everything about vinyl. 
    5) age. I’m old now, I rarely (if ever) buy a record just because of the artwork like I did when I was young (Tool and Quicksand first releases come to mind). Spending money freely on unknown music is less likely as I become more risk averse with age.  To that end, newer artists record artwork leaves a lot to be desired imo. 

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    edited December 2022
    I don't listen to much new music. But some favorites OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD

    Neil Young - Toast
    Wet Leg - Wet Leg
    Peter LeMarc - Hemkört, ett destillat
    Taylor Swift - Midnights

    Maybe Eddie Vedder - Earthlings


    Other cool releases (non new studio albums)
    My Morning Jacket - Vol 2, Live in Chicago
    Liam Gallagher - Down by the River Thames
    Neil Young - Noise & Flowers
    KISS - Creatures of the Night (Deluxe edition - for the B-sides and Live tracks)
    Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion Deluxe Edition (for the live tracks)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,294
    I have to admit that I did listen to a lot of stuff, but not much stood out for me in terms of new releases. I found myself listening more to older records. Only four I can think of off the top of my head:

    Blackbraid - I
    Muna - Muna
    Beach Bunny - Emotional Creature
    Linda Lindas - Growing Up
    1991- Hollywood Palladium, California with Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains -RIP Magazine Show Oct. 6th
    1992- Lollapalooza, Irvine, California
    Nothing since then. I suck.
    2016- Fenway Park, Boston - Both glorious nights
    2022- Oakland Night 2
    2024 Sacramento, CA
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    https://instagram.com/p/Cm1VaSIMuI6/embed/

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,265
    Man, I think I’d move SZA up on my list. It’s low because it was only our for a week or 2 at that point. But man. It has ll the potential to be my AOTY. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,014
    Wet Leg
    RHCP UL
    Headstones Flight Risk
    The Smile
    3rd Secret
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • Roeghmann
    Roeghmann Posts: 969
    One album really  stood out for me
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    Kellermensch : “Capitulism” 
    amazing record!
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,932
    ymalkiel said:
    Haven’t seen anyone mention these two:

    Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators — 4

    The Pretty Reckless — Other Worlds

    The Slash album completely dominated most of my listening this year. Caught them at The Beacon Theatre in March — SECOND ROW, right in front of Slash — and the show was OUTSTANDING!!

    Also caught The Pretty Reckless last week at Bowery Ballroom, and they put on a helluva concert!


    these are great. Slash with Miles is amazing, and I actually really like his work with Adam Levine as well. GREAT pics
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,198
    edited January 2023
    Motorpscycho - Ancient Astronauts 
    Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
    Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
    Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
    The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
    Post edited by 23scidoo on
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,562
    How did people rate / like the new Arctic Monkeys record this year!? (If you’ve indeed heard it / or are into them). Came out in Oct. Just heard snippets and I quite like it. Will delve into it a little more this coming week. 
    Melbourne #1 '98
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    Melbourne '14
  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,913
    BrainofBGA said:
    How did people rate / like the new Arctic Monkeys record this year!? (If you’ve indeed heard it / or are into them). Came out in Oct. Just heard snippets and I quite like it. Will delve into it a little more this coming week. 
    After one listen, I really wasn’t into it. The second half became very boring. 
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,041
    Just getting around to Tyler Childers's 'Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven?'....really good stuff, especially Discs 1& 2. Can't get enough of the song Angel Band. 
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Blues Without You (For Paul) · Larry McCray


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