Canada's Polaris Music Prize, which honors the best Canadian album of the year, has announced the Long List for its 2022 edition. 223 albums were considered by a 197-member jury for this year's prize, and the 40 albums they chose include 2020 winner Backxwash's I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses, 2019 winner Haviah Mighty's Stock Exchange, 2014 winner Tanya Tagaq's Tongues, and 2011 winner Arcade Fire's WE.
The 2022 Long List also includes Ada Lea's One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden, BadBadNotGood's Talk Memory, Basia Bulat's The Garden, Destroyer's Labyrinthitis, Hubert Lenoir's Pictura de Ipse : Musique Directe, Julie Doiron's I Thought of You, Les Louanges' Crash, Luna Li's Duality, Men I Trust's Untourable Album, Orville Peck's Bronco, Ouri's Frame of a Fauna, Pierre Kwenders' José Louis and the Paradox of Love, PUP's The Unraveling of PUPTheBand, Stars' From Capelton Hill, The Weeknd's Dawn FM, and more. See the full list below.
The Long List will be narrowed down to a shortlist of 10 finalists to be announced on July 14, and the winner, who receives a $50,000 prize, will be announced in September.
The 2021 Polaris Music Prize went to Cadence Weapon's Parallel World.
POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE 2022 LONG LIST Ada Lea - One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden Adria Kain - When Flowers Bloom Ahi - Prospect Arcade Fire - WE Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses BadBadNotGood - Talk Memory Basia Bulat - The Garden Cedric Noel - Hang Time Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha Chiiild - Hope for Sale Destroyer - Labyrinthitis The Garrys - Get Thee to a Nunnery The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night Haviah Mighty - Stock Exchange Hubert Lenoir - Pictura de Ipse : Musique Directe Jean-Michel Blais - Aubades Joyful Joyful - Joyful Joyful Julie Doiron - I Thought of You Kelly McMichael - Waves Les Louanges - Crash Lisa Leblanc - Chiac Disco Loony - soft thing Luna Li - Duality Lydia Képinski - Depuis Men I Trust - Untourable Album Myst Milano - Shapeshyfter Ombiigizi - Sewn Back Together Orville Peck - Bronco Ouri - Frame of a Fauna Pierre Kwenders - José Louis and the Paradox of Love P’tit Belliveau - Un homme et son piano PUP - The Unraveling of PUPTheBand Sate - The Fool Shad - Tao Sister Ray - Communion Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Life After Stars - From Capelton Hill Tanika Charles - Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly Tanya Tagaq - Tongues The Weeknd - Dawn FM
