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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2022. Our next list is from DJ Sarah Spencer.
I've been saying this every year for the last 4 years, but I'm going to say it again: this year was an excellent year for music. Perhaps this one above all.
Each January, I start keeping a list of contenders for my yearly top 10. By July 2022, I thought I had a solid top 10. I thought if the rest of the year was rubbish, I'd still have 10 great albums on my list.
But of course, the rest of 2022 WASN'T rubbish, and I found myself making new additions to the top 10, jostling things around right up until the start of December.
For all this talk of a top 10, in the end, please consider this a very fluid top 10. These are all records I've spent a lot of time with: some I've danced to, some I've cried to, some I've created art alongside... and some I've done all three. The order of my favorites fluctuate daily, so this is a suggestion of an order.
And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood (Sub Pop)
Topical Dancer by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul (DEEWEE / Because)
Pigments by Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn (Merge)
We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten (Jagjaguwar)
Electricity by Ibibio Sound Machine (Merge)
Big Time by Angel Olsen (Jagjaguwar)
Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse & Black Thought (BMG)
Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This? by The Soft Pink Truth (Thrill Jockey)
Some of Us Are Brave by Danielle Ponder (Future Classic)
Anadolu Ejderi by Gaye Su Akyol (Glitterbeat)
Honorable Mentions
Here's the rest of my 2022 short list, in alphabetical order:
Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
Beach House - Once Twice Melody
Comet is Coming - Hyper Dimensional Expansion Beam
DEHD - Blue Skies (local)
Greenlights Music - A Beautiful Mood (local)
Lalalar - Bi Cinnete Bakar
Sessa - Estrela Acesa
Sun's Signature - Sun's Signature (EP)
Various Artists - Daniel Vangarde: The Vaults of Zagora Records Mastermind (1971-1984)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
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