I'm very happy to say our chart has 300 records again! I'm also glad to provide you with more album descriptions (there will be twenty this time) and, naturally, a genre and a label next to every album. I always want this chart to be a discovery service for you. I don't want to repeat what everyone has. Many of these "must haves" aren't really good, anyway.
A propos: don't look for Beyonce's album. I find the latest release from the artist, who used to put her records in our TOP 10s, unlistenable. I don't know what happened there.
It's not all what we've prepared for you when it comes to year-end posts! Our EP chart, music awards and more will be posted next week! And sorry for being so late. We've been having problems with our social media access and we've only come back to Twitter after a week.
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The chart will be completed with TOP 100 tonight!
ALL OF OUR ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
2012 JESSIE WARE - DEVOTION
2013 VARIOUS ARTISTS - THE GREAT GATSBY
2014 THE WAR ON DRUGS - LOST IN THE DREAM
2015 NADINE SHAH - FAST FOOD
2016 LEONARD COHEN - YOU WANT IT DARKER
2017 LANA DEL REY - LUST FOR LIFE
2018 KAMASI WASHINGTON - HEAVEN AND EARTH
2019 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - GHOSTEEN
2020 JESSIE WARE - WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE?
2021 CLEO SOL - MOTHER
MAVOY MUSIC TOP 300 ALBUMS OF 2022
101. Let’s Eat Grandma – The Bastard Son (score, Transgressive) / Two Ribbons (electronic, Levitation)
102. Miki Howard – Meha (soul/jazz, Justice)
103. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Empire Of Light / Bones And All (score, The Null)
104. Carla Dal Forno – Come Around (singer-songwriter, Kalista)
105. Panda Riot – Extra Cosmic (dream pop/shoegaze, self-released)
106. Rich Ruth – I Survived It’s Over (jazz, Third Man)
107. Soft Velvet Lounge – Life Of The Party (dream pop, Mood Machine)
108. Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (rock, New Voodoo/BMG)
109. Robert Glasper – Black Radio III (Supreme Edition) (jazz/R&B, Loma Vista)
110. Anna Of The North – Crazy Life (pop, Elektra NEK)
111. Mavis Staples and Levon Helm – Carry Me Home (soul/gospel, ANTI)
112. Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow – Men (score, Invada)
113. Niia – Mouthful Of Salt (R&B/beats/ambient, Offair)
114. Tourist – Inside Out (electronic, Schoolkids)
115. Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B (indie pop, Rough Trade)
116. Low Res – Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man (jazz, Juno)
117. Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool (soul, Daptone)
118. Nas – King’s Disease III (hip hop, Mass Appeal)
119. Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant To Be (jazz, Partisan)
120. For Tracy Hyde – Hotel Insomnia (shoegaze, P-VINE)
121. Soweto Gospel Choir – Hope (gospel, Shanachie)
122. John Williams – The Fabelmans (score, Sony Classical)
123. Oliver Coates – The Stranger (ambient/score, Lakeshore)
124. a-ha – True North (pop, RCA)
125. Nicholas Britell – She Said (score, Back Lot)
126. Sumatran Black – Broken Timelines (ambient, self-released)
127. Broken Bells – Into The Blue (indie, AWAL)
128. Loscil – The Sails, Pt. 1 & 2 / Stases (ambient, Scott Morgan)
129. Briana Marela – You Are A Wave (experimental, self-released)
130. Lil Silva – Yesterday Is Heavy (electronic, Nowhere Music)
131. Julien Chang – The Sale (indie, Transgressive)
132. Metronomy – Small World (indie, Because Music)
133. George Fitzgerald – Stellar Drifting (electronic, Double Six)
134. KAINA – It Was A Home (R&B, City Slang)
135. Ludwig Goransson – Black Panther Wakanda Forever (score, Marvel)
136. Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena – West Kensington (ambient, Three Lobed)
137. CoN & KwAkE – Eyes In The Tower (hip-hop, Native Rebel)
138. Jean Carne – JID012 (jazz, Jazz Is Dead)
139. Rokia Koné - Bamanan (folk, Real World)
140. Zola Jesus – Arkhon (indie, Sacred Bones)
141. The Big Pink – The Love That’s Ours (indie, Project Melody Music)
142. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – IV (dream pop, New Words)
143. Moonchild – Starfruit (R&B, Tru Thoughts)
144. Turnover – Myself In The Way (indie pop, Run For Cover)
145. Jenny Hval – Classic Objects (electronic, 4AD)
146. Colin Stetson – The Menu (score, Milan)
147. Camilla George – Ibio-Ibio (jazz, Ever Records)
148. Metric – Formentera (indie, self-released)
149. Eiko Ishibashi – For McCoy (avant-garde, Black Truffle)
150. SOHN – Trust (singer-songwriter, 4AD)
151. Makaya McCraven – In These Times (jazz, International Anthem)
152. Howard Shore – Crimes Of The Future / The Pale Blue Eye (score, Howe)
153. Sarah Davachi – Two Sisters / In Concert & In Residence (ambient, Late Music)
154. The Headhunters – Speakers In The House (jazz, Ropeadope)
155. Cults – Host B Sides and Remixes (dream pop, Sinderlyn)
156. Life On Venus – Homewards (shoegaze, Stereopark Music)
157. Rob Simonsen – The Whale (score, A24)
158. Trupa Trupa – B Flat A (rock, Glitterbeat)
159. The Stargazer Lillies – Cosmic Tidal Wave (shoegaze, Florawave)
160. Sound Of Ceres – Emerald Sea (dream pop, Joyful Noise)
161. Shamir – Heterosexuality (indie, Antifragile)
162. Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind Of Love (Karma Chief)
163. Galcher Lustwerk – 100% Galcher (electronic, Ghostly)
164. Ami Dang – The Living World’s Demands (ambient, Phantom Limb / Leaving)
165. Kokoroko – Could We Be More (jazz, Brownswood)
166. Nok Cultural Ensemble – Njhyi (jazz, SA Recordings)
167. Che Noir – The Last Remnants (hip hop, R1CMG)
168. Phoenix – Alpha Zulu (indie pop, Loyaute/Glassnote)
169. Hudson Mohawke – Cry Sugar (electronic, Warp)
170. Slowly – Distance (shoegaze, Lossleader)
171. Felicia Atkinson – Image Langage (experimental/avant-garde, Shelter Press)
172. Underground Canopy – Uncut Gems (jazz, SENSE/self-released)
173. SPINN – Outside Of The Blue (rock, Modern Sky)
174. Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (indie rock, Loma Vista)
175. Gaye Su Akyol – Anadolu Ejderi (rock, Glitterbeat)
176. Jembaa Groove – Susuma (jazz/afrobeat, Agogo)
177. Hans Zimmer – The Son (score, Lakeshore)
178. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (R&B, L-M/RCA)
179. Gabriel Yared - Broken Keys (score, Plaza Mayor)
180. Danny Elfman – Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (score, Hollywood)
181. Binker And Moses – Feeding The Machine (jazz, Gearbox)
182. Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu (folk, World Circuit)
183. The Reds, Pinks And Purples – Summer At Land’s End / Mountain Lake Park(rock, Slumberland)
184. Harumi Fuuki – The Deer King (score, Rambling)
185. Lumenette – All Around My Head (dream pop, Hammock Music)
186. Castlebeat – Half Life (indie, Spirit Goth)
187. Sarah MK – Wax & Gold (R&B, self-released)
188. Preoccupations – Arrangements (indie rock, self-released)
189. Morabeza Tobacco – Shadow Of The Cherry (indie pop, King Island Roxystars)
190. Ramin Djawadi – Westworld Season 4 (score, Watertower)
191. Stimulator Jones – Round Spiritual Ring (R&B, Stones Throw)
192. Soundwalk Collective – The Perfect Vision Reworkings (alternative, Bella Union)
193. Shabaka – Afrikan Culture (jazz, Impulse)
194. Natalie Beridze - Of Which One Knows (ambient/experimental, Room40)
195. Papercuts - Past Life Regressions (indie pop, Slumberland)
196. Say Sue Me – The Last Thing Left / 10 (dream pop, Damnably)
197. JARV IS... - This Is Going To Hurt (score, Rough Trade)
198. Abel Korzeniowski – Till (score, Mercury Classics)
199. Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler – For All Our Days That Tear The Heart (folk/Americana, EMI)
200. Royksopp – Profound Mysteries I & II & III (electronic, Dog Triumph)
201. Animal Collective – Time Skiffs (alternative, Domino)
202. Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (score, Columbia)
203. Vieux Farka Toure – Les Racines / Ali (with Khruangbin) (folk, World Circuit/BMG)
204. Widowspeak – The Jacket (indie, Captured Tracks)
205. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fla (rock, Partisan)
206. The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie (rock, Nonesuch)
207. J Zunz – Del Aire (ambient, Rocket Recordings)
208. Emeli Sande – Let’s Say For Instance (R&B, Chrysalis)
209. Kehlani – Blue Water Road (R&B, TSNMI/Atlantic)
210. HAAI – Baby, We’re Ascending (electronic, Mute)
211. Phife Dawg - Forever (hip hop, Smokin Needles)
212. Tindersticks – Stars At Noon (score, Lucky Dog / City Slang)
213. Robert Owens – Naked (house, Musical Directions)
214. Bruce Springsteen – Only The Strong Survive (rock, Columbia)
215. Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – Poetic (jazz, self-released)
216. The Wombats – Fix Yourself, Not The World (rock, AWAL)
217. Belle And Sebastian – A Bit Of Previous (folk/indie, Matador)
218. Ravyn Lenae – Hypnos (R&B, Atlantic)
219. Daphni – Cherry (electronic, Jiaolong)
220. Ibeyi – Spell 31 (R&B, XL)
221. MUNA – MUNA (pop, Saddest Factory / Dead Oceans)
222. Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead 011 (jazz, Jazz Is Dead)
223. Ghostly Kisses – Heaven, Wait (indie, Akira)
224. Ian Hawgood – Mysterious Shapes And Remembered Rhythms (ambient, Home Natural)
225. VA – A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto – To The Moon And Back (tribute, Milan)
226. Anne Garner – Dear Unknown (singer-songwriter, Slowcraft)
227. Ana Moura – Casa Guilherina (fado, self-released)
228. jung jaeil – Broker (score, CJ)
229. Mamas Gun - Cure The Jones (R&B, Monty Music)
230. Okay Kaya – SAP (electronic, Jagjaguwar)
231. Theo Parrish – DJ-Kicks (mix, DJ-Kicks)
232. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Hi-Life Jazz (jazz, Agogo)
233. Thandi Ntuli - Blk Elijah & The Children of Meroë (jazz, Next Music)
234. Raury – Strawberry Moon (hip-hop/R&B, The Woods)
235. Nathan Johnson – Glass Onion (score, Netflix Music)
236. Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All At Once (score, A24)
237. Syd – Broken Hearts Club (R&B, Columbia)
238. John Carroll Kirby – Dance Ancestral (neoclassical/jazz, Stones Throw)
239. Girl Ultra – El Sur (R&B, Finesse)
240. VA – Blue Note Re:Imagined II (jazz, Decca)
241. Ghum – Bitter (rock, Everything Sucks)
242. zake – To Those Who Dwelt In A Land Of Deep Darkness / Unfurled Works/ Module (ambient, Past Inside The Present)
243. Garrett Saracho – JID015 (jazz, Jazz Is Dead)
244. Ron Trent – What Do The Stars Say To You (electronic, Night Time Stories)
245. Dan Deacon - Strawberry Mansion (score, Milan)
246. Roger Eno – The Turning Year (neoclassical, Deutsche Grammophon)
247. Tumi Mugorosi – Group Theory Black Music (jazz, Mushroom Hour)
248. Louis Cole – Quality Over Opinion (jazz, Brainfeeder)
249. iamiwhoami – Be Here Soon (indie, to whom it may concern)
250. Katalyst – JID013 (jazz, Jazz Is Dead)
251. Sampa The Great – As Above So Below (hip hop, Loma Vista/Concord)
252. Louie Vega – Expansions In The Sky (electronic, Nervous)
253. Patricia Wolf – I’ll Look For Your In Others (ambient, Past Inside The Present)
254. Horsegirl – Versions Of Modern Performance (rock, Matador)
255. Amber Mark – Three Dimensions Deep (R&B, PMR)
256. Spector – Now Or Whenever (rock, Moth Noise)
257. Pip Millet - When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know (R&B, Dream Life)
258. Sunni Colon - Juju & The Flowerbug (R&B, Tetsu)
259. Sessa – Estrela Acesa (bossa nova, Mexican Summer)
260. Espen Eriksen Trio – In The Mountains (jazz, Rune Grammofon)
261. Young Prisms - Drifter (dream pop, Fire Talk)
262. Rafael Anton Irisarri – Agistas El Sol (ambient/drone, Room40)
263. LIFE – North East Costal Town (rock, The Liquid Label)
264. Ari Lennox – Age/sex/location (R&B, Dreamville)
265. VA – Covers Of Covers (tribute, American Laundromat)
266. Carmen Villain – Only Love From Now On (experimental, Smalltown Supersound)
267. protou – Memory Alpha (ambient, Cryo Chamber)
268. Arima Ederra – An Orange Colored Day (R&B/lo-fi, Arima’s Lab – self-released)
269. Powder, Pink & Sweet – Little Stories (dream pop, self-released)
270. Cat Powers – Covers (rock, Domino)
271. Max Richter – The Four Seasons Vivaldi Recomposed (neoclassical, Deutsche Grammophon)
272. Alex Isley - Marigold (R&B, self-released)
273. Mount Kimbie – M.K. 3.5 City Planning (electronic, Warp)
274. Kennebec – Without Star Or Compass (electronic, Night Time Stories)
275. Şatellites – Şatellites (rock/psych, Batov)
276. Louisa Williamson – What Dreams May Come (jazz, self-released)
277. Sleep Party People – Heap Of Ashes (experimental, Joyful Noise)
278. Nu Genea - Bar Mediterraneo (neo disco, NG/Carosello)
279. PJ Morton – Watch The Sun (R&B, self-released)
280. Galya Bisengalieva – Hold Your Breath The Ice Dive (ambient/score, One Little Independent)
281. Adrian Quesada - Boleros Psicodélicos / Jaguar Sound (bolero/funk, ATO)
282. VA – Todo Muere SBXV (indie, Sacred Bones)
283. TSHA – Capricorn Sun (electronic, Ninja Tune)
284. Theo Croker – Love Quantum (jazz, Star People Nation)
285. Beth Orton – Weather Alive (folk/jazz, PTKF)
286. Phillip Wilkerson – Cosmic Dust (ambient, self-released)
287. VA – Spelljams (eclectic, Kill Rock Stars)
288. Warmth – The Night (ambient, Archives)
289. Muriel Grossman – Universal Code (jazz)
290. Meditations On Crime – Meditations On Crime (experimental, AntiFragile)
291. Jean Michel Jarre – Oxymore (electronic, Sony)
292. Henry Franklin – JID014 (jazz, Jazz Is Dead)
293. Many Voices Speak – Gestures (folk, Strangers Candy)
294. Work Drugs – Some Leave You Out (indie pop, self-released)
295. Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls (soul, Daptone)
296. Hercules & Love Affair – In Amber (indie, BMG)
297. Abiodun Oyewole – Gratitude (spoken word, Afar)
298. Yard Act – The Overload (rock, Island)
299. Two Door Cinema Club – Keep On Smiling (indie, Glassnote)
300. GIFT – Momentary Presence (shoegaze, Dedstrange)
