It Starts With a Birthstone - Albums of the Year 2022

 

 

 Records I liked this year. By no means definitive. I only came up with a Number One that seemed right a few days ago, so was shuffling and changing right to the end, chucking out records that I loved along the way. I guess this describes my musical year fairly well though. I was a little bit 'Indie' for the most part in 2022. Perfectly happy with that. It also shows that female artists are generally the spine of my taste these days. There might be something in here you'd like to investigate further. Here's my favourite music related photo of me this year. That's me with Richard Dawson, a local hero where I live. I happened to bump into him in a quiet Saturday evening at my local in Newcastle and he was the most delightful of people. Giving a lot of his time incredibly generously and allowing me this fabulous photo too. Wonderful man. 

1. Joan Shelley - The Spur
2. Big Thief - Dragon New Mountain I Believe in You
3. Naima Bock - Giant Palm
4. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
5. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
6. Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
7. Bill Callahan - YTILAER
8. Fortunato Durrutti Marinetti - Memory's Fool
9. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
10. Nilufer Yanya - PAINLESS
11. Kikagaku Moyu - Kumoyu Island
12. Santigold - Spirituals
13. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
14. Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph
15. Katy J Pearson - Sound of the Morning
16. Say Sue Me - The Last Thing Left
17. Gwenno - Tresor
18. Wilco - Cruel Country
19. Lady Wray - Piece of Me
20. The Stroppies - Levity 
21. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good & Green Again
22. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
23. Green / Blue - Offering
24. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Dear Scott
25. Hurray For The Riff Raff - LIFE ON EARTH 
26. Belle & Sebastian - A Bit of Previous
27. Sessa - Estrella Acesa
28. Ezra Furman - All Of Us Flames
29. Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding
30. Park Jiha - The Gleam
31. Laura Jean - Amateurs
32. Kiwi Jr. - Chopper
33. Mattiel - Georgia Gothic
34.  Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
35. String Machine - Halleujah Hell Yeah
36. Smidley - Here Comes The Devil
37. Jesca Hoop - Order of Romance
38.  Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named It
39. Jonathan Personne - Jonathan Personne
40. Silvana Estrada - Marchita
41. Vinyl Williams - Cosmopolis
42. Seapower - Everything Was Forever
43. Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector 
44. Erin Rae - Lighten Up
45.  Father John Misty - Chloe & the Next 20th Century
46. Young Guv - Guv IV
47. C. Duncan - Alluvium
48. Papercuts - Past Life Regression
49. Daniel Rossen - You Belong Here
50. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes