Thanksgiving is still a week away but End of Year List Season is in full swing. We already got UK magazine Uncut's Top Albums of 2022 and now here's another long-running publication, MOJO. For a magazine that puts a Beatle on the cover at least once a year, their 2022 list doesn't feel too long in the tooth, though they do favor artists who've been around for a while. Coming in at the top spot: Dear Scott by former Pale Fountains and Shack frontman Michael Head.
Also found in their Top 75: Arctic Monkeys, Beyonce, Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Wet Leg, Black Thought & Danger Mouse, Suede, Horace Andy, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Beth Orton, Gwenno, The Comet is Coming, Kevin Morby, Weyes Blood, Spiritualized, Jack White, Bill Callahan, Jockstrap, Makaya McCraven, Elvis Costello, and more. Check out MOJO's full Top 75 Albums of 2022 list below.
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MOJO - TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2023 75. Elizabeth King - I Got A Love 74. Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8 73. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands 72. Kae Tempest - The Line Is a Curve 71. Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE 70. Eiko Ishibashi - For McCoy 69. The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie 68. Lambchop - The Bible 67. Jon Spencer & The HITmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit 66. Angel Olsen - Big Time 65. Brian Eno - FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE 64. Wu-Lu - Loggerhead 63. Nina Nastasia - Riderless Horse 62. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer 61. The Lightning Seeds - See You in the Stars 60. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa 59. Björk - Fossora 58. Gilla Band - Most Normal 57. Oren Ambarchi - Shebang 56. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You 55. The Proclaimers - Dentures Out 54. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again 53. XPropaganda - The Heart Is Strange 52. Ezra Furman - All of Us Flames 51. Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) 50. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes 49. Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell 48. Midlake - For the Sake of Bethel Woods 47. Johnny Marr - Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4 46. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 45. Yard Act - The Overload 44. Working Men's Club - Fear Fear 43. Alabaster DePlume - GOLD – Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love 42. Cass McCombs - Heartmind 41. Leyla McCalla - Breaking the Thermometer 40. The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta 39. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If 38. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - GET ON BOARD 37. Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré - Ali 36. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B 35. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down 34. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 33. Jeff Parker - Forfolks 32. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms 31. Oumou Sangaré - Timbuktu 30. Hurray For The Riff Raff - LIFE ON EARTH 29. Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century 28. Gwenno - Tresor 27. Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE 26. Joan Shelley - The Spur 25. Gabriels - Angels & Queens – Part I 24. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset 23. Drive-By Truckers - Welcome 2 Club XIII 22. Mavis Staples & Levon Helm - Carry Me Home 21. Cate Le Bon - Pompeii 20. Beth Orton - Weather Alive 19. Makaya McCraven - In These Times 18. The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 17. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph 16. Rich Ruth - I Survived, It's Over 15. Wilco - Cruel Country 14. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow 13. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful 12. Aldous Harding - Warm Chris 11. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention 10. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 9. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork 8. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn 7. Bill Callahan - YTI⅃AƎЯ 6. Suede - Autofiction 5. Arctic Monkeys - The Car 4. Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker 3. Black Thought & Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes 2. Wet Leg - Wet Leg 1. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott